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Operation Backfire Backfires on FBI
Like the cleansing waters of Hurricane Katrina, the FBI’s attack on the environmental movement has done more for creating community and organizing resistance to government oppression than we were seemingly capable of doing ourselves. At first, everyone was hunkering down or running for cover, moving on or going on hasty, long-term vacations. You did not know who to talk to or who to trust. Except for the peaceniks, the once-radical streets of Eugene were strangely quiet. The bars are full tho...
Posted: Wed, May 10, 2006 10:08am PDT
Africa: The New Frontier for Imperial Oil
In his State of the Union address, George Dubya said that the U.S. is “addicted to oil.” What he didn’t say was that post-WWII oil policy – which has been a central plank of U.S. foreign policy since President Roosevelt met King Saud of Saudi Arabia and cobbled together their ‘special relationship’ in 1945 – is in shambles. The pillars of this policy – Iran, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf oil states, and Venezuela – are hardly models of U.S. spheres of influence. With surplus capacity in the...
Posted: Sat, May 6, 2006 5:11pm PDT
Greenpeace Blockades Kimberly-Clark Corp.
Greenpeace has been turning up the heat on Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a major donor to Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, author of the racist HR4437 that has provoked an outcry throughout North America. Besides supporting racist legislators, they are also clear-cutting ancient forests in order to make their Kleenex, Huggies and Scott brand products and refuse to used recycled paper. In classic Greenpeace style, they blockaded the company!...
Posted: Fri, May 5, 2006 5:54pm PDT
impact of toxic chemicals on reproductive health
avoid exposure...
Posted: Tue, May 2, 2006 2:42pm PDT
bcaction.org Breast Cancer Action
http://www.bcaction.org
http://www.thinkbeforeyoupink.org...
Posted: Wed, Apr 26, 2006 7:19pm PDT
Chernobyl
visit: http://www.kiddofspeed.com/default.htm
this is a haunting site about a motorcycle ride through present day Chernobyl...
Posted: Wed, Apr 26, 2006 6:44pm PDT
Chernobyl 20 Years Later: New Report Finds Death Toll From Nuclear Disaster ~100,000
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. A new report by Greenpeace claims the consequences of the disaster could top one million cancer cases, nearly 100,000 of them fatal, far higher than previous estimates....
Posted: Wed, Apr 26, 2006 7:57am PDT
Come Defend Baby Buffalo!
Call to Action-Almost 1,000 Buffalo Slaughtered This Year...
Posted: Mon, Apr 24, 2006 3:03pm PDT
Earth Day sounds alarm on climate catastrophe
As Earth Day 2006 approaches, Barry Heimlich is worried about global warming. He lives 4 miles from the Atlantic Ocean in South Florida’s Broward County. For the millions of Floridians living in “Hurricane Alley,” increasingly severe tropical storms and rising sea levels fueled by global warming pose a real and present danger as well as a long-term threat....
Posted: Fri, Apr 21, 2006 6:54am PDT
Pennsylvania Governor Signs Ecoterrorism Bill into Law
Press Release Source: Pennsylvania Office of the Governor...
Posted: Fri, Apr 14, 2006 6:35pm PDT
Preventing Attacks by Animal Rights Extremists & Eco-Terrorists: Fundamentals of Corporate Security
Homeland Security bulletin re: "Animal Rights Extremists"...
Posted: Fri, Apr 14, 2006 12:46pm PDT
Jeff Free Luers writes about State Repression - April 2006
By now everyone knows about the arrests and indictments handed down to 11 people charged with ELF actions. The SHAC 7 have been convicted on all counts for maintaining a website. Rod Coronado has been arrested for explaining how he committed his arsons. Activists have been arrested in Sacramento charged with thought crime. Not to mention the various Grand Jury investigations around the country....
Posted: Wed, Apr 12, 2006 1:05pm PDT
Documentary and Weekend of Resistance Updates
Friends,
We have just a few things we want to bring to everyone's attention. See below for more details.
1. The documentary '22/8: The Jeffrey Free Luers Story' is now available on DVD.
2. A general event flyer is now available for the International Weekend of Resistance Against the Green Scare (June 9-11, 2006). More flyers should be available soon, including a generic flyer with blank space to include the details of your event.
3. There are reports of Weekend of Resistance eve...
Posted: Wed, Apr 12, 2006 1:01pm PDT
Endangered Species in a Can? The Disappearence of Big Fish
It's common knowledge that we are running out of oil. What's not so well known is that we are also running out of big fish....
Posted: Tue, Apr 11, 2006 5:59pm PDT
Buffalo - Update from the Field - 04/06/06
Yesterday, along Yellowstone's western boundary, eighteen buffalo
were hazed back into the Park by agents from the Department of
Livestock (DOL), National Park Service (NPS), Montana Fish, Wildlife
& Parks (FWP), and a Gallatin County sheriff. A pregnant mom and
two babies were hazed down the asphalt of highway 287....
Posted: Thu, Apr 6, 2006 1:36pm PDT
GE Trees Sway Under International Scrutiny
Late last night in Curitiba, Brazil, the Convention on Biological
Diversity's Eighth Conference of the Parties (COP-8) passed a formal
declaration recognizing the threats posed by genetically engineered
trees and urging countries to take a precautionary approach to the
technology....
Posted: Mon, Apr 3, 2006 1:35pm PDT
Rainforest Action Network supports Chase-Manhattan , Citigroup and Bank of America
After " boycotting " these banks, RAN signs "environmental responsibility" agreements with them and thereby "certifies" them as guilt free for the consumer....
Posted: Sun, Apr 2, 2006 10:06pm PDT
Saturday is Fossil Fools Day!
globalexchange.org
energyaction.net
jumpstartford.com...
Posted: Fri, Mar 31, 2006 12:00pm PST
Jeff "Free" Luers Prison Dispatch, March 2006
Earlier this month, the Earth Liberation Front struck in Salem, Oregon. I doubt many people outside of Oregon heard about this action. However, in Oregon it was a hot news topic for days.
What kind of daring action could garner such media attention? The words "Stop building ant farms, ELF" spray-painted on a new housing development.
The first headlines were "Eco-terrorists strike again". Then the speculations came. Was this an act of hardened terrorists or was it a p...
Posted: Fri, Mar 31, 2006 12:10am PST