Tim 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 […]

Eco 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 […]

Tasmania’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 […]

Help 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 […]

Update: 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 […]

New Earth First! Journal, Beltane 2011, out NOW

Click here to see a PDF of the full Table of Contents for Beltane 2011 The Beltane 2011 issue of Earth First! Journal is now available. Order a copy online, or contact the EF! Journal collective to find out how you can […]

Undercover police officer unlawfully spied on UK climate activists

Judges rule that Mark Kennedy was arguably an agent provocateur Undercover police officer Mark Kennedy was ‘involved in activities that went much further than the authorisation he was given’, the appeal court judges ruled Source: guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 20 July 2011 Three senior […]