MEXICO CITY / EDITORIAL / BLACK GOLD. – The images are shocking: a man burns himself with the help of his teammates against the Legislative Palace in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, to demand the release of activist Florentino Gómez Girón. For half a minute that seems eternal becomes a human torch until his companions manage to lay him off and sand.
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According to most recent reports from Everglades Earth First!,”The three arrested during the Briger Forest blockade are in custody at Palm Beach County Jail. Each are facing multiple misdemeanor charges. Bail has yet to be set. The blockade reportedly stopped workers from entering the site for over four hours.”
At least 22 cop cars, an emergency field force vehicle, and a mobile command unit were on site, and both people participating in the lockdown were arrested, along with the support person.
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[Avertissement : une erreur s’est glissée dans la version papier du bulletin. SPIE-Batignolles, également constructeur de prisons, n’est plus une filiale de SPIE, le texte ci-dessous a été corrigé.]
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Late in the afternoon of September 4, after nearly 10 days of protests by a coalition of labor, indigenous rights groups and farmers, the indigenous peoples and campesinos of Guatemala won are rare victory. Under the pressure of massive mobilizations, the Guatemala legislature repealed Decree 19-2014, commonly referred to as the “Monsanto Law,” which would have given the transnational chemical and seed producer a foot hold into the country’s seed market.
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VANCOUVER – Activists installed a “pipeline” early this moring in front of the downtown offices of McElhanney mapping. The adhoc group says the company was tageted for its part in surveying for the controversial Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion plan on Burnaby Mountain.
The group erected a pvc pipeline, complete with dripping ‘bitumen’ and notices to “Get off Burnaby Mountain.”
From the group’s release:
“Early this morning the entrance to McElhanney’s downtown Vancouver office was blockaded. The doors were locked, a “bitumen pipeline” blocked the stairs and posters were pasted. The action is in response to McElhanney’s participation in surveying for the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion project in Burnaby .
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Sengwer evictions in Kenya, village destroyed / Photo courtesty Justin Kenrick / Survival
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The building that houses Imperial Metals, located at 580 Hornby Street in Vancouver, BC, vandalized with graffiti warning of another potential mining disaster at the Red Chris mine in northern BC.
