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ELP Updates; Eco-Activist, SHAC 7 & Ex-Austrian Prisoners

22-12-2008 00:32

ELP Information Bulletin (19th December 2008)

Dear friends

ELP has 3 lots of news for you:

1) Jonatan to appeal his 15 month sentence
2) SHAC-USA News
3) Open Letter from Former Austrian Prisoners

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Whalers flee Sea Shepherd in Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary

20-12-2008 12:34

Sea Shepherd deck crew members ready a fast boat Photo by Adam Lau/Sea Shepherd
Anti-whaling activists on board the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ship Steve Irwin have intercepted the Japanese whaling fleet inside the Australian Antarctic Economic Exclusion Zone at 64°26 South and 132° 40' East on Friday 19 December. The encounter took place in dense fog, ice conditions and winds picking up to 50 knots approaching blizzard conditions.

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Direct Action; Germany, Greece, Italy, Mexico & UK

19-12-2008 20:46

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16th-19th December

PAYBACK TIME FOR NOVARTIS WORKERS (Germany)
FUR FARM LIBERATION (Greece)
WINDOWS SMASHED AT FUR RETAILER (Italy)
FLAMES DAMAGE BULLRING (Mexico)
70 TURKEYS ESCAPE CHRISTMAS DINNER (UK)
DOGS RESCUED FROM FILTHY CITY POUND (Mexico)

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It's Decision Time For Nepal's Monkeys!

17-12-2008 17:57

The new 'Wildlife Act' has been published although details of the actual breeding laws remain unpublished at this stage. There is currently a lot of speculation in the Nepalese media but NO hard facts.

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Scottish coal rail terminal shut down for 9 hours

17-12-2008 14:29

On Monday 15th, thirty campaigners from Coal Action Scotland together with local residents peacefully blockaded the entrance to the Scottish Coal-operated Ravenstruther coal rail terminal in South Lanarkshire. This action prevented the delivery of thousands of tonnes of coal to power stations across Scotland, for the whole day.

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Direct Action; Spain, Mexico, Czech, Italy, USA, Sweden, France & Columbia

16-12-2008 11:47

OPEN RESCUE OF 10 HENS (Spain)
6th-15th December

OPEN RESCUE OF 10 HENS (Spain)
A NIGHT OF ACTION ENDS WITH FIRE AT RODEO GROUNDS (Mexico)
HUNTING TOWERS TOPPLED (Czech Republic)
FIRES MARK 'A NIGHT FOR CHICKENS' (Italy)
TIRES FLATTENED ON UCLA VAN (USA)
WINDOWS SMASHED AT INFAMOUS RESTAURANT (Sweden)
FIVE HENS RESCUED (Czech Republic)
WORKING TELEPHONES BECOMING HARD TO FIND (Mexico)
CIRCUS ADVERTS TRASHED (France)
COMPUTER VIRUS SENT TO VIVISECTORS (USA)
TIRES SLASHED ON MEAT COMPANY VANS, BUTCHER SHOP LOCKED SHUT (USA)
BULLFIGHTING SPONSOR SABOTAGED (Columbia)
CABLES CUT ON POULTRY COMPANY TRUCKS (Mexico)
MORE TELMEX PHONES OUT OF SERVICE (Mexico)

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Film Showing in Bradford Monday 22nd December - Rubber Jungle

15-12-2008 18:33

Rubber Jungle (70 mins 8.00 start) - the story of Chico Mendes and the rubber tappers of Brazil - When a big budget Warner Brother's movie project about slain Brazilian activist Chico Mendes goes bust, Bill Day, Terry Schwartz and Caito Martins head deep into the Amazon to find out who Chico Mendes really was and why Hollywood couldn't make a big budget film about him.

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Earth First! Winter Moot - latest details & venue - Brighton, February 6-7-8th 2

15-12-2008 17:03

The Earth First! Winter moot is an opportunity for people who feel affiliation with the ideas behind Earth First! to network, discuss and reflect on the ecological direct action movement and to plan for the future. In contrast with the yearly EF! Summer Gathering, which is held outside for around five days, the winter moot is a shorter weekend meeting, inside, less aimed at skill sharing and more at looking where we are at as movement and where we want to be going. A session is also reserved for discussing a UK mobilisation for the UN climate conference in Copenhagen late 2009.

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frankfurt / germany: protest against airport extension

15-12-2008 11:16

On Sunday, 14.12. about 150 people demonstrated in the forest of Kelsterbach (near Frankfurt / Main) against the construction of the new runway north of the current airport site.

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Last chance to stop EU agrofuel disaster - Appeal to sign petition

13-12-2008 23:13

On 17th December, the European Parliament is due to vote on two pieces of legislation, the Renewable Energy Directive and the Fuel Quality Directive, each of which will lead to large-scale agrofuel expansion through long-term (2020) targets. Those laws are likely to trigger more land conversion, particularly in the global South, to grow fuel for Europe's cars, at the expense of forests and people, climate, food and biodiversity.

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Nuclear disarmament synergies

13-12-2008 18:25

Now is a key time to capitalise on renewed interest in Nuclear Disarmament and makes links between this issue, the financial crisis and climate change.

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BBC and regional news cover tree protest in weymouth

12-12-2008 19:31


Two protesters are sitting in trees in ancient Dorset woodland to try to stop clearance work taking place ahead of the building of a new £84m relief road.

Work to clear part of Two Mile Coppice restarted on Thursday after a legal bid by the Woodland Trust temporarily suspended work on Tuesday.

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The 300-350 Show: Forests and Biofuels

12-12-2008 12:31

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We continue our coverage of this year’s UN Climate Change Talks in Poznan Poland with a look at the big issue on the table – how to reduce emissions from deforestation. We look at why carbon trading is not the answer and why new EU targets for biofuels will increase deforestation.

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Save the planet from capitalism By Evo Morales

11-12-2008 22:06

President Evo morales on climate change and capitalism, and the changes needed to build a sustainable world.

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Secret seal slaughter in UK

11-12-2008 12:53

Another victim of the Scottish salmon industry
Up to 5,000 seals are being killed each year by the Scottish salmon industry potentially contributing to the "frightening" decline of common (harbour) seals in the UK. The Seal Protection Action Group are campaigning to protect seals.

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Human Rights and Animal Rights in Ireland

09-12-2008 17:22

When campaigning quite legally and peacefully for animal rights can result in one's one own human rights being infringed!

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Why we shut Stansted Airport

09-12-2008 14:24



Monday's action has shown the power of young people determined to turn the climate talk into climate action. We took the decision to disrupt the airport to directly reduce the CO2 impact of Stansted, as a response to the government's consent to its expansion. We did so with heavy hearts, knowing it would disrupt passengers, because we knew the consequences of this action couldn't be worse than the consequences of inaction. If irreversible climate change kicks in, millions of lives will be destroyed.

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Bad Hare Days in Ireland

09-12-2008 00:23

I'm getting a pretty hot reaction reaction to a book I've written on my anti-bloodsports campaigning in Ireland. One certainly touches a raw nerve when one raises the issue of cruelty to animals dressed up as "sport".

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Global day of climate action in Gothenburg, Sweden

08-12-2008 13:28

Saturday the 6th of December saw two climate related actions in Gothenburg.
Three people arrested for drinking hot chocolate in the wrong place