Magazine Issue 5&6 - Winter 1997
Diary Winter 1997

November
The Millennium, weaker Governments, stronger UN?’ Speaker Sir Marrack Goulding (former Under Sec. General of UN) 1-2 p.m. Evan Luard Lecture, Oxford Town Hall. Tel: 01865 726 441
26 Benefit concert for McLibel with Radical Dance Faction, Tofu Love Frogs, Citizen Fish, etc. 8 - 2 p.m at Garage, 20 Highbury Corner, London N5.
26 The politics of climate change - Titus Alexanger (Global Commons Institue) University of London Union (ULU), Malet St.,London WC1. Nearest tube Godge Street. Room 3B . 6.30 p.m. for 7.00 p.m. talk.

26-7 Dec ESSO NATIONAL TREE WEEK!! National Tree Council: 0171 938 9111
26 -30 Sellafield Women’s Peace Camp - 7th Birthday bash outside Sellafield Visitors Centre. Tel: 0113 262 1534

26 100 Days Action: Ignite Newspaper distribution. Tel: 0171 403 3738
28 100 Days Action: Critical Mass. Meet 6 p.m. outside National Film Theatre on the South Bank, London. Tel: 0171 865 8234
29 100 Days Action: ‘Stop the Climate Wreckers’. Picket of American Embassy 11 a.m. Grosvenor Sq. London W1. Green Party Tel: 0181 442 8640
29/ 30 100 Days Action: Strike Oil! Reclaim The Streets. A wind-powered petrol free-free service station will rear its many heads. Tel: 0171 281 4621. e-mail: 100days@waveland.org
29 Streets for People Conference, London. Transport 2000 Tel: 0171 388 8386
29 INTERNATIONAL NO SHOP DAY a 24hr moratorium on consumer spending. Enough. Tel: 0161 237 1630.

29 The Network of Radical Socialist Alliances conference. Tel: 01922 644705
29 Birkenhead: Turning the Tide. Introductory Workshop on non-violence for social change. Tel: Steve Whiting 0171 663 1064
29 Cardiff Third World First Campaign Workshops. All welcome. Tel: 01865 279 120
29 Cardiff Stop the Hawks - Meeting with Timorese Peace Campaigner & Noble Peace Prize Winner Jose Ramos Horta. 7.30 p.m. 01222 626961
December
1 OECD MAI meeting, Paris. For action call World Development Movement: 0171 737 6215
1 MAI action at International Chambre of Commerce, London. Call Corporate Watch for details.
1-12 The Third Climate Convention in Kyoto, Japan: Call 0049 228 815 1000, or Greenpeace or FoE.
1-8 International Student Gathering: Oporto ‘97, Portugal. email: iseal@mail.esb.ucp.pt
5 Costain AGM at Novotel London Hammersmith, Hammersmith International Centre, 1 Shortlands, London W6 8DR at 9.30 a.m. Tel Costain: 0171 705 8444
5 Liverpool Dockers Support Action, at Drake, Charles House,5 Regent St. SW1. 12.30 - 2 p.m.
6 ‘Worldwide Season of Conscience’ U.K.’s event: Picket and Rally in support of Fight Povety Pay, Reinstate Nigel Cook Campaign . Meet 11.00 a.m, Phillips Rd, Blackburn,Lancs.. Speckers from Liverpool Dockers, Hillingdon Strikers, T&G, etc. Details: 01254 679605
5-7 National Tree Dressing Day. Tel: 0171 379 3109
5-7 Genetic Information Conference in Blackpool. Call Lisa Smith on: 01772 892255.
7-14 Electro-Lux: A-Seed activist gathering in Luxembourg. Tel: 0031 20 668 2236. or email: aseedeur@antenna.nl or http://www.antenna.nl/aseed
17 Public Meeting - to defend and support the radical press;and free the Gandalf 3 Conway Hall, Red Lion Sq, WC2 (Holborn tube) 7pm.
20-21 Faslane, Helensburgh, Glasgow Midwinter Merriment - a weekend of resistance, music and action. Tel: 01436 820 901
January
17-18 West Country EF! Activist Gathering. Tel: 01225 312688
17 Halt Greenfield Housing Conference day. FoE/Alarm UK (see page 29).
29 Davros Meeting Action. Playfair Europe! Contact details below.
February
23-25 People for Global Action against Free Trade and the WTO. Geneva, Switzerland. Playfair Europe! Tel: +49 241 803792 or email: playfair@asta.rwth-aachen.de
11 Alternative Careers Fair. 12 noon - 4 p.m. University of Bristol Students Union. Tel: 0117 928 8221 ext. 8223
28 Closing Date for the Henry Ford European Conservation Awards!!. The Conservation Foundation. Tel: 01491 839766.