West Country Newswire Archive

Have your say in the future direction of the peace movement. Please come to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Swindon Stop the War Coalition on 27th April, at 7:30 in the Friends Meeting House, Eastcott Hill. Read more >>

BRISTOL-STOP-THE-WAR *SUPPLEMENT* : 19th April 2004
For News Around Bristol Visit:  http://bristol.indymedia.org/

*NOTE* : This is a supplement to our monthly Bristol-Stop-The-War News.
For the main April newsletter of events in Bristol & beyond, please see:
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Next weekend (24th-25th April, 2004) there's gonna be a national gathering of the Dissent! Network in Manchester. The Network, formed last autumn to co-ordinate radical resistance to the 2005 G8 Summit in the UK, and capitalism in general, is ope to all who subscribe to the Peoples' Global Action (PGA) Hallmarks (see: www.agp.org). If you want to attend the gathering PLEASE send confirmation to:  g8gathering@yahoo.co.uk saying when you're arriveing (Fri/Sat), how many people you are and if you require accommodation. PLEASE DO THIS ASAP!!!! Read more >>

A British cyclist was jailed for 16 months after admitting to slashing almost 2,000 vehicle tyres in revenge for the actions of "inconsiderate" motorists.





Ashley Carpenter, 37, began his one-man campaign attacking tyres on 548 cars, vans and lorries with a sharpened screwdriver after one car almost knocked him off his bike and another splashed him with a puddle.


Judge Stephen Lennard, sentencing Carpenter at Bournemouth Crown Court in southern England, called the scale of the revenge spree, costing an estimated 250,000 pounds (375,000 euros, 460,000 pounds) in new tyres and other expenses to victims, "breathtaking".


"In December last year, motivated by frustration and anger at what you considered to be the inconsiderate manner of motorists as experienced by you as a cyclist and a pedestrian, you embarked on your astonishing and extraordinary campaign," Lennard said.


Unemployed Carpenter -- described by his own defence counsel as a "socially inadequate" loner -- had decided to "send out a message to motorists", the judge said.


"In a period of 10 to 11 days, armed with a sharpened screwdriver, probably sharpened for the purpose, you went out and punctured 1,728 separate tyres on 548 different motor vehicles" in Bournemouth and nearby Christchurch.


"The scale of the damage and the financial consequences of it are breathtaking."




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I have been doing a little research in the Indymedia e-mail list archives to find out why Indycymru was removed from the list of IMCs without explanation.

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Lord Sainsbury of Turville, unelected minister for trade and industry, on the Sci-Bio Committee, responsible for national bio-tech policy, despite massive interests in the industry.
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UNWGIP @ Geneva.
The 22nd session of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations (UNWGIP) will take place from 19th to 23rd July 2004 in the Palais des Nations at the United Nations in Geneva. Read more >>

Day 4 of the march from London to AWE (Atomic Weapons Establishment) Aldermarston - photos Read more >>

GREAT BIG BANNER MAKING SESSION : Thursday 15th April 2004

R U Tired of going to demos which have been flooded with Party Political Banners?
R U Tired of how un-diverse and artifically uniform this makes us all look?
R U Tired of politely asking political parties not to do this? Read more >>

An exhibition in Gloucester of photographs of last year's protests is closing today. Read more >>

BRISTOL-STOP-THE-WAR NEWS : 7th April 2004
Please Note : This is not an exhaustive list of events.
Visit & add events to the Bristol Indymedia Calendar:
 http://subsection.org.uk/whatson/index.htm
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Gig at Llanarth club, Pontllanfraith in aid of continuing Blackwood campaign. Read more >>

Another benefit screening for the refugee education charity  http://www.enlighten-palestine.org bringing together the best in Palestine documentaries. Read more >>

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Schnews, the Brighton based weekly free newsheet, clebrates 10 years of kicking back with a national tour of the nations hotspots. Read more >>

Bayer Cropscience is giving up attempts to commercialise GM maize - the only transgenic plant to have approval for widespread cultivation.
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This is the press release from Swindon Stop the War Coalition:
meeting 6th April, 7:30 pm - Friends Meeting House Read more >>

In amongst all the motions to the STW Conference on 28th Feb 2004, is a tidy little motion from Bristol STW.

"This conference recognises the achievements of the Stop the War Coalition in involving people across the political spectrum and re-affirms the political non-alignment of the Coalition."

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Update on the campaign to defend Malmesbury and Devizes Maternity Units

The local health authority has announced plans to close both units. They are consulting with the public on this proposal until the 26th April. Read more >>