Check out the latest poster for Political Prisoners’ Birthdays in November and December, from the folks at Chapel Hill Prison Books Collective. The full poster can be downloaded here for reproduction and distribution. Take note that there are some new prisoners on […]
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2 Texans Face Increased Charges in Iowa Fur Farm Case
by Will Potter, originally posted on Green is the New Red, October 24, 2011 Kellie Marshall and Victor Vandoren, both from Austin, Texas, are accused of attempting to release mink from a fur farm in Sioux City, Iowa. At a court date […]
Continue readingLive from Little Guantanamo: an interview with Daniel McGowan
The award-winning documentary, If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, premiered at Sundance last spring and continues to screen in theaters across the globe. The film, which aired on PBS earlier this fall and is now available on […]
Continue readingIf Deep Green Resistance & the Occupy movement merged…
Reflections from Greece By panagioti, Earth First! Journal editorial collective [read this article in Spanish here] The recent “open letter” from Deep Green Resistance to participants of the Occupy movement may have come across as vague to those unfamiliar with the recent […]
Continue readingBolivia’s Evo Morales scraps Amazon road project
Cross posted from the BBC Mr Morales said the road would no longer go through a rainforest reserve. He made the announcement two days after protesters arrived in La Paz following a two-month march from the Amazon lowlands to voice their opposition. […]
Continue readingPolice Attack Several Thousand Protesters in Oakland
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bytMNoKNeRA&feature=player_embedded] Infoshop News (October 25, 2011) – The Oakland police tonight are attacking several thousand demonstrators with flash grenades, tear gas, and rubber bullets. The ongoing attacks by the police follow a day which saw the authorities attack the Occupy Oakland camp […]
Continue readingStop the 1%—Occupy the Machine, Literally
Open Letter to the Occupy Movement From Deep Green Resistance The Occupy Movement is beautiful. We support it and though we are small, we are participating all over the country. We invite all occupiers to read, give feedback, and if you feel […]
Continue readingRally for environment in Miami a Success
crossposted from Miami Herald By Jon Silman Maybe the best way to air out your environmental grievances is by rallying for a group of environmental journalists. “We’re preaching to the choir here,” said Ana Campos, 41, a community organizer for the Clean […]
Continue readingOne fruit’s story of modern civilization
A review of Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed our Most Alluring Fruit, by Barry Estebrook, 2011, Andrews McMeel Publishing The following are excerpts from a full book review, by Sasha, featured in the EF! Newswire’s growing ‘Reviews’ section: Author Barry Estabrook […]
Continue readingMore blockades at proposed gas hub in Walmadan, Western Australia
Source: Perth Now A PROTESTER has tied himself to a communications tower near a proposed gas hub site in the Kimberley in a bid to stop survey work for the controversial project. The protester scaled the 30-metre tower at around 4am today […]
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