BHOPAL 25 NOVEMBER This morning survivors and supporters entered the derelict Union Carbide factory in Bhopal to contain dangerous waste left lying in the open by the company. Bhopal police arrived and began shoving and beating survivors including women. Seventy people were arrested and later charged with criminal trespass. All have now been released. We have issued an urgent action appeal to protest against the brutality of the police, under the command of Reserve Inspector P.S. Chouhan. For the emerging story, plus what you can do right now, see here. Please make a powerful protest.

BHOPAL, 18 NOVEMBER. About two hundred children took over the ICJB action at Dow-Carbide's heavily-contaminated solar-evaporation ponds today. THey were everywhere, and despite their cheerful attempts to disrupt the whole activity, the 30 odd Greenpeacers managed to put up signposts cautioning them about their toxic play-ground. After the warning signs were posted at all access points to the solar ponds, all the children and residents helped to install a billboard in English, Hindi and Urdu calling upon DOW to clean up the soil and and water. Activists from USA, UK, Australia, Netherlands, Thailand, Italy, Belgium, France, Brazil, Norway, and India have begun arriving here in Bhopal for a series of direct actions against DOW in India. Watch www.greenpeace.org and of course this website for constant updates on the campaign build-up here in Bhopal.

Dr George Smith of Crypt News, a publication famed for its lack of patience with fools, examines the question of why so many US military users have been visiting this website and concludes that the Pentagon has little or no idea of what it would really be like to face a gas attack should they, for instance, be ordered to invade Iraq. Read his article here. Our own investigations continue.