Cross Posted from Huffington Post THESSALONIKI, Greece — Hundreds of protesters have battled riot police for hours over plans for a gold mine in northern Greece’s Halkidiki peninsula. Police say one policeman and three protesters were hurt, while 21 protesters have been detained. […]
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After Summer of Solidarity, Eco-Activists Building Autumn of Unity
Cross Posted from Dissident Voice By Peter Rugh A hard rain was falling on Monday night as Occupy the Pipeline activists spread out along New York’s Hudson River Park, in front of the site where workers in orange day-glow vests have been laboring […]
Continue readingStand With the ACFN to Stop Pipelines At the Source
Cross Posted from It’s Getting Hot in Here Any fight against the pipelines and tanker projects in BC must be rooted at stopping them at the source—the Alberta Tar Sands. On Tuesday, October 23rd we will be standing with the Athabasca Chipewyan First […]
Continue readingCanadians Present Trees Against Highways
Cross Posted From CBC A protest at Charlottetown’s province house that included symbolic gifts of hemlocks trees turned nasty for MLAs on Friday. The demonstration was designed to be a statement about the realignment of the Trans-Canada Highway between Bonshaw and New […]
Continue readingBanner Drop Against Coal Seam Gas in Australia
Cross Posted from Brisbane Times Protesters opposing coal seam gas production in Queensland have taken to Brisbane’s Kangaroo Point cliffs have their message heard – and seen. As part of the protest involving the Lock the Gate Alliance and environmental groups, seven […]
Continue readingOne Grand Jury Resister Freed, Two More Still Need Support!
Cross Posted from Free Leah First and foremost, do not panic. Leah wanted for us to express these points to you with this news: She is extremely traumatized and experienced a lot of very, very bad things, but she is alive. The state of […]
Continue readingRoad to new biotech development in Florida stopped
Last month, activists with the Everglades Earth First! group joined forces with residents of Limestone Creek, a historic Black community, near the city of Jupiter. This week the alliance succeeded in defeating a plan related to Scripps Biotech in Palm Beach County. […]
Continue readingEarth First! Journalist popped at Tar Sands Blockade
[Yeah, that’s right. We EF! Journalistas occasionally escape the doldrums of office life and get out to the woods to raise some hell. The following is a first hand account, re-posted from TarSandsBlockade.org] One Blockader’s Story (Day 25) Monday’s early morning hike […]
Continue readingTransCanada’s Police Abuse Peaceful Blockader – A First Hand Account
Day 24 Report from East Texas Tar Sands Blockade [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYN64GX5u60] Monday I was arrested at the site of Tar Sands Blockade’s tree blockade in Winnsboro, TX. Though some people attend an action of that size with the intention of being […]
Continue readingMore Arrests Begin Week Four in Tar Sands Blockade
Updates from East Texas The following is an excellent report on yesterday’s events by Truthout reported, Candice Bernd. By Candice Bernd, Truthout | Report As the Texas tar sands tree-sit enters its fourth week, activists re-enter the tree village to supply and defend members of […]
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