Since 1994, the year in which the English Vegan Society turned 50, November 1st has been celebrated as World Vegan Day. For many vegan and animal rights groups this has turned November into Vegan Month which is why we have decided to focus this november's newsletter on Veganism and some surrounding issues!! .on veganism

With queer festivals in Belgrade and Sarajevo getting attacked by fascist hooligans, nazi scum murdering people in the streets of Russia, and the Italian government forcing Roma kids to give their fingerprints while the new mayor of Rome gets a Sieg Heil salute from a full square of people... it was time for a newsletter on antifascism!! .on Antifascism

The 19th Ecotopia bike tour will be held this summer in the months of July and August and go through the western Balkans: Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia. With the UN summit for a new Climate Agreement in Copenhagen (Kyoto II) ahead of us, this years' biketour will focus on climate change and energy. So besides cycling through beautiful landscapes and scenery, passing forests, rivers, small and big places – the biketour will try to act upon important environmental issues that occur in the region where were going through, like the construction of unsustainable power plants, dangerous hydroplants, large energy squander, etc....The bike tour is looking for national coordinators (NC's) for Albania, Macedonia and Montenegro.

Biketour is looking for two EVS volunteers to work in Croatia from 1st February 2009 for 7-8 months.

We stand at a crossroads. The facts are clear. Global climate change, caused by human activities, is happening, threatening the lives and livelihoods of billions of people and the existence of millions of species. Social movements, environmental groups, and scientists from all over the world are calling for urgent and radical action on climate change.

On the 30th of November, 2009 the governments of the world will come to Copenhagen for the fifteenth UN Climate Conference (COP-15). This will be the biggest summit on climate change ever to have taken place. Yet, previous meetings have produced nothing more than business as usual.

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I'm emailing you all from mayo to urge you to come to up here and take part in actions against shell. in the last few weeks we've seen an upscale in shells work here and an increase in gardai and shell security- as a direct result of our increase in activity and numbers! we are awaiting the arrival of the solitaire one of the largest pipe laying ships in the world which is currently anchored off the coast of killybegs. the solitaire will attempt to lay the pipe from the landfall site to the well head. we expect the solitaire in the coming days.

Sinop (Turkey), 23rd of August 2008. In the moment, the participants of the 20th Ecotopia international environmentalist gathering at Sarikum nature reserve, Sinop, on the Turkish Black Sea coast, are awaiting and preparing for forceful eviction of their camp site by the Jandarma (Turkish Police), which are already present with undercover agents and several cars. The 70 participants from over 30 countries will peacefully resist this unjustified raid. The offical reason for the announced eviction was the announcement of the intention to take part in the weekly permitted press conference of the local anti-nuclear initiative SİNYAD (Sinop Nükleersiz Kent ve Yaşam Derneği).

Friday 31st October – Tuesday 4th November, 2008 @ ESCANDA, Spain

In the beginning of November 2008, the Escanda collective along with others will be hosting a four-day radical economics gathering. We will analyse why the current economic system has failed and we will learn from the possibilities and experiences of those working despite capitalism to build autonomous networks of production and circulation from a basis of sustainability, self organization, solidarity, respect and justice.

This action will be a continuation of the Belarus zine gathering in Grodno in 2002 and also of Vilnius zinefest that was held in May 2008. The festival is aimed to gather people who make their own magazines, books and other printed (or digital) editions independently and uncommercially. Together we will have a chance to discuss our general problems and to share the experience of keeping up the freedom of speech on the spur of the moment.

Come to the 20th annual Ecotopia gathering!

This year, Ecotopia will take place between 9-23 August 2008 in Turkey, close to a city Sinop at the Black Sea. You are invited to take part, and discuss energy and other issues, support local activists and meet with groups from different parts of Europe. Check out the website at www.ecotopiagathering.org