Race and Occupation in the Land of the One Percent by Lilac Rural land use in the US has followed the pipeline of the American Dream. Since the Great Depression, farm ownership has fallen by two thirds. Today, half of farm sales […]
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Remember, Remember, the fifth of November (and a few other days this month too)
…Some roots and shoots of the #Occupy phenomenon… by Panagioti, Earth First! Journal editorial collective, As pointed out in a recent Crimethinc. text circulating among the new occupiers, “occupation” is not a new concept. Manifest Destiny-minded lunatics have been using the strategy […]
Continue readingDefending the Xingu River basin from the Belo Monte Dam
Last week, on October 27 in Altamira, Brazil, the Belo Monte Dam construction site was occupied by 400 indigenous people, fishermen and community members intending to permanently occupy the site and calling allied organizations and movements to join them. The occupation was […]
Continue readingUpdates from Durango Earth First!
It sounds like EF!er s in Colorado have a lot on their hands these days. From tracking gold and silver extraction in the pending approvals of the Wildcat Mine proposal, to the opening 2.3 million acres of new oil & gas drilling […]
Continue readingPortland Rising Tide resurrects undead zombie army against coal this Halloween
One arrested in accusation of zombie guts smeared on bank On Monday October 31st, the zombie army against coal marched from Occupy Portland at 3:00 PM to two Bank of America branches in downtown Portland. One protestor, Tim Swenson, was arrested in […]
Continue readingCorrupted Tar Sands Process “Loses” 100,000 Comments
Cross Posted from Insideclimatenews.com Transcripts from the [public State Department] hearings [about Keystone XL], along with any written comments that were submitted, are being organized into a reader-friendly format, although the spokeswomen could not say when that process will be completed. […]
Continue readingThe Occupation Times
The Occupation Times is a weekly print-and-web publication that serves those who participate in the leaderless, global resistance movement that has been most recently sparked by the occupation of Wall Street in New York City. Their aim is to keep the movement […]
Continue readingKilling Wolves: A Product of Alberta’s Big Oil and Gas Boom
“The development of the tar sands and other oil and gas fields in Alberta has carved up the Canadian province’s boreal forest, threatening herds of woodland caribou. But rather than protect caribou habitat, officials have taken a controversial step: the large-scale killing […]
Continue readingCove Guardian Report: Operation Infinite Patience
Week 6 of more senseless dolphin killing in the famous Cove of Taiji, Japan Report by Cove Guardians Leader Rosie Kunneke Sunday, October 23, was another horrible day in Taiji. The dolphin killers drove in a pod of 10-12 Risso’s dolphins into […]
Continue readingFellow Fractivists and “Fear-Mongering Extremists”
Marcellus Protest: November 18, 2011 at Penn State University in State College, PA “This is our last chance in 2011 for a large outdoor protest rally in front of the natural gas industry. Rallies in Harrisburg, Pittsburgh and Philly have set the […]
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