From GatewaySucks.org:
People’s Assembly and Mass Direct Action! Help Build the Movement for
Climate Justice: Tue. Dec. 7 & Sat. Dec. 11
The World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of
Mother Earth in Cochabamba, Bolivia in April 2010 brought together social movements from all over the world to forge a powerful new movement for Climate Justice.
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A documentary is in production tracing the struggle by indigenous Amazonians in Peru to defend their land against infrastructure and other industrial megaprojects, told through the lens of indigenous leader Alberto Pizango:
“Against the backdrop of global recession and climate crisis, When Two Worlds Collide traces the heroic journey of a young indigenous leader. Forced into [...]

The Beehive Collective has released its long-anticipated poster “The True Cost of Coal,” about mountaintop removal coal mining:
Experience the full poster and read the narrative here, and find behind-the-scenes studio shots in the collective’s Sketchbook and coal campaign blog.
The collective will soon be touring the country to display and distribute the poster and related materials [...]

The Appalachia Rising anti–mountaintop removal convergence will take place in Washington, DC between September 25 and 27. It follows a long history of social action for a just and sustainable Appalachia, coming directly out of the work of organizations in coalfield states. It unites coalfield residents and organizations with national allies from all walks of [...]

Rivers for Life 3: The Third International Meeting of Dam-Affected People and Their Allies
Temacapulin, Mexico
October 1-7, 2010
From International Rivers:
“Hundreds of representatives from dam-affected communities, NGOs and other groups across the globe will gather to share experiences, develop collective strategies, create new alliances and strengthen the international movement to protect rivers and human rights.
“This meeting will [...]

October 12 (the 517th anniversary of Columbus’ landing in the Western Hemisphere) marked the first day of the Global “Minga”/Mobilization in Defense of Mother Earth and the Peoples, called by the IV Continental Summit of Indigenous Peoples Abya Yala. Rallies, protests and other actions are being carried out around the world in response to the [...]

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 [...]

Following is a list of some upcoming (North American) protests in solidarity with the indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon, who are facing murderous repression in a two-month mobilization against laws that would open their territories to increased exploitation.
For a list of protests outside the American continent, see here. Remember that June 11 is the [...]

A couple of us recently did an interview with Healing the Earth radio, out of Guelph, Ontario. The interview is available for listening or download at:
Healing the Earth
Rabble.ca
We talked about the Root Force analysis and strategy, how infrastructure projects are interconnected, how to oppose infrastruture in the climate of  “economic stimulus,” and more. Check it [...]

The Root Force Target Database is back online! Want to take action against infrastructure but don’t have a project to fight locally? This resource is for you!
The database currently contains information on companies involved in the expansion of I-69, I-10 and I-95, and we’re told that more information will be added in the coming weeks. There are [...]