from Scenes from the Atlanta Forest Last night we randomly inoculated dozens of trees with steel and ceramic spikes to protect against felling by chainsaw. Signs were posted in English and Spanish to alert workers. This process is harmless to the trees, […]
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Mining Company Faces its Worst Days in Chile
from London Mining Network Anglo American is one of the largest mining companies in the world. In Chile, it has mining operations in three regions of the country: Los Bronces in Lo Barnechea, the Metropolitan region, El Soldado in El Melón in […]
Continue readingThe US Activists Holed Up in Treehouses to Block $90 Million “Cop City”
by Mike Jordan / The Guardian The sign in the forest reads “You are now leaving The U.S.A.” Then, high up among the branches of a white oak tree, there is a treehouse the size of a closet. It is draped on […]
Continue readingKansas City Atlas Construction Office Attacked
from Scenes from the Atlanta Forest “On 6/12 we smashed every window and door of the Atlas construction office in Kansas City area in solidarity with the Atlanta forest defense. We will continue this path of destruction until cop city is stopped […]
Continue reading‘Like killing my children’: former loggers now defend Assam’s forests
by Aatreyee Dhar / The Guardian In the pitch dark, the volunteers walk for hours along roads surrounded by dense forest. They patrol in near silence, listening hard for the thump of a trunk hitting the ground, a cracked twig in the […]
Continue readingAtlas Technical Branch in Tallahassee Attacked
from Scenes from the Atlanta Forest On 6/10, windows were smashed in and graffiti was scrawled all over the entrance of Atlas Technical in Tallahassee at 2528 Barrington Circle under the cover of darkness. We spray painted ‘Stop Cop City, Drop the […]
Continue readingCanada: Attorney General’s Windows Smashed after Approving Charges for Land Defenders
from Montreal Counter-Information Anonymous submission to MTL Counter-info Last Wednesday, David Eby, the Attorney General of BC, fucked up by approving criminal prosecution of contempt charges against Wet’suwet’en land defenders and their supporters. We helped him re-decorate his office in recognition of […]
Continue readingNew Truck Blockade In Atlanta Forest
from Scenes from the Atlanta Forest A new truck blockade has been placed and liberated from it’s machinic existence on one of the cops favorite paths south of their firing range into the forest. ALL ROADS ARE THE BEGINING OF THE END. […]
Continue readingBulldozer 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 readingA Message From A Tree sitter
from Scenes from the Atlanta Forest They destroyed our camp, & sawed one of our platforms apart, but we still got up into same tree in opf near juvy to defend the forest, & we left a message for our oppressors & […]
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