North West England
North West England
Earth First! Winter Moot 2012 - 24-26th February 2012. Updated: what to expect
A weekend of discussion and networking for those taking direct action against ecological destruction.
Please note date & location change (due to date clash & venue problems):
24-26th February 2012, near Glasgow
Nearest train station: Lanark.
Reclaim the Fields Spring Gathering 2012
The first Reclaim the Fields Gathering of the year will be taking place this March at the Wilderness Centre in the Forest of Dean.
The provisional timetable includes workshops on:
Winter Warm-up round-up - Fuel Poverty Action protests
Friday update: an exciting start to the Fuel Poverty Action Weekend of Winter Warm-ups…Hundreds of people across the country came out of their cold homes to get warm at the buildings of institutions that have a hand in creating fuel poverty, to challenge the Big Six’s monopoly and the government’s complicity. London - Leeds - Swindon - Manchester:
Community action: protests move Manchester tram depot plans off green
Residents halt building of Metrolink depot outside their homes on public green in Wythenshawe
November 25, 2011
A mass protest halted contractors who had started to build a 200 metre-long transport depot on a public green.
Ryanair ejected by Manchester students
October 29, 2011
Ryanair had to cancel a marketing event at the University of Manchester Students Union earlier this week after students dismantled their promotional stall in protest against the company's record on the environment and workers' rights.
3rd October: Manchester occupied!
Yesterday saw the occupation of Albert Square in Manchester outside the town hall. Throughout the afternoon and evening several open mic assembly sessions were held with people speaking about various issues with the common themes being resistance to cuts, community organising, direct democracy, and occupations. There was also a sound system pumping out tunes and some dancing in the rain.
new EF! Action Update
In an end of the summer compact EF!AU, find news about kicking shell in the teeth in Rossport again and then some more, solidarity with the community at Dale Farm, and anti-GM resistance - Spuds you Don't Like demo in England, sabotage in Germany, France and Scotland.
Get ready for Hinkley blockade - 5th Stop New Nuclear newsletter
Welcome to our fifth Stop New Nuclear newsletter. With little more than two weeks to go, we need to make a last effort to mobilise even more people to the blockade of Hinkley Point on 3 October.
Occupy! Manchester - 2nd October Tory Party Conference
From 2-5 October 2011 the Conservative Party are coming to Manchester to hold their annual conference. All eyes will be on this city as the Tory’s analyse their progress in implementing their disastrous program of public sector spending cuts, and reveal plans for the years ahead. This conference should not go unopposed. We intend to make the opposition to the cuts and the widely shared belief in a better alternative future visible, and we’d like to do this with you!
ASS needs you!
The Advisory Service for Squatters releases its first newsletter... and wants your help!
The hardworking bunch at the Advisory Service for Squatters have just released their annual report in the form of a newsletter.
Its full of as much information, juicy gossip and as many requests for help that you can fit on two sides of A4!
The Black Fish is looking for crew members
The marine protection organisation The Black Fish is looking for people to join its direct action team and future ship's crew.
Camp Frack: 17th-18th September, near Blackpool
Join the resistance to the “fracking” invasion! Stop the massive expansion of shale gas extraction in the UK! We need renewables and powerdown - not another source of fossil fuel!
