On the 17th of September, they want to see 20,000 people flood into lower Manhattan, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street for a few months. Once there, we shall incessantly repeat one simple demand in a plurality of […]
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Tar Sands Solidarity Action in Portland
Cross Posted from Rising Tide North America Portland Rising Tide dropped an anti-tar sands banner today from the Burnside Bridge. The group is acting in solidarity with communities, organizations and individuals resisting tar sands development across North America. Rising Tide’s action comes […]
Continue readingCall to Action: Shale Gas Outrage Rally and Demonstration
Cross Posted from Food & Water Watch On September 7 and 8, the shale gas industry is holding a conference in Philadelphia called Shale Gas Insight so they can network and share ideas for how to assert their power and control over […]
Continue readingCan a fight for South Florida reefs help block the expansion global capitalism?
Miami—This fight for the wild ocean maybe be a critical part of defending all life on Earth from the clutches of the industrial economy. Yesterday’s New York Times reported that as Miami prepares to dredge its port to accommodate supersize freighters, environmentalists […]
Continue readingMusicians on the frontlines: Rye’n Clover fall tour
Rye’n Clover is a songwriter and radical organizer from Ithaca, NY who is featured on the recently released Earth First! 30th Anniversary CD compilation. He has been on the frontlines of the fight to stop gas fracking in upstate New York and […]
Continue readingOcean Defense Updates
Waters Run Red: Dozens of Pilot Whales killed in the Faeroe Islands 50 to 100 pilot whales were driven into a fjord at Vestmanna in the Faeroe Islands around noon today where every adult male, female, and calf was killed in a […]
Continue readingRise up Vermont!
A CALL TO JOIN THE ORGANIZING OF A REGIONAL CAMPAIGN OF NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION TO SHUT DOWN VERMONT YANKEE Sunday, Sept 18, 2011—10 am – 4 pm Bugbee Senior Center, White River Junction 262 North Main Street, White River Jct.,VT (see directions […]
Continue readingPolitical Prisoners with Birthdays in September
Download the poster here and put it up somewhere for people to see and remember those locked in cages for their contribution to the struggle for social freedom and ecological liberation. Get more info on the poster from Chapel Hill Prison Books […]
Continue readingCivil disobedience action against tar sands reach over 1,000 arrested
…and counting! Tar Sands Action posted this statement today: “This Saturday, the first Tar Sands Action will conclude with a final sit-in at the White House. The sit-in will convene at the normal time, 10 AM at Lafayette Square Park, just in […]
Continue readingState backs down on ousting forest defenders in the Elliott
Cross Posted from The Word The Oregon Department of Forestry will no longer hand out cease and desist letters banning protesters from large portions of the Elliott State Forest, the Oregon Justice Department has confirmed. During recent protests held by Cascadia Forest […]
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