BLOCKS AWAY! Faslane in Scotland is home to all of Britain's Trident (nuclear)
submarines. Last year there were two massive sit down blockades where over
500 people were arrested. The courts still haven't dealt with all those
arrested at the first one in February and haven't even began to deal with
those nicked at the blockade last October. And those cheeky tridenting
protesters are coming back for more. The 'Block n Roll' is taking place
between 11-13th February and the aim is to have three days of rolling
blockades and actions. There's accommodation available, so why not go up
and join the court queue, or maybe try and provide us with a crap arrest.
Call the action line for more info 0845-458-8361 or email:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.gn.apc.org/tp2000/ * It's on late, so it
must be good! The documentary 'Nuke UK' will be on
Channel 4 tonight at 2:10am, it follows four members of Trident
Ploughshares at the blockade last February.
* Three days of protest at Devonport, Plymouth at the beginning of
February. The focus of the demonstrations is the arrival of the first
Trident submarines to Plymouth scheduled to berth on Monday 4th
February. One of the organisers told SchNEWS "The protest is against
Trident and against the storage of large quantities of nuclear waste
at the Dockyard, representing a significant threat to the 270,000
people of Plymouth." Protests include a protest march and sit down
blockades across all 5 gates of the Dockyard on the Monday. There will
be accomodation on Saturday for people who want to go to workshops and
discussion forums. Tel 07803620390 or e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
* 'Challenging the arms trade' public meeting with Chris Cole who has
recently published "A Matter of Life and Death", about the arms trade.
7:30pm, Tuesday 22nd, in the Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace,
London. Tel: 0131-669 5591,
www.araucaria.org.uk
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SCHOOL REPORT "Lately, our public servants appear to have gone
surveillance-crazy,
particularly where our children are concerned. It seems that hardly a week
goes by without the announcement of yet another database to monitor
selected groups of children in some way - small wonder that the Data
Protection Commissioner has just announced her resignation" - ARCH. A
government's wet dream of complete surveillance of their citizens is
making massive progress under Neo-Labour. At the end of last year we had
Connexions cards for teenagers (See SchNEWS 335), and at the beginning of
this year the government has sneaked into the Annual School Census the
personal details of pupils which is usually anonymous. The School Census is
always carried out for statistical purposes but in
this year's forms schools need to supply names and addresses with all the
information which will then be stored on a central database. From starting
school each child will now issued with their own personal student ID number
which will follow them through their childhood (and possibily further).
ARCH (Action for Rights on Children) reckon this is a 'National Identity
Scheme' and want the DfES to halt the census until there is open honest
debate. But don't hold yer breath. www.arch-ed.org/ or 01594-861107.
