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GE Cotton Kills Sheep and Goats in India
Genetically engineered cotton in India was found to produce an almost immediate illness to the grazing animals that ate it, resulting in the deaths of some. Could this be the same type of GE cotton that is growing in the Central Valley of California around Fresno, Merced and Los Banos?...
Posted: Fri, Jun 9, 2006 5:54pm PDT
Former Member Under House Arrest on Charges of “Eco-Terrorism”
This article was printed in the May 25, 2006 issue of the Linewaiters’ Gazette of the Park Slope Food Coop. See the website of the largest food coop in the nation at http://www.foodcoop.com...
Posted: Thu, Jun 8, 2006 1:35am PDT
Statement in Solidarity with the "Weekend of Resistance Against the Green Scare"
Sisters, brothers, comrades: do not let this government succeed in throwing environmental activists into prisons. Do not let them instill fear in other activists to the extent that they are no longer effective in their opposition to these insane policies. Do not allow the US government to terrorize anyone who might stand up for humanity, for the environment, for the working class....
Posted: Thu, Jun 8, 2006 1:23am PDT
Roadless Red Alert!
Imminent Logging Threatens Oregon’s Largest Roadless Area
Breaking news: The Bush administration is planning to auction the controversial Mike’s Gulch roadless logging project this Friday, June 9th. Logging could begin within days after the auction.
The Mike’s Gulch timber sale would saw into the largest roadless forest in Oregon: the 105,000-acre South Kalmiopsis Roadless Area. In addition to harming the South Kalmiopsis, Mike’s Gulch would set a dangerous national precedent by logging...
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 10:30am PDT
Worlds apart: from Washington to the Nevada Test Site gates
Behind the Western Shoshone flag, protesters move down
the road towards the Nevada Test Site gate, May 28, 2006...
Posted: Fri, Jun 2, 2006 6:34pm PDT
Environmental Activists Denied Bail in “Green Scare” Case
Release was denied at a detention hearing held in federal court in Eugene Thursday, June 1 before Judge Thomas Coffin in the case of individuals associated with what is being called the "Green Scare" round up of environmentalists in several states....
Posted: Fri, Jun 2, 2006 6:09pm PDT
International Weekend of Resistance Against The Green Scare
A total of 30 events are planned worldwide for the
International Weekend of Resistance Against the Green Scare
June 9 - 11, 2006...
Posted: Thu, Jun 1, 2006 8:45am PDT
FRSC: Interview with John Quigley at the South Central Farm in LA (audio/mpeg 10.1MB)
John Quigley is one of several people working to protect the South Central Farm in Los Angeles by occupying a large old walnut tree in the farm. On Wednesday night, May 31st, John was the guest of Ms M. on her Free Radio Santa Cruz show, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Listen to the interview for background information on the South Central Farm and the latest news in the struggle to save the farm. (22:05 minutes / 10.2 MB)...
Posted: Thu, Jun 1, 2006 1:34am PDT
South Central Farmers Launch Blog
The farmers, with the help of numerous activists, have launched a blog that will be giving up to the hour updates around the action at 41st and Alameda, LA's largest community urban garden. Take a peak......
Posted: Wed, May 31, 2006 7:48pm PDT
Canada-US softwood lumber pact paves way for greater co-operation between Harper and Bush
Canada’s minority Conservative government and the Bush administration reached a tentative agreement on April 27 under which Washington will end duties on Canadian softwood lumber exports to the United States....
Posted: Tue, May 30, 2006 8:34am PDT
Update from the Field - BFC May 25, '06
After the DOL's aggressive hazing operations throughout May, Montana's landscape has been haunted. It seemed nothing was left of the buffalo but the sign they had been there, and our memory of their powerful, gentle presence. But the woods around here get pretty thick and buffalo are very good at making themselves invisible when they need to....
Posted: Thu, May 25, 2006 1:58pm PDT
Divine Strake
Divine Strake
By Xiuhcoatl
Divine Strake is the government’s latest venture into the realm of broken treaties, state-sponsored terror and the desecration of Mother Earth - a “bunker-busting” bomb that will be detonated this June in the Nevada desert. The Shundahai Network, founded by Shoshone Elder Corbin Harney, says “this test could be a precursor” to a nuclear strike against Iran, “with massive civilian casualties.”...
Posted: Thu, May 25, 2006 5:52am PDT
About the South Central Farm in Los Angeles
Synopsis of the history of the 14-acre urban garden located at 41st and Alameda Streets
Since 1992, the 14 acres of property located at 41st and Alameda Streets in Los Angeles have been used as a community garden or farm. The land has been divided into 360 plots and is believed to be one of the largest urban gardens in the country.
The City of Los Angeles acquired the 14-acre property by eminent domain in the late 1980s, taking it from nine private landowners. The largest of these o...
Posted: Wed, May 24, 2006 4:07pm PDT
***South Central Farm Alert ***
The largest community garden in the United states needs your immediate help....
Posted: Wed, May 24, 2006 1:54pm PDT
Greenpeace report reveals French dairy cattle given water contaminated by leaking nuclear
Greenpeace report reveals French dairy cattle given water contaminated by leaking nuclear dumpsite...
Posted: Wed, May 24, 2006 7:53am PDT
Couple of Phone Calls Can Help Save National Forests
The U.S. House of Representatives has just passed a very bad bill--the Walden Logging Bill, HR 4200--that would promote faster logging in disturbed forests....
Posted: Wed, May 24, 2006 1:13am PDT
Don't Blow Ancient Forests on Kleenex
http://www.forestfriendly500.org...
Posted: Tue, May 23, 2006 12:56pm PDT
LA's South Central Farm's Call for Action
LA's South Central Farm is asking for people to come to the 14 acre community garden (41st/Alameda) AS SOON AS POSSIBLE....
Posted: Tue, May 23, 2006 12:16pm PDT
Post Carbon Community Forming
Announcement of a new community whose goal is to learn to live in a world without cheap and plentiful energy sources....
Posted: Mon, May 22, 2006 11:11am PDT
Buffalo Field Campaign - Update from the Field - 05/18/06
In this issue:
* Update from the Field--DOL Helicopter Disrupts Spring
* Thank You for Celebrating Wild Buffalo Mothers!
* Tatanka 2006: Built to Spill Benefit Concert for the Buffalo!
* Warning: APHIS Wants More Control Over Yellowstone Area Wildlife
* Last Words...
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 1:40pm PDT