Issues

Here are some links to campaign and information sites about issues that may be discussed at the Gathering. The idea is that people can get themselves informed on the issues to a certain extent before the Gathering, so that hopefully less time needs to be spent getting up to date in each workshop session, and we can move on to action and campaign planning.

Some workshops have associated recommended reading - see the list of workshops for more information.

Research for any issue should start with Brighton - based Schnews and Corporate Watch. For an alternative to the mainstream media, you should also try Indymedia.

This list is too short, there must be other campaigns that should be represented here. For a start, we're missing anti-air travel, anti-building on green sites etc. campaign websites. If you can think of one, contact us. All links open in a new window.

A-D | E-I | J-P | R-Z

A-D
	Advisory Service for Squatters Campaign raising the profile of squatting, also providing useful and practial tips for squatting, and the legal issues.
	Baku Ceyhan Campaign Raising public awareness of environmental destruction of proposed new pipeline.
	Barbed Wire Britain Network to End Migrant and Refugee Detention.
	Blatant Incitement Project The Blatant Incitement Project exists to empower people to organise themselves without hierachy, for radical action towards social change, by sharing skills, knowledge, and inspiration...
CAAB	Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases Movement to express concern over the presence of American military bases here in the UK.
	Coaltion of Badger Action Groups This web site is committed, without compromise, to all lawful forms of non-violent direct action and protest against the cruelty and unnecessary slaughter of badgers in the UK and in Ireland.
	Corporate Watch Organisation that researches the oil industry, globalistion, genetic engineering, food, toxic chemicals, privatisation and many other areas, to build up a picture of almost every type of corporate crime and the nature and mechanisms of corporate power.
	Dissent The Dissent! network - planning actions against the 2005 G8 summit. Committed to taking direct action against the G8 and what it represents. Aims to disrupt the G8 and prevent their summit circus from taking place as planned.
	Do or Die "Voices from the Ecological Resistance" - Do or Die is an occasional journal crammed with reports and analysis from the world-wide ecological frontlines.
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E-I
	Earth Liberation Prisoners Support network for those imprisoned for fighting to save the Earth.
	ETC group Action Group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration - ETC group is dedicated to the conservation and sustainable advancement of cultural and ecological diversity and human rights.
	Faslane Peace Camp 20-year old Peace Camp, which campaigns to non-violently oppose the presence of nuclear weapons at Faslane Naval Base on the Clyde, 30 miles from Glasgow.
	Genetic Engineering Network Link temporarily down. A network of people opposed to the imposition of GM technology.
	GeneWatch UK A group which aims to ensure that genetic technologies are developed and used in the public interest and in a way which promotes human health, protects the environment and respects human rights and the interests of animals.
	Global Elite Campaign to keep tabs on the New World Order - global corrupt power, corporations, the Bilderberg meeting etc.
	Human Genetics Alert An independent watchdog group based in London, funded by a leading British charity, opposed to some genetic research developments, such as genetic discrimination, cloning and inheritable ("germ line") genetic engineering of human beings.
	Indymedia UK A network of individuals, independent and alternative media activists and organisations, offering grassroots, non-corporate, non-commercial coverage of important social and political issues. Good for details on resistants at recent G8 summits etc.
	International Solidarity Movement A Palestinian led non-violent movement of Palestinian and International activist working to raise awareness of the struggle for Palestinian freedom and an end to Israeli occupation.
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J-P
	the land is ours Peaceful campaign for access to the land, its resources, and the decision-making processes affecting them, for everyone, irrespective of race, gender or age.
	The Legal Defence & Monitoring Group Volunteers for the Devence of Civil Protest and the Right of Public Assembly.
	Neighbourhoods Opposing War Disparate group of people who have come together to organise anti-war actions that take protest directly to those responsible - the US bases situated in this country.
	Nine Ladies Anti-Quarry Campaign Camp and campaign to prevent quarry developments on Stanton Moor
	noborder network A network of grassroots groups, hopefully providing tools to help them to fight for freedom of movement, the right to stay in one place without repression, etc.
	People's Global Action A worldwide coordination network of resistance to the global market, a new alliance of struggle and solidarity against 'free' trade and the WTO (PGA), founded in Geneva 1998.
	Primal Seeds A network to actively engage in protecting biodiversity and creating local food security in response to industrial biopiracy, control of the global seed supply and of our food.
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R-Z
	Radical Routes "A network of little fishes - co-operatives working for social change." Information on UK housing and workers cooperatives.
	Rising Tide UK A network of small groups and individuals dedicated to taking local action and building a movement against climate change.
	Road Alert Active network/campaign informing on and opposing new road programmes.
	SchNEWS Brighton-based weekly direct action news. The first place to go to research any issue.
	Seeds for Change Free workshops and training to grassroots campaigners, as well as briefings and resources on practical campaigning skills, working in groups and using Linux.
Solidarity South Pacific	Solidarity South Pacific The pacific rim, with its rainforest expanses, surviving pockets of wild peoples and coral reefs is a critical field of battle.
	St Agnes Place Campaign to save the last squatted community street in London and resist evictions.
	SHAC - Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty Campaign to shut down Huntingdon Life Sciences, the largest animal testing laboratory in Europe.
	Totnes Genetix Group A diverse group, all live in or near Totnes and sporadically work together to get tough on genetic engineering and tough on the causes of genetic engineering.
	Trident Ploughshares A campaign to disarm the UK Trident nuclear weapons system in a non-violent, open, peaceful and fully accountable manner.
	UpStart Information about co-operatives - workers, housing and others - why use them, how they work, etc.
	Yorkshire CND Campaigns on the militarisation of space, "Son of Star Wars" etc.

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