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South Central Farms 2005 Live Concert CD , Zack De La Rocha, Son De Madera, and more
Save The Farm (live concert compilation CD - NOVEMBER 2005) Zack De La Rocha, Son De Madera, Los Cojolites, Quetzal, and more.....
Posted: Tue, Jul 25, 2006 12:23am PDT
August 25th Katrina Anniversary Critical Mass
Hi there! I'm a critical mass rider (mostly Portland, OR) working with a group
called Rising Tide to organize a
continent-wide Katrina anniversary critical mass ride for the last Friday in August
(the 25th). This was the day
Hurricane Katrina reached hurricane strength....
Posted: Mon, Jul 24, 2006 10:07pm PDT
Counter the G8 + 5 Climate Summit! October 3-4 in Mexico City: CLIMATE JUSTICE NOW!
On Tuesday, October 3 in Mexico City, the Energy and Environment Ministers from the "Group of Eight" (G8) industrialized countries are scheduled to begin negotiating a climate change deal to succeed the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012. They will be joined by Energy and Environment Ministers from the five "emerging" countries of Brazil, India, China, South Africa and Mexico. All together, these "G8 + 5" countries represent 58% of the world's human population, 61% of oil consumption, 80% ...
Posted: Sun, Jul 23, 2006 8:39pm PDT
ALERT: EPA ACCEPTING COMMENTS ON PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN FOOD
I'm glad they don't have flouride in the title because at this point a lot of people just turn off to anything where people are saying that flouride is unhealthy because they associate that with a lot of other nutty stuff. If 7000 EPA employees are calling for limitations, you have to wonder....
Posted: Sat, Jul 22, 2006 10:33pm PDT
Rings Around Tara
A Protest Camp has been established at the Hill of Tara!!!
To Stop the M3 Motorway which will run beside the Hill.
International Support and Volunteers are needed!!!
Other Observation Camps can be established in the area....
Posted: Fri, Jul 21, 2006 3:10pm PDT
Leurs in Solitary Confinement
Jeff Luers is in solitary, write letters of support...
Posted: Thu, Jul 20, 2006 7:51pm PDT
Green Scare: The Lauren Regan Interview
Activist-Lawyer Lauren Regan is Jeff “Free” Luers lawyer. She is outspoken about what is happening to activists in the US and speaks to The Justice Barker for the Abolitionist on what is commonly called “The Green Scare” in the United States today....
Posted: Thu, Jul 20, 2006 3:54pm PDT
Rings Around Tara
A Protest Camp has Been Established at the Hill of Tara!!
To Stop the M3 Motorway which will run beside the Hill!!!
International Support and Volunteers are needed!!!
Other Camps can be established!!!...
Posted: Thu, Jul 20, 2006 3:10pm PDT
Bush administration sells off public forests to energy companies
Working with the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Bush administration is moving ahead with plans to sell public national forest land to big oil and gas companies, as well as private timber firms. The White House plans to sell over 300,000 acres of publicly owned land, generating $800 million....
Posted: Wed, Jul 19, 2006 10:25pm PDT
Who Will Be Hit Hardest by Climate Change?
Minority communities will be the first casualties of global warming, according to a new study. Julie Johnson is a writer for New America Media. NAM Central Valley correspondent Eduardo Stanley contributed to this report....
Posted: Wed, Jul 19, 2006 7:22pm PDT
Camp Weld, Huonville, Tasmania, Australia
Copy of Letter to Tasmanian Newspaper and two images of the forest camp - look for Huon Valley Environment Center on Google, etc....
Posted: Wed, Jul 19, 2006 3:48am PDT
PoP dEFECT RADIO: Green Scare Mix (audio/mpeg 34.2MB)
A musical collage mix from an edited speech of Lauren Regan
(A Private practice attorney in Eugene Oregon) on the Greenscare FBI roundups of enviromental activists through Inditments, Grand Juries and Incarcerations from a forum held on june 26 in New York City by the Natioanl Lawyers Guild, which is assisting in the defense of the green scare prisoners...
Posted: Tue, Jul 18, 2006 8:59am PDT
Race, Class and the Battle for South Central Farm
When the Los Angeles City Council sold the 14 acre plot called the South Central Farm to developer Ralph Horowitz, they sold land they didn't own....
Posted: Fri, Jul 14, 2006 6:47am PDT
Corn Rush -- 'Ethanol Fever' Needs a Reality Check
Political, corporate and media support of corn ethanol as an alternative fuel can't hide serious problems with this energy source, the writer says. New America Media contributor Christopher D. Cook is the author of "Diet for a Dead Planet: Big Business and the Coming Food Crisis" (New Press). He has written for Harper's, The Economist, The Christian Science Monitor and elsewhere....
Posted: Fri, Jul 14, 2006 6:29am PDT
Stop the commercial planting of genetically engineered plums
The US Department of Agriculture is accepting public comments between now and Monday, July 17, 2006 on a petition that would allow commercial growing and marketing of the first genetically engineered (GE) plum trees....
Posted: Wed, Jul 12, 2006 4:19pm PDT
Feral Visions Against Civilization gathering in SE Arizona, Aug. 4-13th
Feral Visions Against Civilization - Announcing the 4th Annual Green Anarchist Gathering! August 4th-13th, 2006 (full moon on the 9th), in the high elevation Sky Island Mountains of Southeastern Arizona....
Posted: Wed, Jul 12, 2006 2:27pm PDT
California Black Farmers and Agriculture Association weigh in on U.S. Ag Policy
California Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association supports proposed Congressional Legislation with the Pigford Claims Remedy Act and seeks official California Congressional Delegation support....
Posted: Wed, Jul 12, 2006 11:56am PDT
SCF: Horowitz Watchman Brutalizes Farm Supporter Days Before Hearing
developer's goons attack scf member from helping to retrieve the farmers personal belongings...
Posted: Wed, Jul 12, 2006 1:07am PDT
Tampons Are Trash!
If you are still using mainstream disposable menstrual pads or tampons, you might as well be drinking out of non-biodegradable styrofoam cups! Tampons and disposable menstrual products are unnecessary *trash* and if you are eco-conscious, you should quit using them today! In the zine “Let's Forget Everything We Learned About Being A Girl…Bloodsisters of the World…Unite and Take Over!” (which was made as part of the Belladonna DIY Fest '04), they say, “over 12 billion pads and 7 million tampon...
Posted: Tue, Jul 11, 2006 6:53pm PDT
Earth First! blockades virginia coal plant
Early this morning, activists with Earth First! and Rising Tide North America set up a non-violent blockade of American Electric Power's (AEP) nearly 50 year old Clinch River coal fired electric facility. Emitting millions of pounds of pollutants yearly, the Clinch River coal plant threatens the health and lives of thousands of downwind residents and the surrounding environment. Burning coal is not only a primary factor behind global climate change, but also drives the expansion of large scal...
Posted: Mon, Jul 10, 2006 11:18am PDT