by Russ McSpadden / Earth First! News [The text of this work is free to share and distribute under the following Creative Commons License CC-BY-ND 3.0] Bold Native, written and directed by Denis Henry Hennely, is the first feature length fictional film […]
Continue readingDirect Action Against the Tar Sands
This morning a group of protesters have invaded the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and are demanding a meeting with Stephen Green, the new Minister for Trade. Calling themselves the “Big Society Trade Negotiators”, they are concerned that trade negotiations between […]
Continue readingMassive Response to Sweden’s Wolf Hunt
Another storm of protest is set to engulf Sweden’s second cull of endangered wolves tomorrow, which has seen 6,747 hunters register to kill 20 of the total Scandinavian wolf population of about 250. Click here for more.
Continue readingNew Tree Sit in Arcadia
With the sounds of bulldozers echoing beneath him, veteran tree sitter John Quigley perched in a century-old oak Wednesday, saying he won’t come down until public works officials stop felling scores of trees as part of a dam improvement project. Quigley said […]
Continue readingEPA Denies Historic MTR Permit
Word is just coming down that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has vetoed the largest single mountaintop removal permit in West Virginia history. The move is part of an Obama administration crackdown aimed at reducing the effects of mountaintop removal coal-mining on […]
Continue readingRiots in Greece Over Landfill
Fierce battles between riot police and locals resisting the construction of a waste burial site have continued for a third consecutive day in the area of Keratea, Attica (around 10 miles south of Athens International Airport). This morning, a court ordered a […]
Continue readingHundreds Protest in Ohio
Thirty-six hours before Republican and former Fox News contributor John Kasich was sworn in as Ohio’s governor, hundreds of people from across the state rallied voicing strong objections to his anti-labor, anti-environment and anti-student agenda. click here for more.
Continue readingAnother Undercover Cop Found in UK
The controversy over a police surveillance network embedded in the environmental protest movement has deepened dramatically after the Guardian identified a second undercover officer who spent years living a double life as an activist. Click here for more.
Continue readingIndian Town Closes Schools to Protest Nuclear Power Plant
Schools in and around Madban village, where the Jaitapur nuclear power plant is coming up, remained shut for the second day on Tuesday as a mark of protest against the project. click here
Continue readingUK Snitch Talks About More Snitches
An investigation by the Guardian revealed Mark Kennedy used a fake passport to travel to 22 different countries, gleaning information about left-wing activists and relaying sensitive details back to his police handlers since around 2003. Kennedy was then asked about other individuals […]
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