Earth First! Action Update
Issue 74 - March 2001
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“Dance then, fairies, for joy and sing, the song of the coming again of spring” C. M. Barker
Five of Sainsbury’s Regional Distribution Centres (RDCs) were simultaneously blockaded in GM animal feed protest.
Genetics action at a Sainsbury’s supermarket in West Yorkshire was targeted.
Action disrupts the first flight from Manchester Airport’s second runway.
Updates and bulletins.
Chris Harman, editor of Socialist Worker, is pied at Leeds University during ‘Globalise Resistance’ Tour.
Anne Widdecombe's trip to Nottingham to sign copies of her new book is picketed.
Action in Bristol against anti-worker and anti-union Sodexho who make profit from prisons and asylum seekers.
On Feb 19th the New Terrorism Bill was enacted.
The first European Conference on Terrorism in Madrid decides new measures to combat “anarchist terrorism”.
London - autonomous actions based on the the monopoly board.
A big, well-sorted 2-week occupation is planned for the second half of May.
April 15th 2pm rally againnst GM Crop trials Harbury, Warwickshire Speakers and live music
"Any political movement that does not support its political internees is a sham movement" - Ojore Lutalo, political prisoner.
A pedal powered genetix road show, inspired by last years cycle rides to Prague and Den Haag.
Chapter 7 offers advice to those wanting to build low-impact homes on their land or live in affordable accommodation, such as mobile homes, whilst working on smallholdings or woodland.
The new provisional dates for the EF! Summer Gathering are: arrival Fri July 20th , to begin on Sat 21st continuing until approx Wed 25th .
Two e-mailing lists have been set up in Wales as info/networking points for campaigners and activists.
‘90% for 90%’ is a call to cut fares by 90% to make public transport affordable and begin changes to bring about the 90% reduction in greenhouse gases.
If voting changed anything they’d abolish it.
In 2000 28 Greenpeace activists were found not guilty of Criminal Damage to a GM Crop trial - we look at the implications of this.
Around 800 people blockaded Faslane Naval Base on Feb 12th.
Over 50 people hit 5 targets during a day of HLS actions on Feb 28th.
Locals in Sth Lanarkshire, Scotland campaign against a proposed 488 hectare opencast coal mine.
The Nine Ladies anti-quarry campaign is still going strong-complete with outdoor heated bath!
On March 3rd the National Front (NF) demonstrated at Nottingham prison.
Upcoming dates on the calendar.
After 5 hours of deliberation on Jan 18th, a jury gave a majority verdict of not guilty for two Trident Ploughshares 2000 pledgers.
Nearly 100 activists gathered on March 3rd for the London Fur Day of Action, with about the same number of police looking on.
On the day of president Bush’s inauguration, the Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases demonstrate at US National Security Agency base at Menworth Hill, North Yorkshire.
About 200 people arrived at Diss train station, Suffolk on March 4th for a demo at HLS Occold.
Protestors entered the premises of Dupont at Mimsworth and had a good look round the offices before being thrown out by irate factory workers.
This Feb in Cork fines were imposed on activists from Householders Against Service Charges (HASC).
A big hooray for the Rainbow Centre in Nottingham who secured the money to buy their new premises this month.
