Protesters from London Climate Action blockaded the entrance to the Peruvian Embassy in London on June 19, demanding the right to deliver a letter of protest calling for oil and gas companies in the Amazon to suspend their operations until the government agrees to peaceful negotiations with local representatives; for an independent and impartial inquiry [...]

From Infoshop.org:
In the morning of June 17th 2009, a few people dressed in black blocked the Hanlon Highway at Paisley Road [in Guelph, Ontario] during rush hour.
Fallen trees and branches were pulled across the southbound lanes and two smoke bombs were set off to draw attention to the banner, which was dropped from the railway [...]

Activists from Rainforest Action Network and Forest Ethics gathered on June 19 to protest the Canadian-American Business Council’s forum on energy and environment in Washington DC. About thirty protesters held signs outside, while two dressed up as industry representatives and snuck into the meeting. During the keynote address, the protesters unfurled banners blasting the Canadian [...]

Giving the lie to its earlier claims that it was impossible to repeal the contested decrees that sparked 70 days of protests and blockades throughout the country’s Amazon region, the Peruvian government rescinded two of those laws on June 18th.
The protests started after President Alan Garcia passed 10 laws by presidential decree that would open [...]

Fourteen people were arrested on June 18 in a protest meant to launch a week of action against mountaintop removal coal mining in West Virginia. Four people climbed a 150-foot dragline at a mine site near Twilight, WV, and unfurled a banner reading, “Stop Mountaintop Removal Mining”. Another 9 entered the mine site to unfurl [...]

Attracting less attention in light of the full-fledged  uprising that has consumed Peru’s Amazon region for 70 days, a mine blockade is ongoing in the country’s highlands. On June 10th, miners launched roadblocks at the Buenaventura mining company’s Orcopampa gold mine in Peru, in protest of poor labor conditions and the mine’s impact on local [...]

Seventy people rallied in the streets of Portland on June 14th against plans to build a new I-5 bridge across the Columbia River, deploying a giant banner from the roof of a nearby building reading, “More Lanes=More Cars=More Climate Change. No CRC [Columbia River Crossing]!” Earlier, a “Pedalpalooza” bike ride had toured the areas of [...]

On May 26, High Country Earth First! (HCEF!)  launched its Stop I-70 campaign by hanging a banner from a Denver overpass reading, “Stop I-70 Expansion!”
The city of Denver is planning either to widen I-70 through Denver from 6 to 10 lanes or to add a two-mile, 8-lane detour to the highway. The expansion would destroy [...]

June 15th-19th
Rising Tide North America is calling for a week of action starting Monday June 15th to show solidarity with the indigenous tribes resisting Peru’s attempt to open their lands to the oil, gas, and logging industries.
Last week over 85 people were killed by Peruvian police while protesting the governments plans revoke protections for traditional [...]

Political prisoner Daniel McGowan has published an article on Huffington Post about the conditions inside the “Communication Management Unit” (CMU) where he is held. CMUs  are a mostly secret prison-within-a-prison for primarily Muslim prisoners and others (like Daniel) that the Bureau of Prisons wishes to punish, without due process or opportunity for appeal. Please read [...]