West Midlands
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.
Call Out: OpposeThe EDL In Birmingham 29th Oct
The EDL are to hold a demo in Victoria square, Birmingham on 29th October 12:00 - 18:00. Victoria Square is also the location of the Occupy Birmingham protest camp which could become a target for the EDL. This is a call out for people to come to Victoria Square on the 29th and defend the Occupy Birmingham camp and defend the city from the EDL.
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.
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!
Site evicted at Huntingdon Lane
19th August 2011
Campaigners were this afternoon evicted from the site of a massive new mine in Telford after defying UK Coal bosses for 18 months.
An eviction team working on behalf of the company was sent onto the site in Huntington Lane, Little Wenlock, this morning to remove the protesters and destroy their camp.
Earth First! Summer Gathering Update 2011
Location announced, workshop schedule published, and how the kids space is going to work. All for the Earth First! Summer Gathering which begins on the 10th of August and runs until the 15th.
Get in touch if you need more information.
Countering the GM come back summer camp
Bring your stove and tent for an anti-GM weekend. Fri 22nd pm: Camping available. Sat 23rd: Delivering a trailer load of organic spuds to the doors of the John Innes Centre in protest at GM potato trials there. Sun 24th: a day-long planning session: GM is coming back – we’ll be ready. See below for more information.
Activists temporarily halt work at Huntington Lane
On Tuesday 5th July activists from the Telford no new coal (aka Defend Huntington Lane) protest site halted early morning operations by storming the open cast mine. Two protesters dead locked on to heavy plant machinery, disrupting the destruction caused by them. Activists have been on the site for 15 months and are awaiting eviction papers.



