from It’s Going Down The fires of revolt has spread to Myanmar, Colombia, and across the occupied territories of Palestine, in the face of escalating state repression, murder and terror. In Myanmar, a military backed coup was launched on February 1st, pitting […]
Continue readingMountain Valley Pipeline Protester Blockades Access To Work Site
by: Appalachians Against Pipelines / It’s Going Down Just before 6 A.M. Tuesday morning, a Mountain Valley Pipeline protester locked themself to the inside of a broken down vehicle outside of Pembroke, VA, blocking access to a pipeline construction site. The vehicle’s […]
Continue readingVancouver Island, BC: Gate Locked as RCMP Ramps up to Attack Growing Logging Blockades
from: It’s Going Down In so-called British Columbia, a campaign to stop the logging of old-growth forests has been building, with a network of active blockades forming a direct line of resistance to logging. According to the Fairy Creek Blockade on Instagram: […]
Continue readingCoordinated Attack on 26 Logging Machines in Temuco, Chile
From AMWEnglish In the Mapuche territory, in the south of Chile, a beautiful coordinated attack conducted in full day made great noise on Thursday, May 6, 2021 in the region of Araucanía. It is nothing less than eight incendiary attacks in less […]
Continue readingBrazil Amazon: Illegal miners fire on Indigenous group
From: BBC Illegal miners inside a protected area in the Brazilian Amazon opened fire on an Indigenous community using automatic weapons, local leaders say. The Yanomami group said they responded with bows and arrows, and shotguns. One Indigenous person and four miners […]
Continue readingCall to Action: Honor the Treaties, Stop Line 3!
from Treaty People Gathering Rise up. We rise together for treaties. We rise together for climate. We rise together for our water. We rise together for one another. As Enbridge builds Line 3 through Anishinaabe treaty land and the Mississippi Headwaters, we […]
Continue readingTo Dismantle a Gas Pipeline and Sell it as Scrap Metal
A Story of Yaqui Women by: Pie de Página / It’s Going Down The following article, translated from the Spanish version on Pie de Página, looks at the women-led struggle against the passing of a U.S. company’s gas pipeline through Yaqui territory […]
Continue readingHummingbirds put a temporary halt on Trans Mountain
by Cloe Logan / Canada’s National Observer April 27, 2021 One of B.C.’s smallest birds is responsible for a four-month stop-work order on one of the federal government’s largest projects, the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline. Anna’s hummingbirds are protected by […]
Continue readingThe Spring 2021 Newsletter is here!
This edition of the News was compiled by a groundbreaking volunteer virtual editorial collective which included Beetle, Earthworm, Gnat, Mala, Nada, Sage and Sunflower.
Continue readingMore States Are Passing Tough Laws Aimed at Pipeline Protesters
by Nicholas Kusnetz at Inside Climate News Bills to increase penalties for “impeding” the operations of a pipeline or power plant—in many cases elevating the offense to a felony—are pending in at least five states and have been enacted in 15 others. […]
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