SchNEWS - Weekly direct action newsletter and party and protest guide http://www.schnews.org.uk Independent weekly direct action newsletter produced by volunteers in Brighton, UK since 1994. en-us SchNEWS - Weekly direct action newsletter and party and protest guide 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 It’s Just Not Cricket http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6811.php The so-called civil war in Sri Lanka may be over with the defeat of the Tamil Tigers, but the suffering continues for the Tamil people. To remind the world of their plight, there have been protests around the world led by Tamil diaspora, including 100,000 marching last weekend in London. Borderline Insanity http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6812.php The No Borders Camp kicks off at Calais... You’re Nicked Sunshine! http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6813.php Last weekend's summer solstice celebration at Stonehenge was subject to heavy policing, including an unmanned surveillance copter drone, helicopter, 300 stop-n-searches and 32 arrests. A Turd In The Pool http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6814.php Nazi thugs are arrested for taunting anti-fascist protesters at the BNP's gathering in Blackpool. Schools Not Out http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6815.php The occupation at the Lewisham Bridge School in south London resists eviction... for now. Playing Solitaire http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6816.php Protesters on alert as the gas pipe laying ship arrives to begin work for the summer. Tarred With A Brush http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6817.php The last of the 'Tarnac 9' is finally released – albeit on strict bail condition. The Tarnac 9 are a group of people living in an eco-community in central France, who the police and media have labelled 'eco-terrorists'. They are trying to pin several charges on the nine, without a shred of evidence. Big Issue http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6818.php Boycott Israeli Goods campaigners stage several actions at Tesco's in London, in protest against the supermarket stocking produced grown on illegally occupied land in the West Bank. Kilt In Action http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news6819.php A new protest camp protecting land from an open-cast coal mine in South Lanarkshire has begun. Bleeding Harts http://www.schnews.org.uk/archive/news68110.php Animal rights campaigners in Britain are trying to stop a proposed culling of deer, saying that it's a senseless slaughter of animals which won't achieve its aims.