On May 19th, roughly 200 people gathered in Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina, to participate in a colorful march organized by Croatan Earth First! on Occupy Well Street’s Day of Action Against Extraction. Protesters marched through downtown with giant puppets, emulating […]
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College Professor Grilled by the FBI about Fracking Resistance
Cross Posted from NTDaily.com An FBI agent and a Dallas police officer spoke last month with philosophy and religion professor Adam Briggle about specific materials in a syllabus for one of his courses on civil disobedience. Law enforcement officials brought up an […]
Continue readingSeven Protesters Accused of Blocking Construction at Lowell Wind Project
Written by Terri Hellenbeck LOWELL — Six Vermonters were cited Monday morning on suspicion of unlawful trespass after allegedly standing in the way of construction vehicles on Green Mountain Power Corp.’s Lowell wind project. The arrests mark a change in strategy for […]
Continue readingTimothy DeChristopher Found Guilty for Climate Civil Disobedence
by Jamie Henn published at the Huffington Post On Thursday, a jury in Salt Lake City declared climate activist Tim DeChristopher guilty for his interference with an oil and gas auction held at the end of the Bush administration. He faces a […]
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