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Is the Tar Sands Action a "Camp Casey" Moment for the Climate Movement? Rising T…

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Is the Tar Sands Action a “Camp Casey” Moment for the Climate Movement? Rising Tide’s Scott Parkin lays it out.


Drawing a Line in the Tar Sands « It’s Getting Hot In Here
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This last week, I went to Washington D.C. and joined the Tar Sands Action which was the biggest environmental mass action in a generation. Over a thousand were arrested calling on Obama to deny the permits for the Keystone XL pipeline which would cut down the middle of America’s heartland from Albe…

Ever Think It’s Maybe Not the Politics of the "Progressive" President, But the P…

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Ever Think It’s Maybe Not the Politics of the “Progressive” President, But the Political and Economic System Itself…..


Protests Erupt in the US and Bolivia Targeting ‘Progressive’ Presidents Who Are Failing to Protect t
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Together these two actions highlight important, universal lessons about what it takes to press for protection of the planet, in countries both wealthy and impoverished.

"They say I’m a domestic terrorist. I say they are on their way out. Let’s see w…

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“They say I’m a domestic terrorist. I say they are on their way out. Let’s see who’s right.”

Bradley Crowder, One of the “Texas Two,” Tells His Story of Being Incarcerated and Prosecuted as a “Domestic Terrorist” After the 2008 Republican Convention.


I Was a “Domestic Terrorist”: Tales From a Post-9/11 America | Truthout
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Locked up: Protesting the 2004 Republican National Convention, Crowder was pepper-sprayed, incarcerated and eventually prosecuted as a “domestic terrorist.” (Credit: Ramsey County Sheriff’s office.)