“Our environmental crisis [has] roots seeded in Wall Street’s influence on our economy and in Washington.” By TIM HERRERA, AMNY.com As Occupy Wall Street marks its one-year anniversary today with rallies and yet another “comeback” around town, the group faces familiar headlines […]
By Graham Land The internet is taking a lot of credit for fermenting social unrest and facilitating effective protest. The Arab Spring, the Occupy movement and the Green Revolution in Iran are three well-known examples of how social media has played a […]
(or how I learned to stop being a wastoid and threw a benefit show for the Earth First! Journal) By Matt Preira / Miami New Times Punk rock’s political history is pretty convoluted. But by most accounts, the fast-hard-and-loud aesthetic came into […]
May this be the first in a series of fracking rig shut downs and may the next ones last years, till the damn things come down. Occupy the frackers. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/45859531]
by Steve Annear / BostInno.com Dressed in contamination suits and waving around boxes of children’s cereal they say are pumped with Genetically Modified Organisms, protesters planted themselves outside of the International BIO Convention Monday to fight against a week-long meeting of mega-companies […]
On Saturday, May 19th, members of Occupy Well Street and friends blockaded a drill rig move from entering a frack site for 2 hours in rural Lycoming County, PA. This drill rig blockade happened as part of the Day of Action Against […]
*Cross Posted from Mickey Z at Infoshop News* “We know we cannot be kind to animals until we stop exploiting them—exploiting animals in the name of science, exploiting animals in the name of sport, exploiting animals in the name of fashion, and […]
Check out “Big Greenwashing 101” a new feature article from the EF! Newswire on the Sierra Club’s shady affiliations in light of recently revealed Chesapeake Energy gas company scandal. From the article: “John Muir must be rolling over in his grave… The […]
By Yana Marull PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — Thousands of critics of capitalism meeting in Brazil called Sunday for a worldwide protest in June to press for concrete steps to tackle the global economic and ecological crises. The World Social Forum wrapped up […]