Spain: In the early morning hours of October 19, approximately 17,500 mink were released from cages at four fur farms in northern Spain. Three of the farms were located near Abegondo (Galicia). The fourth farm was located several hundred miles away in Lubia (Soria), where some of the mink were recaptured, but others have been spotted miles away from the farm.

Charo Carrillo, the owner of a farm i…

On Wednesday 28th Novartis are back in court trying to extend their injunction against Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty. You may think that this is just an animal rights issue, but the new terms that Novartis are seeking will set a frightening precedent that will affect everyone's right to protest.

The background is that SHAC are holding a march against animal testing in Horsham on 31st October, wh…

How many anarchists did it take to organize the recent Southern California Anarchist Conference? No one is really sure. Not even the organizers. Yes, the idea of a conference for anarchists sounds like a punch line waiting to happen. Anarchists find that troubling. “The mainstream recognition of anarchism is chaos and breaking stuff,” says Sara Galindo, sounding exasperated. “We have to redef…

Interesting article on why we don't need the polcie from an anarchist perspective.

From Last Hours Zine

A good article including an interview with Chella Quint from Adventures in Menstruating and how she became a menstrual activist! Also some stuff about a new book called 'New Blood: Third Wave Feminism and the Politics of Menstruation' and Rachel Kauder Nalebuff's 'My Little Red Book'.

In this article, Paul Marx discusses a paper by Wang and Rong in which cascading failure modes of a power distribution network are explored mathematically. As some of the hardware used in power grids is vulnerable to remote exploits, this opens up all sorts of interesting possibilities for direct action tactics against these technologies of environmental destruction.

Yorkshire Evening Post reports that a man has been charged with "conspiracy to commit aggravated trespass" at a power station following a raid on a school in Notinghamshire. Given that trespass only becomes aggravated after one refuses to leave, it should be hilarious to see how plod will try to make this stick.

The Telegraph reports that the Sky News website was defaced by hackers. The motivation was an attack on NewsCorp's right-wing agenda, shallow reporting and emphasis on presentation over substance.

Over 20 members of Unite the Union and their supporters came to demonstrate and unfurl banners in their protest against the blacklist in the construction trade at the The Rock in Bury on Thursday 27th August 2009.

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People staying at or involved in this years Camp for Climate Action took action across the City of London this week.

Part of the website of the UK parliament has been cracked (hacked into), revealing the administrators' passwords which were stored unencrypted. After the attack was reported to the webmaster, it took over 2 days for them to take the compromised page off-line, which means that everyone who's interested in such things will have had plenty of time to fiddle with the system. Eight days later, the page

an interesting article on open cast coal mining in the UK with a map of open cast coal production. The Guardian's angle on this is that all this new coal mining makes the UK look rather foolish at the UN's Climate Summit in Copenhagen in December.

The proposed open cast coal mine near Ledston, which comes under Leeds City Council, has been rejected.

This Yorkshire Evening News article has the story from their oh-so-expert point of view *ahem*

Notably the coal from this proposed mine was to be used at Drax, Eggborough and Ferrybridge power stations. "Five years is what it will take, all this for only 14 days coal to keep the above mentione…

A repost of a repost from a somewhat dubious source (our friends at the Guardian) but definitely something worth checking out regarding efforts to turn an Android based phone into a secure and anonymous way to make and receive calls and text messages.

MULE’s Michael Pooler caught up with activist comedian Mark Thomas during a visit to Manchester and Salford, which took in visits to Hazel Blears’ house and the Deansgate tax office. Right now the tireless campaigner is asking for an invasion of tax-haven Jersey and the nationalisation of Tesco…

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In late 2008 the libcom.org group were approached by the UKWatch.net website to take part in a debate with the Project for a Participatory Society (PPS), themed around ‘anti-capitalist vision.’ This seemed like a good opportunity to get our own ideas down in writing, as well as to subject them to the test of robust criticism. We also had criticisms of our own of ‘participatory economics’ (‘parecon…

Allegations of irregularities in the way that New Deal travel allowances are calculated and advice on claiming back what's owed.

The national identity card scheme, now being tested on immigrants to the UK, has effectively been defeated. Once it becomes possible to clone an identity like this, there's no way for law enforcement officials to prove that the person carrying a card is a unique individual so the whole house of cards comes down. Hackers 1 - Government 0.

Submedia.tv monthly news roundup including EF! logging blockade, G7 gangstas, factory occupation french stylee (le boom boom), pipeline perforation and analysis of US 'green scare' repression

Article from the bbc regarding criticism of the police at the G20 protests on April 1st which was attended by many Northern activists and groups.

Short documentary by Yorkshire Against New Coal set at a protest against open-cast mining in Ledston, Yorkshire.

What's Wrong With Coal? from Will Luton on Vimeo.

Andy Lockhart and Andrew Bowman write about the lack of transparency in their local authority and the local press's lack of interest

http://themule.info/article/closed-doors-at-the-council#more-416

Car tyres deflate in the night, diggers halted in their tracks, buildings and MPs covered in slime...airports plagued by crazy golf, picnics, city gents and hostage-taking...eco-villages and other autonomous spaces sprout, as others are under threat...tree-sits, banks evicted, fake phone-masts and whaling ships sunk....it must be time for another Earth First! Action Update, bringing you a concentr…

In this open letter to George Monbiot, writers David Edwards and David Cromwell explore the murky relationships between journalists, media corporations and advertisers. It includes an interesting passage about what happens on the rare occasions that vested interests come close to being exposed, "The Day The Guardian Ads Department Went Apeshit."

http://www.medialens.org/alerts/09/090615_the_guard…

Charity volunteers have begun a new service to help older and infirm people get their shopping done.

Co-ordinator Joanna Gramshaw said "We are always looking for new clients and volunteers so if you are interested or know of anyone who would like an occasional visit, please contact me on (01943) 603348



Full story here...

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/4524345.Do_you_need_a_hand_with_the…

Charity volunteers have begun a new service to help older and infirm people get their shopping done.

"We are always looking for new clients and volunteers so if you are interested or know of anyone who would like an occasional visit, please contact me on (01943) 603348." - Joanna Gramshaw project co-ordinator.

Full article here...

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/4524345.Do_you_need_a_h…

Special issue of Schnews covering the cancellation of this years Big Green Gathering:

http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news685.php