by Natasha Lennard / The Intercept IN CRIMINAL TRIALS, judges routinely rule that certain evidence or testimony does not get presented to the jury. By and large, these rulings to exclude evidence benefit the defendant: Gruesome images of a murder victim, for […]
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Defending The Atlanta Forest – Background and Reportback
from Scenes from the Atlanta Forest Since Summer of 2021 there has been an active effort to prevent the development of the South River Forest. This effort is intersectional and has been supported by a wide variety of groups for several reasons. […]
Continue readingResistance To “Cop City” In Atlanta Heats Up As Construction Is Halted, Trees Occupied
from It’s Going Down On Tuesday, January 18th, tree-cutting was reported on social media in the Atlanta Forest, an area of highly contested green-space where both a movie studio and the local police are attempting to clear-cut trees to build expanded studio lots and a state of […]
Continue readingSerbia: Activists block roads to protest lithium mine
From Deutsche Welle Protesters blocked major roads in Serbia on Sunday and demanded the government cancel plans to build a lithium mine in the west of the country. The main north-south highway that passes through the capital, Belgrade, was targeted by environmental protection […]
Continue readingEmergency Appeal: Stand with Indigenous & Zapatista Communities against the Paramilitary Violence
Dear friends: We are inviting you to take urgent action NOW to stand in solidarity with Indigenous and Zapatista communities in Chiapas. The Indigenous communities are being attacked by paramilitary forces in collusion with and support from the Mexican government. Please […]
Continue readingA Letter To The Water Protectors
from anonymous submission Late September, 2021 The time is finally here. Enbridge has finished the construction of Line 3. Despite years of activists fighting and obstructing the project, by the time you read these words tar sands oil will flow through it. […]
Continue readingIncendiary Attack against the Construction of a Tesla Factory in Grünheide, Germany
from AMWEnglish On the night of May 25 to 26, 2021, we attacked the power supply of the Gigafactory of Tesla, in Berlin-Grünheide, setting fire to six high voltage cables. Tesla is neither green nor ecological nor social. Tesla is a company […]
Continue readingNo Whistling In The Atlanta Forest: A Communique
from Anarchist News This is a story about a couple of queers who gathered last night to reject destruction in the name of profit and power and to destroy the machinery of the nefarious polities that have defiled the Atlanta Forest. We […]
Continue readingThousands Take to the Streets in Solidarity with Colombia & Palestine
from It’s Going Down The fires of revolt has spread to Myanmar, Colombia, and across the occupied territories of Palestine, in the face of escalating state repression, murder and terror. In Myanmar, a military backed coup was launched on February 1st, pitting […]
Continue readingMountain Valley Pipeline Protester Blockades Access To Work Site
by: Appalachians Against Pipelines / It’s Going Down Just before 6 A.M. Tuesday morning, a Mountain Valley Pipeline protester locked themself to the inside of a broken down vehicle outside of Pembroke, VA, blocking access to a pipeline construction site. The vehicle’s […]
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