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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Canada: 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 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 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 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 […]
Continue readingReportback from Lützerath
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 readingInjunction Denied in Atlanta Forest
by Onion / Earth First! Newswire Despite construction workers consistently violating a stop worker order by DeKalb County, a shady judge denied an injunction to halt further environmental destruction in the Atlanta Forest. The destruction is being committed in order to build […]
Continue readingTrees in Atlanta Forest Cut By Goon Squad
from Scenes from the Atlanta Forest On December 22, 2022, around lunch time, we became aware of a large operation taking place in Weelaunee Peoples’ Park (Intrenchment Creek Park). Many trees were being felled and more of the PATH (paved bicycle route) […]
Continue readingFive Atlanta Training Center Protesters Charged with Domestic Terrorism
from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Five activists protesting Atlanta’s new public safety training center have been arrested and charged with domestic terrorism, the GBI announced Wednesday — one day after the latest clash between authorities and activists at planned site for the controversial development. Dozens […]
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