Montes Claros Grito de Acción Para Justicia Climatologica
Alimento bajo el Cambio Climático- ¡La agricultura industrial está de salida!
Contra G8+5 en Mexico // Against the G8+5 in Mexico
¡Justicia Climatica Ya! Climate Justice Now!
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Reclaim the CommonsFox Government Arrests Indigenous Farmers in Chiapas for Planting Radishes and FlowersBy Al Giordano September 9, 2006 On Friday, Juan Jiménez, 33, and Pedro Jiménez Gómez, 18, armed with gardening rakes, walked out to work the field where they cultivate radishes, cucumbers, carrots and flowers to sell in the markets of San Cristóbal, Chiapas. Agents of the federal attorney general’s office (PGR, in its Spanish initials) seized their rakes and placed the two men under arrest. As of Saturday morning they were still imprisoned in the PGR offices of San Cristóbal de Las Casas. About 80 neighbors and family members from their community, Huitepec Sección 2, kept vigil overnight outside of the PGR building near the entrance to the new federal highway that connects San Cristóbal with the state capital of Tuxtla Gutiérrez. The highway was built through an ecological reserve. Overlooking the highway and the PGR office is the tallest mountain surrounding San Cristóbal, known as Tzontehuitz. Atop the mountain are various telecommunications and media company antennas, also in the Huitepec “ecological reserve.†The reserve includes private property, homes, and government land. According to yesterday’s police action, it is perfectly fine to ram a highway through or keep a microwave tower atop an ecological reserve, but not to plant radishes. Prosecutors demand 20,000 pesos (about $2,000 dollars) bail for the release of the two prisoners, an amount that surpasses their average annual income. They are charged with the crime of “change of land use.†Montes Claros Call to Action for Climate Justice
In Consideration of Property Damage as a Tool for Social ChangeAll social movements have a raison d’ètre; we are nothing if not a group of people united around some broad and general unity of purpose. Social movements arise in order to move a given situation to where we want it to be. We accomplish our goals through careful consideration and formulation of an overall strategy capable of achieving our objectives. This strategic plan on how to create change relies on utilization of a variety of tactics. This is an article from the New People, a progressive newspaper in Pittsburgh, writen in response to outcry from the more liberal elements of the local activist community to an emergency protest against the massacre in Haditha. The Perma-revolutionThe Perma-Revolution The decline of the anti-globalization movement in the US and the amazing surge of support by anarchists after the devastation of hurricane Katrina suggests a new political and tactical alignment is possible in North America. Anarchists did an admirable job in infusing revolutionary ideals, tactics and discourse into the anti-globalization movement. Traditional reformists campaigns (e.g. anti-sweatshop) and mainstream unions (e.g. teamsters) were enticed to accept diversity of tactics, consensus, decentralization based on affinity groups and other core anarchist principles. We were able to tie these limited campaigns into our greater critique of the state and capital, while exposing many diverse folks to the ideas and dreams of anarchy. The latest antiwar (perhaps better described as anti-Iraq war) movement has been a failure for the North American anarchist movement, despite some serious efforts by San Francisco anarchists. Co-opted and manipulated by authoritarian front groups and non-revolutionary coalitions, the last anti-war movement quickly rejected many of the principles and un-learned the good practices that made the anti-globalization movements so dynamic and effective in this country. Convergences, trainings, skill-shares, spokes-councils, medical clinics, legal support teams, and free kitchens, disappeared overnight. Participation in the anti-war rallies became the atomizing, choreographed experience of leftist around the globe, where people were bused to the rally, walked around waiving their pitiful signs pre-made by one of the front-groups, listened to some tedious empty speeches, and then got back on the bus to return home content with the fulfillment of their democratic duty. Black Mesa Indigenous Support: Updates, News, Events, & Call 2 ActionGreetings friends of the Big Mountain, Black Mesa Resistance! Black Mesa Indigenous Support has updated, news, events, and a call to action to share with you in this email. We have a brief report-back on the spring caravan, news that a Big Mountain resister who visited the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, news on the relocation legislation Senate Bill 1003 sponsored by John McCain, and a call for supporters to visit or stay with Big Mountain/Black Mesa families living under the threat of relocation.Several events deserve mention: an announcement of a Big Mountain/Black Mesa benefit art and music show in San Francisco, the Annual Black Mesa Fall Food and Supply Run by ClanDyken, and a call to action from The Save The Peaks Coalition who is caravanning to the Ninth Circuit Court in San Francisco to protect another sacred area which is connected to Black Mesa, the Sacred San Francisco Peaks. Perhaps we'll get to meet each other soon at one of the events or at Black Mesa! CLIMATE JUSTICE NOW! G8 + 5 Climate Summit, October 3-4 in Mexico City! CALL TO ACTION¡Todos Contra la Cumbre Climática del October 3-4, 2006, Mexico City Join the mobilization! On Tuesday, October 3 in Mexico City, the Energy and Environment Ministers from the "Group of Eight" (G8) industrialized countries will begin meeting to negotiate an international climate change agreement succeeding the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012. (traducciones en español - visita www.rtc.revolt.org/node/344 y Rising Tide North America) Call for International Mobilization against the 2007 G8 Summit in Germany
We finally got around to writing a call for the International Mobilisation against the G8 here in northern Germany, which meets in early June 2007. In case you haven't heard, this will definitely be one of the biggest mobilisations against the G8 in years. There have already been numerous demonstrations and smaller actions against the G8 in the region where the summit will be held, starting a full 2 years before the actual summit. You can even download a power point presentation about the region here, just look for "Heiligendamm", and "English": http://gipfelsoli.org/Media+Tools.html Bikes, Death and Sacrifice: A Short Story of my Night and Critical Mass
By onto I started out biking from Brooklyn to Union Square to catch this months critical mass bike ride. Saw a friend on the bridge. "I'm heading off to Seaport to see Ted Leo". "Cool, I'm going to Critical Mass." "Have fun." "Later". I made it to Union Sq north by 7pm. Chilled for an hour listening to the Rev Billy give his shpiel with the Hungry Marching band behind him. Flyers galore, beautiful bikes and beautiful people too. About 30 scooter cops on Union Sq. east waiting. Another batch on broadway waiting to snatch us. Fuck it. Let's go. [Critical Mass Roundup || US IMC Feature on Critical Mass and Hurricane Katrina] Dozens of Cities Participate in "Critical Mass" Solidarity Bike Ride for "Climate Justice" on the Hurricane Katrina AnniversaryA strong scientific consensus exists that the 2005 hurricane season was fueled by global warming -- and the crimes of the oil industry in the Gulf go beyond global warming. On Friday, August 25th -- one year from the day Katrina reached hurricane strength and slammed into the coast of Florida -- cyclists from at least 28 cities around the country joined forces in a solidarity bike ride with Katrina survivors to highlight this reality. Their goal was to remind folks that the racist tragedy in the Gulf continues, to demand that it never be repeated, and to raise awareness about the role of the oil industry and global warming in environmental injustice. "Critical Mass" is a celebration of bike culture, a meaningful alternative to car culture and greenhouse gas generating fossil fuels. It takes place wherever there is energy, often on the last Friday of the month. Two Days in the Life of Oaxaca's RevolutionFor three months, the dramatic general strike in Oaxaca, Mexico has remained at the edge of our consciousness. Why is our mainstream media ignoring this sensational news story? With encouragement of the irrepressible Zapatistas and against the backdrop of a disputed national election, this insurrection may ultimately convulse the entire continent. Two Days in the Life of Oaxaca's Revolution By James Daria Two Days in the Life of Oaxaca's RevolutionFor three months, the dramatic general strike in Oaxaca, Mexico has remained at the edge of our consciousness. Why is our mainstream media ignoring this sensational news story? With encouragement of the irrepressible Zapatistas and against the backdrop of a disputed national election, this insurrection may ultimately convulse the entire continent. Two Days in the Life of Oaxaca's Revolution By James Daria ACTION ALERT: October 10-13 in Charleston, SC: Stop Destruction of Native Forests, Wildlife Habitat and Indigenous CommunitiesMAJOR INDUSTRY CONFERENCE ON GENETICALLY ENGINEERED TREES AND INDUSTRIAL TREE PLANTATIONS OCTOBER 10-13, 2006, CHARLESTON, SC -- JOIN THE RESISTANCE! Major actions are being planned to oppose this conference. Join the STOP GE Trees Campaign, Global Justice Ecology Project, Dogwood Alliance and ForestEthics in standing up against the social and environmental destruction caused by GE trees and industrial tree plantations: Roadshow on Plantations and GE Trees September 17-22 Featuring speakers from Dogwood Alliance, the STOP GE Trees Campaign, ForestEthics and Global Justice Ecology Project on the looming threat to the forests and communities of the U.S. South, Chile and Brazil from GE trees and industrial tree plantations and what you can do to stop it. Roots of Resistance: Summer Skill Share and Organizing Camp, September 8-10, 2006 in San Diego!ROOTS OF RESISTANCE: SUMMER SKILL SHARE AND ORGANIZING CAMP Let's break the apathy and fragmentation in our communities and burst through the cracks in this violent, racist, and boring control society! Our goal is to bring together an inspired group of radical folks looking to share and learn, network and strategize in a critical and constructive setting. Let's build a healthy and dynamic community of radicals in the borderlands while also building the capacity to smash the border-military-industrial complex! 3 intense days at the ranch (including food from the garden) with a bunch of other wholesome folks who are fighting for liberation everyday. FINAL EMPIRE - CHAPTER 3The Final Empire: The Collapse of Civilization and the Seed of the Future Part Two: THE COLLAPSE OF THE ECOSYSTEMCHAPTER 3: SOIL: THE BASIS OF LIFE The Organic Rights All beings of the earth, from microbes to elephants exist in a web of organic energy flows. Everything in the material world is food and everything is excrement. Everything is part of the energy flow. Even edges of tectonic plates slide down into the magma, which is then spouted out of volcanoes. When the flow of energy comes from the sun to be consumed by the plant, this begins a succession of energy transformations called the food chain. Beings eat each other. This flow of solar energy undergoes many transformations. In addition to these connections in the food chain there are many more energy connections that are of a cooperative and contributory nature. Beings provide many services for one another that have nothing to do with eating each other. Bees pollinate flowers, birds transport and deposit seeds. Fungi combine with the root hairs of plants and the ensemble generates food for both plants and fungi that otherwise neither would be able to absorb. Each being, because it lives according to its nature, contributes to the smooth functioning of the whole. Tearing Down the Master's House: An Interview with Derrick Jensen"Pacifists say I'm calling for violence and the truth is I am not. I am calling people to think for themselves. Look at the situation, let's just look at it. What is happening? 90% of the large fish in the oceans are gone. Many of us have diseases of civilization. Civilization is killing us, it's putting us in jobs we don't like and it is killing the planet and committing genocide against everyone it encounters and that is what this book is really about: what are we going to do about this? What do you want to do about it and what are your gifts? As I say near the end, that's why I go on so long, and I express my puzzlements and I go off in one direction and then another direction. What I am trying to do is model a process for people to go through to figure out their own answers. What I really want is for people to think for themselves and feel for themselves and to listen to their own land base and to ask that land base. Start a relationship with the land where you live. Ask that land what it needs from you. Because the truth is the land is the basis for everything." |
EnglishSchedule of the Climate Justice Dialogue and Convergence in Mexico City, September 29 to October 4! At the US-Mexico border: Travel, migration and radical (climate) change CLIMATE JUSTICE NOW! Counter the G8 + 5 Climate Summit, October 3-4 in Mexico City CALL TO ACTION! Climate Justice Mobilization in Mexico --- Fundraising Letter and Call for Support! Climate Change and Mexican Farms Indymedia feature on repressive border policies of the G8 countries Informes / ReportsNavigationUser loginSearchSyndicate |
