Contacts

Squall 16, Summer 1998, pp. 50-51.

Most of the groups listed below are run by volunteers on non-existent budgets. If you want information, or any of the publications mentioned, make sure you send the required money, a SAE plus as much as you can afford as donation.

[* The websites listed here have been linked to Wayback Machine archived snapshots of the sites where available, so they can be viewed as they appeared in 1998, or thereabouts].

Advisory Service for Squatters (ASS)
- Gurus of the squatting world. Open for advice, practical and legal at
2 St. Pauls Rd, London N1 2QN from 2-6pm every week day.
Tel: 0171 359 8814.

ALF Supporters Group
- produce newsletter supporting Animal Liberation Front.
BCM Box 1160, London WC1N 3XX.

Anarchist Black Cross
- produce newsletter. One of the best prisoner support groups with excellent lists for letter writing.
Anarchist Black Cross, c/o 121 Railton Road, London SE24 0LR.

ANIMAL (animal rights and green issues in capitalist society)
- “Nobody else publishes news like this.... in this promising new magazine”.
PO Box 467, London E8 3QX.
Animobile: 0956 506946.
ANemail: animal_magazine@hotmail.com

Arkangel
- aims to help the animal liberation movement, produce an informative magazine setting up various projects to help local and international animal liberation groups. To make a donation or become a local contact:
Arkangel, BCM 9240, London WC1N 3XX.

BAVA (British Anti-Vivisection Association)
- all voluntary, all monies used to fight vivisection.
BAVA, PO Box 82, Kingswood, Bristol BS15 1YF.

Camcorder Action Network
- entre for alternative media. Help produce Undercurrents news video.
Tel: 01865 203 663.

Campaign Against The Arms Trade (CAAT)
- publishes information and co-ordinates vigils and demonstrations against arms sales and the secrecy of who’s buying:
11 Goodwin Street, London N4 3HQ.
Tel: 0171 281 0297. Fax: 0171 281 4369.
email: caat@gn.apc.org
http://www.gn.apc.org/caat *

Campaign for Freedom of Information
- upholding the rights of all to freely access information which affects their lives. Working for legislative changes, public accountability and against dodgy official secrecy.
Suite 102, 16 Baldwin Gdns, London EC1N 7RJ.
Tel: 0171 831 7477, Fax: 0171 831 7461.

Centre for Alternative Technology
- “tools and devices which work with nature rather than against it”. Seven acre visitor complex where you can see sustainable technologies and practices in action.
Machynlleth, Powys, Wales SY20 9AZ.
Tel: 01654 702400. Fax: 01654 702782.
email: cat@gn.apc.org
http://www.foe.co.uk/CAT *

Conscious Cinema
- Monthly video round-up of protests and related social justice campaigns.
PO Box 2679, Brighton BN2 1UJ.
Tel: 01273 278018
email: Cinema@Phreak.Intermedia.Co.UK.

Contraflow
- free/donation anarchist mag offering info an actions, prisoners, diary and more..
Contraflow, 56A lnfo Shop, 56 Crampton St, London SE17 .
Fax: 0171 326 0353.

Conviction
- Campaigning group, support and help for prisoners falsely accused/imprisoned. Produce newsletter, free for prisoners - 75p to all else, stuffed full with injustice, prison reform, Criminal Cases Review Commission.
PO Box 522, Sheffield S1 3FF.

Counter Information
- free/ donation newsletter produced by an independent collective aiming to assist in the struggle against all injustice, oppression and exploitation. Help with distribution and news-gathering welcome.
c/o transmission, 28 King St, Glasgow G1 5QP

Do or Die
- Earth First! publication packed full of excellent reading - well worth investigating. Available from
South Downs EF! Prior House, Tilbury Place, Brighton, E. Sussex.

Earth First!
- “No Compromise in Defence of Mother Earth.” Autonomous direct action eco collectives. Seriously committed. Growing numbers of groups appearing all over the country. Their “Action Update” contains information on actions and local groups.
Earth First! PO Box 9656, London N4 4JY.
Tel: 0171 561 9146.

Eco-Trip
- touring information, workshops, performance, cafe, NVDA.
Tel: 0171 737 0100.

Ecstasy.org
- Info, advice, testing database and exciting things about this psychoactive drug. Website: http://www.ecstasy.org *

Endangered Species
- Socially and environmentally active group in Mid Wales. Anti-CJA, pro justice. Meetings, networking, raising local awareness.
14 Great Oak Street, Llanidloes, Powys, Mid Wales.

Exodus Collective
- ‘A movement of Jah People’. Seriously active collective creating community, housing and regularly putting on top dos. Bringing life back to Luton.
Long Meadow Community Farm, Chalton Cross, Sundown Rd, Luton Beds.
Tel: 01582 508 936.

Faslane Peace Camp
- Permanent peace camp outside Clyde submarine base, home of Trident submarines. Produce newsheet Faslane Focus, land rights, actions and anti-nuclear information. Donation to:
Faslane Peace Camp, Shandon, Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
Tel: 01436 820901.

Festival Eye
- An excellent mag that keeps on running. A must at £2.00 (plus A4 SAE) from:
BCM Box 2002, London WC1N 3XX.

FIN - Free Information Network
Local activists, motivators and information gatherers. Newsheets published as and when containing up to date information, festival and party news, events, meetings, campaigns etc. SAE and donation to your local branch.
AberdeenFIN - 36 Buchan Rd, Torry, Aberdeen AB1 3SW.
CamFIN - c/o Arjuna, 12 Mill Road Cambridge CB1 2AD.
GUILFIN - PO Box 217, Woodbridge Meadows, Guildford, Surrey GU1 1WS. FAX: 01483 203212. email: guilfin@quarks.co.uk http://www.quarks.co.uk/guilfin *
MerseyFIN - PO Box 110, Liverpool L69 6AU.
MotherClan - 29 Silverton Crescent, Moseley, Birmingham B13 9NH.
NeverNeverFIN - 8 Campbell Rd, Southsea, Hants.
NottFIN - c/o The Rainbow Centre, 180 Mansfield Rd, Nottingham.
ShefFIN - The Ecology Co, 199 Crookes Valley Rd, Sheffield.
WalsallFIN - c/o 17 Newhall House, Newhall Street, Cladmore, Walsall WS1 3DY.
Children’sFIN - c/o Brambles Housing Co-op, 82 Andover Street, Burngreave, Sheffield S3 9EH.

Free Tibet Campaign (Formerly Tibet Support Group)
- 9 lslington Green, London N1 2XH.
Tel: 0171 359 7573.

Freedom Network
- Dishes out info on NVDA actions and events.
PO Box 9384, London SW9.
Main Tel: 0171 978 8214. Action line: 0171 793 7343.
email info@freedomnet.demon.co.uk
web http://www.freedomnet.demon.co.uk *

Friends, Families and Traveller’s Support Group (FFTSG)
- “All citizens of a free society should have the right to travel and the right to stop without fear of persecution because of their lifestyle.” Monitoring CJA, legal observation, advice and information. SAE and money to this on-the-case and vital group:
Top Floor, 33 High St, Glastonbury BA6 9HT.
Tel: 01458 832371.

Green Line
- ‘Aiming to empower people to take more control of their lives’. Eco-info/action magazine by Catalyst Collective. Produced monthly, 20 A4 pages of news, environment, actions, campaigns, animal rights, roads, corporate watch, reviews, diary and more. Well worth £1. Donations gratefully accepted:
PO Box 5, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0YT.
Tel: 01726 850500.

Gypsy Council for Education, Culture, Welfare and Civil Rights
- campaigning for gypsies.
8 Hall Road, Averley, Essex.
Tel: 01708 868986.

HHH Video Mag
- non-profit making anarcho video co-operative. Currently available: Anarchy in Hackney, film of a corking week of events in the borough. Includes: Ken Loach interview, anarchist football and McDonald’s picket.
HHH, PO Box 888, 10 Martello St, London E8 3PE.
email: HHH@tarakan.demon.co.uk

Homeless Information Project (HIP)
- Southwark’s information service for squatters. Practical and legal advice, CJA, information, meetings. Mon - Fri 4-7pm at
612 Old Kent Rod, London, SE15.
Tel: 0171 277 7639.

Hunt Saboteurs Association
- national umbrella for local groups. Very active on all fronts. Action and information - get involved. For info on local group near you:
HSA, PO Box 2786, Brighton BN2 2AX.
Tel: 01273 622 827.
email: hsa@gn.apc.org

Institute of Race Relations (IRR)
- educational charity. Collects and disseminates information about racism throughout the world and publishes the excellent European Race Audit quarterly:
2-6 Leeke Street, Kings Cross Road, London WC1 9HS.
Tel: 0171 837 0041.

Justice?
- committed activist networking group and producers of ‘Schnews’, wikid weekly newsheet keeping us all up to date with happenings as they happen.
c/o On The Fiddle, PO Box 2600, Brighton, E. Sussex. Tel: 01273 685913.
e-mail: Schnews@brighton.co.uk
web: http://www.cbuzz.co.uk/schnews *

Labour Campaign for Traveller’s Rights
- Fighting for traveller’s rights and particular emphasis on right to sites, wider definitions of travellers, grants and release of unused Govt land.
84 Bankside Street, Leeds LS8 5AD.
Tel: Jenny Smith 01275 838 910. Paul Winter 01132 486746.

The Law
- ‘progressive but interesting’. Radical legal newspaper written by law students who know what is what and who is who, taking a critical look at the legal system. Freely distributed. For details of subscription:
PO Box 3878, London SW12 9ZE.
Tel: 0181 673 0062. Fax: 0181 673 3666.

League Against Cruel Sports
- Campaigning against hunting, shooting and other unspeakable pursuits. Publish Wildlife Guardian quarterly.
83-87 Union Street, London SE1 1SG.
Tel: 0171 403 6155. Fax: 0171 403 4532.
email: league@computers.com
website: http://www.lightman.co.uk/lacs/ *

Legal Defence & Monitoring Group
- provide legal observers who monitor police actions on demos and attend related court cases. Offer training and support. Essential service always in need of volunteers and funds.
BM Box HAVEN, London WC1X 3NN.
Tel: 0181 802 9804.

Letslink UK
- a network of Local Exchange Trading Systems based on the barter of locally available skills and services for non-currency based credits. Local group contacts, workshops, literature and advice available.
61 Woodcock Road, Warminster, Wiltshire BA12 9DH.
Tel: 01985 217871.

Liberty
- National Council for Civil Liberties. Mainly media and lobbying.
Liberty, 21 Tabard Street, London SE1 4LA.
Tel: 0171 403 3888.

London Animal Action
- campaigning on local animal rights issues. Organise actions against fur trade, animal circuses etc.
BCM 2248, London WC!N 3XX.
Tel: 0171 278 3068.

Making Waves
- newly formed, dedicated to implementing practical measures to prevent animal and environmental abuse on land and sea. Involved in NVDA to challenge animal and environmental abuse as they occur.
PO Box 13, Ottery St Mary, East Devon, EX11 1ZD.
Tel/Fax: 01404 811006.

McLibel Support Campaign
- Supports one of the stances of the century. Information dispersal to the wider jury.
c/o London Greenpeace, 5 Caledonian Road, London N1 9DX.
Tel: 0171 713 1269.
McSpotlight - Web: http://www.mcspotlight.org *

Movement against Monarchy (Ma’m)
- ‘coordinating popular opposition to the monarchy’.
PO Box 14672, London, E9 5UQ.

National Homeless Allliance (formerly CHAR)
- leading, supporting and co-ordinating a nationwide membership of single homelessness agencies.
5-15 Cromer Street London WC1H 8LS.
Tel: 0171 833 2071. Fax: 0171 278 6685.
email: NHA@home-all.org.uk

No Opencast
- operates as a network of community groups and national organisations opposed to opencast mining, organising actions.
NO OPENCAST, 190 Shepherds Bush Road, London W6 7NL.
Tel: 0181 767 3142 or 0181 672 9698.

Oilwatch
- connects communities and organisations in tropical countries affected by oil exploitation.
Oilwatch tel: 0171 435 5000.
email: helena@gaiafund.gn.apc.org
or Oilwatch direct in Ecuador: tegantai@oilwatch.ecx.ec

Parents Action Network
- Brambles Housing Co-op, 82 Andover St, Sheffield S3 9EH.
Tel: 0114 279 7164

Peace Brigades International (PBI)
- an international organisation committed to the non-violent resolution of conflicts and respect for human rights. It sends teams of ‘accompaniment’ volunteers to areas of conflict which acts as a deterrent to violations of human rights.
PBI tel: 0171 636 5564.

Ploughshares 2000
- ‘the use or threatened use of nuclear weapons is generally illegal under international law’ For more info:
Trident Ploughshares 2000, 42-46 Bethel Street, Norwich, Norfolk NR2 1NR.
Tel: 01603 611953. Fax: 01603 666879.
Web site: http://www.gn.apc.org/tp2000/ *

Ploughshares Support Network
- commiting acts of disarmament using household hammers. Inspired to fulfil the prophecy of Isaiah (2:4): “They shall beat their swords into ploughshares”, Ploughshares women have carried out over 50 disarming actions on warheads/planes worldwide.
Box X, 111 Magdalen Road, Oxford OX4 1RQ.

Public Law Project
- national charity aiming to improve access to public law remedies like judicial reviews for those who can’t afford them/are discriminated against. Recent cases include Kingshill and the precedential Wealden District Council decision.
17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR.
Tel: 0171 467 9800

Radical Routes
- a network of co-ops supporting each other to create a sustainable co-operative world.
RR @ Cornerstone, 16 Sholebroke Ave, Leeds LA7 3HB.
Ethical lnvestment Office, 28 Hamstead Road, Hockley, Birmingham B19 1DB.
Tel: 0121 551 1132. Fax: 0121 515 3524.
email: radical@globalnet.co.uk

Reclaim Europe
- umbrella organisation for the co-ordination of environmental, human and animal rights campaigns and events at the Eurosummit/June ‘98.
Reclaim Europe! 115a Jerningham Road, London SE14 5NH.
Tel: 0171 639 3154.
email: europ@globalnet.co.uk

Reclaim The Streets
- Highway hold-ups 90s-stylee. Street parties and anti-car culture actions planned for the summer.
RTS, PO Box 9656, Finsbury Park, London N4 4JY.
Tel: 0171 281 4621.
email: rts@gn.apc.org

Release
- offer confidential advice and carry out research on drugs and the law.
10 - 6 Mon-Fri advice line: 0171 729 9904. At other times: 0171 603 8654.

SHAG (Super Heroes Against Genetix)
- providing information and actions against all aspects of genetic farming.
Website: www.envirolink.org/orgs/shag *

Small World
- non-profit organisation committed to giving media support to campaign groups working on environmental and social justice issues. Produce campaign videos and provide cam-corder training.
Small World Productions, 1b Waterlow Rd, London N19 5NJ.
Tel: 0171 272 1394

Statewatch
- hard copy mag keeping abreast of European civil liberties and security service manoeuvres. Reliable to the max. Their website is also an essential research site.
http://www.statewatch.org *
statewatch-off@geo2.Poptel.org.uk

Stonehenge Campaign
- “Stonehenge belongs to you and me.” Regular newsletters, festies, information, listings and meetings. Donation and SAE to Stonehenge Campaign,
99 Torriano Avenue, London NW5 2RX.

Taking Liberties
- newsletter produced by the Anarchist Black Cross, a national network of autonomous groups who support prisoners and their families.
c/o London ABC, 121 Railton Road, London SE24 0LR.
Tel: 0171 274 6655, Fax 0171 326 0353.

Transform (The Campaign for Effective Drug Policy)
- 1 Roselake House, Hudds Vale Road, Bristol BS5 7HY.
Tel: 0117 939 8052.
email: dannykushlick@compuserve.com

The Land Is Ours
- Campaign for land rights and free access:
Box E, 111 Magdalen Road, Oxford OX4 1RQ.
Tel: 01865 722016.

Third Battle of Newbury
- the battle rages on.
PO Box 5520, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 7YW.
Tel: 01635 45544. Information line: 01635 550552.

Travellers’ School Charity
- provides a mobile school and distance learning for home-educating travelling children. £5 ‘friend’ subscriptions, newsletters and details of available resources from:
TSC, PO Box 36, Grantham, Lincs, NG31 6EW.

UNCAGED
- radical anti-vivisection pressure group, working to keep anti-vivisection in the public consciousness. Campaign resources are available to all as well as information leaflets.
UNCAGED, 14 Ridgeway Road, Sheffield, S12 2SS.
Tel/Fax 0114 253 0020.
email: uncaged.anti-viv@dial.pipex.com
Website: http://www.uncaged.co.uk *

Undercurrents
- quarterly alternative video magazine. Features, direct action, anti-roads, campaigns, topical eco-issues. Back copies and Undercurrents 5 now available from
Undercurrents Productions, 16b Cherwell Street, Oxford OX4 1BG.
Tel: 01865 203663. Fax 01865 243562.
email: underc@gn.apc.org
wev: www.undercurrents.org *

West Country Activist
- Free newsletter presenting info on local protests, local networks and groups, diary dates and more.
West Country Activist, c/o PO Box 426, Bath, BA1 2ZD

Women Working Worldwide
- A network for women organising as workers in different parts of the world.
WWW, Centre for Employment Research, St Augustine’s Building, Lower Chatham St, Manchester M15 6BY.

56A Info Shop
- News action and meeting place, books, teashop, records, comics. Squatting, counter culture and lots of small press stuff and all of it behind a wonderful community wholefood store - check it out.
Open Mon, Thurs, Fri 3-7pm.
56 Crampton Street, London SE17.

121 Centre
- Cafe, bookshop, meeting place, advice for all those interested in squatting, women’s issues, unemployment and the state of the nation. Run by squatters at
121 Railton Rd, Brixton, London SE24.
Tel: 0171 274 6655.