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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 →
Featured, Indigenous Autonomy, Movement Building & Support, Mining & Drilling

First Nations unite to fight industrial exploitation of Australia’s Martuwarra

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This story first appeared in Mongabay. By Nick Rodway The Fitzroy River in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, one of the country’s most ecologically and culturally significant waterways, is facing proposals of further agriculture and mining development, including irrigation and fracking. In response, First Nations communities in the region have developed different methods to … Continue reading First Nations unite to fight industrial exploitation of Australia’s Martuwarra →
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, Colonialism & Conquest, Human Supremacy, Climate Change, Mining & Drilling, Repression at Home, The Solution: Resistance, Direct Action, Obstruction & Occupation, Indirect Action, Strategy & Analysis, Featured

Paths Forward: In Defense of “Utopian” Creativity (Part 1 of 2)

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This story was first published in Learning Earthways. By George R. Price The oral traditions and origin stories of many Indigenous peoples, worldwide, include some stories of the endings of previous worlds. In such stories, the end of one world usually coincides with the beginning of a new world. Typically, the end of one world … Continue reading Paths Forward: In Defense of “Utopian” Creativity (Part 1 of 2) →
The Problem: Civilization, Colonialism & Conquest, Human Supremacy, Biodiversity & Habitat Destruction, Repression at Home, The Solution: Resistance, Direct Action, Defensive Violence, Indirect Action, Culture of Resistance, Indigenous Autonomy

Indigenous community saves Colombia’s poison dart frog from coca and logging

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This story first appeared in Mongabay. Editor’s note: This is what environmental justice looks like. Not NGOs dictating what lands will be set aside for 30×30, which is just greenwashing colonialism. It is the people whose land it is making those decisions and the governments enforcing them. By Maxwell Radwin An Indigenous community in southwest … Continue reading Indigenous community saves Colombia’s poison dart frog from coca and logging →
The Problem: Civilization, Human Supremacy, Featured, Education, Strategy & Analysis

The requirements of things versus the intentions of men

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Non-neutrality of technology & limits to conspiracy theory By Nicolas Casaux “For, prior to all such, we have the things themselves for our masters. Now they are many; and it is through these that the men who control the things inevitably become our masters too.” Epictetus, Discourses, Book IV, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Ed. In an … Continue reading The requirements of things versus the intentions of men →
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 Problem: Civilization, Alienation & Mental Health, Featured, Biodiversity & Habitat Destruction, Climate Change, Mining & Drilling, Toxification, Music & Art, Protests & Symbolic Acts

EXTRACTION: ARTISTS RAISE A RUCKUS

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This article first appeared on the Association for the Tree of Live Website. By JEAN ARNOLD A ravenous, yet decrepit cyborg – part machine, part zombie – lurches onward as it is programmed to do. Its hunger is so insatiable that it eats its own flesh; it eats its offspring; and it eats the future. … Continue reading EXTRACTION: ARTISTS RAISE A RUCKUS →
The Problem: Civilization, Human Supremacy, Climate Change, The Solution: Resistance, Direct Action, Obstruction & Occupation, Indirect Action, Protests & Symbolic Acts, Featured

Two Climate Activists Halt Operations at World’s Largest Coal Port

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Editor’s note: The preferred method to stop a coal port for hours or days would be anonymously, so as to “live to fight another day”. But this action does highlight the fact that this port exports 158 million tonnes of coal a year. This action shows just how vulnerable the system is. It can be … Continue reading Two Climate Activists Halt Operations at World’s Largest Coal Port →