Squall 12

News Shorts and Other Busyness

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Australian 'Redneck' Becomes Forestry Chief
New Director General of UK Forest Commission comes straight from destroying Australian old growth forests

Nuclear Missiles Retargetted

Trespassory Assembly
Successful appeals destroy CJA provisions on trespass

Future Resource Water Wars
Climate change to cause millions of refugees

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Knockabout Win Obscenity Trial

McLibel Trial Moves To Rainforest Destruction
The now-longest civil court case in British history moves to McD's destruction of Latin American forests

Seeds For Change
Indonesian-bound Hawk jet disabled at RAF base by three women

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Asylum Bill - Cutting Benefits To Refugess
Govt to press ahead with law to make asylum seekers destitute

Squatters Help Refugees
DIY housing for refugees in response to new Asylum Bill

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Housing Bill - Papering Over The Housing Problem
As housing stocks diminish and rents go up

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Police Masons Criticise Complaints Authority

Police To Use CS Gas Despite Concerns

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Briefs

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Commercial Promoters Profit From Glastonbury Cancellation
Smaller festivals are under increasing pressure from legislations, levies and local authories, while corporate interests are stepping into the vacuum left by Glastonbury

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MI5 Muscle In On Animal Rights Activism
New Security Services Bill gives more powers to attack and surveil activist groups

Best And Worst Landowner Of The Year Award
The Land Is Ours campaign hand out gongs

New Forum For Dance Information

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Copex "Not An Arms Fair" Libel
Libel writs issued against peace groups who claim Copex displayed 'torture' equipment

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University Evicts Long-Term Community
Cedars Road - a squatted community in East London for 25 years is evicted

Mother Festival Charges Dropped - Black Moon Fight On

Kings Hill Collective Tackle Planning Law

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Recipe For Prison Riots
Bedford prison authorities cut back on prisoner's privileges because they don't have the staff

Workfare By Stealth
Schemes where people work for the dole is to be introduced in Britain

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Hackney Community Under Threat

Brent Spar Campaign Vindicated By Public

League Against Cruel Sports Chief Resigns

Queen Hands Out Keys To A South London Squat

Housing Bill Increases Homelessness

Self-Help Schemes Undermined By DSS

Road Wars

If You Newbury Like I Newbury
The third battle of Newbury is now well under way. Neil Goodwin sends a report from the front line
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Pedal Power In Edinburgh
Critical Mass cyclists in Edinburgh defy council fines
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SSSIs Still Under Threat
50 SSSI sites still under threat from new road construction
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Cold Shoulder For Mercenary Climbers
British Mountaining Council condemns climbers who helped Newbury eviction
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M66 And All That
Ally Fogg takes a walk along the proposed M66 expansion near Manchester, where both the environment and community are considered dispensable
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A Maul On The Mound
Earth First!s superquarry shut-down at Whatley Quarry in December caused quite a stir in Somerset. Richard Dixon was there
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Stringers Common And A Hidden Agenda
The proposed road scheme in Surrey destroys a SSSI, and could also involve plans for a new waste incinerator
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Road Shorts
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Legislation Endorses Superquarrys
Hundreds of disused quarries could be brought back into use, some massively extended
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Car Travel Cheaper Than Public Transport
Fare hikes for rail, tube and bus in London mean that it's cheaper to drive a car
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International SQUALL

Wishes For Zuzana
Sam Beale was recently invited to a Romany christening. She reports on the vibrancy of European Gypsy culture
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Mending The Mirror
Romany history is oral, music and dance-based. Sam Beale dicovers both myth and legend in the Gypsy story
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Zapatista!
Vested land interests and an exclusive democracy have forced a Mexican revolution. Ursula Wills-Jones reports on the Zapatistas - a new breed of revolutionary
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Travellers In Another Place: The Himalayas
This issue, Tim Malyon reports on his travels to Ladakh and of the impact that the Chinese invasion of Tibet and western contact is having on the indigenous nomadic culture
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China Continues Nuclear Testing
China shows belligerence towards Taiwan, and ignores nuclear test ban
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Tibetan Panchen Lama Still Missing
Chinese authorities won't disclose whereabouts of the boy chosen by the Dalai Lama as future leader of Tibetan Buddhists
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Saro-Wiwa Execution Defended In US
Nigerian Govt spread propaganda in US newspaper defending execution of activist Ken Saro-Wiwa
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Brussels Squatters Take On City
Squatters defend historic buidlings in Brussels which were bought up by speculators to be torn down and replaced with modern office blocks
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