Cross Posted from Wild Idaho Rising Tide Facebook Page TWO MORE TAR SANDS MEGALOADS ON HIGHWAY 12 ON MONDAY & TUESDAY. We received this news release today and will provide monitoring and protesting prompts soon: Equipment shipments may travel on U.S. 12 […]
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Celebrate a global justice holiday today at the EF! Film Fest! in Lake Worth
Thirteen years ago today, a grassroots movement took to the streets of Seattle and shut the city down, effectively ruining the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) summit and turning the global tide against corporate rule. Four years later, we faced off with the […]
Continue readingDozens Wounded in Mayanmar Coppermine Protest
Cross Posted from Twin Cities Security forces used water cannons, tear gas and smoke bombs to clear protesters from a copper mine in northwestern Myanmar, wounding villagers and Buddhist monks in the biggest use of force against demonstrators since the reformist government […]
Continue readingOpposition to frack waste in Ohio continues to grow
Ohio-based direct action group Appalachia Resist! released the following statement today: Last night, Nov 28, soon after the ODNR invited the public into an “open house” about injection wells, they thought better of it and ordered the public to leave. Though over […]
Continue readingTar Sands Blockaders Lock Themselves to Trucks Outside Valero’s Houston Refinery
Activists Begin Sustained Hunger Strike, Demand That Valero Divest from Keystone XL Pipeline HOUSTON, TX – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2012 8:00AM –-Longtime Gulf Coast activists Diane Wilson and Bob Lindsey Jr. have locked their necks to oil tanker trucks destined for Valero’s […]
Continue readingGenetically Engineered Labeling Campaign in the US
Genetic engineering (GE) is not disclosed on product labels, giving consumers no idea what kind of scientific tinkering has been done to the growing number of food items that use technology to create “better” foods. While consumers are often fooled by generic […]
Continue readingResistance sprouts against Bt maize in India
Cross Posted from India Times CHANDIGARH: Even as Punjab government is showing keenness to introduce Bt maize in the state by giving go-ahead to Monsanto to set up a research and development centre for the crop, the decision has ruffled feathers of environmentalists who are grouping for an […]
Continue readingMapuche Indians Fight New Airport in Southern Chile
TEMUCO, Chile , Nov 28 2012 (IPS) - “This is a project that reflects the occupation…of Mapuche territory,” said Iván Reyes, an indigenous leader staunchly opposed to the construction of an international airport in the southern Chilean region of Araucanía. Reyes, an […]
Continue readingDemonstrators rally in Westwood against ‘fracking’
Demonstrators from a slew of environmental groups across Bergen County took to the streets this morning in Westwood to rally against Governor Christie‘s move to veto a bill banning hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” waste in New Jersey.The clique of protesters from Pascack Sustainability Group, Food and Water […]
Continue readingFrench police fire tear gas on second day of airport protest
crossposted from RT.com [Read about last month’s epic eviction attempt of La ZAD here on the EF! Newswire] Eight people were arrested and three injured after protesters clashed with police in western France, as authorities tried to evict protesters camping on a […]
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