News In Brief...
This issue of the AU is dedicated to Old Mick, whose funeral took place at the beginning of June. Many will remember Mick from decades on the London squatting scene and the M11. To a lifetime of never compromising. Respect.
* What’s happening in Bonn? COP6 1/2, July 26th-27th, climate change demos following COP6 in Den Haag info at www.foeeurope.org/lifeboat/
* Indymedia Global Bulletin #6 now available! at print.indymedia.org including Aceh, Indonesia, Ethiopians in Washington DC, Activists set-back World Bank, and more. PDF format to download and distribute
* Fires occurred on May 21st at the University of Washington’s Center for Urban Horticulture and Jefferson Poplar Farms, Oregon, both significant Genetics targets. Allegedly graffiti at one site included ‘ELF’ and ‘You cannot control what is wild’
* During the first 3 months of 2001, 93 Basques have been detained by the Spanish state under anti-terrorist laws and 55 have reported mistreatment and torture euskalinfo@marsbard.com
* Do you need to contact M15? In case you feel your liberties are at risk. MI5 / Security Service, PO Box 3255, London SW1P 1AE 020 7930 9000. www.access.lowtech.org/collectableanorak
* Over 100 anti-monarchists clashed with riot police in Amsterdam on May 26th. Discussions on the monarchy, preventing repression, action-tactics and coalitions were also held in the squatted social centre at Overtoom 301 groenfr@dds.nl
* On May 28th, in Den Haag people dressed as Columbian paramilitaries ‘shot’ Columbian farmers made a bloody mess and ‘bombed’ members of the Dutch parliament. The actions took place during a parliamentary debate on the so-called FOL treaty between the US and Netherlands, part of the infamous ‘plan Colombia’ 17were arrested groenfr@dds.nl Also on the 9th May 60 people occupied Geneva’s City Bank reception office to draw attention to the Bank’s links to ‘Plan Colombia’
* Primate Products, an HLS monkey and equipment supplier, had its web site hacked by US ALFers. Pages were completely changed to show the horrific suffering that the HLS primates endure
* Pensioner’s blockaded the Tyne Bridge in May protesting lack of provision for the elderly. Their protest was greeted with hoots of support from delayed drivers
* Polish secret police forced the mayor of Krynki to shut down a multi-cultural festival being held as part of a no-borders camp after initial permission was granted
* The death toll of hunger strikers protesting inhumane isolation cells in Turkish prisons has reached 47. The Campaign For Human Rights In Turkey 020 7275 8440 www.daymer.org/humanr