Issues

Here are some links to campaign and information sites about issues that will be discussed at the Gathering. Have a look and a read to get up to speed!

Research for any issue should start with Brighton - based Schnews and Corporate Watch. For updates and action reports on ecological direct action check out UK Earth First!. 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. If you can think of one, contact us.

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Activist Legal Project	Activist Legal Project Information about the law for people who are thinking of taking direct action, or who have taken direct action.
Activist Security	Activist Security Information on security for activists and campaigns.
	Advisory Service for Squatters Campaign raising the profile of squatting, also providing useful and practial tips for squatting, and the legal issues.
Airport Watch	Airport Watch AirportWatch is the campaign to oppose unnecessary, unsustainable and irresponsible airport expansion across the UK.
Bicycology	Bicycology Cyclists' collective promoting cycling and linking wider issues of environmental and social responsibility.
Biofuel Watch	Biofuel Watch Biofuel Watch campaigns for European government regulation to stop the use of those biofuels which are unsustainable, particularly those linked to rainforest destruction.
Camp for Climate Action	Camp for Climate Action Direct action action camp to tackle the root causes of climate change: unlimited economic growth and consumerism.
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.
Critical Mass	Critical Mass An unorganized coincidence. A movement ... of bicycles, in the streets.
	Do or Die "Voices from the Ecological Resistance" - Do or Die was an occasional journal crammed with reports and analysis from the world-wide ecological frontlines. No longer being published, but the very interesting articles are archived on this site and well worth a read. Aaah, those were the times...
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	UK Earth First! UK site for Earth First! Updates and reports on ecological direct action, contact details for EF! groups, archive of the Aerth First! Action Update - a print newsletter with action reports.
	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.
FreeB.E.A.G.L.E.S	FreeB.E.A.G.L.E.S Materials to introduce you to your legal rights, and to what to expect if you are unfortunate enough to run into trouble with the law.
	Genetic Engineering Network A network of people opposed to the imposition of GM technology. The site has not been updated in a long while, but some interesting stuff.
	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. Read news as it's happening, and the best bit: you can post stuff up yourself!
	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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	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. Publishes a very interesting magazine, The LAND.
Leave it in the ground	Leave it in the ground! Campaign to stop new open cast coal mining in Derbyshire and elsewhere.
Low-Impact Living Initiative	Low-Impact Living Initiative Practical courses, books and factsheets on low-impact living plus online shop for ecological building materials
Network for Climate Action	Network for Climate Action Network of local groups and national networks taking radical action against the causes of climate chaos. This site has a huge resource section with lots of info on the science and causes of climate change, positive solutions, links, contacts, graphics and guide for taking action.
	noborder network A network of grassroots groups, providing refugees tools to help them to fight for freedom of movement, the right to stay in one place without repression, etc.
Oilwatch	Oilwatch Oilwatch is a resistance network that opposes the activities of oil companies in tropical countries.
	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.
The Permaculture Association	The Permaculture Association
Planestupid	Planestupid Planestupid campaigns for an end to airport expansion, a ban on shorthaul flights and the introduction of tax on aviation fuel
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	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 groups and individuals dedicated to taking direct action and building a movement against climate change.
Road Block	Road Block An alliance of groups and individuals campaigning against road-building.
Saving Iceland	Saving Iceland Fighting a direct action campaign in Iceland to stop the destruction of one of the last wildernesses on earth - actions and camps against dams and aluminium smelters
	SchNEWS Brighton-based weekly direct action news. The first place to go to research any issue.
	Seeds for Change A direct action training collective offering workshops and briefings for grassroots campaigns - Direct Action, Consensus, Meetings, Campaigns, Strategy, Media and more. Lots of useful stuff on their resource pages..
Seashepherd	Seashepherd Defending marine life in the oceans of the world by taking direct action!
Solidarity South Pacific	Solidarity South Pacific This was a campaign supporting the struggles in the pacific rim, with its rainforest expanses, surviving pockets of wild peoples and coral reefs. Not active at the moment.
	SHAC - Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty Campaign to shut down Huntingdon Life Sciences, the largest animal testing laboratory in Europe.
Tasmania Forest Campaign	Tasmania Old Growth Forest Campaign Campaign to stop logging of the old growth forests in Tasmania. You can news/reports on actions and blockades on this site.
Tescopoly	Tescopoly Alliance of organisations against supermarket power
	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.
Transition Culture	Transition Culture Peak Oil and how we can respond to it as local communities.
Treesponsibility	Treesponsibility Local climate action group, based in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, enabling people to plant new woodlands and hedgerows as a way of recycling their personal CO2 pollution.
	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.
The Vegan Organic Network	The Vegan Organic Network Network of people living a vegan organic life - including growers and farmers.
	Yorkshire CND Campaigns on the militarisation of space, "Son of Star Wars" etc.
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