On May 31, the 4th Continental Summit of Indigenous Peoples Abya Yala (“America”) called for a Global Mobilization in Defense of Mother Earth and the Peoples from October 12-16, 2009, “against [pollution], the commercialization of life … and the criminalization of indigenous and social movements.” “We the peoples and our territories are one entity. [We [...]

A couple of articles reminding us how our struggles can make a real difference for the big picture: 1. Check out this article analyzing some of the connections between the push for expanded liquefied natural gas infrastructure in the United States and the recent massacre of indigenous protesters in Peru. The writer points out how [...]

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 [...]

Recent reports indicate as many as 84 people killed and 150 arrested in clashes stemming from an early morning violent raid by police on unarmed protesters on June 5. Police are reported to be burning the bodies of the dead and dumping them into the river. Astonishingly — but not surprisingly — the government is [...]

***Please Disseminate This Alert Widely*** Background Early this morning (June 5th), Peruvian police launched a violent attack on a nonviolent road blockade held by Amazonian indigenous protesters opposing 10 laws that would open up their territory to increased mineral, oil, gas and timber exploitation. Police opened fire with live ammunition, killing at least 28 people [...]

The Independent has published a good article highlighting the vulnerabilities inherent in the global economic system. It has lots of nice quotes from economists saying many of the same things we say in our own presentations: that globalization has made the system so interconnected that hitting it at a critical point (they call them “nodes”; [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

In an action specifically designed to attack the system through its infrastructure, saboteurs targeted the Canadian Pacific (CP) Railway in Ontario on October 13, according to an anonymous communiqué posted at Infoshop.org: “In an attempt to cause a shitload of economic damage to the infrastructure of the CP rail main-line, we cut down two telephone [...]

The US Navy is re-establishing its Fourth Fleet to oversee and coordinate all ships, planes and submarines operating in Latin America and the Caribbean. The newly revived fleet, originally disbanded after World War II, will be directed by a nuclear aircraft carrier. The Navy claims the fleet will help fight “narcoterrorism” in the region. Chief [...]