Greenpeace and Ecodefense Refuse to Register in Russia

Cross Posted from Bellona.org Charles Digges, 23/11-2012 The entrances to the offices of Memorial and For Human Rights, two prominent civil rights groups headed by veteran activists, were spray-painted with the words “Foreign Agent,” along with a heart shape next to “USA,” according […]

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Environmentalists protest against end of ecological reserve

Cross Posted from Algarve Resident   By ANA TAVARES news@algarveresident.com The four largest environmental organisations in Portugal have issued a joint statement protesting against the government’s decision to scrap the National Ecological Reserve (Reserva Ecológica Nacional – REN), following an interview the […]

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Surveyors, Pipeline Blocked by B.C. First Nation

Cross Posted from CBC Members of a First Nation in northern B.C. have evicted surveyors working on a natural gas pipeline project from their territory and set up a roadblock against all pipeline activity. A group identifying itself as the Unis’tot’en clan […]

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Food Bank Stocks Dry Up in Wake of Great Drought

Cross Posted from Commondreams The insufferable drought of 2012 continues to wreak havoc as food banks across the country feel the pinch. As the season of feasting gets underway, soaring food prices have cut government donations to the banks and soup kitchens […]

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Free Leonard Peltier!

Cross Posted from Workers World Nov. 22 will mark 13,439 days of incarceration for Native political prisoner Leonard Peltier. This year’s commemoration of the National Day of Mourning, to be held in Plymouth, Mass., will once again honor Peltier, a hero-in-the-struggle who […]

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Stephen Harper’s Endless Campaign for Mining Profits

Cross Posted from The Tee By Yves Engler [Editor’s note: This is the second of two pieces drawn, with permission, from Chapter 2 of The Ugly Canadian: Stephen Harper’s Foreign Policy by Yves Engler, newly published. The first part is here. Engler’s next author’s event is […]

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White House march revives Keystone XL protest movement

Cross Posted from The Guardian Environmental activists protest against the Keystone XL pipeline on 18 November 2012. Photograph: 350.org Hundreds of people who say they worry oil that would be carried theKeystone XL pipeline will accelerate climate change marched around the White House on Sunday, hoping […]

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