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The Problem: Civilization, Human Supremacy, Mining & Drilling, Repression at Home, The Solution: Resistance, Direct Action, Property & Material Destruction, Featured

Dakota Access Pipeline resister stands with integrity in face of long prison sentence

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Sentenced to eight years in prison for acts of sabotage, water protector Jessica Reznicek reflects on her faith-driven resistance. By Cristina Yurena Zerr This article was first published in the German newspaper taz, and has been translated and edited for Waging Nonviolence. On June 28, the federal court in Des Moines, Iowa was silent and … Continue reading Dakota Access Pipeline resister stands with integrity in face of long prison sentence →
The Problem: Civilization, Human Supremacy, The Solution: Resistance, Indirect Action, Protests & Symbolic Acts, Culture of Resistance, Movement Building & Support, Featured

Struggle endures for Philippine community pitted against gold miner

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This story first appeared in Mongabay. By Karlston Lapniten Editor’s note: And the Struggle endures. “I do not fight fascists because I will win. I fight fascists because they are fascists.” ― Chris Hedges, Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt Australian-Canadian mining firm OceanaGold was recently granted a renewal of its permit to … Continue reading Struggle endures for Philippine community pitted against gold miner →
Culture of Resistance, Movement Building & Support, Women & Radical Feminism, Biodiversity & Habitat Destruction, Climate Change, Toxification, Direct Action, Property & Material Destruction, Repression at Home

Political Prisoner Support for Ruby Montoya and Jessica Renzicek

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By Max Wilbert On July 24th, 2017, Ruby Montoya and Jessica Renzicek made a public statement admitting that they had carried out multiple acts of sabotage against the then-under-construction Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in Spring 2017 during the #NoDAPL #StandingRock movement. The two activists set fire to heavy machinery and used blow torches to damage … Continue reading Political Prisoner Support for Ruby Montoya and Jessica Renzicek →
The Problem: Civilization, Human Supremacy, Biodiversity & Habitat Destruction, Culture of Resistance, Featured

Changes to global fisheries subsidies could level the playing field for traditional coastline communities

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This story first appeared in Mongabay. by Gladstone Taylor Community fishers struggle to hold their own against heavily-subsidized foreign fleets. Fisheries subsidies have long given wealthy nations an edge over Small Island Developing States (SIDS) like Jamaica that are rich in fishing traditions and natural resources. In places like the multigenerational fishing village of Manchioneal, Jamaica, … Continue reading Changes to global fisheries subsidies could level the playing field for traditional coastline communities →
The Problem: Civilization, Human Supremacy, Biodiversity & Habitat Destruction, Repression at Home, Culture of Resistance, Indigenous Autonomy

Indigenous understanding of Salween River key for biodiversity

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This story first appeared in The Third Pole. By Saw John Bright. This week, governments from around the world will convene online for the first part of the UN Biodiversity Summit COP15 (the second part will take place partially in-person in Kunming in spring), which will agree on the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. Framed as … Continue reading Indigenous understanding of Salween River key for biodiversity →
The Solution: Resistance, Direct Action, Obstruction & Occupation, Featured, Climate Change, Repression at Home

1st letter from political prisoner Jessica Reznicek

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Free Jessica Reznicek 15m BREAKING: As Joe Biden talks of being a climate leader at #COP26 in Glasgow we received our first letter & update from #JessicaReznicek for the people. Jessica is a climate / water protector political prisoner in the U.S. who was labeled a terrorist just months ago by the US government for her … Continue reading 1st letter from political prisoner Jessica Reznicek →
The Problem: Civilization, Colonialism & Conquest, Culture of Resistance, Indigenous Autonomy, Biodiversity & Habitat Destruction, Mining & Drilling

This Amazon dam is supposed to provide clean energy, but it’s destroying livelihoods and unique species

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This story first appeared in The Conversation. By Brian Garvey and Sonia Magalhaes. The Volta Grande region of the Amazon is a lush, fertile zone supplied by the Xingu River, whose biodiverse lagoons and islands have earned its designation as a priority conservation area by Brazil’s Ministry of the Environment. But a recent decision by the Federal Regional … Continue reading This Amazon dam is supposed to provide clean energy, but it’s destroying livelihoods and unique species →
The Problem: Civilization, Colonialism & Conquest, Culture of Resistance, Listening to the Land, Featured, Agriculture, Biodiversity & Habitat Destruction, Climate Change

The Problem

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This is an excerpt from the book Bright Green Lies, P. 1-7 By LIERRE KEITH “Once our authoritarian technics consolidates its powers, with the aid of its new forms of mass control, its panoply of tranquilizers and sedatives and aphrodisiacs, could democracy in any form survive? That question is absurd: Life itself will not survive, … Continue reading The Problem →
Featured, Biodiversity & Habitat Destruction, Mining & Drilling, Toxification, Direct Action, Indigenous Autonomy, Property & Material Destruction, Repression at Home

Indigenous Environmental Defenders Shut Down Peruvian Crude Oil Pipeline

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This article originally appeared in Common Dreams. By JULIA CONLEY “Not a single drop of oil is going to come out of the Amazon until the government takes care of us,” said campaigners. Demanding stronger social and environmental support in northern Peru’s Loreto region, about 200 Indigenous protesters on Wednesday announced a strike two days … Continue reading Indigenous Environmental Defenders Shut Down Peruvian Crude Oil Pipeline →
Featured, Biodiversity & Habitat Destruction, Mining & Drilling, Toxification

‘Antithetical to science’: When deep-sea research meets mining interests

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This article originally appeared in Mongabay. Editor’s note: We know less about the bottom of the sea than we know about outer space. We really require no scientific evidence to know that mining is bad for the environment wherever it occures. It should not be done on land, under the sea or on other planets. … Continue reading ‘Antithetical to science’: When deep-sea research meets mining interests →