from OBP In dense forests off I-5 in Josephine County, Oregon, up a few miles of winding dirt roads, a handful of tents, a hammock and an acoustic guitar mark the camp of those describing themselves as “forest defenders.” This land, at […]
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Honduras: Municipal Committee Blocks Highway, Calls On Government to Not Renew Los Pinares Mining Concession
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 […]
Continue readingCanada: Sabotage on the Northvolt Site
from MTL Counter-Info One of Montéregie’s last natural environments is in jeopardy! The planned construction of the Northvolt battery plant in Saint-Basile-le-Grand is an ecocidal disgrace. If this project goes ahead, 1.4 square kilometers of wetlands and woodlands will be razed to […]
Continue readingGreece: Sabotage Actions Against the Redevelopment Works of Strefi Hill in Athens
from Dark Nights The Hill of Strefis is under police occupation. The works carried out in the last six months are destroying the flora and fauna of the hill, while the operation of its regeneration seeks to isolate it from the movements […]
Continue readingThree Bent Scarbrough Excavators Burned in Atlanta
from Scenes from the Atlanta Forest On the night of Wednesday, April 5, we set fire to three excavators owned by Brent Scarbrough Company on a site across from the Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta. Brent Scarbrough is the company and individual responsible […]
Continue readingPhiladelphia: Sabotage at Bartrams North
from Scenes from the Atlanta Forest On a warm late winter night we went on a walk to one of our favorite post industrial wildernesses and discovered that it was being assaulted by monsters of steel and rubber. Disgusted, we returned with […]
Continue readingPolice Raid Atlanta Forest After Cop City Opponents Overrun Security Post
from Unicorn Riot At least 30 people were arrested on Sunday evening in the South River Forest during a week of action music festival taking place near the location of the proposed controversial Cop City facility. Earlier in the evening, a march […]
Continue readingHunger Strike and Blockade for Redwoods in Humboldt
sent to Earth First! Newswire On Sunday night February 19th forest defenders set up a sky-pod blockade, occupied by a protester commencing a hunger strike (statement below). In January 2023 Humboldt Redwood Company (HRC) filed commencement to begin logging in Freshwater, California. […]
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 […]
Continue readingLogging Trucks Destroyed in Ozarks
from Scenes from the Atlanta Forest Happy New Year to the crew of the 4 tree-killing machines in Ozark. For days the noise was the only goddamn thing you could hear in the forest. We emerged from our nests and holes and […]
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