Austerity riots continue in Greece, smashing corporate shops and fighting the police. Check out some video footage from yesterday… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RGmVcQfw0U&w=640&h=390]
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Former ELF member-gone-informant gets 5 years in heroin case
Federal probation revocation postponed until July 14. By Karen McCowan, The Register-Guard A convicted arsonist who avoided federal prison five years ago by helping officials lock up fellow Earth Liberation Front activists is headed to state prison for selling heroin. Jacob Jeremiah […]
Continue readingPeople’s Tribunal against the Criminalization of Protest in Ecuador
Written by Sofía Jarrín During three days in the city of Cuenca, Ecuador, hundreds of representatives from several Latin American countries gathered to share experiences and strategies during the Continental Conference in Defense of Water and Mother Earth. The event took place […]
Continue readingAnti-Mining Protesters Shut Down Airport after Deadly Clash in Peru
cross-posted from Reuters Thousands of protesters opposed to mining and energy projects in southern Peru took over a commercial airport on Saturday, officials said, as the government struggled to restore calm a day after five died in a clash with police. Herbert […]
Continue readingEndangered Species: The Environmental Issue for 2012
by Nicole Allan – Nicole Allan is an associate editor at The Atlantic. She covered the 2010 midterm elections for TheAtlantic.com’s Politics Channel and has also written for Slate and The New Republic. In the midst of panic over an impending government […]
Continue readingItalian police and protesters clash over Alpine rail link
Some 60 people were injured when police and protesters clashed over the construction of a high speed rail link between France and Italy. Environmentalists say the railway would destroy a picturesque Alpine valley. Scores of people were injured in northern Italy as […]
Continue readingGreenpeace dumps coal at South African utility
Greenpeace protesters dumped five tons of coal at the headquarters of South Africa’s power utility company Monday to draw attention to their calls for the country to embrace clean energy. Greenpeace’s Melita Steele said at Monday’s protest in Johannesburg that her environmental […]
Continue readingThousands of U.S. Americans join hands across beaches to protest offshore drilling
Source: Xinhua by George Bao Thousands of people joined hands at the weekend across beaches from Florida to California to form a human chain to protest offshore oil drilling and promote clean energy. This is the second annual “Hands Across the Sand” event […]
Continue reading3,000 protest fracking in Quebec
From News24 Montreal – About 3,000 people marched on Saturday to call for an end in Quebec to shale gas exploitation and a technique known as “fracking” that has triggered strong opposition from environmental groups. The demonstrators marched through downtown Montreal, chanting slogans […]
Continue readingWind power fight not over, says Maine EF!
From Bangor Daily News A statement by Maine Earth First! followed the Tuesday conviction of two of its associates for their role in a Franklin County demonstration last summer. Maine Earth First!’s Jessie Dowling says the group feels strongly that industrial wind […]
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