For being the 51st Protester! Robin Webb, press officer for the UK ALF, was
arrested last week in America at the national demonstration against
Huntingdon Life Sciences. His crime? Laughably absurd he was supposedly the
51st person to enter the "50 person" protest zone at the lab! American
authorities are intent on not letting this hardened criminal escape, his
bail was a whopping $10,000 and the judge in the case is holding Robin's
passport so he can't escape! www.shacamerica.net
UK News and...
CUT-THROAT POLITIK The topsy-turvey world of Venezuela continues. Bosses
and investors are on "general strike" while the masses take action in
support of the leftist government of Hugo Chavez! As Western television
stations show footage of many (rich) Venezuelans out on the streets in
opposition to Chavez, different stories are coming from poorer quarters. On
Monday night, groups of ordinary Venezuelans took over all the main TV
stations in Caracas in support of the president and the country remains in
turmoil. The US has made no secret of the fact that it would like to see a
regime change in Venezuela since the CIA-backed coup in April (SchNEWS
345). This instantly failed when it became apparent that no-one but the US
would recognise the new leadership and Chavez was returned to power. As in
Iraq, the motivation for US interference is oil - Venezuela is the fifth
largest oil exporter in the world and its main customer is the USA. * In
London, two days of action are planned in solidarity with the first
anniversary of the Argentinean popular rebellion when the Argentinean
people kicked out the government (SchNEWS 350) Night of Rage, 20th December
followed by Day of Disobedience chaotic mass proletarian shopping action on
Oxford Street on the 21st" Dress as Santa, steal from the rich & give
presents to the kids. "Just nick it." www.wombles.org.uk * The film "Voces
Argentinas" was shot on the streets of Buenos Aires and shows how it felt
to be Argentine as the country plunged quickly from the first world to the
third. Screenings: 13th, Use Your Loaf, 227 Deptford High Street, London
SE8. 7pm. 18th, Argentine Film Night & talk about the uprising, plus food &
bar. 7.30pm, Union Tavern, Camberwell New Rd, London SE5. 18th, Junk TV
Christmas party - Free showing, DJs, bar, cakes, more films. Sanctuary Cafe
Cella, Brunswick St East, Hove, 8pm. 22nd, Film Afternoon for Argentina -
The Other Cinema, Rupert St, London W1, from 1pm * 21st is McGo-Slow As
Fuck! Day - McDonalds workers are being encouraged to work slowly in
solidarity with the Argentinean popular rebellion http://mwr.org.uk
INSIDE SchNEWS American Earth Liberation prisoner Jeff "Free" Luers,
sentenced to 22 years (longer than most rapists and murderers get) for
setting fire to three cars, is to appeal against his conviction and
sentence. Write to Hardy Myers, the Oregon State Attorney, calling for a
lesser sentence. Sample letter at: www.spiritoffreedom.org.uk under the
Urgent Updates section. * Chain Reaction's "Unshackling Captive Minds" is
an anarchist zine produced by current and former Texas prisoners. Issue 9
is just out and is available free to prisoners and $2 for others. CR
Collective, P.O. Box 501, Whiteface, USA TX 79379-0501.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] SchNEWS IN BRIEF The SchNEWS of the World book
is now available at the Punker Bunker (under Immediate clothes shop),
Sydney Street, Brighton and in City Bookshop, Western Road, Hove. ** Doh!
Last week SchNEWS fell for a spoof Dow Chemicals announcement that it
basically didn't give a shit about the Bhopal gas leak in India which has
killed 20,000 people and left thousands more ill. "Our responsibility is to
our shareholders." etc. etc. We should have realised that a corporation
would never be so honest!
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