Thousands march in DC today to call on Obama Administration to end mountaintop removal coal mining video from the march: http://www.twitvid.com/player/8Z9V9 Reverend Billy & choir are currently singing outside PNC bank lobby: “PNC, bring back the mountains!” while about ten mountain justice […]
Continue readingMarie Mason Transferred to New Prison in Carswell, Texas
Marie Mason Transferred to New Prison in Carswell, Texas (near Fort Worth) by Kenneth Miller and Erik Davis {based on original story by FW Miller for the Defiant Spirit} Fellow Worker Marie Mason, a long-time member of the Industrial Workers of the […]
Continue readingAppalachia Is Rising Up Against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
Liz Butler Campaign Director, 1Sky from the Huffington Post Two years ago this month, I flew in a helicopter over Appalachian coal country in Kentucky. After we landed and I drove off, I cried. I was in Kentucky because the amazing group […]
Continue readingSupport the 2010 Support Caravan to Black Mesa!
Dear Friends of the Big Mountain & Black Mesa Resistance Communities, Please check out (and forward) this version of our Black Mesa caravan announcement. Apologies for any double posts. Thank you, BMIS Join the Caravan in Support of Indigenous Communities Resisting Massive […]
Continue readingMassive Banners Dropped on Cargill, Grain Exchange Skyway
Despite state-wide flood warnings, the skies opened for just enough time to allow five RAN activists to hang two billboard sized banners off of a 3rd street skyway during morning rush hour today, calling attention to Cargill’s continuing role in the destruction […]
Continue readingActivists Denounce FBI Raids on Anti-war and Solidarity Activists Homes
Subpoenas, Searches, and FBI visits carried out in cities across the country By Staff September 24, 2010 Read more articles in People’s Struggles We denounce the Federal Bureau of Investigation harassment of anti-war and solidarity activists in several states across the country. […]
Continue readingAppalachia Rising Only Three Days Away!
Appalachia Rising: uprising radio On Monday September 27, over a thousand Appalachian residents, former coal miners and environmental activists will gather in Washington D.C. to call on the Obama administration to stop mountaintop removal mining. They will also gather to pressure the […]
Continue readingEPA Slaps Monsanto with Record Fine
EPA Slaps Monsanto with Record Fine Million Dollar Settlement the Largest in Series of Penalties By Jimmy Mengel Friday, July 9th, 2010 Greenchipstocks.com Hey Monsanto, it’s time to pay the piper… again. In the largest fine ever levied under a U.S. pesticides […]
Continue readingFBI raids homes of several Twin Cities war protesters
By RANDY FURST, Star Tribune Last update: September 24, 2010 – 11:08 AM The homes of several leaders of the Twin Cities antiwar movement were raided Friday by the FBI in what an agency spokesman described as an “investigation into activities concerning […]
Continue readingEric McDavid’s Appeal Denied
Dear friends, It is with heavy hearts that we write to tell you that Tuesday, September 21st, the 9th circuit court denied Eric’s appeal of his conviction and sentencing. Given all that has happened these past 4+ years, this news isn’t shocking […]
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