Hot off the press and packed with Direct Action - the new Earth First! Action Update is out! Get your quarterly round-up of ecological direct action from the UK and beyond To download for printing, http://www.earthfirst.org.uk/efau/actionupdate_feb10print.pdf To download for on-screen reading, http://www.earthfirst.org.uk/efau/actionupdate_feb10.pdf

What's in this issue? A feature about Mainshill looking at their strategy of continuous action and tactics, info on nuclear new build, UK direct action news plus an exclusive interview with "D Lock,our mystery digger diving activist" about the ins and outs of this form of action. And from across the seas, read about our brothers and sisters struggling against high-speed train destruction in Italy, high-voltage power lines in Catalonia, and whale hunting on the High Seas. "We are going to inherit the earth.

There is not the slightest doubt about that. We Are not afraid of ruins. We carry a new world, here in our hearts. That world is growing this minute." - Durruti

Love and Rage - Your Action Update collective

The campaign against the tender process for care and support services has achieved a huge success as the tender will now be scrapped.

However, we stand to lose much of these gains if the Council's plans to set rates for Direct Payments and Service Level Agreements at £15.04 per hour are agreed at Thursday's Full Council meeting.

We need everyone to act now - if we lose the vote on Thursday it will mean a 17.5% cut for the services that were put out to tender. Once approved by full council there will be nowhere left to go (except costly legal challenges).
Please take some time this week to take action - we have won a vote at the full council meeting before - we can do it again but it needs pressure from all of us.
Please read on for what you can do;