Following a campaign of actions in the US against high street clothing store GAP, Jan 20th saw actions against the chain across the UK.

1200 workers from the radical Landless Workers Movement (MST), plus foreign activists, storm a Monsanto biotech plant and threaten to camp out indefinitely in protest against genetically modified food.

During the meetings of the World Economic Forum police turned Davos, Switzerland into a fortress intimidating and arresting demonstrators.

Updates and bulletins.

Demonstrators gathered near Parliament Square in protest of the 10 year sanctions against Iraq.

People interested in taking action on ‘climate chaos’ spent a day in January getting inspired and thinking about where a campaign would go next.

Further mistreatment inside of wrongfully imprisoned Sheffield anarchist Mark Barnsley.

On the 10th of January 2001, to coincide with the trial of the Chattanooga 3 in the United States, a solidarity action was held in Edinburgh (Scotland) to ask that all charges be dropped and to highlight the tragic consequences of police brutality in this country and abroad.

Huntingdon Life Sciences new financial saviour, Stephens Group Inc.

On December 13th after a 4-day trial 6 anti-capitalist protesters were cleared of public order and obstruction charges.

Access to Faslane nuclear base was successfully blocked using tripods with people sitting up them.

Residents in Hockley, near Southend, Essex who have been campaigning against the building of luxury homes on greenbelt land by Countryside Residential plc.

Nearly 8000 people affected by the Maheshwar Hydro-Electric project being built on the river Narmada in Madhya Pradesh marched in the nearby town of Mandleshwar.

Sunday December 17th saw an early appearance from Santa and his exploited little helpers, as anti-sweatshop campaigners dressed in green outfits descended on Niketown in Oxford Circus.

A 5ha trail of Aventis GM oil seed rape will be conducted at Wood Farm, Dodds Lane, Piccots End, Hemel Hempstead, Herts, HP2 6JJ.

Supporting prisoners currently inside for direct action - including in this issue several animal-rights/anti-vivisection activists.

Upcoming dates on the calendar.

On Jan 3rd farmers destroyed a GM Cotton crop in Savalanga, India.

On Jan 15th 4 men were convicted of vandalising a field containing GM crops in Midlothian, Scotland.

Produced recently suggests GM research has hit some setbacks.

The company contracted to finish the Avon ring road went bankrupt just before Christmas.

Ten genetiX activists shut down Exeter’s BOCM Pauls animal feed mill in November.

At 10am hundreds of anarchists began marching through downtown streets for about an hour until police brought in more vans and forces.

A message from the high-piers who baked in Den Haag “all you need is a smart suit, a pie and a good rant; keep believing you can get away with it; keep ranting and you may get thrown out; people are so shocked that you can use the confusion to your advantage and get away”

The new Do or Die is available now - plus other new direct action print media.

Some upcoming direct action campaigns and event to get behind.

Rising Tide are calling upon “concerned people and grass roots groups to launch a season of carbon action and organise their own autonomous actions.”

A long list of new road-building projects around Britain.

Comments for the Norfolk crew who have taken on the EF! Action Update, plus some thoughts about the Action Update and broader debates about its role in the EF! movement.