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UNUMITED/'Puttmg the Primitive to Work for You* Welcome to the special bumper 'Apocalypse, Recuperation and Resistance’ issue of Do or Die. DoD was set up in December '92 to address the lack of discussion, analysis and news reporting from within the EF! move­ ment. At the time there had not been an edition of the EF! Action Update or a gathering since the previous April. We took on many roles which have since been filled by other EF! projects, (thank god!), so DoD has evolved along with the movement. Since EF! started in the UK in '91 there has been a massive growth in ecological direct action across the country, and this seems set to continue. Every issue we get more people submitting.. Many campaigners complain about the media, the media puts a view of our actions that fit into their agenda. It fits us and our actions into their categories, and their stereotypes. If we complain about the press lies and misrepresentations we have to do something about it, part of that is the creation of our own media. We aim to publish three times a year but this can only be done with your help. DoD is one of the few voices EF! has and it can only operate with your input. Deadlines really are deadlines. If you don't reach us by the deadline- it won't go in. DoD has not come out for about a year and this is mainly due to people not respecting deadlines. We received a report from India two days after requesting it, while some articles from U.K. campaigns didn't arrive until 8 months after the deadline. The opinions expressed in articles are not automatically the views of the editorial collective, the Earth First! movement, Earth First! groups or individual Earth First!ers. If you disagree with something in DoD write to us. We have NO funds, this magazine is literally run out of the editorial collectives dole money and donations. 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Do or Die- Voices from Earth First!, No.5 Contents An Open Letter to the Minister for Transport 5 Regional Reports Scotland 7 North 11 Midlands 15 South West 17 London 23 Wales 27 South East 32 Other Islands Global Roundup 35 Report from Across the Atlantic 40 Vancouver EF! 42 Anarchy & Mercedes in Germany 43 This issue is dedicated Berlin Climate Conference 45 to Tim from Lewes Factory Burning in India 48 reA CTION. He died in Reprieve for Bialowieza Forest 50 July this year. May many diggers grow Feature Articles sick in his memory. Biodiversity Fragmentation 51 A Tragedy in Bougainville 59 David Bellamy Exposed! 63 n Critical Mass 65 o Climate Engineering 68 -a Sick Bastards 69 <Z> Animal Antics 71 o r s Tree Spirit & Earth Repair 72 Costner- Dancing with Dollars 74 lari fD Live Exports & Community Defence 75 O i Feral- Against Domestication 82 o 5' 55* Paranoia..noia...noia..BOO! 3* o Police Raid Green Anarchists 84 teg cr• 3 c Lettuce to the Cabbage 88 as Resources 95 o SS 3 Prisoners of War • Anti-Mllers Jailed 111 Mumi Abu-Jamal i— • rD 113 • Contacts 117 Do or Die- Voices from Earth First!, No.5 AN OPEN LETTER TO THE .MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT, “I do not want to cncorage day-dreaming, we are in a world of practical realities...”- Brian Mawinney, Minister for Transport (1) “ My people shall never work. Those who w ork can not dream , and wisdom comes to us in dream s..”- Smohalla, Native American, 1887. “ Be Realistic- Demand the Impossible!”- graffitt, Paris May '68 Mr.Mawinney- Welcome to the Nightmare.