...So think "resistance" with all your aching heart, a word that must become our promise to what is left of this planet. Gather the others: you already know them. The brave, smart, militant, and, most of all, serious, and together take aim. Do it carefully, but do it.
Then fire for all you're worth.
“Understand: the task of an activist is not to negotiate systems of power with as much personal integrity as possible ― it’s to dismantle those systems.”
Fri, Dec 06 2024
Release Jammu and Kashmir’s Environmental Defenders
by National Alliance of People’s Movements 13th Nov, 2024: More than 250 activists from different parts of India and diverse organizations signed on to a statement initiated by the National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), strongly condemning the [...]
Sun, Dec 01 2024
BASF, Eramet Drop $2.6b Indonesian Nickel Project
By Hans Nicholas Jong / Mongabay JAKARTA — German chemical giant BASF and French miner Eramet have pulled out of a multibillion-dollar “green energy” project in Indonesia because of its impact on one of the last Indigenous tribes on Earth living in [...]
Tue, Nov 26 2024
Green Colonialism In Western Sahara
Editor’s note: “Renewable” energy power plants continue the exploitation of the natural world and call their ecosystems “resources.” Robbing Africa’s Riches to Save the Climate (and Power AI) By Tommaso Marconi / FREEDOM While [...]
Thu, Nov 21 2024
Apache Stronghold Urges Supreme Court to Protect Oak Flat
U.S. Supreme Court to Review Apache Stronghold’s Case on Nov. 22, 2024 For Immediate Release: November 7, 2024 Media Contact: Ryan Colby | media@becketlaw.org | 202-349-7219 WASHINGTON – A coalition of Western Apaches, other Native peoples, and [...]
Sun, Nov 17 2024
Materials Used by Humans Weigh More than All Life on Earth
By Nick King and Aled Jones / THE CONVERSATION The extent of humanity’s influence on the planet has become increasingly clear in recent years. From the alarming accumulation of plastic waste in our oceans to the sprawling growth of urban areas, the [...]
Fri, Nov 15 2024
Cement Factory Arson Linked to ‘Switch Off!’ Campaign
Mateo Sgambati Aug 9th / World, FREEDOM News Indigenous group opposing destructive mining in Maipo river sends greetings to anti-capitalist sabotage campaign The group “Insurrectional Cell for the Maipo: New Subversion” (Célula insurreccional [...]
Sun, Nov 10 2024
Alaska’s Arctic Rivers Turn Rusty Orange
By Liz Kimbrough / Mongabay Dozens of once-pristine rivers and streams in Alaska’s Brooks Range are turning an alarming shade of orange. The discoloration, according to a new study published in the journal Communications Earth and Environment, is likely [...]
Fri, Nov 08 2024
Methane Emissions Crisis Worse Than Ever Before
Editor’s notes: Methane(CH4) is the main component of natural gas. The word comes from the Greek methy “wine” + hylē “wood.” However, marketers came up with the term natural gas rather than methane gas to give it a clean, green [...]
Mon, Nov 04 2024
Largest Dam Removal Ever Driven by Tribes
By Liz Kimbrough / Mongabay KLAMATH, CALIFORNIA—Brook M. Thompson was just 7 years old when she witnessed an apocalypse. “A day after our world renewal ceremony, we saw all these fish lined up on the shores, just rotting in piles,” says Thompson, a [...]
Fri, Nov 01 2024
Human Supremacy Where You Might Least Expect It
By Elizabeth Robson / RadFemBiophilia’s Newsletter In general, the United Nations (UN) Biodiversity Conference gets far less press than the UN climate change conferences, but I’ve seen more news items for this year’s Biodiversity Conference [...]
