Scotland (central & southern)

Climate Camp Bike Ride

People will be riding to the climate camp, starting from Glasgow, descending southerly picking up thousands en route.

The final leg, London to Kingsnorth is on sunday 3 August meeting under Waterloo bridge (southside) at 9am
For more info on the route and how to get involved e-mail climatecampbikeride [at] lists [dot] riseup [dot] net
Up the the velorution.

Blockade of Faslane - One year since Scotland said NO

19/06/2008
Today a group of 5 Trident Ploughshares activists blockaded the main gate of Faslane nuclear submarine base for one and a half hours. The roadway was closed from 6.40am until 7.45am, and unable to fully reopen until 8.15am. Traffic was turned away and had to find an alternative entrance.

World Naked Bike Ride UK

World Naked Bike Ride logoWorld Naked Bike Ride logoA peaceful, imaginative and fun protest against oil dependency and car culture. A celebration of the bicycle and also a celebration of the power and individuality of the human body. A symbol of the vulnerability of the cyclist in traffic.

3rd June Food & Climate Change Day of Action - more actions, in Nottingham, London x3, Bristol, Glasgow, Liverpool & Amsterdam

Actions co-inciding with the UN Conference on World Food Security and Climate Change got off to an early start, with Sunday seeing the first of an outbreak of vegan food give-aways, in Manchester, with a spot of guerrilla gardening; the rash spread on Monday with GM labs occupied. The Ready Steady Skip website tried to soothe, but on the day, the action contagion spread...

Spirit of Freedom (May 2008)

Prisoner Solidarity 11Prisoner Solidarity 11Produced by EARTH LIBERATION PRISONERS SUPPORT NETWORK

"The whole experience has been tough, but all the kind and strengthening words and wise thoughts from strangers made it much easier!" (Former Swedish Animal Rights Prisoner)

Stuck for something to do!? Uninspired & lacklustre..? The all new singing dancing EF!AU is here to lift your spirits

EF! crossed tools 1EF! crossed tools 1As if putting the boot into the genetics industry, filling empty spaces with joy & creativity, and fooling the fossil-heads wasn't enough, people have been busy washing lumps of coal and covering themselves with paint...we kid you not...all in aid of halting the trashing of the planet!

Parliaments have been climbed, airport terminals flash(mobb)ed, fields & various other sites occupied, building stormed & blockaded, pipelines blockaded & destroyed...

CLIMATE ACTION NEWS SHEET 79, MAY 2008

CONTENTS:

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UPCOMING ACTIONS AND EVENTS:
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1) CLIMATE CAMP NATIONAL GATHERING - LONDON, 10-11.5.08
2) SAVING ICELAND IN WALES AND SCOTLAND - 7th & 9th MAY ‘08
3) TURNING UP THE HEAT - LONDON, CARDIFF, MANCHESTER & ONLINE, 8/10/13.5.08
4) BIG BLETHER 6 - GLASGOW, 9-11.5.08

Vegan Banquet for Saving Iceland - May 9, Edinburgh

On Friday 9th May we are holding a vegan banquet with live music, bar and raffle! The ticket will include all the vegan food you can eat (including desert), all the live music you can hear and all the banqueting atmosphere you can take! The Banquet starts at 7pm at Old St Pauls Hall, Edinburgh.
Tickets are £5 (unwaged / low income) and £7 (waged). All profit will go to funding the Scottish Saving Iceland Collective.

Oil price rises: Nigerian militants attack & seek peace; Scottish strike; Exxon strike in Nigeria - updated

Shell logo burningShell logo burningLAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Militants said they blew up two more oil pipelines Monday in southern Nigeria and called for former President Jimmy Carter and actor George Clooney to help mediate an end to the crisis. [27th April 2008 updated at bottom]

Big Blether 6

BIG BLETHER 6
Friday 9th- Sunday 11th May 2008
Talamh Life Centre, Near Glasgow
www.bigblether.org.uk

Synthesis and Celebration
Support and celebration within our multifaceted movement.

BB is a meeting place for activists to bring and share ideas, information and enthusiasm and to create action out of inspiration.

Everyone is welcome to participate and contribute - big or small

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