Earth First! Newswire Contributor: EF! Journal Siskiyou Office
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Over 400 Protectors Block the Entrance to Proposed Concentration Camp at Ft. Sill in Lawton, O.K.
On July 20, over 400 protectors led by Indigenous peoples from across Turtle Island took escalated action by blocking the entrance to the Fort Sill military post in Lawton, O.K. shutting down the freeway for two hours.
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“If Not Now, When Will We Stand?”: Native Hawaiians Fight Construction of Telescope on Mauna Kea
A historic indigenous resistance is unfolding on the Big Island of Hawaii, where thousands have descended on Mauna Kea, a sacred Native site, to defend it from the construction of a $1.4 billion telescope.
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Dozens of People Block Construction At MVP Site Near Roanoke; Three Arrested at Tree Sits
Saturday morning just before 10:00 A.M., a group of 30-40 pipeline fighters walked onto a Mountain Valley Pipeline work site near Elliston, Virginia, blocking construction at the site.
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Day Six of TMT Protests Sees Largest Turnout Yet
It’s a totally different atmosphere from days past. Now, some feel more empowered than ever due to the amount of turnout at rallies across the state, and nation.
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Mattole Treesitter Arrested
Yesterday, tree sitter Erin Reed, known as “Pascal”, was caught on the ground by private security while trying to defend the Mattole forest on Rainbow Ridge.
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Cracks In the ICE: History, Abolition & the Path Ahead
In reality, people don’t need politicians to see the truth of what is going on, and it is horrific. Making things even more terrible, is the reality that concentration camps and mass deportations as a means of ethnic cleansing have long been a tool used by the US government and past example bare many similarities to what we see being carried out today.
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Cockatoo Filmed Tearing Down Anti-Bird Spikes at Shopping Centre
A cockatoo has been filmed tearing anti-nesting spikes from a shopping centre, freeing up the ledge for other birds in the Australian city of Katoomba.
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On Willem Van Spronsen’s Action against the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma
On July 13, Willem Van Spronsen was killed by police while apparently taking action to disable the fleet of buses that serve the Northwest Detention Center, a private immigration detainment facility. His final statement, reproduced below, conveys that he was acting in response to the continuous raids and deportations carried out by Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE).
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Protesters Again Target Utah’s Inland Port and Clash With Police: Eight Arrested
Opponents of the Utah inland port development denounced not only the project but also capitalism, colonialism, climate change and immigration laws in organized speeches before they crossed 400 South, temporarily blocking traffic, and swarmed into the Salt Lake Chamber offices.
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Protester Arrested Saturday After Blocking Mountain Valley Pipeline Work near Elliston, VA
Phillip laid his body in the easement and locked his body to an underground concrete blockade directly in the path of the pipeline. His action stopped MVP work at the site for 7 hours, preventing the company’s progression towards the nearby Yellow Finch tree sits.