Psy-Ops: How to learn to stop worrying and love the oil sands

by Ahni / Intercontinental Cry “Communication might be understood as both the conduit for and the actual substance of human culture and consciousness. Psychological warfare is the application of mass communication to modern social conflict.” —Science of Coercion, Christopher Simpson, American University […]

Earth First! News—Yule 2012 edition out now

The Yule 2012 edition of Earth First! News (EF!N) is now available as a PDF online for free, decentralized circulation. This EF!N features news stories of eco-action around the world from September thru December, as well as a directory of EF! groups, […]

Gun thugs, Maps, and Mountains

Check out these three new reviews from a former EF! Journal editor and reviewer extrordinaire, Sasha, exclusive on the Earth First! Newswire: Gun Thugs, Rednecks, and Radicals: A Documentary History of the West Virginia Mine Wars, by David Alan Corbin, PM Press, […]

Save the Peaks Awaits Court Decision

Cross Posted from the Navajo Times While she’s not sure how the federal judges of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will rule after hearing arguments in the Arizona Snowbowl case Monday, musician and environmental activist Jeneda Benally said she was encouraged […]

Portland Moves to Ban Corporate Personhood

The Occupy Portland Solutions Committee and the Community Rights Action Group (CRAG) convinced Portland City Council to pass a unanimous resolution overturning Citizens United and all corporate constitutional rights including personhood. There will be a referendum in November for a city-wide vote […]

Animal Liberators Burn 14 Cattle Trucks in California

by Michelle Macaluso Animal rights activists are taking credit for setting fire to and destroying 14 cattle trucks at California’s largest beef producing, feeding and marketing ranches. The North American Animal Liberation press office posted an anonymous letter on its website from […]

Join the Anti-Fracking Pledge of Resistance

Want to step up the resistance to fracking? Then join the pledge of resistance! Also  the word from the hills is that the 2012 Earth First! Rendezvous is being held in the belly of the fracking beast in the Marcellus region July […]