News In Brief...
* Digna Ochoa, a prominent Mexican human rights’ lawyer who has defended several members of the Zapatista army, was murdered on Oct 19th. www.chiapaslink.ukgateway.net for the latest on the Chiapas situation
* GAP Inc. recorded a $178.8 million dollar loss last 1/4 after 2 years of falling profits. www.gapsucks.org
* 6 people arrested during a demo at Wales’s only GM crop trial at Sealand, Flintshire last July have now been charged with criminal damage. (see AU 77)
* On Oct 6th 3 animal rights protesters staged a roof top demo at the home of DuPont director, W. M. Barry. One protester, Kerry Whitburn, is now on remand. (See Prisoners)
* A McDonald’s in Ottawa, Canada was trashed on Oct 16th during protests against meetings of the policy-making committees of the IMF & World Bank.
* The leaders of Tuvalu, a tiny island country midway between Hawaii and Australia, in the Pacific Ocean, have announced that they will abandon their homeland because of rising sea levels. This will create 11,000 environmental refugees.
* An RTS group has formed in Paris: reclaimlarue@hotmail.com they are in occupation of a building in Paris and are keen to hear from other activist groups
* A McDonalds’s in Tucson, Arizona, USA, was torched on Sept 7th. The action was claimed by ‘activists working in the interest of Animal and Earth liberation’.
Other US ALF/ELF actions: a new biotech lab in Long Island, NY sabotaged on August 21st; 200 wild horses freed from a holding facility in Corvallis, California on Oct 17th. The horses were contained to clear land for grazing cattle; The arson in October of a maintenance building connected to the Coulston Foundation research lab, which has the largest colony of captive chimpanzees in the world; Tree spiking 100’s of trees in the Gifford Pinchot National forest, Randle, WA
* The 3 Spanish anarchists being held for planting bombs (reported in last issues NIB) have thankfully been let out of prison. However they may still face charges inforepresion@yahoo.es
* The UK Mumia Abu-Jamal support campaign has a new website, detailing the legal case against Mumia’s conviction http://uk.geocities.com/mumiauk. Radical black eco-activist, Mumia is still on death row and its asked that everyone uses this information to raise awareness and campaign for him in whatever way they can.
* The newest spoof offering fron RTS - The Spun is now available online www.the-spun.co.uk or contact rts@gn.apc.org for paper copies.
* War Cry is a new radical newsletter for anyone living or working in West London. To get a free copy, send a SAE to West London Anarchists & Radicals, BM Makhno, London WC1N 3XX.
* An urgent request for any footage from Oxford Street, during the 2001, London May day protests - to build a case against the police action - has been received.Contact david@mawsond.fsnet.co.uk if you think you have anything useful.
* Never deterred, plans are underway for Mayday 2002 in London. Contact londonmayday@yahoo.co.uk if you’d like to get involved.