The following are excerpts from a message sent by Matt Schwartz, Executive Director of South Florida Wildlands Association: Until Friday, November 25th, 2011, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is accepting comments on a plan to expand the National Wildlife Refuge […]
Continue readingCall-in for political prisoner Oso Blanco
Take the time to call in on behalf of Byron “Oso Blanco” Chubbuck today, Monday, November 21st. Byron “Oso Blanco” Chubbuck is serving 80 years for unarmed bank robbery, aggravated assault on the FBI, escape, and firearms charges. A confidential informant reported […]
Continue readingDamietta port reopens but MOPCO dispute far from resolved
Egypt’s Damietta port reopened its gates on Friday morning following negotiations between protesters, the government and factory management. Hundreds of protesters had forced the Mediterranean port’s closure for eleven days in protest at environmentally damaging petrochemical “death factories.” Omar Abdel-Salam, […]
Continue readingJunior Walk on his day in court
“As it turns out the criminal justice system of West Virginia didn’t feel like I deserved to get thrown in the slammer for standing up for myself and my neighbors. I could tell that the magistrate I had to go in front […]
Continue readingTimber Barons are the 1%: Occupy Eugene Meets Forest Defense
Cascadia Forest Defenders and marchers with Occupy Eugene shut down Umpqua Bank yesterday from noon to close. Activists raised a banner reading “Stumpqua funds clearcuts,” and soft blockaded both customer entrances. Umpqua, which was the first stop in a series of N17 […]
Continue readingFBI “Closing in On” Alleged Animal Liberation Brigade Member
According to an FBI press conference, they are “closing in on” Daniel Andreas San Diego, an alleged member of the Animal Liberation Brigade. San Diego is on the FBI’s most wanted list for several bombings including two bombs at Chiron Corp, a […]
Continue readingRainforest Action Network: Eight Arrested During Protest at Bank of America Headquarters
Eight people arrested protesting Bank of America’s reckless financing practices, including the banks role as the lead financier of coal. Two people were arrested after unfurling a banner reading “Not with Our Money” from atop two 50-foot flagpoles at the entrance of […]
Continue readingThree Types of Rhinos Either Definitely or “Possibly” Extinct This Year
Cross posted from El Mundo The latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species compiled by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) provides a lot of bad news for biodiversity. The reason is that it says the West […]
Continue readingFree Earth First! Journal subscription to the first person who Tars and Feathers Brandon Darby
Today government informant Brandon Darby, along with other Tea Party assholes, wrestled an editor of the Earth First! Journal and other immigrant solidarity activists out of a Tea Party conference in Orlando featuring pro-border, anti-immigrant Sheriff Joe Arpaio from Maricopa County, Arizona. […]
Continue readingKeystone XL Pipeline Busted Down for Review
By Bill McKibben, crossposted from tarsandsaction.org Um, we won. You won. Not completely. The president didn’t outright reject the pipeline permit. My particular fantasy–that he would invite the 1253 people arrested on his doorstep in August inside the gates for a victory […]
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