Next stop—the slaughter of South African Fur Seals January 29, 2012, message from Captain Paul Watson: “I have been fighting the Canadian seal hunt since 1974. It’s been a long, hard road after nearly four decades. During that time I have taken […]
Continue readingPeabody Coal seeks strip mine on National Forest that would destroy Indiana bat habitat
And daddy won’t you take me back to Muhlenberg County Down by the Green River where Paradise lay Well, I’m sorry my son, but you’re too late in asking Mister Peabody’s coal train has hauled it away -John Prine HARRISBURG, Ill. – […]
Continue readingBeyond ‘Greener Capitalism’: Activists Call for Global Day of Justice
By Yana Marull PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — Thousands of critics of capitalism meeting in Brazil called Sunday for a worldwide protest in June to press for concrete steps to tackle the global economic and ecological crises. The World Social Forum wrapped up […]
Continue readingOccupy Talks: Indigenous Perspectives on the Occupy Movement – Videos
Occupy Talks took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at Beit Zatoun, January, 23rd, 2012. It was sponsored by the Canadian Auto Workers, Canadian Labour Congress, CAW-Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy Ryerson University, Environmental Justice Toronto. Below are several videos of […]
Continue readingTibetan Villagers Halt Mining Project on Sacred Mountain
cross posted from Intercontinental Cry Tibetan Villagers have successfully halted a controversial mining operation that threatened Kawagebo, one of the most sacred peaks in the Tibetan world. In Tibetan culture, where people live in intimate relationship with the natural world around them, […]
Continue readingSmall Farmers To Face Monsanto In Court, Monsanto Opens Seed Breeding Center in India
“If you control the oil, you control the country; if you control the food, you control the popluation.” ~ Henry Kissinger On Tuesday, January 31, 2012 the Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA) will stand before a federal judge in Manhattan […]
Continue readingWater Crisis in the Sierra Tarahumara: Illegal Logging, Monocrops, and Environmental Disaster
from Frontera NorteSur In many cities, Mexicans are responding to the environmental and hunger crises in Chihuahua’s Sierra Tarahumara with an outpouring of material aid donations and declarations of solidarity. Indigenous Raramuri leaders from the drought-stricken mountains were among rural activists who […]
Continue readingSnowy Owls Soar South from Arctic in Rare Mass Migration
by Laura Zuckerman / Reuters SALMON, Idaho – Bird enthusiasts are reporting rising numbers of snowy owls from the Arctic winging into the lower 48 states this winter in a mass southern migration that a leading owl researcher called “unbelievable.” Thousands of […]
Continue readingNo compromise, no defeat. Defend Blair Mountain!
Cross-posted from Infoshop.org Hello friends, We’re writing you from Blair, West Virginia, in the heart of the coalfields. We are in Logan County, which is the belly of the beast for the coal industry. We fight directly in the trenches against the […]
Continue readingTrial for Coal River Mountain treesitter coming up…
and other updates from Appalachia The trial for Squirrel, one of the treesitters from Coal River Mountain campaign featured in the last Earth First! Journal (Mabon 2011 issue), is scheduled at 9:30AM on February 9th in the Raleigh County Magistrate Courthouse in […]
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