The Y-12 Uranium bomb-making plant was closed for two weeks after anti-nuke peace activists breached security and redecorated the place a bit last month. On August 9, a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment against the Y-12 protesters, consolidating the previous […]
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Fur Farmers Release Guide to Prepare for ALF Raid Season The Fur Commission website is full of information for fur farmers of America, including classic definitions like this one, that assure the farmers that they are protected by the US Government: ECOTERRORISM: ”The […]
Continue readingOccupying the Montana Capitol… Again!
“Greetings. I have been here since Friday working in Montana’s capital city, Helena, with the Coal Export Action team comprised of folks from Montana as well as from around the country and our movements. We’ve been rocking it. To say the least. […]
Continue readingShaleshock Shuts Down Shumberger Fracking Site
Our friends at Shaleshock posted this update to Don’t Frack With Us At around 11am, August 11th, over 150 people arrived to block the main truck entrance in and out to the Schumberger Facility, a huge service facility for the fracking industry […]
Continue readingEF! News, Litha 2012, Copy and Destroy!
Hey, all you wily Earth First!ers with a knack for photocopy machines (using them, that is—not smashing them.) Here’s a PDF of the latest edition of the EF! News. Including: recent dispatches from the eco-wars, an updated directory of environmental action groups, […]
Continue readingJail Support Needed for RAMPS Arrestees
Supporting those who choose to risk arrest and are given jail time is a critical component of direct action. We keep in close contact with folks who end up spending time in the jail system, and encourage you to do the same! […]
Continue readingThe Frack War Comes Home
by Peter Rugh Cross-Posted from Waging NonViolence The war came home this weekend, as thousands of people whose land has been under siege by the U.S. government and corporate interests gathered in Washington, D.C. No, they weren’t victims of drone attacks or […]
Continue readingMountain Mobilization Kicks Off Summer of Solidarity with a Challenge to Strip-Mining
by Wren Awry Originally posted in Waging Nonviolence. Listening to the talk in Washington is depressing these days for those concerned about the future of our planet. Democrats join Republicans in trying to roll back environmental regulation, any discussion of climate legislation […]
Continue readingCascadia Earth First! Locks Down, Climbs Flagpoles in State Capitol
10:00am: “We are occupying the Oregon State Capitol in Salem to end widespread clear cutting in state forests! We are currently locked down in the offices of Secretary of State Kate Brown and Treasurer Ted Wheeler, climbers are back on the flag […]
Continue readingNo System but the Ecosystem!
Report back from an Earth First! Journal Spring tour into the “Eurozone Crisis” by Panagioti, EF! Journal editorial collective The current rate of species extinction is more than 3 per hour, and that rate of loss could reach 10,000 times the background […]
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