Croatan Earth First! is hosting a direct action training camp this fall Oct 20-21st at a local veggie farm near Pittsboro, NC. There will be tent camping available for the weekend, and people are free to come and go. Plan to stay […]
Continue readingSix Arrested Blocking Road in front of Duke Energy HQ During DNC
Six protesters were taken away in handcuffs earlier Thursday near the corporate headquarters for Duke Energy. They had locked arms and were sitting on top of a banner claiming that the energy company was harming the environment. Two dozen officers surrounded them […]
Continue readingSpectra Showdown: Arrests begin at blockade against pipeline in NYC
Yesterday the ongoing “Spectra Showdown,” turned into the scene of civil disobedience that the group has been anticipating. At least two people have been reportedly arrested. After pre-construction in July, Spectra Energy begins a new phase of construction today that has involved […]
Continue readingCrazy Horse was a Sober Warrior
31 Notes on the Alcohol Wars at Pine Ridge by Russ McSpadden / Earth First! News [The text of this work is free to share and distribute under the following Creative Commons License CC-BY-ND 3.0] 1. Autumn Two Bulls is the mother […]
Continue readingEmployment Opportunities at the Earth First! Journal
Greetings! The Earth First! Journal Collective is currently seeking playmates in our south Florida office for short-term and long-term engagements. As long-time Earth First!ers, we know how hard it is to commit to a bioregion outside our own, however, we believe that […]
Continue readingVideo of RNC Coal Plant Blockade in Tampa
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Continue readingProtesters chained to fence outside Inergy gas facility in New York
[UPDATE: 3 arrested for blockade.] By Yvonne Taylor, Co-Founder, Gas Free Seneca I am chained to a fence outside an Inergy facility near Watkins Glen, New York, and I am not alone. We are protesting the gasification of New York. We don’t […]
Continue readingKeystone XL Pipeline blockades continue in Texas
Three landowner advocates and climate justice organizers have locked themselves to feller buncher machines used for clearing large trees in the path of the Keystone XL pipeline. Today’s action has halted work on a segment of TransCanada’s illegitimate pipeline outside of Saltillo, […]
Continue readingBanks Profiting from Global Food Crisis
by Tom Bawden / The Independent Barclays has made as much as half a billion pounds in two years from speculating on food staples such as wheat and soya, prompting allegations that banks are profiting handsomely from the global food crisis. Barclays […]
Continue readingRising Tide shuts down construction of a coal haulage railway line in Australia
Eco-activists have shut down construction of a coal haulage railway line in the Hunter Valley to protest the industry’s expansion in the region. A Rising Tide activist secured himself to a 10m-tall tripod during a pre-dawn raid on the Rutherford site, where […]
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