http://www.schnews.org.uk Independent weekly direct action newsletter produced by volunteers in Brighton, UK since 1994. en-us http://www.schnews.org.uk/schnews-rss.png http://www.schnews.org.uk 88 31 SchNEWS - a drop of truth in an ocean of bullshit http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6311.htm Protesters have targeted the Nottingham premises of Heckler & Koch – a manufacturer of fire arms used all over the world by militias and armies on all sides. H&K and the Notts police didn't want the protesters or a local radio station covering the protest to advertise the fact that H&K have a warehouse full of guns in Nottingham – but the protesters think the opposite... http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6312.htm During the local elections last week, in Worthing a candidate was violently arrested by police after complaints that her supporters were being mistreated. The candidate was running on the 'Save Titnore's Trees' platform – part of the protests to protect some woodland near Worthing being trashed to build a Tesco supermarket. http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6313.htm Activists who were arrested last year after doing banner drops in a protest against the widening of the M1 motorway have had their charges dropped. http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6314.htm BASF are trying to do another crop trial of a genetically modified potato. This Tuesday their offices in Manchester were blockaded by protesters, and there will be another action in June at the site of the BASF crop trial in Cambridgeshire. http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6305.htm Northern Petroleum claim there is oil in an area of outstanding natural beauty in West Sussex, and are applying for permission to drill. As oil gets more scarce, oil companies will look in more and more unusual places to dig it up. http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6316.htm A selection of events taken from SchNEWS' online events listings http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6317.htm The vigil camp at the Hill Of Tara, Ireland, was trashed on Wednesday in an attempted eviction by a team of security working for the Office Of Public Works. Most of the camp was evicted, except the sacred fire, which had to be left, as the protesters have successfully claimed that the fire has religious meaning to them. Meanwhile road works continue apace, despite the fact that many of the construction contractors and other firms involved haven't yet been paid by the Spanish company leading the project, Ferrovial. http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6318.htm A campaign called 'Leave It In The Ground' is forming to stop a coal quarry being dug up in Derbyshire. It's not just the destruction of the land, it's also about the carbon emissions caused by coal-fired power stations, which are high emitters of carbon. http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6319.htm Police in Norfolk are using more and more hi-tech resources to crack down on free parties and raves in the county. http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news63110.htm A strange tale about a pair of teenage girls in Scotland who were allowed to hold high powered automatic weapons as part of a day out at a firearms unit. This excursion was a 'treat' for the girls after their father – a policeman – died. http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6301.htm No Borders actions around the country target Borders and Immigration Agency snatch squads used in early morning raids to forcibly arrest and detain 'failed' asylum seekers for deportation. http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6302.htm The SOCPA laws which made protests near the Houses of Parliament much more difficult are being repealed – but it is to be replaced with a new armoury of anti-protest legislation. Also a demo against the Counter Terrorism Bill. http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6303.htm Southampton University becomes the latest victim of censorship when it is forced to pull the scheduled screening of the Smash EED campaign film 'On the Edge' made by SchMOVIES. http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6304.htm Multinational pharmaceutical and bio-tech corporation Novartis is in SHAC's sights for the World Day For Lab Animals... http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6305.htm Some selected events from the full SchNEWS Party & Protest online listings http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6306.htm Otis 'Nice one Bryan' Ferry is busted for assaulting women at a hunt... http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6307.htm Two students at Nottingham University go on hunger strike in protest of their university's complicity in Israel's siege of Gaza http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6308.htm A Disneyland-style theme park comes to central Baghdad in a $500million reality-defying reconstruction plan. http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6291.htm Thousands of isolated indigenous Mayans in Guatemala are threatened with displacement by the proposed new hydroelectric dam project at Chixoy River... http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6292.htm For dragon it out... http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6293.htm Canadian armed forces invade the Sea Shepherd vessel as it heads to the Gulf of St Lawrence to expose the brutality of 'legal' harp seal slaughter. http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6294.htm Adbusters have moved up one notch from 'TV Turn Off' and have called for people to switch off all their electronic gadgets in Mental Detox Week... http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6295.htm The incoming UN Human Rights Council investigator into the Israeli oppression of Palestine, Professor Richard Falk, compares Isreal's treatment of Palestine to Nazi Germany... http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6296.htm US Raytheon arms manufacturers have their facility in Glenrothes, Scotland hit by d-lock action. Plus 'On The Verge' tour dates... http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6297.htm Candid Camera calamity for Wal-mart bosses...