“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
ALERT!!! Livestock Impoundment crews are confiscating horses and calves belonging to several Dineh people of Big Mountain/Black Mesa, Arizona right now. These livestock impoundments constitute human rights violations against traditional Dineh (Navajo); they take away one of their major food sources and […]
Documents reveal law enforcement sharing information with STRATFOR Computer hackers known as Anonymous leaked information obtained by hacking into private intelligence firm Stratfor’s computer network. The documents—what Anonymous is calling a teaser—suggest that from at least October to November 2011 Stratfor worked […]
In a thread of hack events from the Anonymous group, the most recent target has been Monsanto.com. Anonymous, which briefly knocked the FBI and Justice Department websites offline as well as Music Industry websites in retaliation for the US shutdown of file-sharing site […]
The Indonesian government has announced that it will revoke the permit for a controversial gold mine after massive rioting against the project. The protests were aimed at Sumber Mineral Nusantara a company hoping to open the mine on Sumbawa island. The crowd, […]
By Vinny Vella Edward Coffin said yesterday was “bittersweet,” even though he ended it $15,000 richer. The city agreed to pay Coffin, an animal-rights activist, that sum as a settlement. He sued the city last year with the help of the state’s […]