Marie Mason has been transferred to Carswell: “It has long been rumored that Carswell is the location a third CMU (Communications Management Unit). The CMUs were previously secret detention wings of prisons which severely curtail prisoners’ access to the outside world; for […]
Continue readingDamn, Germany! (and more…)
Animal Liberationists set fire to a factory farm in Germany just weeks before it was scheduled to commence its operations as a poultry supplier to Germany’s largest slaughterhouse. The roof collapsed and damage is estimated at around $1 million. The arsonists wrote […]
Continue readingVictory in the Water Wars, indigenous struggles and more…
The UN has finally declared water and sanitation to be human rights! New studies show that biofuels are environmentally damaging, and do not help the environment as the corporations claim. Great analysis here about the not-so-surprising series of environmental disasters that have […]
Continue readingDirect Action, New Oil Spill and Increasing Protests All Over the World
100 Russian protesters moved in direct action in protest of the coming Sochi Winter Olympics on Wednesday night, attacking Khimki City Hall with molotov cocktails, bottles and fireworks and spraypainting slogans such as “Save Russian forests” and “No to Khimki forest clearing.” […]
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New York City is planning on killing 170,000 geese, because of a flight that crashed last year. The massacre is opposed by State Senator Adams. BP is beginning construction on an offshore drill in the Mediterranean, off the coast of Libya. Meanwhile, […]
Continue readingWilderness Update, y’all
The Cedar Mesa Wilderness Bill seems to be dwindling in government bureaucracy. A new group is forming called Friends of Cedar Mesa, consisting of residents of Blanding, Bluff and Monticello as well as citizens from the Navajo Nation, in order to maintain […]
Continue readingSouthwest Regional Rondy Announced
Plans are in the works for a Southwest Bio-Regional Earth First! Rendezvous and Organizers’ Conference, August 20-22, in the beautiful San Luis Valley of Colorado. The rendezvous site is near the town of Saguache, in the Rio Grande National Forest. Exact site […]
Continue readingSolidarity News
The Teamsters teamed up with the Center for Health, Environment & Justice, Clean New York and WEACT for Environmental Justice as well as concerned parents, students and consumer activists to protest plastic toys at Toys R Us. The protest called for an […]
Continue readingHugh and Tiga sign plea agreement
“Details of the Agreement: Hugh and Gina each pled guilty to 2 counts of trespassing (class A misdemeanor) and were each sentenced to two years non-reporting probation and a $10 fine, plus court costs. According to the deal, if they don’t violate […]
Continue readingSochi Protests, News Roundup
Protests in Sochi, Russia, have been getting physical, as police and activists have clashed over days of intense action. 4,000 gathered to protest in Sochi as radicals built barricades in the Khimki forests. Two home demonstrations staged against supporters of notorious animal […]
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