Cross Posted from Support Marie Mason, (written Jan, 25, 2012) It’s been a little more than a year and a half since I was transferred to the Admin Unit at Carswell. Many folks have written wondering if I was in the hospital here, […]
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Walter Bond moved to CMU Prison
Walter Bond 37096-013 USP Marion CMU PO Box 1000 Marion IL 62959 Walter Bond is being held in a controversial type of U.S. prison called a Communication Management Unit (CMU), which was set up by the Bureau of Prisons during the administration […]
Continue readingNew Leaks Reveal Dow Spying on Yes Men, Bhopal Activists
Press Release by The Yes Men Dow pays “strategic intelligence” firm to spy on Yes Men and grassroots activists. Takeaway: movement is on the right track! WikiLeaks begins to publish today over five million e-mails obtained by Anonymous from “global intelligence” company […]
Continue readingDow and Monsanto Set to Team Up to Reintroduce Agent Orange Pesticide in the MidWest
Cross Posted from Op Ed News In a match that some would say was made in hell, the nation’s two leading producers of agro-chemicals have joined forces in a partnership to reintroduce the use of the herbicide 2, 4-D, one half of the infamous […]
Continue readingNew Video On the Utah Tar Sands and Its Discontents
This short video above was created following an Earth First! protest in Salt Lake City, February 20, 2012, at SITLA offices. Check out this post from earlier in the week for more background on the tar sands plans and the growing resistance […]
Continue readingWhite House Refuses to Release Email From Monsanto-Linked Lobbyist
By Mike Ludwig (Cross Posted from Truthout) The White House is withholding documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by an environmental group that suspects the Obama administration of working with Monsanto-linked lobbyists to defend the planting of genetically engineered […]
Continue readingEarth First! makes a mess of SITLA tar sands plans in Utah
Yesterday, February 20, the Earth First! 2012 Organizers Conference & Winter Rendezvous culminated in a rowdy demonstration outside the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration (SITLA) offices in downtown Salt Lake City. Earth First! activists staged their protest with local organizers from […]
Continue readingNew Information in Earth Liberation Front Prosecution
[Included in the comments section below is important dialogue on this article. The EF! Newswire has included some initial updates from Will Potter, but we suggest viewing the original post, which is being updated as information comes in.] by Will Potter (from […]
Continue readingNo Coal Eugene Banner Drop
(EUGENE, Ore.) – Yesterday at approximately 1:36 PM members of No Coal Eugene dropped a banner reading “STOP THE COAL TRAIN” from the parking garage on 10th and Oak in Eugene, Oregon. This action was done in solidarity with Rocky Mountain Powershift […]
Continue readingFrance Demands Suspension of Monsanto GMO Corn Approval
France asked the European Commission on Monday to suspend authorization to plant Monsanto’s genetically modified (GM) MON810 corn, the environment ministry said, as the country seeks to keep a ban on GM crops despite losing court rulings. France banned in 2008 the […]
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