by Aja Arnold / Mainline Zine ATLANTA—On February 8, between 6 and 7 a.m., the Atlanta Police Department, FBI, and ATF conducted a joint multi-agency raid, with Georgia State Patrol also present, at three homes in southeast Atlanta. Two residences are in the Lakewood area, […]
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FBI Visits Burning Books in Buffalo
sent to Earth First! Newswire On Wednesday May 17, A female FBI Agent approached Burning Books wanting information about an arson attack on an anti-choice medical center. In June of 2022, a pro-choice activist group, Jane’s Revenge, claimed responsibility for the action. […]
Continue readingPolice Social Media Monitoring Chills Activism
from Brennan Center for Justice Artist and climate activist Shanai Matteson moved back to her hometown of Palisade, Minnesota, to make a positive impact on the community. But her homecoming was far from sweet. In the years following her return, she says, […]
Continue readingCanada: RCMP Vehicles Torched On Wet’suwet’en Territory, Updates On CSIS Surveillance Of Struggle
from It’s Going Down The morning of October 26th held a rude awakening for cops and industry in Smithers, BC, who woke up to news of 8 torched vehicles, including 4 cop cars in the parking lot of a hotel. One of the burnt […]
Continue readingThe Guide to Peer-to-Peer Encryption and Tor: New Communication Infrastructure for Anarchists
from It’s Going Down An exhaustive anarchist overview and guide to various apps and tech that utilize peer-to-peer and encryption. Download and Print PDF Version For Reading Online For Printing Secure encryption chat apps are essential infrastructure for anarchists, so they should be closely […]
Continue readingBeavers Gnaw Down 40 Foot Wooden Surveillance Pole in Welaunee Forest
from Scenes from the Atlanta Forest …We noticed that police escorted a white work truck with boom lift affiliated with The City of Atlanta to install a very large & approximate 40 foot wooden pole on Key Road near the prison ruins […]
Continue reading‘Consent was never given’: indigenous groups oppose restarting Guatemala nickel mine
by Joe Parkin Danniels / The Guardian A decision to restart operations at one of Central America’s largest nickel mines is being questioned by campaigners, after an investigation appeared to show the company co-opted indigenous leaders and smeared potential opponents. In 2019, […]
Continue readingPipeline Giant Enbridge Uses Scoring System to Track Indigenous Opposition
by Alleen Brown / The Intercept AS PART OF its efforts to build and operate pipelines, the oil transport company Enbridge used a tracking system that identified Indigenous-led groups as key threats. Internal documents reviewed by The Intercept describe how Enbridge launched an […]
Continue readingHow a Married Undercover Cop Having Sex With Activists Killed a Climate Movement
by Geoff Dembicki/Vice When Kate Wilson was 23, she got deceived into having sex with an older guy who wasn’t what he appeared to be. To her, he was Mark Stone, a radical environmental activist who shared her taste in country music […]
Continue readingCOVID-19 and Uprisings for Black Liberation Used as a Pretext for Advancing Mass Surveillance
by Kris Hermes / Agency On the night of June 1, amidst mass uprisings against police violence and structural racism, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) deployed it’s most advanced spy plane, equipped with sophisticated long-range video cameras that can capture footage […]
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