In the UK, environmental activists who were arrested before they could execute a planned shutdown of a coal-fired power station near Nottingham in April last year were today convicted of conspiracy to commit aggravated trespass. Click here for more. Meanwhile, in Australia, […]
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Obama Agrees to NAFTA-style Free Trade Agreement
The Obama Administration has bargained for a free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea that mimics the same language of NAFTA style free trade negotiated and passed by the Bush administration. The Peru Free Trade Agreement has already gone into effect, damning […]
Continue readingEric McDavid Denied Appeal
On Wednesday, December 8, the 9th circuit court of appeals denied Eric’s request for a rehearing en banc. This means, in theory, that 11 judges reviewed Eric’s petition for a rehearing and not a single one of them found any merit in […]
Continue readingPotential Major Victory In Struggle Against Vivisection
After a year of huge disappointments, including the sentencing of several activists to multiple years in prison, anti-HLS campaigners are celebrating a potentially huge victory: In a statement released by anti-HLS campaigners, activists have disclosed that “Fortress Investment Group have ceased all […]
Continue readingHundreds Form Human Chain Around Nuclear Site
Several hundred nuclear energy opponents formed a human chain around a German nuclear storage site Sunday, to protest against transports of radioactive material. Click here for more. In other news, directed against foreign-backed Sagittarius Mines, Inc., more than 400 protesters reached Digos […]
Continue readingCOP16: What Happened?
The outcome of COP16, in spite of the government of Bolivia and the determination of indigenous peoples world-round, was the passage of several capitalist accords to decrease climate change by 2 degrees. Here are some of the contentious issues that have developed. […]
Continue readingActivists Protest Ruthless New Jersey Bear Hunt
After a public comment period that came out 3-to-1 opposed to having the bear hunt, Governer Chris Christie of New Jersey ordered the first bear hunt in 5 years to commence anyway. On the first day of the hunt (Monday), a staggering, […]
Continue readingVia Campesina Declaration of COP16
Members of La Vía Campesina from more than thirty countries from all over the world united our thousands of struggles in Cancun to demand environmental and social justice, and respect for Mother Earth at the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP 16). […]
Continue readingWikileaks Reveal Shell Oil’s Corruption in Nigeria
The oil giant Shell claimed it had inserted staff into all the main ministries of the Nigerian government, giving it access to politicians’ every move in the oil-rich Niger Delta, according to a leaked US diplomatic cable. Clickhere for more.
Continue readingResidents Protest Aluminum Mine in Tennessee
Hundreds of people turned out in Mount Pleasant on Wednesday night to listen to details about an aluminum waste landfill proposed for a site next to the Maury County airport. There were no decisions made at this hearing. Residents have until Jan […]
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