Liz Butler Campaign Director, 1Sky from the Huffington Post Two years ago this month, I flew in a helicopter over Appalachian coal country in Kentucky. After we landed and I drove off, I cried. I was in Kentucky because the amazing group […]
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Support the 2010 Support Caravan to Black Mesa!
Dear Friends of the Big Mountain & Black Mesa Resistance Communities, Please check out (and forward) this version of our Black Mesa caravan announcement. Apologies for any double posts. Thank you, BMIS Join the Caravan in Support of Indigenous Communities Resisting Massive […]
Continue readingMassive Banners Dropped on Cargill, Grain Exchange Skyway
Despite state-wide flood warnings, the skies opened for just enough time to allow five RAN activists to hang two billboard sized banners off of a 3rd street skyway during morning rush hour today, calling attention to Cargill’s continuing role in the destruction […]
Continue readingActivists Denounce FBI Raids on Anti-war and Solidarity Activists Homes
Subpoenas, Searches, and FBI visits carried out in cities across the country By Staff September 24, 2010 Read more articles in People’s Struggles We denounce the Federal Bureau of Investigation harassment of anti-war and solidarity activists in several states across the country. […]
Continue readingAppalachia Rising Only Three Days Away!
Appalachia Rising: uprising radio On Monday September 27, over a thousand Appalachian residents, former coal miners and environmental activists will gather in Washington D.C. to call on the Obama administration to stop mountaintop removal mining. They will also gather to pressure the […]
Continue readingEPA Slaps Monsanto with Record Fine
EPA Slaps Monsanto with Record Fine Million Dollar Settlement the Largest in Series of Penalties By Jimmy Mengel Friday, July 9th, 2010 Greenchipstocks.com Hey Monsanto, it’s time to pay the piper… again. In the largest fine ever levied under a U.S. pesticides […]
Continue readingFBI raids homes of several Twin Cities war protesters
By RANDY FURST, Star Tribune Last update: September 24, 2010 – 11:08 AM The homes of several leaders of the Twin Cities antiwar movement were raided Friday by the FBI in what an agency spokesman described as an “investigation into activities concerning […]
Continue readingEric McDavid’s Appeal Denied
Dear friends, It is with heavy hearts that we write to tell you that Tuesday, September 21st, the 9th circuit court denied Eric’s appeal of his conviction and sentencing. Given all that has happened these past 4+ years, this news isn’t shocking […]
Continue readingALF Claim Animal Liberation in Washington
received anonymously: “In the early hours September 9th 2010 the ALF [Animal Liberation Front] paid a visit to the Beck’s fur farm in Granite Falls, WA. Thanks to the news reports we know that we released aprox. 400 of the mink there […]
Continue readingEarth First!ers Drop Banner on Ruckus Advanced Action Camp!
September 22, 2010 Clarks Grove, MN, With 6 days of boot camp style advanced action training behind them, and the camp’s culminating mock action ahead, several members of various Earth First! dropped a banner over the main stage. EF!ers effectively delayed the […]
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