Canada: Permanent Protest Camp Established Near Trans Mountain Work Site in Kamloops
Secwépemc protesters have settled in for the long haul in a bid to stop the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project from being completed in Kamloops.
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Washington: The Fight for the Wild Is on at Chameleon Blockade
by Chameleon Blockade October 8, 2020, The Capitol State Forest, WA: Early Wednesday afternoon just as the fog melted off, a convoy of trucks from at least four different law enforcement agencies parked on a logging road for an unannounced raid on a camp of forest protection activists, sweeping the camp away and leaving one […]
Canada: Autonomous Action Against Logging on So-Called Vancouver Island
by some anarchists September 14, 2020, unceded Pacheedaht Territory: On a coast choked in smoke from fires burning a vast swath of this dying planet, up road TR11A on the north side of Edinburgh Mountain on so-called Vancouver Island, we felled seven trees across the road, erected tripods, hung banners, and locked a gate to […]
Thousands of Captive Mink Liberated in Idaho, Utah
from Animal Liberation Press Office Received anonymously: Late this summer animal liberation activists carried out two raids on fur farms in Idaho and Utah. Fencing was ripped down and nearly 2,000 mink were released allowing them to clamor toward freedom. Both farms sat near the edges of mostly undeveloped public lands, allowing plenty of habitat […]
Washington: Forest Defenders Launch Blockade to Stop Logging of the ‘Chameleon’ Timber Sale
Forest Defenders today have launched a blockade to prevent the clear-cut logging of a 100-year-old forest west of Olympia on the traditional territory of the Chehalis people.
Mass Prison Escape in Moroto, Uganda: 1 Soldier Killed, Weapons Seized from Armory
from AMW English 219 prisoners escaped from Moroto Prison on Wednesday after prisoners were exposed to coronavirus. One soldier was killed by prison rebels, who stormed an armory and seized over 15 weapons and ammunition. Only seven out of 219 prisoners who escaped from the prison in north-eastern Uganda have been recaptured. Two prisoners have […]
Feminists Burn Human Rights Building in Mexico State Following Violent Eviction and Arrests
from / It’s Going Down Early Friday morning, police entered the building of the Human Rights Commission of Mexico State (CODHEM) in Ecatepec. The police evicted and beat the women who had taken over the building. The occupation of the building was part of a series of feminist actions in Mexico in recent days that […]
The Uprising in Colombia: “An Example of What Is to Come”
from CrimethInc The streets of several Colombian cities have erupted into conflict in the last two days in response to the brutal police murder of 43-year-old Javier Ordóñez, a lawyer and father of two in Bogotá, the nation’s capital. Ordóñez was peaceably drinking in the street in front of his friends’ apartment when police arrived […]
Prisoners Riot at Brisbane’s Arthur Gorrie Correctional Center as Food and Medicine Delayed During Coronavirus Lockdown
from AMW English People locked up in a high security Queensland prison began rioting after staff struggled to deliver basic services, including meals and medication, amid a Coronavirus lockdown. Prisoners at Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre in western Brisbane have not left their cells for days and have not been able to contact family or their […]
Mauritians Take to the Street Over Oil Spill and Dolphin and Whale Deaths
by Malavika Vyawahare / Mongabay Thousands of people demonstrated in Mauritius on Aug. 29 over the government’s handling of a recent ship grounding that spilled 1,000 tons oil in the seas around the island nation. In what appears to be the latest toll in the incident, dolphins and whales have beached close to where the […]