By Mining Watch Yet another anti-mining activist has been murdered in El Salvador. Canadian civil society organizations are calling for a full investigation into the murder of Juan Francisco Durán Ayala, the fourth such death in two years that local organizations believe […]
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Hackers crash web sites to protest Orlando’s homeless feeding restrictions and Food Not Bombs arrests
Computer hackers shut down the Orlando Chamber of Commerce’s web site for most of the day Monday and posted a “boycott Orlando” message on a major theme park’s Internet page to protest the homeless-feeding policies of Mayor Buddy Dyer. Orlando’s restrictions on […]
Continue readingLead ELF informant Jake Ferguson in custody, awaiting hearing
Jake Ferguson was arrested in April on Oregon drug charges which violated his probation. After several court hearings this month, there is a June 28, 2011 trial date set. Although it maybe subject to change. More background can be found below, in […]
Continue readingPipeline Sabotage Costs Shell 300,000 Barrels Per Day
Shell Petroleum Development Company has suffered a major economic and production setback after the sabotage of one of its main pipeline conduits that run through Nigeria’s oil-rich swamps and mangrove forests. Shell declared force majeure on its supply agreements, which frees the […]
Continue readingGreen light for GMOs to be planted in national wildlife refuges
Cross-posted from NaturalNews.com: A battle is raging over whether or not it should be legal to plant genetically-modified (GM) crops in US wildlife refuges. A little over a month after various conservation and food safety groups achieved a unified legal victory that […]
Continue readingFlorida ADL reports Earth First! Journal and local group as “animal rights extremists”
By Earth First! Journal editorial collective A new report from the Anti-Defamation League titled Dark Side of the Sunshine State, which deals primarily with racist, right wing organizations, also includes a section subtitled Animal Rights Extremism. Before readers get any further, we […]
Continue readingMore riots in Greece: All dogs to the barricades!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAsyxoaDGuI&w=640&h=390] From the BBC: “One committed protester was at the front line when Greek police fired teargas at protesters outside parliament on Wednesday. The dog, thought to be a stray called Loukanikos, or Sausage, has been in the centre of the action […]
Continue readingChile: Activists rally against Patagonia dam plans
Alexei Barrionuevo, New York Times Santiago, Chile — A white gas mask hanging from her neck, Paula Banados strode side by side with 30,000 other marchers through this capital one recent Friday, a determined look on her face. By the time they […]
Continue readingHudson Valley Earth First! joins fight to close Indian Point Nuke plant
On June 2nd the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) had a meeting to talk about the safety of Indian Point reactors # 2 & 3. Over 500 people showed up to voice concerns over the deteriorating power plant. Below are excerpts from a […]
Continue readingTrial dates set for eco-anarchists imprisoned in Switzerland
The judgment against Silvia, Costa and Billy is fixed for the days between 18 and 22 of July, 2011. The presiding judge of the court restricted their correspondence even more, reducing the amount of letters per week which they can receive to […]
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