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Tree defenders have been regularly making small blockades on the old railiway track, which is part of the road route and passes the two tree camps. Costain and co who are felling the trees, have to keep removing them to enable access. Not to be outdone, on St. David's Day, contractors themselves erected their own concrete blockade, to block vehicle access to the tree camps!

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Blackwood Bypass - Action Alert

02-03-2004 11:24

Blackwood Bypass - Action Alert
- phone fax email web blockade on Blackwood sub-contractor -

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Tree Destruction at Blackwood - Pics

01-03-2004 22:41

1st March, St David's Day: Pictures from St David's Wood, Blackwood, South Wales, where Costain are building a new road to link together two industrial parks - not that there isn't road access already you understand. A suspension bridge will also be built across the valley further linking the new road to the existing ones. The pictures show the scene along much of the old railway track, however the oldest trees are in the area defended by the two camps. Local support is great, it just needs more bodies on the ground

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1 March 1954 - Operation Bravo and the Marshall Islands Human Guinea Pigs

01-03-2004 04:38

On March 1st, 1954 - 50 years ago - the USA did proceed to their
first H bomb test: Operation Bravo.

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Resistance ! (over ground under ground!)

28-02-2004 20:52

Direct Action. You know it. Get together with a couple of mates and get down there!

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Blackwood, New Court Date & Update

28-02-2004 20:37

Latest today, there are a few more people there now, from all over the UK This has lifted the mood of the camp a lot, BUT they're still VERY short of people to help with defences and the evictions that are expected in a week or so.

LEGAL HELP NEEDED URGENTLY!

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Protest site FAQ

28-02-2004 18:34

Frequently asked questions about living on protest sites.

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Protected Species Trashed at Blackwood

27-02-2004 15:38

in a deliberate campaign to get rid of protected species which are slowing down the road building at Blackwood (S. Wales), Costain and sub contractors are felling trees which are clearly marked as having bat roosts onto dormice habitats (also clearly marked and fenced off). On Wednesday they tried to put the evidence through a wood chipper before the local police wildlife officer could get on site, but local teenagers sat on the felled trees to stop them.

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CROP PROTECTION CONFERENCE disrupted with a phonecall

26-02-2004 14:21

a conference hosting talks by Bayer employees was disrupted on tuesday

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NGOs cross London Rising Tide picket line to attend BP greenwash meeting

25-02-2004 22:19

Police ringed the Radisson Edwardian Hotel in Stratton Street, London, on the morning of February 24th as inside, BP prepared to meet and greet specifically invited non-governmental organisations (or NGOs).

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Licensed taxi drivers want rickshaws banned…

25-02-2004 17:02

From www.ltda.co.uk:

BAN! DON'T LICENSE
As unbelievable as it seems, in London in the 21st Century there is a major problem with Rickshaws. Whilst the third world is doing all it can to lose the last of these degrading pedal powered contraptions, some unscrupulous operators are clogging up the streets of the Metropolis with the same slow, traffic halting bikes.

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ALL Day Benefit Gig-- HELP NEEDED

25-02-2004 15:26

Help needed, im organising an ALL DAY BENEFIT GIG to raise awareness and much needed cash for the road protest movement (esp 9 Ladies)!!!!!

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Lifts to Blackwood protest camp from Oxford

24-02-2004 13:36

Lifts from Oxford to the Blackwood road protest camp leaving Friday morning.

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Animals Defeat Bush-Cheney

23-02-2004 18:11

animals canned hunts factory farms
feedlots endangered species

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Boycott BP's Baku-Ceyhan Pipeline Greenwash Meeting, Feb 24th, London

23-02-2004 11:53

Here below is the text of the leaflet we'll be handing out at tomorrow's BP-organised meeting on the Baku Cyehan pipeline, to which they have invited compliant/complicit NGOs and investors. Feel free to come along and join us from 9.30-10.30 outside the Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Stratton Street, London. Bring confetti.
It's followed by 'Can BP Keep NGOs Talking?', written by Strategic Forecasting Inc.,. in which LRT is mentioned.

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Promoting Cycling in Oxford

22-02-2004 20:28

Cyclox promotes Cycling in Oxford. The next Cyclox public meeting is on Wednesday 3rd March 2004 at 7.00 p.m. - East Oxford Community Centre (corner of Cowley Rd and Princes St).