A Japanese whaling vessel was cleared by courts of any wrong doing when it rammed a Sea Shepherd vessel interfering with its whale hunt. This is the latest in a long saga of unfortunate events surrounding whaling this year. But, here to […]
After 50,000 people took part in the road and railway blockades that took days for police to clear, Germany is still reeling (click here for a full report). The protesters want an end to nuclear power plants, which are already past their […]
Yesterday evening the Earth First! Journal released the 30th Anniversary issue onto an unsuspecting public. Raging through the streets, the anniversary issue—soon to be known as the last pre-industrial collapse issue of the Journal; also known as “yup, that’s the one that […]
An anti-Fascist rally in Phoenix drew several Earth First!ers, including members of the Earth First! Journal editorial collective, who joined in solidarity their anarchists, brown berets and other anti-fascist allies in resisting the ideals of environmental racism and genocide practiced by the […]
Dozens of protesters lined Route 54 to express dissent against Gastem USA’s plans to “frack” at a Cherry Valley site, off Irish Hollow Road. click here for more. A gunboat kidnapped several oil service workers yesterday. A statement purporting to be from […]
After being sentenced to 3 years for “stalking” (participating in home demonstrations against animal torturers), Kevin Olliff was released on time served. Keep up with his case online here. Prisoner Steve Murphy, accused of attempted arson in the name of the Earth […]
From the Palm Beach Post “In case you ain’t already heard, the lawless troglodytes of South Florida’s Earth First! community are the rootinist, tootinist swamp anarchists this side of the Brazilian Pantanal,” says an Earth First! blog post about the move. “We […]
A dozen or so members of Genesee Valley Earth First gathered shortly after noon alongside Cobbs Hill reservoir in southeast Rochester to protest what they see as the environmental risks of the controversial natural-gas extraction technique known as hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking. […]
Oleg Kashin, a reporter who wrote articles about the destruction of the Khimki forest, was methodically beaten nearly to death by two unknown assailants, and is now in intensive care. Meanwhile, editor, Mikhail Beketov, who is now confined to a wheelchair after […]
From the Associated Press: “The Lincoln Police Department began making arrests Monday morning when a handful of the several dozen protesters refused to leave an access route where they were blocking trucks headed to the construction site. Lincoln Fire Chief Phillip Dawson […]