from Freedom News UK Right now in Sweden, activists are fighting to stop the state from throwing open the doors to corporate impunity. When the company Cementa was barred from continuing to mine limestone on the island of Gotland on the basis […]
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Bulldozer Stopped in ATL Forest by Horde of Forest Defenders- Call to Action
from Scenes from the Atlanta Forest On June. 2nd, a horde of forest defenders were able to stop a bulldozer on the edge of the woods (that was being escorted by kkkops) from destroying the forest by throwing rocks, deploying fireworks, & […]
Continue readingDefending 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 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 readingPrisoners 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 […]
Continue readingMauritians 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 […]
Continue readingProtesters in Keystone Blocking Road to Mount Rushmore, Declared an ‘Unlawful Assembly’
By Makenzie Huber and Erin Bormett Sioux Falls Argus Leader Protesters are demonstrating against President Donald Trump’s arrival in the Black Hills ahead of the return of the Mount Rushmore fireworks display Friday night and blocking a road to the monument with […]
Continue reading‘An Attack on Indigenous People’: Mount Rushmore Trump Event Denounced as Racist, Dangerous, and Disrespectful
“We won’t be social distancing,” said the South Dakota governor. by Andrea Germanos President Donald Trump’s planned July 3 fireworks ceremony at Mount Rushmore is facing sustained criticism over its risks to public health and the environment and is being rebuked as […]
Continue readingPort of Oakland Shut Down by Dockworkers in Observation of Juneteenth
by Shwanika Narayan and Roland Li / San Francisco Chronicle Economic activity at the Port of Oakland came to a halt on Friday as thousands of workers and supporters gathered on Middle Harbor Road to protest police brutality and racism in the […]
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