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Oh, the irony! Supreme Court to Corporations (via Citizens United): “As a person, you get 1st Amendment protections to further terrorize animals, people and the earth.” Supreme Court to Animal Rights Activists Using the First Amendment: “You are terrorists.” Thanks for the blog Will Potter & Green Is The New Red

Supreme Court Will Not Hear SHAC 7 Case
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The Supreme Court will not review the case of the SHAC 7, in which a group of animal rights activists were convicted as “terrorists” for campaigning against Huntingdon Life Sciences.

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We need big, brash, nonviolent climate protests. Are you in?
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Last week, a jury in Utah found Tim DeChristopher guilty for standing up to the oil and gas companies in an effort to protect our health and our climate. If the federal government thinks that it’s intimidating people into silence with this kind of prosecution, think again. This is precisely the sort

Building a Meaner Greener Movement by our friend & comrade Sharon Smith

The Young Activist’s Guide to Building a Green Movement + Changing the World | New Leaders Initiativ
www.earthisland.org
Sharon J. Smith is an organizer and trainer active in social change movements for global justice, human rights, and environmental sustainability. She worked with student networks to achieve landmark environmental victories in the logging and finance sectors and has trained thousands of youth in advo

A New Blue-Green Alliance in Appalachia Around the Legacy of the Battle of Blair Mountain?

Coal Reignites A Mighty Battle Of Labor History : NPR
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In 1921, 15,000 coal miners took on the most powerful coal companies in West Virginia for the right to unionize. Today, there’s a new battle brewing over the site of the battle — whether to preserve it or blast it apart for coal.