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Party & Protest - 1995

JANUARY

Fri 13 - SchNEWS LIVE! @ Prince George, Trafalgar St every Fri @ 5:45pm

Sun 15 - The Shoreham Defence Campaign has been set up to monitor arrests and help pay legal tees as most of the protestors cannot get legal aid. Meeting this Sunday @ 2pm at Unemployed Centre. Brighton (off Carlton Hill behind Am Ex building) 01273 685 913

Thurs 19 - First CJA Trial - If planning to attend call the HAS: 0602 590 357

Thurs 19 - Charged under CJA- Andrew Watson for "ag trespass" hunt sab. @ 10am Wigton Magistrates, Carlisle.

Thurs 19 - Charged under CJA - Two for "ag trespass" defending tress. @ 12pm Hudderstield Library for demo.

Fri 20 - SchNEWS LIVE! @ New Kensington. (Kensington Gardens) every Fri @ 5.45pm

Fri 20 - Charged under CJA - Four for "ag trespass" M65 @ 9:30am Corby Magistrates, nr Preston.

Fri 27 - Charged under CJA - Two hunt sabs are up for "ag trespass" @ 9.30am Hexham Magistrates, Fore St, Northumbria.

Fri 27 - SchNEWS LIVE! Fastest with the facts, accurate with the truth! @ The New Kensington, Kensington Gardens, Brighton. Every Fri 5:45pm

FEBRUARY

Thurs 2 - Charged under CJA - Maidstone Magistrates. 2 hunt sabs on trial for "ag trespass"

Thurs 3 (date error in Issue 7) - Bristol Solidarity action for Cardiff Bay Barrage. phone Tania 0374 953160.

Thurs 3 (date error in Issue 7) - Legal Defence and Monitoring Group Benefit. Schwartzeneggar/Ugly Beat/Scum of Toytown. Spin Chats Palace, 42 Brooksbys Walk, Hackney.

Fri 3-9 - Live Animal Exports from Shoreham. Protests this week will intensify around the high tides. Friday 3rd 01.21-13.37, Sat 4th 01.57- 14.12, Sun 5th 02.31 -14.45, Mon 6th 03.02 - 15.19, Tue 7th 03.35 -16.01, Wed 8th 04.25 - 17.07, Thurs 9th 05.41- 18.23

Fri 3 - SchNEWS LIVE! Fastest with the facts, accurate with the truth! @ The New Kensington, Kensington Gardens, Brighton. Every Friday 5:45pm

Sat 4th - Black and White Unite Anti-Racist March 12pm Churchill Square, Brighton.

Sun 5 - Shoreham Defence Meeting - Brighton Unemployed Centre 2pm - Have you or your friends been arrested at Shoreham? Phone 01273 685913 with details

Wed 8 - "To Pollok With Love". Convoy leaves Oxford for Glasgow to create a Carhenge of old rust-buckets. If you have an old car to donate, or want details of the "lurve convoy" ring 01865 721898.

Fri 10-12 - Student campaign for animal rights Conference in Brixton.

Fri 10 - SchNEWS LIVE! @ New Kensington, Kensington Gardens, Brighton & Rainbow Church, Kentish Town, London Every Friday 5.45pm

Sat 11 - National Anti-CJA Demo, Birmingham. Assemble Victoria Square 12pm 021 449 5452 followed by allnighter with Zion Train, Ten Depi, acid deep house, spacious dub, chillout space and cinema £7 conc./£8

Sat 11 - Get All Loved Up in the face of the CJA with Smokescreen/Go Tropo/DiY (tel 081450 6929 after 8pm on the day)

Sat 11 - Anti CJB Conference at Strathclyde University 041 552 1179

Sat 11 - Anti-Live Exports Protest - Siskin Drive, Boguton Airport, Coventry 12 mid-day.

Sat 11 - Scottish Alliance anti-CJA ConferencStrathclyde Uni 041 552 1179

Sat 11- Loughborough CJA Demo, 12 noon, Southfields Park 01509 266560

Thurs 16 - No M11 Link Anniversary of Wanstonia Eviction 081 558 2638

Fri 17 - Mother Earth walk for a Nuclear Free World arrives in Britain, following an action at Gap De Le Hague Reprossessiug Plant. From Portsmouth to Twyford 071 738 6721

Fri 17 - SchNEWS LIVE! Fastest with the facts, accurate with the truth! @ The New Kensington, Kensington Gardens, Brighton. Every Friday 5:45pm

Fri 17-19 - DIY/CJA Midland Conference in Rugby. Bring banners, paint, music, energy, ideas, vision, computer kit, information and yourself! Remember - it's DIY! (call Freedom Network 07l 738 6721 after Feb 14th for venue)

Sat 18 - One Day Festy in Nant Gwynant, nr Beddgelcrt, Snowdonia in aid of anti-A55 campaign (to cross Anglesey). Bands, food, camping, barns etc u3 0248 602896

Sat 18 - Isle of Wight CJA Demo 01983 565280

Sun 19 - Mass Trespass at Windsor Castle - Meet 12 noon, Windsor BR station (coaches from Brighton St. Peters Church 9.30 am. Tickets available from Peace Centre)

Weds 22 - Demo for Pancho N 'Debele, President of Brighton SU who was forcibly repatriated to Zimbabwe three weeks ago because he did not have a work permit for his elected post! Karim or Kirstie 0273 678152

Fri 24 - Hunt Ball Demo. (0273) 564746.

Fri 24 - SchNEWS LIVE! Fastest with the facts, accurate with the truth! @ The New Kensington, Kensington Gardens, Brighton. Every Friday 5:45pm

Sat 25 - Congress of Networks, Exodus Collective 0582 508936 or 0582 561627.

Sat 25 - Glasgow Defy The CJA Demo 12pm George Sq. Glasgow. 041 9462700.

Sat 25 - Mass Trespass 1.30 pm Congletown Town Hall Manchester 061 232 9218.

Sat 25 - Shoreham Defence Campaign Benefit Gig, Southwick Barn Theatre, Southwick - featuring Jo Brand, Attilla the Stockbroker and many more.

MARCH

Weds 1 - Justice? meet every Wednesday 7pm @ the Prince Albert

Fri 3 - Five Hunt Sabs nicked for Aggravated Trespass. Bailed to appear in court today: 0602 690357

Fri 3 - SchNEWS LIVE! Fastest with the fact, accurate with the truth! @ The New Kensington, Kensington Gardens, Brighton. Every Friday 5:45pm

Sat 4 - March Against New Stop-And-Search Laws - Stoke Newington Police St 2pm to Tottenham cop shop OR Brockwell Park, Brixton 12 noon to Brixton police station

Mon 6 - Workshop on CJA and Squatting by The Homeless Information Project, 612 Old Kent Rd, 4pm-7pm, 0171 277 7639

Tues 7 - Campaign Against Arms Trade action outside Alvis AGM (who sell tanks to Indonesia) Savoy Hotel, 11am, 071 281 0297

Tues 7 - Agenda 21 Meeting @ Café Royale, London. 071 287 0828 Prince of Wales and John Gummer will be there....

Weds 8 - Justice? meet every Wednesday 7pm @ the Prince Albert

Thurs 9 - McLibel Case 100th day in court (2 unemployed London Greenpeace supporters have been taken to court by McDonalds for alleged libel in a leaflet) 0171 713 1269

Fri 10 - SchNEWS LIVE! Fastest with the facts, accurate with the truth! @ The New Kensington, Kensington Gardens, Brighton. Every Friday 5:45pm

Sat 11-14 - Anniversary Celebration at Solsbury Hill. On the anniversary of the destruction at Solsbury Hill, Bath, the action camp will be re-established and everyone is asked to come on the hilltop from Saturday March 11th. Camping on hilltop all weekend. Anti-CJA Demo Saturday - meet at Alice Park between 12pm. Mass Celebration Tue. 01374 953160.

Sun 12 - Sussex & Surrey Alliance Against CJA - Brighton Unemployed Centre, 1.30pm, 01273 671213

Weds 15 - Justice? meet every Wednesday 7pm @ the Prince Albert

Thurs 16 - Court Hearing of Romany Gypsies in Cleethorpes under Sect 77 of the CJA. Cleethorpes Council 01472 200200

Thurs 16 - Campaign against JobSeekers' Allowance Meeting, 7.30pm Brighton Unemployed Centre. 01273 671213

Fri 17 - SchNEWS LIVE! @ The New Kensington, Kensington Gardens, Brighton. Every Friday 5:45pm

Sat 18 - Sunnyside Party somewhere in the West Country Ring 081 450 6929 after 11pm

Sat 18 - Justice? to open the new Squat! DiY Culture In Action! - the old C.J.'s building on the Western Road is transformed into a squatted community centre. 12pm - Grand Opening - speakers, acoustic music, SchNEWS live. Also workshop on 'Dealing with the media'. Nightime - The Caned Toad Club funky, trippy, wicked party night with DJs and live acts. No entry after 11pm. More info on 01273 685 913

Sat 18 - Sat 1 April - North Yorkshire County Council are planning to evict the peace camp outside the US Spy Base at Menwith Hill under section 77 of the CJA. The camp has been there for years and needs women only to turn up between 18th March - 1st April to fight the evictions 0585 329 313 / 0532 588 974

Weds 22 - Justice? meet every Wednesday 7pm @ the Prince Albert

Fri 24 - Demo against M4 Relief Road - Meet 10.25 am Severn Tunnel Junction to Cardiff Central then to the Welsh Office. 0633 881630.

Fri 24 - SchNEWS LIVE! @ The New Kensington, Kensington Gardens, Brighton. Every Friday 5:45pm

Sat 25 -  Lobby Michael Howard's surgery 10.30 am Westcliffe Gardens, Folkestone Kent Defiance Alliance

Sat 25 - South Coast Against Road Building (SCAR) protests against Highways Agency planned destruction - more info 01273 677284

Mon 27-31 - Direct Action Conference in Berlin. Phone SchNEWS for more info 01273 685913

Weds 29 - Justice? meet every Wednesday 7pm @ the Prince Albert

Weds 29-31 Sellafield Women's Peace Camp gathering 01706 371387

Thurs 30th - Glasgow Critical Massive Street Party George Square 1pm 01555 820555

Thurs 30th - Hands Off Our Water! No to privalisation! 11am Blythswood Square, Glasgow

Thurs 30th - Europe-wide day of action against TENS (Trans European Network)

Thurs 30th - Sound From The Ground + SchLive at Hanover Centre. Soutbover St., Brighton - benefit for local Green Party

Thurs 30th - Action to abolish the Grand National 0151 72603339

Fri 31st - 'This Land Is Our Land' meeting 7pm Cooltan Arts, Coldharbour Lane, Brixton 071 737 0100

Fri 31 - SchNEWS LIVE! @ The New Kensington, Kensington Gardens, Brighton. Every Friday 5:45pm

Fri 31st - International Telepathy Day

APRIL

Sat 1- 'Push the Law to its Limit Day' - Wild Pear Centre, Combs Martin, North Devon, EX34.

Sat 1 - Mass trespass Brewery Fields, Bangor at site of proposed development of 300 houses on 30 acre green field site 01248 600 286

Sat 1- Picnic in the Park/Anti CJA march Rugby 0788 817786

Sat 1 - Demo and Rally Against Jobseekers Allowance - Brighton - 12.30 assemble Peace Statue (Hove sea-front), 2 pm rally on the Level. Then on Friday April 7th lobby Cedric Bowden's surgery (MP for Brighton Kemptown) 6pm Methodist Church, Dorset Gardens. Contact: Brighton Claimants Action Group 01273 671213

Sat 1-7 - International Earth Nights -The Earth Liberation Front's annual April Fools Day bash of eco-nasties

Mon 3 - Workshop on fighting Interim Possession Orders (IPO's) 612 Old Kent Road, London Housing Information Project 071 277 7639

Mon 3 - Day of Action against A30 in Devon 0139243801

Tues 4 - No Live Animal Exports demo at Dover docks 8 am onwards.

Weds 5 - Justice? meet every Wednesday 7pm @ the Prince Albert

Fri 7 - SchNEWS LIVE! @ The New Kensington, Kensington Gardens, Brighton. Every Friday 5:45pm

Sat 8 - Liberty legal briefing on CJA in Cardiff 01222 343 066

Sat 8 - Defend Right to Silence/ Stop the Sus Laws Holyhead School, Soho Road, Handsworth 12 noon 0181 801 5285 / 0121 449 5452 

Sat 8 - Greenpeace & Anti-CJA Benefit - Loop Guru, Children of the Bong, Tribal Drift and more - South Parade Pier, Portsmouth

Sun 9 - Mass trespass at Sandringham Coalition 0181 801 5285 

Sat 8-9 - Grand Re-opening of Brighton's Squat Advice Centre 71-73 Grand Parade

Saturday
Noon Opening Ceremony + Squatting Housing Information Project talk 
1.30pm SchNEWS LIVE! 
3pm Sustainable Futures informal discussion on principles of forest gardening, its design and development of sites
4pm Shoreham: - talk and video by Campaign Against Live Freight
9pm On the live vibe followed by: - @ 2am Blue Room Sound System into the night and finishes early morning sleepy heads cafe

Sunday
Campaign videos shown throughout the day
2:00pm Chilled Out Classical Cafe
3-5pm Children's Activities with Just-us-in-art using recycled materials
5:00pm Justice? discussion - What to do with the squat 
7:30pm Sunday Mass kum-b4-8:-a-sorted DJs with ambient sounds - come along bring cushions, sounds, lights, munchies, back drops and vibes, a collection plate will be circulated

Mon 10 - Bye, Bye Right to Silence... Hello National DNA Database, Stop and Search, Confiscation of party equipment and peoples vehicles/homes......

Tues 11 - Crane-sitters court case. First people arrested under CJA in solidarity action against M65. Manchester Earth First! 0161 274 4666 

Weds 12 - 'Dragon' Planning meeting for land campaign. 7pm Cooltan Arts, Brixton, 0171 737 0100 

Weds 12 - Anti CJA Public Meeting 8pm at the community centre, Victoria St., Braintree 01376 322 776

Weds 12 - Justice? meet every Wednesday 7pm @ the Prince Albert

Thurs 13-17 - Earth, First! Gathering Colleymore Farm, about one mile from Coleshill Village near Swindon 0794 512790

Fri 14 - Aldermaston march to London CND 0171 607 3616

Fri 14 - SchNEWS LIVE! @ The New Kensington, Kensington Gardens, Brighton. Every Friday 5:45pm

Sat 15 - International Day Of Action Against McDonalds - Protest against 40 years of junk food and exploitation of people, animals and the environment. Celebrate 10 years of coordinated international protests and resistance by workers, consumers and opposition movements. Picket local McDonald's stores everywhere! McLibel Support Campaign, 5 Caledonian Rd, London, N1 9DX. Tel/Fax: (0171) 713 1269

Sat 15 - Mass rally and action against foxhunting and the CJA 12.30 pm Charring nr. Ashford, Kent 01233 633 037

Sat 15 - A 'travelling players' motorcade street theatre from Colchester to Southend to take part in "the last rites of the CJA" 01245 491 250 

Sat 15 - Barricading weekend at the A30 in Exeter 0385 278 156

Mon 17 - 'Civil disobedience = global responsibility' march organised by Youth CND, assemble 1pm Marble Arch, London 0171 607 3616

Tues 18 - Close Down the BNP HQ Crayford Town Hall, Crayford 9am onwards 0181 533 4533

Weds 19 - Justice? meet every Wednesday 7pm @ the (71) Grand Parade squat

Fri 21 - SchNEWS LIVE! @ The New Kensington, Kensington Gardens, Brighton. Every Friday 5:45pm

Sat 22 - Liberty CJA Legal Briefing in Norwich 0171 403 3888

Sat 22 - World Day Against Laboratory Animals 0181 846 9777

Sun 23 - Land Is (Y)ours - St George's Day Mass Trespass. To highlight our exclusion from the land, a politically sensitive site in the south of England will be peacefully occupied for a week from 23rd April. Meet at CoolTan, 372 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, London at 10am for coaches or go to Fleet Service Station (M3 E/bound, between J4 & J5 at 12 noon) Or phone 0171 501 9253 after 3pm Sunday for venue. Limited parking - use public transport if possible. See yer there! Bring tools, ideas, camping gear, water containers, seeds, spades, musical instruments, drums, banners, paint, anything creative ... and we'll leave the land better than we found it!

Mon 24 - Wimpey AGM QEII Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, London, 12 noon. Contact Road Alert! 01635 521770

Tues 25-30 - Jigsaw non-violence project training for activists - a five day series of workshops for activists interested in becoming trainers, organising groups, preparing for actions and exploring issues around non-violence 01865 770833

Weds 26 - Justice? meet every Wednesday 7pm @ the (71) Grand Parade squat

Fri 28 - Travellers in court at Fort William, Scotland under Section 61 of the CJA. Support needed!

Fri 28 - SchNEWS LIVE! @ The New Kensington, Kensington Gardens, Brighton., Every Friday 5.45pm

Fri 28 - Mon 1 May - Shut Sellafield! Peace camp, vigil, party and direct action. Contact 0706 371387

Fri 28 - Tues 2 May - Beltane Gathering at Anti-A30 camp Fairmile, 0385 278157

Sat 29 - Demo at Campsfield gates to demand release of all immigrant detainees. Contact: Campaign Against Campsfield 0865 724452

Sat 29 - Leyline Beacon light up May Hill. Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire

Sat 29 - WaIk route of Wells relief road! Meet Milton Roundabout, Blueschool, Wells. Rally later for a Dragon Drama (?) 01749 880639

Sat 29 - Live Exports. Shoreham and Beyond, Gardner Arts Centre, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton. 10:30am. 01273 720401

Sat 29 - Anti-A299 Party, Umbrella Centre, Whitstable. Kent. Sound systems, bands etc, 6pm-midnight .

Sat 29-30 - Barricading fun-day + party afterwards at the last house on the route on the proposed M11 Link Road 0181 527 4896

Sun 30 - National Demonstration against CJA - Embankment; London 12 noon followed by carnival in Clapham Common. Organised by 'Coalition' against CJA 0l8l 801 5285

Sun 30 - Beltane Free Festival. Calton Hill Edinburgh.

Sun 30 - Quercus tribe Beltane gathering at anti-A30 camp at Fairmile 01385 278 157

MAY

Mon 1 - International May Day Picket of the Bank of England (Bank tube) 12pm then onto Coutts Bank (opposite Charing Cross St. Strand)

Mon 1 - Anti-CJA Demo, Leicester. 0181 8015285.

Mon 1 - Anarchists Picnic at Mote Park, Maidstone 2pm

Mon 1 - Beginning of month long Operation Roadblock at Pollok Glasgow. Month of non-vioient direct action against proposed M77 thru Europe's largest urban green space. 0141 810 1600

Weds 3 - Justice? meet every Wednesday 7pm @ the (71) Grand Parade squat

Thurs 4 - Protest British Aerospace AGM, Marriot Hotel, Grosvenor Square. Meet 1PM. 0171 2810297

Thurs 4 - Court date for people arrested under "ag. trespass" for defending trees on the A3 in Surrey. 01635 521770

Sat 6 - Oxford Anarchist Bookfair. East Oxford Community Centre, Princes St., Cowley Rd, Oxford.

Sat 6 - Congress of the Networks. Gathering at Exodus Collective in Luton sharing info about Agenda 21 @ 1pm 01582 508936

Sat 6 - Anti CJA Rally in Cheltenham

Mon 8 - Beacon Fire and tree-dressing day Whitstable, Kent as a symbolic act to Kcnt County Councils plans to carve a 12km road costing £65 million thru' the Kent countryside. People/tools/supplies URGENTLY needed to occupy trees, houses and air raid shelter along the route! 01635 521770

Weds 10 - Rio Tinto Zinc (RTZ) AGM info + shares from PARTOZANS 0l7l 700 6189 (RTZ are the biggest mining company in the world and complete bastards. They would just love to see you)

Weds 10 - Justice? meet every Wednesday 7pm @ the (71) Grand Parade squat

Thurs 11 - Women's Beltane Walk. Info. Greenham Common womens peace camp 01374 136 728 (8 -9:30pm only)

Thurs 11th AMEY AGM 01374 953160 (AMEY are the destroyers of Solsbury Hill, Bath)

Fri 12-14 - Anti-CJA DiY Conference somewhere in Manchester including Liberty legal briefing about the CJA on the Saturday 0171 738 6721

Sat 13 - Procession to stop the extension of Ashton Court Quarry in Bristol. Bristol Friends of the Earth 0117 942 0129

Sun 14 - Huge Reclaim The Streets party! 0171 254 2290 - As seen in the Times!

Weds 17 - Justice? meet every Wednesday 7pm @ the (71) Grand Parade squat

Thurs 18 - Shells AGM, London - be there and let the shareholders know what's really going on. For info. contact Earth First! 0171 254 2290

Thurs 18 - Glasgow anti-car/road action 0141 946 2700

Fri 19-21 - Duneichan Free Festival, East coast of Scotland. Info SAE Andy c/o Invergarry PO, Invergarry, Invernesshire.

Fri 19-28 - Amazon Festival - Menwith Hill Womens Peace Camp. Women only. 0585 329313

Sun 21 - Mass Trespass & Picnic On The Downs. An afternoon of fun and festivities defying the Criminal Justice Act. Bring instruments, drums, food and friends Meet 12 noon at Lewes Railway Station ReACTiON 01273 685913

Sun 21 - Rally and picnic against Avon Ring Road 01635 521 770

Mon 22 - Mass digger-dive at Pollok Park, Glasgow against M77 cutting thru' Europe s largest urban park. 0141 946 2700

Weds 24 - Justice? meet every Wednesday 7pm @ the (71) Grand Parade squat

Weds 24 - Club pashm @ The Warehouse, Brighton £1.50

Fri 26-30 - Earth Spirit Spring Awakening Camp, Crowborough, East Sussex, 01323 811632

Fri 26 - Mass trespass at Pollok 0141 946 2700

Sat 27 - The Land Is Ours day + night picnic at one of Britain's least hospitable institutions. Coaches leave St Giles St, Oxford 12 noon. Bring food, tents, sleeping bags, musical instruments.....

Sat 27 - March & Rally to protest against Britain's leading role in the restructure and recolonisation of Africa From Kennington Park to Trafalgar St 1pm 0171 924 9033.

Sat 27 - First AGM of CJA Arrestees, to be held at Michael Howard's surgery! Meet in fancy dress at 11am at 4 Westcliff Gardens, Folkstone Kent 01227 788 031.

Sat 27 - Blow up your oven - it's Fruitarian/Raw Food Day!

Sun 28 - Demo against brutality at Winson Green Prison, Birmingham. 12.30pm-2pm. 0161 976 5265

Mon 29 - Maidstone Green Fair, Mote Park, Maidstone Noon till 8pm

Mon 29 - Kingston Green Fair, Surrey. 0181224 1236

Weds 31 - Justice? meet every Wednesday 7pm @ the Prince Albert, Trafalgar St, Brighton. Justice? is coming up to its first birthday - and is holding a special meeting to look back over the past year and plan where we go from here.

JUNE

Thurs 1 - Tenth Anniversary of Battle of the Beanfield. Day of Peaceful action in remembrance of the Battle of the Beanfield (See SchNEWS 25). Ten years of Criminal Injustice. Contact Freedom Network 0171 738 6721.

Fri 2 - Calling all peoples! SchNEWS half birfday @New Kensington, Brighton.

Fri 2-3 - Anti CJA Exhibition, film show+speakers. Guildford Institute, Surrey. 0956 250 108

Sat 3 - Summer of Discontent 'Picnic in the Park': Scottish Defiance Alliance's welcomes U 2 "the biggest illegal free party ever held in Glasgow" 2pm Kelvingrove Bandstand, Glasgow. 0141 226 5066

Sat 3 - Stonehenge Walk starts. Noon at the Peace Pagoda, Battersea Park, London.

Sat 3 - Repeat the Beat! Advance Party Benefit - Fundamental Asian Dub Foundation etc.... at The Tabernacle, Powis Sq London. 0171 639 9656

Sat 3 - Acoustic night benefit for the Shoreham Defence Campaign at New Kensington Pub, Brighton.

Weds 7 - 'Anarchy & the Zapatistas in Mexico.' 7.30pm, Basement, 9 Hoxton Sq. London, N1, tube Old Street, 0171 326 0353

Weds 7 - Justice? meet every Wednesday 7pm @ the prince albert, trafalgar st

Thurs 8 - Guilfin birthday party Tribal drift, Aitches Club, Angel Court High St. Godalming

Sat 10 - Brighton Critical Mass -  meet 12.30pm at the south side of St Peters Church (by the tower)

Sat 10 - Stop the Hawks - No Arms to Indonesia 0171561 1236

Sat 10 - Anti CJA party, Firth Park, Clock Tower, Sheffield. 12 noon till 10pm. ReAction 01484 539 950

Sat 10 - Critical mass cycle action in Brighton. meet 12.30pm at South side of St Peters Church.

Sat 10-11 - Media Jam at Phoenix Gallery Lewes Rd. Brighton. A weekend celebrating DIY media workshops, screenings, hands, ziness, exhibitions, comics, videos, books, electronic media, billboard subvertisment, copyart badges, protest. free! 01273 739634

Mon 12 - SCRAM walk against south coast super highway. Folkestone to Honiton. 0171737 6641

Mon 12 - Trial of David Bowen, framed for Strangeways Prison uprising. 9.30 am. Nottingham Crown Court, 60 Canal St., NG1 7EJ.

Tues 13 - Mass action against 100th animal livestock shipment from Brightlingsea. 100 people have pledged to get arrested with a mass sit-down in front of lorries. 01245 420 178

Tues 13 - Blackburn magistrates court will be the scene of a tribal gathering, when nearly seventy people are up for charges in the fight against the M65. All support welcome for a party inside and outside the count 0161 861 1895.

Weds 14-15 & 21-22 - Stop Live Animal Exports from Dover. There will be four remaining shipments, using Dover instead of Shoreham (which they are no longer using because of heavy policing costs due to protests!) The shipments are next week on Wednesday 14th June (high tide 12.57 PM) and Thursday June (high tide 1-49 PM). The probable days for the week after are Wednesday 21st June (high tide 6-53 PM) and Thursday (high tide 7-56). Ring CALF on (01273) 720401 for details. Let's stop those last lorries!

Weds 14 - Justice? meet every Wednesday 7pm @ the prince albert, trafalgar st

Thurs 15-17th Human Rights Convention organised by Liberty ring 0171 403 3888

Fri 16 - Beginning of National Anti-angling Week Infopack 0117 944 1175

Sat 17 - Rage Against The Cage - National march against vivisection, Devonshire Green, Sheffield 01142 530020

Sat 17 - Demo against Live animal Exports: Pencester Gardens, Dover 12 noon

Sat 17-25 - Unicorn Camp, Sancreed, West Cornwall 01256 893369

Sun 18 - Camden Green Fair 0171 722 3710

Sun 18 - Picnic + rally against M66 in Manchester at Daisy Nook, near Droylsden 0161 627 4862

Sun 18 - The UK Solar Energy Society Sun Day 0121 459 1248

Mon 19 - Trial of anti-fascists nicked at Welling Demo. 10am Maidstone Crown Court, Kent.

Tues 20 - Car-free Day in Bath. Avon Gorge Earth First! 01374 953160

Weds 21 - ID Card Demo Schhh.. you are invited to a secret gathering of officials covering the introduction of ID Cards on @ Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. An ID card campaign pack can be obtained by sending a £1 coin to: Campaigns Office, Liberty, 21 Tabard St, London SE1 4LA

Weds 21 - Justice? meet every Wednesday 7pm @ the prince albert, trafalgar st

Fri 21-22 - CJA Gathering and celebration at Stonehenge

Weds 21 - Beagle Solstice Overnight Vigil at Consort Vivisection Breeders 0121 680 2833

Thurs 22 - Global Future Exhibition on ecology & human rights, Olympia, London 0167 443066

Fri 23-25 - Small gathering at Glastonbury....

Sat 24 - Gay Pride Festival, Victoria Park, London

Sat 24 - Merseyside National Music Free Day 0151 694 1595

Sat 24 - Gorsedd of Bards of Caer Abyri. Free. 01424 716687

Sat 24 - National Action for Refugee Detainees 0186 724452

Sat 24 - Sun 2 July - Unicorn 'Meditation Intensive' Camp, Cornwall. 01256 893369

Sun 25 - CND Conference in London 0171 700 2393

Sun 25 - Jubilee Family Rambling Day Ramblers Association 0171 582 6878

Mon 26 - Sanctions Dusters! action against sanctions on Iran + Libya. 11am St. James Park Underground 0171 607 2302

Weds 28 - Meeting on how to beat the CJA. Leamington Spa Pump Rooms 01926 56217

Weds 28 - Justice? meet every Wednesday 7pm @ the prince albert, trafalgar st

Fri 30 - National Day Of Gridlock - more action to reclaim our streets!. magic parkabouts, DIY traffic cross wardens, walking traffic cones... 0171 254 2290

JULY

Sat 1 - Critical Mass II Brighton. 12:30pm, St Peters Church. Just arrive on a bike!

Sat 1 - Job Seekers Allowance Set to be piloted in Reading - JSA? No Fucking Way! 11am-5pm 75a Mildmay Pk, Newington Green, London, N1

Sat 1 Mass Action at proposed Open Cast mine Cwmgrach, W Glamorgan. 01222 383363

Sun 2 Direct Action Video benefit for the Shoreham Defence Campaign. Videos of environmental actions throughout the country and Shoreham arrests for most shipment days. Donation only, Brighton Unemployed Centre, Tilbury Place, 2PM -10PM.

Mon 3 - Road Block H Wanstead, London. 8-9am @ George Green (outside Wanstead Tube)

Mon 3 - Wells Relief Road Action. 7am @ Old Railway Bridge, Dulcote. Two arrested under CJA last week. Police stopped a digger driver swinging around to make the arrests! Tel: 01749 880639

Mon 3 - Demo in support of Shoreham Defendants. Brighton Magistrates Court, Edward St, 9am. Ban Live Animal Export Trade Not The Protests!

Weds 5 - Justice? meet every Wednesday 7pm @ the Prince Albert, Trafalgar St

Sat 8 - March Against Coventry N/S Link Rd Tel: 0973 241521

Sat 8 - Young People's Festival - Scream & Shout! A Voice for Children and Young People 11am-5pm @ Brighton College of Technology, Pelham Sq.

Fri 7-9 - Mother Free Festival - in direct defiance of the Criminal Justice Act. Secret location somewhere in Southern/middle England. Tel from 12 noon Friday * 0171 652 4602 * 0378 774 575 * 0171 501 9253 * 01273 685 913

Weds 12 - Justice? meet at the New Kensington, Kensington Gardens, every Wed @ 7pm

Thurs 13-16 - Phoenix Festival 0181 9360940

Fri 14-16 - Larmer Tree Festival, Nr Salisbury, Wilt. Ring Justice? office. 

Fri 14-16 - Redcap Folk Festival 01947 9804928 

Sat 15 - National Rally against habitat destruction 0171 490 1555 

Sat 15 - Free Bristol Community Festival, Aston Court Estate

Sun 16 - Tolpuddle Martyrs Rally: Dorset 01202 294333

Sun 16 - Mass Vegetarian Rally Hyde Park, London 0181 681 8884

Sun 16 - Redbridge Omen Fair, Melbourne Field, Valentine Park, Ilford 0181 554 2553

Sun 16 - CND Anniversary of the first nuclear test. On 16 July 1945, at 1.29pm BST, the world's first atomic explosion, took place in America's New Mexico Desert. Time for a nuclear free world. Trafalgar Square, London, WC 1, 1pm-4pm

Sun 16 - Free Festival Andersen's Meadow, Norwich, 12-6pm, 01603 611195

Sun 16 - National Busking Day 0113 244 6570 

Tues 18-21 - Bristol Wind energy Association Conference, Warwick Conference Park, 0171 404 3433

Weds 19 - Justice? meet at the New Kensington, Kensington Gardens, every Wed @ 7pm

Thurs 20-23 - Heineken Festival, 0891 222 459

Sun 23 -  Street Party II - Rave Against The Machine. Reclaim the streets giant street party @ 1pm Battlebridge Rd (behind Kings Cross Stn) 0171 254 2290

Mon 24 - Trial of six people in Brighton Sea Action accused of obstructing the Northern Cruiser (the ship used to transport live animals from Shoreham). Support wanted! 10 am Worthing Magistrates.

Tues 25 - Activists from the No A39 campaign in Wells, Somerset up in court for Aggravated Trespass 01227 275404

Weds 26 - Justice? meet at the New Kensington, Kensington Gardens, every Wed @ 7pm

Weds 26-30 - Big Green Gathering Delightful eco-festy. South of Warminster, Wiltshire, Details PO box 123, Salisbury. Wilts, SP2 0YA. Tel: 01747 870667

Fri 28 - Critical Mass All over the country Tel: RTS 0171 254 2290

Fri 28 - Soundhouse Festival, Lowestoft 01502 538538

Fri 28 - Fri 4 Aug - Hiroshima International Anti-War Conference. 0171 278 9908

Fri 28-30 - Cambridge Folk Festival 01223 463363

Fri 28-30 - Balloch Festival nr. Loch Lomond, Scotland

Fri 28-31 -  Sellafield Womens' Peace Camp 01706 371387

Fri 28th -Thurs 3rd Aug - International Anti-War Conference 0171 607 3616

Sat 29 - Stop The Newbury Bypass Rally: Meet 2pm, Saturday 29th July, at Donnington Castle, near Newbury. Road Alert!, 01635 521770.

Sat 29 - Deptford Free Festival, Fordham Park 0171 7323611

Sat 29 - Weds 2 Aug - No-fit State Circus Multi-media version of Autogeddon Cardiff 01222 488734

Sun 30 - Contraflow Benefit Cafe. Political Guilt at 121 Centre, 121 Railton Rd, Brixton. 0171 274 6655

Sun 30 - March against the CJA in Reading. 2pm Hodsoll Rd. Recreation Ground Organised by Reading Advance Party/Reading Coalition Against the CJA 0589 637352

Mon 31 - Twyford Down '50' In Court Demo @ Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand before the judge makes the final decision over DoT damages claim against 50 protesters. Road Alert! 01635 521 770

Mon 31 - Save Oxleas Wood! 0426 921900 

Mon 31 - Weds 9 Aug - Unicorn Camp 'Lammas Family' Sancreed Cornwall 01256 893 369

AUGUST

Tues 1 - Non-stop vigil for Mumia-Abu Jamal every day outside the US embassy in Grosvenor Sq. London. Mumia is wrongfully on death row (See SchNEWS 34). Nearest tube: Bond Street. 'Mumia-Abu Jamal Defence' Committee, 163 Amsterdam Avenue, No.115, New York, 10023-5001.

Weds 2 - Justice? meet at the New Kensington, Kensington Gardens, every Wed @ 7pm

Fri 4-5 - Traquair Fayre 01896 830323

Fri 4-7 - Shut Sellafield Camp 01706 371387

Fri 4-11 - Sidmouth Folk Festival 01206 433669

Fri 4-13 - Rainbow 2000 Camp 'Dance & Spirit' 01568 613598

Sat 5 -Birmingham Reclaim The Streets -12 noon at the Jug of Ale Pub car-park, Alcester Rd, Moseley, Birmingham.

Sat 5 - Tan Hill Fayre Nr Avebury, Wiltshire 0935 863349

Sat 5 - Glen Uig Free Festival nr. Mallaig, West Coast of Scotland.

Sat 5 - Critical Mass Action Brighton. Meet 12.30 at St Peters church, Brighton. Bring your bike, skateboard, or feet. Reclaim The Streets For A Day

Sat 5 - Brighton Festival Of Freedom - Ozrics, Astralasia, Citizen Fish, Tofu Love Frogs, dance tent, circus, stalls, 2 stages @ Wild Park on A27 just before Falmer, Brighton

WEEK OF ACTION AGAINST THE CJA -  AUGUST 5 - 12
(Freedom Network Action Line 0171 501 9253)

  • Mon 7 - Squash Action, 0171 226 8938
  • Tues 8-9 - Action to mark 50th anniversary of A-bomb blitz of Nagasaki, at Faslane Peace Camp, Dumbartonshire, Scotland. 01436 820901 /CND 0171 700 2393
  • Thurs 10 - Prisoners Justice Day - there will be demos at: Winson Green in Birmingham, Annley in Leeds and at Stoke Newington Police Station in London. Get in touch with your local A.B.C. group to get a local protest organised or just sort out your own event. Further information can be obtained from London A.B.C. c/o 121 Railton Road, London SE24 0LR. Ph: 0171 501 9253.
  • Thurs 10 - Mass trespass and full moon party against the Blue Route in Kent, 012272 75404
  • Fri 11-14 - Reclaim the Land Weekend on Solsbury Hill, Bath. Info. on 01225 448556 / 444133
  • Sat 12 - Hunt Sabs National Day of Action, against 'GloriousTwelfth' grouse shooting, as the grouse shooting season begins. The hunt sabs are planning a big action on the Yorkshire moors on this day and will hopefully save hundreds of birds. Po1ice are expected to use trespass laws in the CJA to keep protestors off the moors. If you want to go, ring HSA Shoots Officer on 0115 959 0357.
  • Sun 13 - Smokey Bears Picnic 2pm Southsea Common, Portsmouth

Mon 7 - Dover 4 charged with wilful obstruction. Bring drums, whistles 01342 303166

Tues 8-13 - 3rd National LETS Camp (Local Exchange Trading System) info from Green & Away PO Box 10, Malvern WR14 1YS

Weds 9 - Justice? meet at the New Kensington, Kensington Gardens, every Wed @ 7pm

Thurs 10 - For Prisonres Justice Day there will be a demo in Brighton to highlight the plight of Mumia-Abu Jamal (See SchNEWS 34). Please show your support. Meet Churchill Square 1pm. Read 'Live from Death Row' (Addison-Wesley).

Fri 11-13 - Bulldog Bash, Long Marston airfield, Stratford, Avon. PO Box 51 Luton, Beds LU1

Fri 11-20 - Merryment Womens Camp, 01865 717173

Sat 12 - Wolvestock Free Festy,Wohverhampton, 0190231 2030

Sat 12 - A DiY guide to Agenda 21. Stalls, speakers, networking. Agenda 2l, 0161 6274862

Mon 14-19 - Democracy & Ecology Conference, West Coast of Scotland 0131 229 9052

Tues 15 - National Day of Action against the A39 in Wells, Somerset. Info. on 0585 116620 / 106615

Weds 16 - Justice? meet at the New Kensington, Kensington Gardens, every Wed @ 7pm

Fri 18 - Mass sit down in Brightlingsea to remember 6 months of shame. 01245 420 178

Fri 18-28 - Rainbow Circle 'Performing Arts and Craft Camp' 0181 248 0298

Sat 19 - Stop the Car Rally on the Downs! Meet @ 10.l5am, Lewes St to Juggs Arms, Kingston @ 11.30am

Sun 20 - A year of independence for Pollok Free State! You're invited to the party. Ring 0141 226 5066 for details

Sun 20 - Sun 3 Sept - Permaculture Camp 01256 893369

Mon 21-24 - The Bute Bash international Folk Festival 0141 887991

Weds 23 - Justice? meet at the New Kensington, Kensington Gardens, every Wed @ 7pm

Weds 23rd- Sun 3rd Sept - Unicorn Camp 'Dances of Universal Peace' 01256 893 369

Thurs 24-28 - Fleadh Cole, Listowie, Co. Kerry, Eire. Traditional music festival. Free!

Fri 25 - Towersey Village Festival, Oxon 01296 433669

Fri 25-28 - Green Student Camp Mid-Wales 01703 315643

Sat 26 - Anti-vivisection protest Marian Brines, 70-year-old survivor of Belsen concentration camp to spend a week in a monkey cage to highlight plight of monkeys at Shamrock Farm 01273 857077

Sun 27 -  Guildford Folk and Blues Festival 01483 444334

Sun 27 -  Midsomer Norton Music Festival 01761 417831

Sun 27-28 Notting Hill Carnival Mental!

Mon 28 - Sutton Green Fair, Surrey 0181 715 5571

Mon 28 - Sat 2nd Sept - A week of action against grouse shooting. Hunt Sabs are planning to stop shooting from taking place on grouse moors in the Yorkshire area. For this to be successful they need sheer weight of numbers so the police can't use their shiny new CJA powers 0115 959 0357

Mon 28 - Sat 2nd Sept - Stop the Hawk deal! Peace Camp 0161 834 0295

Weds 30 - Justice? meet at the New Kensington, Kensington Gardens, every Wed @ 7pm

Thurs 31 - Sinn Fein peace tour. Rally in Trafalgar Sq. 0171 609 1743

Thurs 31 - Talk: 'Anarchism & Paganism' @ Plough pub, Museum St, London WC1 0181 691 7685

SEPTEMBER

Fri 1 - Off The Tracks music & beer festie @ Park Farm, Donnington, 01332 384518/833673

Fri 1 - English hemp festie, Haversham, Kent 01795 417 251

Fri 1-3 Fylde folk festival, Fleetwood, Lanes 01253 872317.

Sat 2 - Edinburgh Fringe festie 01312 265251

Sat 2 - One World Festival @ Nunney Catch nr Frome, Somerset £10. Ozrics/Revolutionary Dub Warriors/Eat Static etc 10am-12pm.

Sat 2-10 - The Camps With No Name, Glonersbridge, Grigg Lane, Headorn, Kent 01603 661038

Sun 3 - NMP Anti Racist family festie, Canning Town, Rec ground, off Newham Way 12-8pm.

Sun 3 - Action at Defence Forces Equip. Exhibition against Royal Navy and British arms equipment exhibition, Aldershot, Hants. CAAT 0171 281 0927

Sun 3 - Nottingham Green Fair, Rec ground, near Wilford Carove, 01159 582369

Tues 5 - Rainbow Circle 'Celebration of Life' Camp 0171 794 7093

Weds 6 - Stonehenge Campaign Open Meeting, 7pm, 99 Torriano Ave., London, N5

Weds 6 - London DiY Gathering organisation meeting, 7.30pm Cooltan Arts Centre

Weds 6 - Justice? meet at the New Kensington, Kensington Gardens, every Wed @ 7pm

Thurs 7 - What's Wrong With Unions? Anarchist Communist Fed, discussion meeting, Community Centre, 62 Marchmont St. London 8pm

Fri 8 - Walton Folk Festie, Walton on the Maze, ESSEX 01255 670087

Sat 9-11 - Glasgow DiY Conference 0141 265066

Sat 9-10 - Festival of Global Rights, Brockwell Park, South  London ,0171 403 3888

Sat 9 - CoolTan Party! Fabulous Freedom Network benefit. Three weeks to closedown but the Phoenix will rise! Greenland here we come. The Old Dole House, 372 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, London, SW9. 11pm-8am

Sat 9 - Green Left Convergence 2.30pm Friends Meeting House, Friargate, York, 01904 672489

Sat 9 - Quercus Tribe Full Moon Acoustic Family Gathering at the protest camp in Fairmile, 01404 815729 

Sat 9 - Demonstrate Against French Nuclear Testing - outside French Embassy at 1pm. And then every Tuesday party and protest outside the French Embassy . 5-7.30 pm 58 Knightsbridge SW1 Youth CND 0171 607 3616

Sun 10 - Benefit Gig for Dover Defence Union 01342 303166

Mon 11 - 100th Day of Suffering Mass Sit-Down. Anti-live exports action in Dover. Kent Defiance Alliance 01304 374064.

Mon 11 - The ICA (Institute for Contemporary Arts) are holding a "riot' a sort of play! JUSTICE? will be there at 7:00pm The Mall, London.

Mon 11-15 - Green Party Conference, Southport, Lancs. 0181 882 0955

Tues 12 - Picket Maidstone Crown Court, Kent from 9am to support the 14 who are due to be sentenced having been found guilty of 'Riot' following an incident at an anti-BNP protest. Ring 0171 924 0333 for transport details.

Tues 12-13 - Howard League for Penal Reform Annual Conference 0171 281 7722

Weds 13 - Justice? meet at the New Kensington, Kensington Gardens, every Wed @ 7pm

Fri 15 - Otley Folk Festival, W.Yorks 01943 462801

Fri 15 - Windsor Grass Roots Festival, Windsor Arts Centre 01753 859 336

Sat 16 - Hemp Conference, Kentish Town 0171 613 5166

Sat 16 - Green Fair Richmond Park Surrey.

Sat 16 - Green Festival 10am-5pm Portsmouth Central Library 01705 737 455

Tues 19 - International Day of Peace (tell that to France)

Weds 20 - Justice? meet at the New Kensington, Kensington Gardens, every Wed @ 7pm

Fri 22 - Milan Rai reads from 'Chomsky's Politics' Brighton Peace Centre, Trafalgar St 01273 692 880

Fri 22-24 - Midge Death 2 Free Festival in-between Invagarry and Invermoriston, West Scotland 01436 820901

Fri 22-24 - Earth First! National Gathering, Lancashire 0151 733 2073

Fri 22-25 - Sellafield Women's Peace Camp 01706 371387

Sat 23 - Campaign Against the Arms Trade - international day of action against land mines 0171 281 0297

Sat 23 - International No Shop Day!

Sun 24 - Get Thee To A Nunnery! - Sunday Service @ the Convent - featuring a host of top-name bands, artists, soundsystems, SchNEWS & Conscious Cinema @ Lansdowne Rd, Hove. Please respect the neighbours!

Mon 25 - 1st day of McLibel Trial after summer. Demo High Court, London 9:30am 0171 713 1269

Mon 25 - SchNEWS benefit Tragic & Mojo Filter @ Concorde, Marine Parade, Brighton. £2.49!

Mon 25-30 - Reclaim The Land at Eithinog Meadows, Bangor, N.Wales 0113 2629365

Tues 26 - Strategy Meeting to discuss Waterhall Toad's Hole Valley, Patcham - under threat from greedy Council out-of-town shopping development @ Booth Museum, Dyke Rd, Brighton. 7.30pm

Tues 26-27 - Six people inside on remand for their alleged involvement in arson attacks connected with the Shoreham live animal export protests are up for committal 26th and 27th September 10am Brighton Magistrates Court - when a decision will be made to prosecute or not.

Weds 27 - Justice? meet at the New Kensington, Kensington Gardens, every Wed @ 7pm

Thurs 28 - Action against Gillettes animal testing 0171 388 4922

Thurs 28 - Nun-sense! squatted nunnery in court as test case for new squatting laws - support needed - Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London @ 2pm (See 'Nun-Sense!' in SchNEWS 41)

Fri 29 - Sun 1 Oct - Survival of the Tribes Gathering, Glastonbury Assembly Rooms. Music, entertainment including the Dongas play. 01225 444133

Sat 30 - Paris Demonstration against French Nuclear Tests. Travel Details CND 0171 700 2393

OCTOBER

Mon 2 - National Day of Action against the Job Seekers Allowance (JSA) In Brighton - meet 11am the Clock tower junction. Contact Brighton Claimants Action Group on 01273 671213 

Tues 3 - First two people charged with 'trespassory assembly' sections of the CJA are up in court - 9.30am, Salisbury Magistrates Court, Market Square. They need your support! Ph: 0117 965 3140. (See 'Illegal Gatherers' in SchNEWS 42)

Weds 4 - Justice? meeting at the New Kensington, Kensington Gardens, every Wed @ 7pm

Sat 7 - Demonstrate for Justice - end police brutality and murder, free Winston Silcott & hundreds of others framed by the state, scrap the immigration regulations. 12.30 pm Hackney Downs Park, London E5, 0181 533 4533

Sat 7 - Space Goats + friends at the Rainbow Church, Highgate Road, Kentish Town, London

Sat 7-9 - Alien - an action to end all wars! Faslane Peace Camp 01436 820901

Sat 7-13 - Eco-villages and sustainable communities: Models for 21st Century Living. 01309 673655

Tues 10-12 - London to Bristol sponsored cycle ride for the British Coalition for East Timor 0l8l 761 9965

Weds 11 - Justice? meeting @ the New Kensington, Kensington Gardens, every Wed @ 7pm

Weds 11-15 - Green party Conference Southport, Lancashire 0181 882 0955

Thurs 12 - Day of Solidarity with McDonalds workers (3rd anniversary of death of Mark Hopkins, killed by electrocution). 0181 533 7111

Thurs 12 - Anti-Roads Demo - Bristol (it's National Asthma Week) 10.30am Bristol Temple Meads Train Station. 01225 248556

Thurs 12 - Black Moon in court (again!) 10 am Corby magistrates - first people in country to be charged under rave sections of CJA.

Sat 14 - National Demonstration - Hands off Cuba - End the US Blockade 12 noon Marble Arch, London - Details Cuba Solidarity Campaign 0171 263 6452

Sat 14 - National Day of Action against new laws on asylum-seekers, refuges and other members of ethnic minorities. Picket 10 Downing St., 12 noon (Westminster tube)

Sun 15 - Squatting extravaganza - exhibitions, films + discussion WECH Community Centre, Elgin Ave., Harrow Rd., LondonW9 0171 277 7639

Mon 16 - Worldwide Day of Action against McDonalds. Picket your local store (leaflets £15 per 1,000 from Veggies, 180 Mansfield Rd., Nottingham, NG3HW). Demonstrate 4.30 - 6.30 pm at McDonalds HQ, East Finchley High Road, London N2 (E. Finchley tube) 0171 713 1269

Weds 18 - Justice? meeting at the New Kensington, Kensington Gardens, every Wed @ 7pm

Weds 18 - Holts Field in Swansea are due to be evicted and the houses demolished, from 11am on the 18th. Please get down there from the 18th on wards - with D-locks and possibly climbing gear. 01792 234027

Thurs 19-29 - MotorShow Mayhem! Reclaim The Streets are planning to liven up the Earls Court motorshow in London. Two major actions are planned, ring RTS for more info 0171 713 5874 

Thurs 19- 20 - Rural Issues Conference. Industrial Common Ownership Movement. 0113 246 1738

Sat 21 - Classical Music concert for Peace with MANA (Musicians Against Nuclear Arms) St James Church, Piccadilly, London, W1 0181 455 1030

Sat 21 - Reclaim the Streets in Manchester 0161 232 1598

Sat 21 - Giant Free Party celebrating year of protests against CJA George Square, Glasgow 0141 226 5066

Sat 21 - Artists for the Environment - Earth Love Fund performance, Colston Hall, Bristol, 01865 511 297

Sat 21-22 - Campaign Against Arms Trade Student & Youth Gathering Univ. of Central Lancashire 0171 281 0297

Sun 22-29 - One World Week 0171 620 4444

Mon 23 - Students Day of Action against the Hawk Deal 0171 281 0297

Tues 24-26 - Meeting on Coastal Pollution 01531 890415

Weds 25 - Appeal for Keith Mann, animal rights activist jailed for 14 years 10 am outside Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London (nearest tube Holborn)

Weds 25 - Open Cast Mining - exposing the human and environmental costs 7pm Reading University

Sat 28 - Anti-Corporations Fayre - Reclaim our World! Called by London Greenpeace and the Mclibel Support Campaign. 11 am - 8pm Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London, WC1 (Holborn tube) Stalls, discussions,workshops,networking, vegan food, creche... 0171 713 1269

Sat 28 -  Reclaim the Streets 12.30 pm Arnolfini, Bristol. Music + street entertainment  - bring a bright brolly! 01225 448556

Sat 28 - Scotland's biggest anti fox hunt protest 0141 226 5066

Sat 28 - TUC Unite Against Racism March in Manchester

Sat 28 - Friends, Families and Travellers Support Group General Meeting Quaker Meeting House, Ordnance Rd., Southampton 10.30am - 4pm 01458 832 371

Sun 29 - Reclaim the Streets Party London - meet at Paddington Station at 10am or ring 0956 300 676 after 10am for actual venue (and if you're heading from Brighton then meet 10am outside the old RSPCA building opposite the Level) 

Sun 29-30 - Youth CND are going to see the de-test-able Jaques Chirac at Chequers on Sun Oct 29th and at the Foreign Office on Mon 30th. Info. on: 0171 700 2393

Mon 30 - Demonstrate against A120 Stansted to Braintree euroroute 10 am, near Great Dunmow 01376 584576

Mon 30 - Nov 19 - Stonehenge belongs to You and Me Exhibition Museum of London,Aldersgate St., St Pauls tube

Tues 31 - Halloween direct action bonanza M66 Protest Camp, Manchester 0161 371 5433

Tues 31 - Stop The Arms Fair -silent march and non-violent sit down blockade 1pm Littleworth Common, Esher, Surrey 0171 281 0297

NOVEMBER

Weds 1 - World Vegan Day 01424 427393

Weds 1 - Justice? meeting @ Unemployed Centre (Carlton Hill, behind AmEx) @ 7pm

Thurs 2 - Black Moon soundsystem, the first people in the country to be charged under the rave sections of the CJA while preparing to play at The Mother, the big anti-CJA festy that never was. They've have had their trial adjourned a ridiculous number of times - the last one was cancelled because the police misplaced half the evidence! They now up in court at Corby magistrates on November the 2nd 10am. Turn up and give support. 01298 27475

Fri 3 - Guy Fawkes Was Right Night! Pain, Manumaya, Tofu Love Frogs, Citizen Fish, Back To The Planet, Tragik, Bettyvision, Doo The Moog, Los Diablos featuring DJs from: liberator, Sunnyside, DIY, Indisfunction, Tribal Enemy, Zion Train & Circosis @ Rainbow Church, Kentish Town, NW5 (next to Forum) Come early starts 8pm

Sat 4 - "Reclaim The Land" action in Canterbury. A party will be held on a public green space which the Council want to close off and basically have no right to do so as it isn't theirs! 01227 463368

Sat 4 - Critical Mass in Worthing meet 12 noon Steyne Gardens

Sat 4-5 - London DiY Gathering. A chance to meet, plot, scheme and organise. TEL: 0171 793 7343

Weds 8 - Picket of "Management Summit 95" 9-11am Park Lane Hotel, Piccadilly, London, W 1 (Hyde Park Corner tube) Executives from Nestle, McDonalds etc. will he speaking 0171 713 1269

Sat 11 - Rembrance weekend. Info: Peace Pledge Union 0171 387 5501

Sat 11 - Newbury Bypass Public Meeting & Direct Action Training Day. Brighton Unemployed Centre 12 noon - 4pm. Third Battle of Newbury: 01635 45544

Sat 11 - International Day of Action Stop The Hawks - No Arms To Indonesia, anniversary of Dili massacre, East Timor 0161 8340295

Weds 15 - Justice? Meeting @ Unemployed Centre (Carlton Hill, behind AmEx) @ 7.30pm

Fri 17 - Raise Your Banners 'a celebration of political song' 0114 255 0262

Fri 17 - United Systems benefit nite Club UK Wandsworth, London 0181 959 7525

Sat 18 - National Day Of Action against Shell. 0171 354 5100

Sun 19 - Remberance Day for Road Victims 0181 964 1021

Mon 20 - SchNEWS 1st Birthday Party at the Concorde, Madeira Drive, Brighton. DJs Nikki & Marcus + Hoof Lung & SchMoist + Conscious Cinema III & SchNEWS live with Advance Party, striking Liverpool Dockers, Shoreham Defence Campaign... phew.... get there early £1.50 B4 8pm, £2.50 B4 9pm and £3.50 for all you late stragglers.

Weds 22 - Dec 3rd- National Tree Week (sponsored by ESSO!) 01491 839766 / 0171 828 9928

Fri 24 - 'Mother' festival trial for 'conspirarcy charges' begins 0181 450 6929

Fri 24-27 - Sellafield Women's Peace Camp (5th Birthday Party) 01706 371 387

Sat 25 - Groundswell Conference in Oxford. If you want to get active in the Campaign against the JobSeekers Allowance (JSA) ring 01865 723750

Weds 29 - Justice? meeting @ Unemployed Centre (Carlton Hill, behind AmEx) 7:30pm - film about the Ogoni & multinational companies.

Thurs 30 - The Land Is Ours - meeting to discuss strategy and aims 7pm Rainbow Centre, Kentish Town, London 01865 722 016

Thurs 30 - Pledged Mass Sit Down called by Brightlingsea and Dover protestors. Assemble 11am Trafalgar Sq. 01245 420178

Thurs 30 - National Strike against the JSA, organised by the Civil Public Service Association (CPSA). At least 27 dole offices are expected to be out on strike including Brighton. There's a picket outside the job centres before 9am (with North St job centre being the main one in Brighton) so turn up and give them your support. For more information on the Campaign against the JSA ring 01865 723750.

DECEMBER

Fri 1 - 'Criminal Justice' by the Banner Theatre Company goes on tour. The play uses real-life stories to show the abuse of power the CJA allows, mixing traditional storytelling skills with state-of-the-art technology, electronic and acoustic music. 0121 440 0480 if you want to know if the play is in your area...

Fri 1 - Tree Dressing Day - details Common Ground, Seven Dials Warehouse, 44 Earlham St., London, WC2H 9LA

Sun 3-4 - Earth First! National Action to shut down Whatley Quarry in Somerset. The quarry supplies much of the stone used to build roads in the UK and is digging up the Mendip Hills. Amey Roadstone Corporation are asking for permission to double its size, which if it goes ahead the hole will be seen from the moon! This action will be massive! Bring tents, sleeping bags, blankets, torches, first aid kits, waterproofs/warm clothing, food + water. These will be a crèche & catering facilities. Meet 11am onwards @ Shepton Mallet Info Centre. More info 01935 825074. B'ton coach: 9am Sun @ St Peter's Church

Tues 5 - SchMEETING for SchNEWS @ SubCafe @ 6pm every tuesday

Thurs 7 - 20th anniversary of invasion of East Timor. Mass Lobby of Parliament 0171 281 0297

Thurs 7 - Stop the Hawks - Close down BAe Warton 0161 834 0295

Sat 9 - Justice? Direct Action Conference - workshops on road protesting, getting arrested, media tarting... speakers from Youth C. N. D. , Road Alert.'. . . debates, conscious cinema and loads of other shit @ the old Bingo Hall on North st, nr the Clock Tower. Starts 12 noon. Tel: (01273) 329926.

Sat 9 - Die-in At Ttrain Station in a protest against Nuclear Trains. They aim to visit the local Labour Party to give 'em some grief over the party's new found support for Trident. Meet 12 noon Elgar Stature, Worcester.

Sat 9 - "Women in the Struggle" a Conference by the Campaign To Release Irish Political Prisoners 12pm Camden Irish Centre, 50-52 Camden Square, London, NW1

Sat 9 - One month Remembrance Picket and Vigil in memory of Ken Saro-Wiwa. Meet outside Shell Centre, Waterloo, 1pm, 0181 202 6292

Sun 10 - Walk the route of the proposed M66 in Manchester - and join the action camps 0161 628 4727

Mon 11 - Dole workers are still on strike! But how long will it last? And how can you help? Meet strikers and Claimants at Brighton Unemployed Centre, 6 Tilbury Place, Brighton 01273 671213

Tues 12 - SchMEETING for SchNEWS @ SubCafe @ 6pm every tuesday

Weds 13 - Rally for Bath's homeless. 5.30pm outside Bath Abbey.

Thurs 14 - Picket of Tottenham JobCentre who introducing a trial run on the JobSeekers Allowance 0181 802 9804

Fri 15 - Christmas Party at the King's Cross Women's Centre, 71 Tonbridge St., London, WC1. The Centre is fighting an eviction order by new multi-millionaire landlords, Community Housing Association, who want to charge a commercial rent because it cannot afford to "subsidise" the centre. The poor old landlords only have assets of over £172 million! Go to the party and help fight the evictions 0171 837 7509

Sat 16 - Leeds Reclaim The Streets - 12 noon in the City Centre 0113 262 9365 

Tues 19 - Lobby of Parliament. The Government is proposing to cut all welfare benefits to most asylum-seekers, increase internal immigration controls and introduce a so-called 'safe' country of origin list. 1 pm Committee Room 14, (St. Stephen's entrance)

Tues 19 - SchMEETING for SchNEWS @ Subcafe @ 6pm every Tuesday

Fri 22 - Winter Solstice (starts getting lighter 2 minutes a day from here on folks.)

Sat 23 - Free Gorsedd of the bards of Caei Abyri - Alban Arthan 01582 405137

Tues 26 - Boxing Day Anti-Hunt demo Hunt Sabs Association 0115 959 0357 (plus someone really nice's birthday)

Weds 27 - 50th anniversary of World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF)


This is the complete set of listings taken from the 'Party & Protest' column in SchNEWS issues produced in its first year, 1995. This was before events listings were published on the website, indeed it was before SchNEWS had a website. Only events published in SchNEWS at the time appear here, without additions.

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