by Michael McAuliff Indefinite military detention of Americans became the law of the land Saturday, as President Barack Obama signed a defense bill that codified that authority, even as he said he would not use it. The National Defense Authorization Act states […]
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Occupy Retakes Zuccotti Park As Cops Distracted by New Year’s Eve in New York
Hundreds of anti-wall street protesters have made use of the massive police presence in Times Square on New Year’s Eve to retake their former campsite at Zuccotti Park in New York. The demonstrators took some of the metal barricades that surrounded the […]
Continue readingMay the New Year be Wilder
…with more wolves, bears, birds, forests. More crumbling industrial economies and displaced corporations. More connection to the landbase. More attacks on the destroyers of the Earth. More burning banks and bulldozers. More freedom of movement across nationalist boundaries. More wild spirit. Speaking […]
Continue readingUndercover Cops View “Having Sex with a Large Number of Partners (Protesters) as ‘Part of the Job'”
By Mark Townsend and Tony Thompson, Cross posted from The Guardian Undercover police officers routinely adopted a tactic of “promiscuity” with the blessing of senior commanders, according to a former agent who worked in a secretive unit of the Metropolitan police for […]
Continue readingStop Logging in the Traditional Territory of Grassy Narrows First Nation
by Grassy Narrows First Nation A Message Delivered to Weyerhaeuser Canada/U.S. and the Province of Ontario: Take notice that until such time as you cease all logging and sourcing in these contested territories, or as long as there is community opposition to […]
Continue readingO’odham Sacred Site of Quitovac Threatened By ‘a Low Cost’ Heap Leach Gold Mine
from Intercontinental Cry After being saved from a toxic waste dump more than three years ago, the O’odham Sacred site of Quitovac is once again facing a serious threat. In late September, the US mining company Silver Scott Mines announced that it […]
Continue readingProtests Continue Over Mining Expansion in Kajaran
cross posted from Asbarez.com The mayor of a remote Armenian village joined on Thursday more than 100 environmental activists in demonstrating in Yerevan against a German-owned company’s plans to expand open-pit mining in the southeastern Syunik region. The mostly young crowd gathered […]
Continue readingIndonesian Protesters Sew Their Mouths Shut Over Deforestation/Palm Oil
by Joseph Kirschke If there were any doubts about the fierceness of the debate over Indonesia’s palm oil controversy, they were silenced effectively outside the Jakarta’s House of Parliament on December 21. Ten protestors joined 18 of their fellow migrants and activists […]
Continue readingThe Campaign to “Decolonize” Oakland: Native Americans Say “Occupy” Terminology Is Offensive
by: Queena Kim, Truthout The Occupy movement is known internationally for protesting the inequalities of the global financial system, so much so that in four short months, “Occupy” has essentially become a brand known the world over. But now there’s an effort […]
Continue readingFrito Lay Catches Fire for Mislabeling GMO Products
By Gina-Marie Cheeseman A lawsuit was filed against Frito-Lay a few weeks ago in federal court for marketing snacks as natural that contain genetically modified, or GMO ingredients. The lawsuit, filed by the law firm Milberg LLP, has one plaintiff, Julie Gengo […]
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