It’s March 3rd!
You know what that means? That means that all the fines I accrued from participating in a direct action last June are due to the West Virginia magistrate… and then I’m free! I feel like this is a good time to reflect on that action, as it was a pretty amazing one.
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This morning in Pettus, West Virginia, three activists entered Marfork Coal Company’s office to deliver a citizen’s arrest warrant to Christopher Blanchard, the company’s president and Don Blankenship, the CEO of Massey Energy. Marfork Coal Company is a subsidiary of Massey Energy – the coal company responsible for blowing up dozens of mountaintops throughout [...]

I absolutely had to post this video. Susan and Eriel Deranger two women from Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation speak their stories of Tar Sands destruction and speak out against one of the largest industrial projects the world has ever seen. This video speaks for itself, there is only one option we must SHUT DOWN THE [...]

As the climate negotiations in Copenhagen are on the verge of collapse, yesterday hundreds of people staged a walk out of the Bella Center to join the thousands who were denied entry in the effort to transform the closed-door negotiations into a People’s Assembly. Check out Democracy Now’s coverage featuring our own Joshua Kahn Russell.

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