On May 19th, roughly 200 people gathered in Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina, to participate in a colorful march organized by Croatan Earth First! on Occupy Well Street’s Day of Action Against Extraction. Protesters marched through downtown with giant puppets, emulating […]
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Occupy Well Street [OWS Stands in Solidarity Fighting Extraction]
New York, NY- May 12- Occupy Wall Street partnered with Occupy Well Street, a regional, direct action oriented anti-fracking group, and other city and regional environmental groups to voice resistance to the Spectra Energy Natural Gas Pipeline and the issues associated with […]
Continue readingAnti-Loggers Held Back by Officials
Forestry Administration officials reportedly blocked vehicles in three provinces from travelling to Koh Kong town yesterday on their way to the site where prominent environmental activist Chut Wutty was shot last month. But hundreds of others from six provinces in a convoy […]
Continue readingCall to Action for Supporters of the Earth First! Journal
The Earth First! Journal collective has just received a challenge that is also a wonderful opportunity – a donor has volunteered to match dollar-for-dollar HALF of the costs raised by other contributors to fund the upcoming Beltane (spring) issue, if we receive […]
Continue readingStand with Pine Ridge Against Genocide in White Clay
A Day of Action against White Clay, NE White Clay, Nebraska is an unincorporated village with a population of 14 people in northwest Nebraska. The town sits on the border of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, home to the Oglala Lakota (also […]
Continue readingKellie Marshall Receives 60 Days in Attempted Iowa Mink Farm Raid
Cross posted from Animal Liberation Frontline Posted by Peter Young on Apr 4, 2012 | 0 comments After her arrest at the Circle K Fur Farm on October 10th, Kellie Marshall finally resolved her case March 13th and received unexpectedly short sentence […]
Continue reading100 Groups Ask EPA to End Wildlife Poisoning From Lead Hunting Ammunition
Lead Kills Millions of Birds, Including Eagles, Condors, and Hurts Human Health WASHINGTON- One hundred organizations in 35 states today formally petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate toxic lead in hunting ammunition to protect public health and prevent the widespread poisoning […]
Continue readingOccupy the Machine: Activists Vow to Stop the 1% with Civil Disobedience Not Seen Since the Civil Rights Movement
Contact Occupy the Machine: occupythemachine@riseup.net 406-748-6347 On February 11th, 2012, Premadasi Amada and Dillon Thomson will begin a speaking tour of at least eight cities to promote Occupy the Machine and build ties with various communities affected by extraction industries. The OTM […]
Continue readingProtest in NYC Against Torture of US Activist, 500 Others in Belgium
No Borders Camp in Brussels, Belgium— (Photos here) There was a protest in NYC: Belgian Consulate against the police brutality and torture of activists perpetrated against last Friday’s No Borders’ Camp in Belgium. During the No Border Camp, “a convergence of struggles […]
Continue readingFinger Lakes EF! Protest Natural Gas, and more
Buffalonians and other folks from the Northeast are protesting their hearts out against “fracking,” that’s hydro-fracturing for you non-natural gas wonks, which pollutes water sources with chemicals like benzine. Fracking is one of several procedures that are becoming controversial with the recent […]
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