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 [...]

Check out reportbacks from the Global Week of Action for Climate Justice (which ran concurrently with the Third Global Minga/Global Mobilization in Defense of Mother Earth and the Peoples).

Following the success of the first two  Mingas (Global Mobilizations in Defense of Mother Earth and the Peoples), American indigenous and social movements and their allies around the world have called a third mobilization for October 12, 2010.
“We the peoples and our territories are one entity,” the 2009 declaration read. “[We resolve] to reject all [...]

Police and some members of the military attempted to stage a coup in Ecuador on Thursday, September 30. Resistance by social movements and the majority of the military appears to have foiled the attempt for now, but the situation remains tense and the threat of a right-wing power grab remains.
For a good overview of a [...]

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 [...]

On July 14, two protesters locked themselves to a highwall miner at the Bee Tree strip mine on Coal River Mountain, near the Brushy Fork Sludge Impoundment.
Four people were arrested, and three of them remain in jail.

On June 5, protesters across Peru commemorated the anniversary of the government’s massacre last year of peaceful indigenous protesters who had blockaded a road in opposition to laws opening the Amazon up for large-scale resource exploitation. The official death toll was 33 (10 indigenous people plus 23 police officers later killed in retaliation), but [...]

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 [...]

From DC Direct Action News:
“At lunchtime on the 4th of June, protesters stormed the doors of BP’s corporate office building at 1101 NY Ave.
“After a rally outside featuring a giant oil drum, people crossed the street and pushed through the outer doors of the lobby, intending to make a “citizen’s arrest” of BP executives for [...]

Groups in five European cities have called for an International “Stop the Tar Sands!” Day on July 17:
“The tar sands of Alberta, Canada, are one of the world’s largest and dirtiest energy projects. Even though European oil companies and banks are financing this climate crime, the tar sands are relatively unknown in Europe. It is [...]