A huge march of over 20,000 people including local farmers last weekend marked the biggest protest yet against a new international airport in France's Loire Valley. The peaceful occupation of a bridge was later attacked by riot police with tear gas and water cannon.
… France: 20,000 protest Loire Valley airport Squat!net | 12th January 2016 News Protest France Climate Change Aviation … local farmers last weekend marked the biggest protest yet against a new international …
The increasingly militant protests by dairy farmers against low prices forced on them by the corporate 'free market' represent serious and effective resistance against the 'free trade' agenda being forced on the world by neoliberal governments, writes David Miller. They are the first steps to building a new global food system that respects food, people, culture and environment.
… system David Miller | 17th February 2016 News Protest Farming Food Trade EU Canada USA Labour Corporations Law Politics dairy-protest-cut.jpg The increasingly militant protests by dairy farmers against low prices …
In becoming the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature winner, Bob Dylan is in esteemed company; many previous recipients have also been voices for social protest and change, all of whom have borne witness to their life and times writes HARRIET GRIFFEY
… Music Environment Bob Dylan Nobel Prize Protest Acitvism bob dylan.jpg In becoming the … recipients have also been voices for social protest and change, all of whom have borne … from a folk tradition that was also based in protest. Two singer songwriters that provided …
With the 5th International Degrowth Conference taking place next week Spanish Ecologists Professor Joan Martinez Alier and Federico Demaria - both working at the Environmental Science and Technology Institute (ICTA) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) - explain why we need a 'less is more' alternative economic model and how the burgeoning Global Environmental Justice movement is a key concept in achieving the only goal that will halt Climate Change.
… News Environmental Justice Climate Change Protest Global Movement For Environmental … and suffer from pollution and decide to protest. Each EJAtlas conflict case has about … are many injustices and many environmental protests. You can present these facts to …
Knitting Nannas Against Gas (KNAG), an anti-fracking group held their national gathering in the heart of Australia's Coal Seam Gas (CSG) industry where the ‘Nannas' workshopped ways of evading arrest, media strategies, avoiding defaming energy companies, lawful protest, successful campaigns, protest songs and nanna naps. MAXINE NEWLANDS joined them for the gathering
… avoiding defaming energy companies, lawful protest, successful campaigns, protest songs and nanna naps. MAXINE NEWLANDS … fracking sites and use knitting as a form of protest. Black and yellow are their trademark …
Since December 2011, when it became clear that the government was intent on its badger cull, Defra and Natural England have been flooded with FOI requests about how the culls would be set up, conducted and monitored. The notable success of Anna Dale in cutting through official obfuscation has implications for everyone trying to protect the environment and wildlife.
… Badger cull: protestors' legal right to information upheld … | 1st April 2016 Activism Law Badgers UK FOI Protest Natural World badger-demo-cut.jpg … concerning their environment, and informed protest if they disagree with those decisions. …
Campaigners are celebrating after defeating plans to build America’s largest open pit coal mine, writes Nick Engelfriend. In an epic 'David and Goliath' battle, Montana activists challenged the project, and all the politicians and businessmen that supported it, with fierce opposition, protests and demonstrations. The outcome spells hope for all in the fight against dirty energy.
… that supported it, with fierce opposition, protests and demonstrations. The outcome … themselves to Land Board members' desks. The protest drew attention to what was at stake. … coal trains. Blue Skies' first action was a protest outside a Wells Fargo, at the time a …
Protesters have now blocked a Monsanto seed factory in Córdoba, Argentina for over two years, writes Ciara Low. Another eviction attempt is now imminent, and campaigners are calling for a big mobilization this Sunday to fortify the blockade and send out a strong message to Monsanto and its acolytes: 'No Pasaran!' - 'They shall not pass!'
… Argentina GMOs Seeds Farming Corporations Protest Law bloqueo-no-se-toca-cut.jpg Protesters have now blocked a Monsanto seed … site in January of last year. Recently the protesters received an eviction notice, …
The latest blockbuster exhibition from the V&A celebrates the music of its time and those who are forever linked to it, and one of the key outcomes of this counter-culture revolution was the very first Earth Day on April 22nd 1970.
… all linked by music. Much of it the music of protest, an integral part of the exhibition, and there was a lot to protest about. At the start of the 1960s there … remind you so specifically of the spirit of protest that lay at the heart of the cultural …
Those who value public lands - for economic, environmental, recreational and aesthetic values - owe a debt of gratitude to Harney County, Oregon, writes Peter Walker. A violent branch of the Sagebrush Rebellion came to town, and the community told it to go away: the decisive factor in the occupiers' defeat. But the greater war for America's public lands has only just begun.
… 2016 News USA Politics The Land Commons Protest gun-cut.jpg Those who value public … members marched in Harney County, Oregon , to protest the resentencing for arson of local … land in the future. The spark Among the protesters in Harney County that early January …
The Drax power station in North Yorkshire is among Britain's greatest greenhouse gas emitters, writes Almuth Ernsting. Not only is it burning some 6 million tonnes of coal every year, it is also burning its way through forests in the USA and other countries as it converts to biomass-fired units, rewarded by £1.3 million a day in subsidies. Join the #AxeDrax protest this weekend!
… million a day in subsidies. Join the #AxeDrax protest this weekend! On 22nd October, … bioenergy, and for climate justice will be protesting outside the UK's biggest power … of discussions, workshops and - above all - protests against the country's single biggest …
A Lancashire grandmother is to appear in a Preston court tomorrow to defend a £55,000 claim pressed by fracking company Cuadrilla and its CEO Francis Egan for the costs of an eviction that never even took place, writes Oliver Tickell. Now a campaign calling on Cuadrilla to drop its unjust and oppressive legal action is gaining momentum - and its Egan who's on the defensive.
… | 8th December 2016 Activism Fracking Law Protest Climate Change Corporations tina.png A … for such a sustained period towards a single protestor on the matter of costs as in this … landowner and the public were made aware, the protesters were always going to leave on …
Communities on Jeju, South Korea's 'island of peace', are resisting a second airport that's threatening the island's farming, nature, culture and way of life, writes Rose Bridger. Linked mega-projects include an 'Air City' of shopping malls, hotels and offices, plus high-speed transport corridors, luxury resorts, casinos, theme parks and golf courses - all catering to wealthy outsiders.
… 2016 News Korea Transport Tourism Aviation Protest The Land Politics … series of demonstrations against the airport. Protests drew on shamanic traditions, … affected villages in January. Red and yellow protest flags emblazoned with slogans such as …
Campaigners fighting a development for an 18-hole golf course on a pristine part of the Moray Firth are planning to launch a legal challenge against the plans with £10,000 they have sourced through crowdfunding. LAURA BRIGGS reports
… | 3rd October 2016 News State Of Nature Protest Golf Coursem SSSI Protection … Conservation Marine Conservation gold course protest.jpg Campaigners fighting a development … golfing tourists to the area each year. And protesters argue that the 333-hectare Coul …
The pristine landscape of South Africa's Wild Coast is under threat from mining, writes Hal Rhoades, and the communities standing up to defend the land are facing deadly consequences: harassment, threats, physical assault and murder. Attacks on mine opponents have taken four lives so far and many others have been injured. But the opposition is growing and gaining international support.
… Mining South Africa Africa Indigenous Peoples Protest Finance Corporations xolobeni1-cut.jpg … Xolobeni. Local people have also taken their protests to government level, stating in no … you cannot have development without blood." Protests, petitions and British billionaires …
Mexico's tourist resort of Cancún has just lost one of its greatest natural riches, writes Miguel Rivas: 57 hectares of species rich mangrove forest, bulldozed in a massive overnight attack by property developers in league with local officials. But people power can still win the battle and see the Tajamar mangroves restored.
… Mexico Oceans Forests Development Tourism Law Protest … and economic value - the heart of community protests. Mangroves are a part of the natural … Power of community activism When the local protesters in Cancún first heard the mangroves …
Stop Killing Cyclists are staging a protest in London on 27th April to demand an end to the UK's intolerable air pollution, writes Donnachadh McCarthy. With an estimated 40,000 people dying every year from filthy air, much of it caused by diesel cars, all are welcome to join in, denounce the government's 'polluters' friend' policies, and insist on swift action to stop the needless deaths.
… Stop Killing Cyclists are staging a protest in London on 27th April to demand an … pedestrians, and yes, even drivers! The protesters are asking everyone to join us … drivers and cyclists, all are welcome at the protest whether from London or across the …
Since Poland's new government was elected last October it has moved to protect the country's 1.3 million small farmers, writes Julian Rose. First it freed those arrested for protesting corporate land grabs, now it is seeking to lighten oppressive hygiene regulations, and next it may support a new Food Act that would ban GMOs, and legislate for national food security and food sovereignty.
… Rose. First it freed those arrested for protesting corporate land grabs, now it is … walks of life. Farmers arrested for land grab protest freed without charge For those who … followed the story of the farmers arrested protesting land grabs, particularly in North …
It is becoming ever more apparent that if the proposed new Rampal coal plant is a ‘dream project' for India, then as currently conceived it stands to become a nightmare for Bangladesh warns GREIG AITKEN
… | 11th August 2016 News rampal_dhaka protest_2.jpg It is becoming ever more … . Local media reported the arrest of six protestors and the hospitalisation of 16 other … force" by the police against a "peaceful protest march", and issued a statement of …
Amidst the turmoil of the presidential impeachment, writes Jan Rocha, right wing members of Brazil's Congress are set to pass new laws that would build new roads across the Amazon, open up indigenous reserves to industrial exploitation, and create a surge in carbon emissions from burning forests.
… protection agencies. A chorus of protest - but who's listening? Environment … both governmental and non-governmental, have protested strongly at the bill's implications. …
An occupation of EDF's site office for Hinkley C turned into a celebration today as the EDF Board postponed its 'final investment decision' for the tenth time. With strong opposition among French unions and the project afflicted by severe technical and financial problems, it's not just Hinkley that's going down, but the UK's entire nuclear programme.
… UK France China Finance Technology Energy Protest edf-occupied-cut.jpg An occupation of … EDF's 0ffice in Cannington this morning in a protest against the proposed Hinkley C nuclear … has a role to play is a red herring." The protest is part of the Groundswell year of …
As Cuadrilla's application to frack in Lancashire goes to public inquiry today, protestors from Greenpeace have installed a full-size 'fracking rig' in Parliament Square, London, complete with flare and deafening sound effects, to let MP's know just how great it is to have a fracking well on your doorstep.
… Square The Ecologist | 9th February 2016 News Protest Fracking UK Politics Fossil Fuels … in Lancashire goes to public inquiry today, protestors from Greenpeace have installed a … 'localism'? Oh yes, you invented it ... The protest and polling results coincide with the …
With the 'Heathrow 13' protestors expecting custodial sentences today for their occupation of a Heathrow runway last July, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell MP writes that their direct action followed years of official lies and broken promises, and forms part of a long tradition of direct action protests in defence of democracy.
… Comment Transport Aviation Pollution Politics Protest UK existence-cut.jpg With the 'Heathrow 13' protestors expecting custodial sentences today … part of a long tradition of direct action protests in defence of democracy. I have lived …
Earlier this year, 13 climate activists were sentenced for aggravated trespass after blocking a runway at London’s Heathrow airport. For Kara Moses, the protest was part of her Buddhist practice of loving kindness to life and planet.
… my beliefs Kara Moses | 6th May 2016 Other Protest Climate Change Law Religion UK … Heathrow airport. For Kara Moses, the protest was part of her Buddhist practice of … change that discourse. In 2009, amidst mass protest and public pressure, David Cameron …