Lives of blockaders threatened by rogue bulldozer operator “This is Cascadia Forest Defenders with an urgent call out for support on the Treesit and road blockade currently protecting Native forests in the Elliott State Forest. We have a stronghold that is holding […]
Continue readingFire & Fury: 15 Years of Raising A Ruckus
Cremate the corporations! Smelt the System! Friday, September 23 at 7:00pm – September 24 at 12:00am For the last 15 years, The Ruckus Society has been a premiere source of tools, training, and strategy for creative and effective action. “We’re in it […]
Continue readingDirect Action All Summer Long!
Ecological resistance is on the rise across the US. Check out these and more events at the EF! Newswire calendar … August 4 — BP = Big Polluter, Direct Action Protest (New Orleans, LA) August 5 — Protest ALEC conference (Also in […]
Continue readingBlockade against industrial wind project in Danish wilderness
By Peter Skeel Hjorth, WTS.com reporter (reporting from Sweden) source Thursday morning, 15 July 2011, the local Danish police gave up removing the activists who since Friday, 15 July 2011, have prevented the cutting down of forest to make room for the planned National Test […]
Continue reading26 Arrested in Blockades Outside of DeChristopher Trial
cross posted from itsgettinghotinhere.org Today, Tim DeChristopher was sentenced to 2 years in prison and taken away from the courthouse without goodbyes or the option to self-report. In court, Tim said “You can put me in prison but it will not deter […]
Continue readingTim DeChristopher Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison
(Cross-posted from peacefuluprising.org) Tim DeChristopher was sentenced to 2 years in prison today at the Salt Lake City federal courthouse. He was taken immediately into custody, being denied the typical 3 weeks afforded to put his affairs in order and say goodbye to […]
Continue readingEco activists detained at industrial wind energy test site
By Jakob Vesterager cross-posted from here COPENHAGEN, July 26 (Reuters) – Police in Denmark detained six environmental activists on Tuesday protesting the felling of trees in a forest to make room for a research centre for wind turbines. Protesters said they were […]
Continue readingTasmania’s forests defense groups ramp up protest action
By Danielle McKay For full article go here Tasmanian Still Wild Still Threatened activists scaled Parliament House in Canberra yesterday in protest at Sunday’s Heads of Agreement signing and have pledged to continue action. Huon Valley Environment Centre also vowed to continue […]
Continue readingHelp celebrate 200 Years of Luddite Uprising
November 2011 – January 2013 marks the 200th anniversary of the Luddite uprisings, in which artisan cloth workers smashed machines which were destroying their trades, undercutting wages and forcing them into unemployment and destitution. Today, the industrial system that the Luddites were […]
Continue readingUpdate: San Francisco Peaks Convergence
From Infoshop.org Today is day six of the cook shack convergence on the Holy San Francisco Peaks. What follows is a short collection of videos and photos that have come out of the cook shack convergence as well as background information on […]
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