The Yule 2012 edition of Earth First! News (EF!N) is now available as a PDF online for free, decentralized circulation. This EF!N features news stories of eco-action around the world from September thru December, as well as a directory of EF! groups, […]
Continue readingGun thugs, Maps, and Mountains
Check out these three new reviews from a former EF! Journal editor and reviewer extrordinaire, Sasha, exclusive on the Earth First! Newswire: Gun Thugs, Rednecks, and Radicals: A Documentary History of the West Virginia Mine Wars, by David Alan Corbin, PM Press, […]
Continue readingEco-warrior Marie Mason turning 50 in Texas prison’s isolation unit
From SupportMarieMason.org: “On January 26th, long-time activist and political prisoner Marie Mason will be turning 50. Taking just a few minutes to send a card or write a letter to her is a small, but powerful act for those confined to a […]
Continue readingOccupy Wall St. protesters disrupt hearing on Indian Point nuclear plant
A New York State Assembly hearing being held to determine the fate of the Indian Point nuclear plant was disrupted by Occupy Wall St. protesters on January 12. As government officials and Entergy (the operators of Indian Point) employees lied through their […]
Continue readingSave the Peaks Awaits Court Decision
Cross Posted from the Navajo Times While she’s not sure how the federal judges of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will rule after hearing arguments in the Arizona Snowbowl case Monday, musician and environmental activist Jeneda Benally said she was encouraged […]
Continue readingPortland Moves to Ban Corporate Personhood
The Occupy Portland Solutions Committee and the Community Rights Action Group (CRAG) convinced Portland City Council to pass a unanimous resolution overturning Citizens United and all corporate constitutional rights including personhood. There will be a referendum in November for a city-wide vote […]
Continue readingAnimal Liberators Burn 14 Cattle Trucks in California
by Michelle Macaluso Animal rights activists are taking credit for setting fire to and destroying 14 cattle trucks at California’s largest beef producing, feeding and marketing ranches. The North American Animal Liberation press office posted an anonymous letter on its website from […]
Continue readingJoin the Anti-Fracking Pledge of Resistance
Want to step up the resistance to fracking? Then join the pledge of resistance! Also the word from the hills is that the 2012 Earth First! Rendezvous is being held in the belly of the fracking beast in the Marcellus region July […]
Continue readingIrish protestors block Shell pipeline construction two days in a row
Activists with Shell to Sea rolled out their first wave of actions in the new year to disrupt construction of Shell’s natural gas pipeline in Mayo County, Ireland. The action started on January 7 with protestors waiting along the highway used […]
Continue reading2012 Earth First! Organizer’s Conference and Winter Rendezvous: February 16-20, Monroe, UT
Canyons of wind-carved rocks filled with ancient voices call to earth warriors to gather for the 2012 Earth First! Organizers Conference and Winter Rendezvous. Come explore Utah’s wild raw beauty that is under constant threat from the ever-hungry beast of progress! Join […]
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