BLOCKADE!
This short documentary follows land defenders and their allies in their fight against Law 97, a forestry reform that would have handed over the province’s remaining forests to industry.
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#LANDBACK Coast to Coast Call to Action: November 23rd – 29th
anonymous / It’s Going Down Call for a week of solidarity with indigenous land struggles for sovereignty across so-called Canada and beyond. The Indigenous people of the land have been under attack ever since the first invaders came to our shores. We […]
Canada: New Blockade to Stop Old-Growth Logging in Fairy Creek Watershed!
BREAKING: Aug 10, 2020, unceded Pacheedaht territory by BC Blackout An informal, grassroots collective of people from across so-called Vancouver Island have established a blockade, preventing Teal Jones Group from blasting roads into the unlogged Fairy Creek watershed. Fairy Creek is the […]
Toronto Area Ghost Blockades
by NorthShore Counter-Info / It’s Going Down On Wednesday March 11, hours before the student walkout for Wet’suwet’en, fellow supporters continued to disrupt the Canadian economy by holding “Ghost Blockades” at the time of the morning commute. Activists in solidarity with the […]
G20 rioter sentenced to prison… Send her a letter!
Kelly Pflug-Back, Food Not Bombs activist, author, poet and new member of the Fifth Estate editorial collective, has been sentenced to 11 months in jail for her role during the G20 summit’s protests in 2010. You can write her a letter at: […]
Environmental Scientists Protest Firings, Spending Cuts in Canada
by Blake Deppe, for The Indypendent In June 2012, Canada’s government made excessive cuts in its environmental departments, resulting in the firing of many top scientists. On July 9, those scientists – and their supporters – had decided they’d had enough; they […]
B.C. Economist Blocks Coal Trains In White Rock
About a dozen protesters, including one of Canada’s leading energy-environment economists, were arrested Saturday after setting up a blockade on train tracks in White Rock, B.C., aimed at stopping U.S. coal trains from reaching local ports. Mark Jaccard, a professor of sustainable […]
Hundreds protest oil tankers at march and rally in Vancouver
Hundreds of people marched through downtown Vancouver streets today (March 26) in a boisterous display of opposition to oil tanker traffic along British Columbia’s coast. Organized by first nation and environmental groups, the demonstration came just days after the 23rd anniversary of […]
Greenwashed Certifications of Longlines Kill Sea Turtles, Sharks
cross posted from global animal. The Marine Stewardship Council allowed two eco-certifications for the use of longlines for swordfish fishing that will effect sea turtles and sharks drastically. For every swordfish caught, two sharks are killed. Every year 1,200 endangered sea turtles […]
NEW VIDEO… Earth First! Dances on Governor’s Table in Tar Sands Protest
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_vd4QC_rB4&w=640&h=390] HELENA, Montana—Check out this new short film from the Earth First! occupation of the Montana capitol against the Tar Sands and other industrial energy infrastructure in the Northern Rockies, following the 2011 Round River Rendezvous. Five people locked down, 20 danced […]