News In Brief...

* CitY - Change it Yourself. - A new Tuesday meeting for networking in London rts@gn.apc.org

* ‘Pirates for Animal Liberation’ have sunk a yacht belonging to a Bank of New York executive responsible for providing financial aid to Huntingdon Life Sciences

*Four teenagers from Omaha have been charged with fourth-class felony after a number of golf courses were vandalised. They claim they are part of the ELF

* BNP ‘nazi scum’ leader Nick Griffin’s phone no’s are home: 01938 820198/01938 820560 Mobile: 07813 328955

* Nottingham has a new vegan resource centre and social club opening this autumn following renovations. 0845 458 9595 for details and opening date/times.

* Asylum seekers held in HMP Liverpool went on Hunger strike on July 26th. As of May 31st there were 1,787 in detention in the UK under Immigration Act powers

* Four women trade unionists were assassinated in Columbia in July. There have now been 78 assassinations, 35 disappearances and kidnappings and 14 attempted assassinations in Columbia this year. Colombia Solidarity Campaign: colombia_sc@hotmail.com

* The director of the British Aggregates Association has set up an anti-environmentalist group www.scientific-alliance.com

* DEAL WITH IT a new bi-monthly (ish) journal by anti-sexist, anarchist men PO Box 5841, Eugene, OR97405. www.fruitiondesign.com/dealwithit

* At least five plots of GM crops have been destroyed in France since late June when the government was forced to release info on their locations

* Lyminge Forest is now officially secure against Rank’s, or Bourne leisure’s plans to develop it into a holiday village. Planning permission expired this April and no renewal application has been submitted

* 800 people in the Philippines have trashed an experimental BT-Corn crop owned by Monsanto

* Seven McDonald’s in Montreal were simultaneously vandalised, possibly in connection with a local labour dispute

* A total hunting ban continues due to Foot and Mouth, but the situation will be reviewed soon

* Hamish (hamishalcorn@hotmail.com) wants up-to-date info about the British govt regarding, arms trading, GE stuff, human rights, nuke stuff etc to write propaganda for the CHOGM protests in Australia (6-9 Oct)

* A Manchester man has been charged with Criminal Damage after spraying ‘free the G8 pr’ on the Italian Embassy in Manchester