by Fiona Harvey / Mother Jones Universities must stop accepting funding from fossil fuel companies to conduct climate research, even if the research is aimed at developing green and low-carbon technology, an influential group of distinguished academics has said. Rowan Williams, the former […]
Continue readingSix machines sabotaged in defense of the Atlanta Forest
from Scenes from the Atlanta Forest To Reeves Young: You will have noticed by now that several of your machines have ceased to function, their arteries corroded from within. Last week, we sabotaged six Earth-destroying machines——including two large excavators and a bulldozer——at […]
Continue reading“Disastrous News”: Widespread Bleaching of Great Barrier Reef Underway
by Andrea Germanos / Common Dreams An assessment of the Great Barrier Reef’s health released Friday reveals widespread bleaching of the world’s largest coral organism, sparking fresh demands for the Australian government to ditch fossil fuels and finally commit to protecting both the […]
Continue readingIntroducing The Relief Toolkit, A Platform For Connecting Across Disasters
from It’s Going Down Introducing the Relief Toolkit, a platform for connecting across disasters. Originally posted to Mutual Aid Disaster Relief. We’re so excited to announce that the Grassroots Disaster Relief Toolkit, a website platform supporting communication across our decentralized network’s disaster efforts, […]
Continue readingAmplifying the Ecological Resistance: A request for proposals from Biocentric Media and the Earth First! Journal on next steps forward
Amplifying the Ecological Resistance: A request for proposals from Biocentric Media and the Earth First! Journal on next steps forward Proposals accepting on rolling basis; no later than May 1, 2022 Being an Earth First!er has never been a walk in the […]
Continue readingConcerning the Destruction of Long Engineering Vehicles, Atlanta, Georgia
from Scenes from the Atlanta Forest On Mar. 1st, 2022, FIVE large Long Engineering trucks used to do survey work to help delineate destruction in the South Atlanta Forest were destroyed in solidarity with eco-defenders currently protecting the forest from being clear-cut […]
Continue readingAn Inside Review of “Earth First! 40 Years of Direct Action” Anniversary Special Issue
by Jacob Barrett at Fight Toxic Prisons [Note: Help FTP get this special edition of the EF! Journal in to prisons across the country. Donate here and note that it is for funds to cover cost of EF!Js to prisoners.] The Earth First! […]
Continue readingDefend the Barricades; Calling Feral Anarchists to Atlanta Forest!
from Scenes from the Atlanta Forest “No Forest? No Peace! Truck the Police!”, reads a banner hanging from a skypod attached to an overturned truck blocking the ONLY Bridge crossing the little creek between the police construction staging ground and the main […]
Continue reading‘Consent was never given’: indigenous groups oppose restarting Guatemala nickel mine
by Joe Parkin Danniels / The Guardian A decision to restart operations at one of Central America’s largest nickel mines is being questioned by campaigners, after an investigation appeared to show the company co-opted indigenous leaders and smeared potential opponents. In 2019, […]
Continue readingMapuche Political Prisoners José And Luis Tralcal Declare Hunger Strike
from It’s Going Down The following is a communique from Mapuche political prisoners José Tralcal Coche and Luis Tralcal Quidel, who are currently imprisoned in CET Victoria (CET stands for “Center for Work and Education,” a Chilean government euphemism for prison). On June 11, […]
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