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 accusing [...]

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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 (see below).
Why [...]

No surprise here: Brazil has approved the environmental permit for the Jirau Dam on the Madeira River, the Amazon’s largest tributary. Along with the planned San Antonio Dam, the Jirau forms the 6,450 MW Madeira River Hydroelectric Complex. This complex is intended to supply power for mining, metal processing and agriculture, and to ease river [...]

A massive indigenous mobilization in the Peruvian Amazon is nearing its second month, with no sign that the native protesters will allow themselves to be intimidated into giving up on their demands.
Thousands of indigenous protesters have blockaded critical infrastructure in Peru’s Amazon region since April 9, when they declared a national strike in protest of [...]

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:
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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 [...]

Plans for a new border crossing between Detroit, MI and Windsor, ON are moving forward, having received environmental approval on both sides of the border. Public comments will be accepted on the Canadian environmental assessment until May 29. The city of Windsor reports that it close to reaching a deal with the federal government on [...]

Two Indiana residents (Hugh Farrell and Gina “Tiga” Wertz) were arrested on April 24 on misdemeanor and felony charges of intimidation, improper use of property, and corrupt business influence in the campaign against the I-69 “NAFTA Superhighway”. These charges are based on the premise that any activity designed to get companies to cease from environmentally [...]

Bloomington Against I-69 has put out a call for Indiana residents to write or call their state representatives in support of a bill that would take away all the funding currently earmarked for I-69. The bill, HB 1656, would redirect the $1.5 billion to “local road maintenance and improvements” instead, and would prevent vocal I-69 [...]

I-95: The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has signed an agreement with the transportation departments of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia, committing those states to reconstruct and expand a 1,054 mile stretch of I-95 as part of the Corridors of the Future traffic reduction program.
Michigan: The DOT has issued final environmental approval [...]

From an anonymous communiqué:
On January 20th, Tucson’s chapter of HAND (Hooligans Attack at Night, Duh!) paid a visit to Si Schorr’s house. We wanted to give him a special going away party.
January 15th marked the last day of Si’s role as Chairman of the Arizona State Transportation Board, but not his last chance to profit [...]