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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
OutKry launches "Rock The Tox!" Concert - No Toxic Waste In The Mallee, Australia 
OutKry launches "Rock The Tox!" Concert - against the creation of a Toxic Waste Dump in the environmentally sensitiive region of the Mallee, Australia...
Posted: Sun, Jul 9, 2006 9:19am PDT
BCA E-Alert July 2006 1. NEW AT BCA: June/July Newsletter Now Online
2. IN THE NEWS: Deficit Reduction Act Threatens Access to Medicaid; Cadmium Linked
to Breast Cancer
3. TAKE ACTION: Ask Wal-Mart to Declare Independence from PVC; Tell OPI to Nix the
Nasty Nail Polish; Send us Pink Ribbon Promotions
4. SAVE THE DATE: San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, December 14-17, San Antonio, TX
5. FAQ OF THE MONTH: Is chemotherapy appropriate for women with DCIS?...
Posted: Thu, Jul 6, 2006 5:39pm PDT
South Central Farmers International Solidarity Days (July 7-10) 
CALL TO ACTION
Support the South Central Farmers!
Save the South Central Farm & Support Small Farms Worldwide!
South Central Farm International Solidarity Days
July 7-10
“You are never strong enough that you don't need help.”
- Cesar Chavez...
Posted: Wed, Jul 5, 2006 8:20pm PDT
Peak Oil and Politics Among the many shouts of warning from environmentalists about global catastrophes, ‘Peak Oil’ stands out as the newest and most imminent. The issue has gained special acceptance from different sections of the left, who have chosen it as their primary concern – aside from of course, defeating Bush. Peak Oil and other environmental issues, such as global warming, have created important political questions that need to be addressed; the following is an attempt to analyze the different politica...
Posted: Wed, Jul 5, 2006 12:09pm PDT
The Non-GMO Project Announces Free Membership Drive! 
The Non-GMO Project, a collaboration of natural foods retailers nationwide who want natural food & supplement companies to undergo 3rd-party Non-GMO verification, has announced that membership in The Non-GMO Project is free and very much wanted! The stores and their customers will be the first to get the information generated from these Non-GMO Compliance Reviews....
Posted: Thu, Jun 29, 2006 4:41pm PDT
US-led seismic surveys pose significant threat to BC's salmon and marine mammals This is damaging, as is LFAS; Low Frequency Active Sonar used by US Navy...
Posted: Tue, Jun 27, 2006 7:36pm PDT
Indynewswire: South Central Farm Update (audio/mpeg 11.6MB) Interview with Watsonville Brown Beret organizer, Jen, who has been taking part in the encampment outside the gate of the South Central Farm in LA. The 14 acre urban garden was forcibly evicted on June 13 after a long struggle to save the farm and buy back the land. Jen discusses some of the history of the South Central Farm, and updates us on the current situation. TRT- 12:39...
Posted: Tue, Jun 27, 2006 4:31pm PDT
Rainbow Children Detained in the name of Homeland Security!!!! right to assemble...
Posted: Tue, Jun 27, 2006 11:54am PDT
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