from rabble.ca On Friday, October 1, 2010, at the delegates at the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (UBCM) Annual General Meeting in Whistler, voted resoundingly in opposition to the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline and oil tanker traffic on the province’s North […]
Continue readingGermany: Huge Anti-Infrastructure Protest, Police Reaction
from infoshop.org Protesters Attacked Yesterday with Water Canons Today marked the time when some of the first trees came down behind police baracades in Stuttgartt’s historic palace garden to make way for a rail tunnel. Thousands have been protesting and they kept […]
Continue readingGov Placing Eagles, Wolves Back on the Hit List
from the Center for Biological Diversity Legislation Would Strip Federal Protection From Wolves Before Recovery is Complete WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity today condemned newly introduced federal legislation that would strip Endangered Species Act protections from wolves around the country before […]
Continue readingThousands of Mink Liberated in Ireland
from Bite Back “Rolf Anderssons mink farm in Ardara, Killybegs, was raided by the ALF. Huge hole cut through the fencing, making it an easy escape route for the 4000 mink liberated from their cages. The message to fur scum: close down […]
Continue readingTeens Storm Abercrombie & Fitch Store to Protest Toxic Perfume
Oct 1st 2010 By Virginia Sole-Smith from lemondrop.com On Tuesday, a group of (San Francisco ) Bay Area teens decided to let the brand know just how much they don’t appreciate the nostril assault. Teens Turning Green stormed an Abercrombie & Fitch […]
Continue readingNo Borders Camp—Brussels
The NO BORDER Camp organises debates, workshops and direct action concerning migration policy. No Border Camp Brussels: from 25th September until 3rd October Since Saturday 25th of September about a thousand activists have put their tents up on the site of Tour […]
Continue readingEF! Humboldt: Jacoby Creek Tree Sitter Journal
Jacoby Creek Tree Sitter Journal by EF!Humboldt ~ September 29th, 2010 tree-sit Jacoby creek Day One (Aug 23rd) * Big moon, clear skies for the first time in over a month. Solo except for Alex in another tree up the hill. Green […]
Continue readingGreenpeace: Blockades and Banner Hangs
Greenpeace activists Hope Kaye, right, and Lisa Ramsden rappel to unfurl a banner on the site of Coal Ash hearings at the Seelbach Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky September 28, 2010. Highlighting the need for federal standards to protect public health from hazardous […]
Continue readingThe Black Fish cuts nets to free dolphins in Taiji, Japan
Divers from the European conservation organisation The Black Fish have last night cut the nets of six holding pens in Taiji, Japan, that were holding dolphins caught during a dolphin drive hunt a few days earlier. During this hunt a number of […]
Continue readingSolidarity Protests against FBI Raids
Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss – By Arthur Smilios, Sparrow Media Contributor If, in fact, there is anyone left who still believes that Barack Obama is a progressive, I offer this past Friday’s raids on peace activists in […]
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