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The Solution: Resistance, Indirect Action, Toxification

Transcript of Diane Wilson on Resistance Radio

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Florence Nightingale, the English pioneer of modern nursing is quoted as saying, “I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse.”  Editors note: Never give up your agency. If your goal is to save life on the planet, sometimes you have to sink your own boat.   Derrick Jensen This is Resistance … Continue reading Transcript of Diane Wilson on Resistance Radio →
The Problem: Civilization, Featured, Biodiversity & Habitat Destruction, Indirect Action, Lobbying

Rare Southern California Butterfly Protected as Threatened Under Endangered Species Act

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This story first appeared in Center for Biological Diversity. SAN DIEGO, Calif.— After nearly 30 years of petitions and lawsuits by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected one of Southern California’s rarest butterflies, the Hermes copper butterfly, as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The agency also designated 35,000 … Continue reading Rare Southern California Butterfly Protected as Threatened Under Endangered Species Act →
The Problem: Civilization, Human Supremacy, Culture of Resistance, Listening to the Land, Featured

In Ecuador, a Forest Has Legal Rights

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This is a press release from the Center for Biological Diversity Ecuador’s Highest Court Enforces Constitutional ‘Rights of Nature’ to Safeguard Los Cedros Protected Forest QUITO, Ecuador— In an unprecedented case, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador has applied the constitutional provision on the “Rights of Nature” to safeguard the Los Cedros cloud forest from mining … Continue reading In Ecuador, a Forest Has Legal Rights →
Featured, Agriculture, Direct Action, Movement Building & Support, Worker Solidarity, Protests & Symbolic Acts, Repression at Home, Worker Exploitation

‘Victory of Global Significance’: Modi to Repeal Laws That Sparked Year-Long Farmers’ Revolt

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“You Can Kill a Man, but You Can’t Kill an Idea” –  Medgar Evers This article first appeared in Common Dreams. “After a year of strikes—and having faced brutal repression that claimed some 700 lives—India’s farmers are victorious in their struggle.” By KENNY STANCIL Workers’ rights activists around the globe rejoiced on Friday after Indian Prime … Continue reading ‘Victory of Global Significance’: Modi to Repeal Laws That Sparked Year-Long Farmers’ Revolt →
Featured, Indirect Action, Lobbying, Protests & Symbolic Acts, Male Supremacy, Male Violence, Women & Radical Feminism

In Turkey women faced rubber bullets, tear gas from police as they marched to end gender-based violence

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This story first appeared in Global Voices. Protestors highlighted the increasing femicide and violence rates in Turkey By Arzu Geybullayeva Hundreds of women took the streets in Istanbul to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on November 25. However, protestors were met with police violence, including tear gas and rubber … Continue reading In Turkey women faced rubber bullets, tear gas from police as they marched to end gender-based violence →
The Solution: Resistance, Featured, Colonialism & Conquest, Repression at Home

History of the Trade Union Movement in Britain Part 1

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This story first appeared in Building a Revolutionary Movement. Editor’s note: As a radical environmental and social justice organization, we believe it is important to study the history of capitalism. Only by learning about all the force, the violence, the exploitation, and the class struggle involved can we understand how an insane system like industrial … Continue reading History of the Trade Union Movement in Britain Part 1 →
Featured, Climate Change, Colonialism & Conquest, Repression at Home, Indigenous Autonomy, Obstruction & Occupation, Protests & Symbolic Acts

Settlers Have an Obligation to Defend Treaty Rights, Too

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This article originally appeared in YES! Magazine. BY ALEC CONNON & ERIKA LUNDAHL Shanai Matteson, a 39-year-old White settler, sat in the stuffy overflow room watching the packed Public Utility Commission meeting, along with more than a hundred others, in St. Paul, Minnesota, in June 2018. Over several hours, she listened as dozens of people—Native elders, local … Continue reading Settlers Have an Obligation to Defend Treaty Rights, Too →
Biodiversity & Habitat Destruction

Trump Administration Targets Endangered Species Act

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Featured image: critically endangered red wolves. Trump’s unprecedented rollback could doom hundreds of animals and plants to extinction.      by Center for Biological Diversity WASHINGTON— In a massive attack on imperiled wildlife, the Trump administration announced a series of rollbacks today to the regulations implementing key provisions of the Endangered Species Act. The three … Continue reading Trump Administration Targets Endangered Species Act →
Prostitution

Prostitution Abolition News from Australia

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     by Joanna Pinkiewicz / Deep Green Resistance Australia Australia has different legislations in regards to prostitution in each state. For example New South Wales has almost full decriminalisation and definitely in favour of brothel owners, less so for individual, who can be charged for “living on the earnings of prostitute” or soliciting for … Continue reading Prostitution Abolition News from Australia →
Agriculture

House Farm Bill Wipes Out Protections for Water, Wildlife From Pesticides

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Legislation Guts Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, Public Lands Protections      by Center for Biological Diversity WASHINGTON— In a narrow vote, on June 21 the U.S. House of Representatives passed a 2018 Farm Bill that contains an unprecedented provision that would allow the killing of endangered wildlife with pesticides. With every Democrat and … Continue reading House Farm Bill Wipes Out Protections for Water, Wildlife From Pesticides →