by Brent Patterson / PBI On January 31, Guapinol Exige Justicia (Guapinol Demands Justice) posted a photo of a backhoe loader with the text: “Highway connection on CA 13 between Tocoa and Cayo Campo in the department of Colón.” The yellow banner on the […]
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Native Americans Praying at Thacker Pass Block Construction a Second Time
sent to Earth First! Newswire A group of Native American protesters seeking to protect land that is sacred to them have begun prayers for the water, the land, and future generations at Peehee Mu’huh, also known as Thacker Pass, this morning. They are […]
Continue readingReno-Sparks Indian Colony Statement on Yesterday’s Court Decision
sent to Earth First! Newswire On Monday, Judge Miranda Du issued her decision in the consolidated Thacker Pass court cases including Case No. 3:21-cv-00080-MMD-CLB, the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony and Burns Paiute Tribe lawsuit against the Bureau of Land Management. Judge Du ruled […]
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sent to Earth First! Newswire / by A In small gangs, cops start charging towards groups of protesters, beating up people with batons and pepper spray, kicking and pushing them to the ground. Dozens of people are injured, many with serious head […]
Continue readingFinal Straw: Stop Evictions At Winnemucca Indian Colony
from It’s Going Down Long-running anarchist radio show and podcast The Final Straw speaks with Kyle Missouri, a resident of the Winnemucca Indian Colony in Humboldt County, Nevada. photo: @sugarbushgang Listen and Download HERE On Tuesday, December 13th, I spoke with Kyle Missouri, a resident of […]
Continue readingPeru: Protesters Threaten to Halt Antapaccay, Bambas Mines
from Mining.com Peru’s demonstrators have threatened to stop work at Glencore’s Antapaccay and MMG’s Las Bambas copper mines in protest against the country’s new president and to demand fresh general elections, according to La Republica. The demonstrators in south Peru said every state […]
Continue readingBrazil: Goldminers Carve Illegal “Road to Chaos” Out of Amazon Reserve
by Tom Phillips / The Guardian The surveillance plane eased off the runway and banked west towards the frontline of one of Brazil’s most dramatic environmental and humanitarian crises. Its objective: a clandestine 120km (75-mile) road that illegal mining mafias have carved […]
Continue readingGermany: Defend Lützerath
from Enough 14 Lützerath. Germany. After the long struggle to save the Hambacher forest, the focus of many activists changed to Lützerath, a small village which is to be demolished for a brown coal open pit mine: Grazweiler. Many villages and major parts of […]
Continue readingAn Interactive Map of Extractive Infrastructure in British Columbia
from Montreal Counter-Information There is a ever growing amount of pipelines and other extractive projects within so-called “british columbia”. It is challenging to understand the scope of this infrastructure and how each project relates to others. We collected information about planned, in construction, […]
Continue readingColombia: Blockade by Communities Affected by Cerrejón Coal Mine
from London Mining Network Wayuú and Afro-descendant communities, resettled and historically affected by the Cerrejón Limited open-pit coal mine, decided to block the southern part of the mining operation in La Guajira due to the non-compliance of Cerrejón Limited, today, September 1, […]
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