The Canadian seal hunt is dead

Next stop—the slaughter of South African Fur Seals January 29, 2012, message from Captain Paul Watson: “I have been fighting the Canadian seal hunt since 1974. It’s been a long, hard road after nearly four decades. During that time I have taken […]

Occupy Talks: Indigenous Perspectives on the Occupy Movement – Videos

Occupy Talks took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at Beit Zatoun, January, 23rd, 2012.  It was sponsored by the Canadian Auto Workers, Canadian Labour Congress, CAW-Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy Ryerson University, Environmental Justice Toronto. Below are several videos of […]

Tibetan Villagers Halt Mining Project on Sacred Mountain

cross posted from Intercontinental Cry Tibetan Villagers have successfully halted a controversial mining operation that threatened Kawagebo, one of the most sacred peaks in the Tibetan world. In Tibetan culture, where people live in intimate relationship with the natural world around them, […]

Snowy Owls Soar South from Arctic in Rare Mass Migration

by Laura Zuckerman / Reuters SALMON, Idaho – Bird enthusiasts are reporting rising numbers of snowy owls from the Arctic winging into the lower 48 states this winter in a mass southern migration that a leading owl researcher called “unbelievable.” Thousands of […]

No compromise, no defeat. Defend Blair Mountain!

Cross-posted from Infoshop.org Hello friends, We’re writing you from Blair, West Virginia, in the heart of the coalfields. We are in Logan County, which is the belly of the beast for the coal industry. We fight directly in the trenches against the […]

Trial for Coal River Mountain treesitter coming up…

and other updates from Appalachia The trial for Squirrel, one of the treesitters from Coal River Mountain campaign featured in the last Earth First! Journal (Mabon 2011 issue), is scheduled at 9:30AM on February 9th in the Raleigh County Magistrate Courthouse in […]