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March 2008: Prison Dispatch from Jeffrey Free Luers What a long and strange journey this past year has been. I have been riding highs and lows as I have been struggling to regain my freedom and find a balance between my desires for this movement and my own personal happiness....
Posted: Mon, Mar 17, 2008 8:52pm PDT
BCA E-Alert March 2008 Hello! It's time for another installment of Breast Cancer Action's monthly e-alert--a collection of news, notices, and action alerts for people concerned about the breast cancer epidemic....
Posted: Mon, Mar 17, 2008 3:59pm PDT
Hold the Bush administration accountable - no more nukes! We need to Implement the directives of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and to end the Bush Doctrine of refurbishing our nuclear arsenal to support plans for wars of aggression around the world....
Posted: Mon, Mar 17, 2008 6:02am PDT
Starhawk deported from Israel I'm reprinting a slightly modified version of an article that originally appeared on the Middle East Indymedia sight about Starhawk being deported from Israel....
Posted: Sun, Mar 16, 2008 1:39pm PDT
Irish women tunnels in to stop Construction of M3 Motorway near Hill of Tara An Irish Woman, Lisa Feeney, has sealed herself into a tunnel under a hill upon which the Rath Lugh National Monument is positioned to stop construction of the M3 Motorway near the Hill of Tara. 100 protesters have now joined the protest at Rath Lugh....
Posted: Sat, Mar 15, 2008 4:19pm PDT
Defending the Wild 
To defend the wild is no small thing, because it is the Earth that is being defended. The Earth is wild and that is more important than we are. When groups like Sea Shepherd or EarthFirst! defend the wild, they are condemned as ‘violent’ and ‘extreme’, but they are working to continue the wild, the life that exists independently of us. The wild Earth that does not need us, does not know us, but is threatened by us. The wild Earth needs no defence but it needs more defenders....
Posted: Sat, Mar 15, 2008 8:37am PDT
COMUNICADO - NO A LAS REPRESAS Hoy, 14 de marzo, Día Internacional contra Represas, manifestamos públicamente nuestra resistencia ante los proyectos hidroeléctricos impulsados por el gobierno y la iniciativa privada. Estas represas solo benefician económicamente a un reducido grupo de empresas nacionales y transnacionales, mientras nuestro país y nuestros pueblos se ven gravemente afectados por el desplazamiento y desarraigo, las inundaciones de nuestras comunidades y tierras, así como los daños ecológicos irreparables....
Posted: Fri, Mar 14, 2008 6:22pm PDT
Building works at Irish National Monument near Tara Hill Halted by Protestors From the Tara Foundation:
These are two statements released by the Save Tara Campaign on behalf of the Rath Lugh Direct Action Camp outlining the emergency situation at the Rath Lugh National Monument near the Hill of Tara:...
Posted: Wed, Mar 12, 2008 6:24am PDT
Sea Shepherd Retires from Chase as Whale Season Draws to a Close 
There are less than 10 days left in the Japanese whaling season, and Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s ship, the Steve Irwin, has reached the limit of its fuel reserves and is heading back to Port knowing they have hindered the whaling slaughter to perhaps half the anticipated quota....
Posted: Mon, Mar 10, 2008 11:07pm PDT
Sea Shepherd rebuked by IWC as Rumours emerge of Compromise on Whaling 
Reports from the International Whaling Commission 3 day intercessional meeting in London say that commercial whaling may be allowed but the scientific loophole which has allowed Japan to whale in the Antarctic may be closed. This would allow Japan to whale commercially in the north Pacific regulated by the IWC. The meeting also rebuked Sea Shepherd over "Safety at Sea"....
Posted: Sun, Mar 9, 2008 8:35am PDT
Whales, Japanese Lies, and Videotapes Japan has consistently lied throughout its entire history of whaling....
Posted: Sun, Mar 9, 2008 8:24am PDT
Sea Shepherd Crew Head South In Search Of Harpoon Ships March 8 - Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s ship, the Steve Irwin, has broken off its pursuit of the Nisshin Maru to focus on the harpoon vessels to the south....
Posted: Sat, Mar 8, 2008 3:01pm PST
JAPANESE OPEN FIRE ON SEA SHEPHERD CREW: THREE INJURED 
Captain Paul Watson Shot in Chest; Cameraman and Crewmember Injured by Flash Grenades...
Posted: Fri, Mar 7, 2008 8:48am PST
Japanese Coast Guard shoots Paul Watson, injures Sea Shepherd crew 
* Three activists injured in attack by Japanese Coast Guard * More Butyric Acid (rotten butter) thrown onto whaling factory ship Nisshin Maru * Japanese Coast Guard respond with flash grenades and Captain Paul Watson shot in chest * Japanese Foreign Ministry and Director of ICR denies any shots fired * Australian embassy advised "warning shots" fired...
Posted: Fri, Mar 7, 2008 6:07am PST
Video: Japanese Coast Guard attack, injure Sea Shepherd crew (video/x-ms-wmv 3.5MB) 7 March 2008 – Japanese coast guard officers throw flash grenades at the Steve Irwin; Paul Watson is hit by a bullet in the chest. Two other Sea Shepherd crew injured by Flash grenades....
Posted: Fri, Mar 7, 2008 5:29am PST
A New WOLA Report on the Failure of Anti-Drug Fumigation in Colombia Thursday, March 6, 2008 : Intensive aerial herbicide spraying of coca crops in Colombia has backfired badly, contributing to the spread of coca cultivation and cocaine production to new areas of the country and threatening human health and the environment, a report released today by the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) shows....
Posted: Thu, Mar 6, 2008 7:48am PST
Paul Watson: Illegal Japanese Whaling by the Numbers Thursday, March 6, 2008 :The Japanese whaling program began on December 15. Japan was able to hunt and kill whales from December 15 until January 8, for a total of 23 days. They resumed whaling operations on February 2 until February 23 for an additional 21 days, making a total of 44 whaling days, or 6 weeks and 2 days....
Posted: Thu, Mar 6, 2008 7:47am PST
The Great Southern Ocean Whaling Ship Chase - Day Twelve Westward, then Eastward then Westward and then Eastward Again
Whales everywhere and not one to kill.
Whalers run like frightened school girl.
- Sea Shepherd...
Posted: Wed, Mar 5, 2008 10:57pm PST
Peace Talks: Gray Wolves Removed from Endangered Species List, Defenders Of Wildlife Responds (audio/mpeg 9.0MB) George Cadman of Free Radio Santa Cruz 101.1 FM interviews Mike Leahy, Rocky Mountain Region Director for Defenders Of Wildlife about the Bush administration's recent decision to remove the northern Rockies gray wolf from the list of species protected under the Endangered Species Act. The decision could result in an 80% reduction in the gray wolf population of the region, possibly bringing their numbers as low as 300 wolves. Eleven conservation groups have vowed to fight the decision to remov...
Posted: Tue, Mar 4, 2008 6:48pm PST
AUDIO: Building Bridges: Plan Mexico Is Planned Repression (audio/mpeg 25.6MB) President Bush announced a $500 million/year security cooperation plan with Mexico, the Merida Initiative or Plan Mexico. This is increasingly being used to militarize the Mexican state to counter grassroots organizing and protest.
Audio: 28:00...
Posted: Tue, Mar 4, 2008 2:19am PST
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