Listen up ! Last Thursday protestors used D-locks, Superglue and good ol'
determination to blockade the US spy base in Menwith Hill, Yorkshire. The
blockade started at 5am with protestors D-locking themselves to the main
gates and then handcuffing themselves to each other. With alternative gates
sealed off by Superglue and locks, all traffic was blocked and the 3
scheduled shift changes were disrupted. Most employees were prevented from
entering the base to do their daily spying and so ended up heading back
home. After 4 � hours the ever-friendly men in blue were threatening
arrests and the protestors ended the blockade, happy with the results. So
what's this spy base about then? Well, it's an `interception centre' that
would be used to co-ordinate any bombing of Iraq. It's part of America's
murky `Echelon' programme set up during the Cold War - a network of
`listening posts' able to intercept millions of phone, fax and e-mail
messages. Our upstanding government assures us that `communication
interception' is covered by strict legal guidelines - honest! But the EU
parliamentary committee set up to investigate `Echelon' reckons that Uncle
Sam uses it for industrial espionage to benefit US companies. So the
committee recommends that all EU capitalists encrypt everything...now! *
Fylingdale Star Peace Camp, outside the US airbase, which is now 5 months
old, have received eviction papers and are appearing in court next week.
Vigil outside the court 10.45am,6th Nov, Whitby Law Court, Waterstead Lane,
Whitby. The camp also urgently needs funds send money payable to `WoMenwith
Hill Women's Peace Camp', P.O. Box 105, Harrogate HG3 2FE. Tel 01947896481
www.FreeFylingdalesNetwork.co.uk.
