by Ruth Hayhurst / Drill or Drop Appeal court judges have quashed jail sentences against three men imprisoned for taking part in an anti fracking protest outside Cuadrilla’s shale gas site. After a hearing this morning, the judges said the sentences were “manifestly excessive.” The three men, who were appearing
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Prayer Lodges Built on Route of Enbridge Line 3
submitted by Anti Colonial Land Defense Early October 18th, a crew of Indigenous & non-Indigenous comrades under the direction of Ojibwe elders built more waganogans on the Line 3 pipeline route, somewhere in northern Minnesota. These are always intended as positive places to gather in prayer & feast, & positive
Grizzly Attacks Hunter in Mountains North of Yellowstone
by Matt Volz / Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A grizzly bear attacked an elk hunter who surprised the sow and her cub north of Yellowstone National Park, with the bear sinking her teeth into his arm and clawing his eye before another hunter drove her off, the victim
Energy Transfer Partners Security Sinks Two Boats Full of Water Protectors, Threatening Lives
submitted by L’eau Est La Vie Camp St. Martin Parish, LA (October 15th, 2018)- Early this morning, two boats carrying approximately 15 water protectors and media officials were legally observing a Bayou Bridge pipeline construction site, when an Energy Transfer Partners security boat passed by at an aggressive speed, intentionally
Communities Take Action Against Government Plans to Fast-Track Fracking
by Ruth Hayhurst / Drill or Drop Projected message onto government department in central London, 10 October 2018. Photo: Frack Off London Opponents of government proposals to change the planning rules for shale gas developments have been taking part in protest events across England this week. The Let Communities Decide
Community Victorious; Dominion Will Not Build Proposed Compressor Station
AMP Creeks Council and Community Members protest the site of a now-defeated compressor station in Accokeek, MD. Photo: Anne Meador, DC Media Group Submitted by Kelly Canavan/AMP Creeks Council The AMP Creeks Council and greater Southern Maryland Community are Celebrating a Victory in a two-year fight against Dominion Energy Cove
Rojava: Between City and Village, Between War and Ecology
by Resistance is Life/It’s Going Down The Rojava Revolution is an event deeply rooted in a specific place; a place that exists on a scale that’s both personal and dauntingly immense. Rojava, or western Kurdistan, is part of the fertile crescent, the region where humanity developed agriculture and the other
Stop Bayou Bridge Pipeline: Call to Disrupt and Protest Bank Recruitment Events
by Leau Est La Vie Camp Call from L’eau Est La Vie camp to protest banks who are invested in the Bayou Bridge pipeline that are also holding recruitment events in various public locations. In the next few months several of the banks that are financing the Bayou Bridge Pipeline
Anarchist Zines & Pamphlets Published in September 2018
From Sprout Distro: The following zines were published in the past month. We hope that this post is useful and that the increased visibility of these zines contributes to the spread of anarchist ideas. We have heard of folks printing off these zines and sending them to prisoners, using the
Hunter Suffers Minor Injuries in Utah Mountain Lion Attack
A mountain lion attacked two men in Kamas. (Photo: KUTV) by Associated Press/KOMONews KAMAS, Utah (AP) — Utah authorities say a bow hunter suffered minor chest and leg injuries when he was attacked by a mountain lion that stalked him and his father before and after the attack. Division of
Hurricane Michael Brings New Threat to Florida’s Victims: Toxic Red Tide
Damage from Hurricane Michael is seen in Mexico Beach, Florida. Photograph: AP by Richard Luscombe/The Guardian If destroyed homes, lost livelihoods and mass power outages were not enough to be dealing with, Florida’s victims of Hurricane Michael are facing another potential problem – the state’s toxic red tide. In the days
Fracking to Restart in UK After Last-Minute Legal Bid Fails
The Cuadrilla fracking site in Preston New Road, Lancashire. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA by Adam Vaughan/The Guardian The first fracking in the UK for seven years will start on Saturday, the shale gas company Cuadrilla has confirmed, after campaigners lost a last-minute legal challenge to block the operations. Lancashire resident Robert
Hambach Forest: Jazzy and Winter released from jail with requirements
source: ABC Rhineland Tuesday, October 2nd 2018, Jazzy and Winter were released after their court hearing. Both of them sat more than two weeks in pre-trial detention. Now the Düren district-court decided not to continue enforcing the restriction-order. Both of them are now free, and their identities still unknown to
Anarchist Zines & Pamphlets – August 2018
From Sprout Distro: Here’s our monthly round-up of anarchist zines and pamphlets published over the past month. If you have suggestions for titles to include next month, please get in touch. Previous months of these posts are available here. All previously featured zines are available on Archive.org. As usual, we
Anarchist Zines & Pamphlets Published in July 2018
From Sprout Distro: The following zines and pamphlets were published within the broad anarchist space during the month of July. We encourage you to print these zines out and read them away from a screen (maybe in the woods?). Use them to have discussions, as catalysts for new projects, as