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A Decade of Earth First! Action in the “Climate Movement”

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The last ten years of ecological organizing under the Earth First! banner saw a significant shift in movement focus. Where defending old growth forests had taken center stage for much of the 90′s and early 2000′s, the fight against resource extraction became a defining characteristic of the last decade. What follows is a timeline highlighting Earth First! (EF!) participation in what has been referred to by some as the climate movement.
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Jury Selected for NATO 3, Trial Set to Begin Next Tuesday

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Today, the final jury members were selected for the NATO 3 trial. *The trial itself is scheduled to begin next Tuesday, January 21st at 11am in Courtroom 606 at the Cook County Criminal Courthouse, 2650 South California Avenue.* We are encouraging everyone to pack the courtroom for the NATO 3 starting next Tuesday! We also have solidarity t-shirts available online now! https://www.wepay.com/stores/freethenato3
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NATO 3: Reportback from first day of trial

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Jury selection in the NATO 3 conspiracy and terrorism case began this morning and continued until the late evening. In the morning, the prosecution announced that two charges (Counts 10 and 11) had been dropped. These were both unlawful use of a weapon charges. The defendants are now heading towards trial with 9 counts instead of the 11 they have faced since they were arrested
in May 2012.
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Stati Uniti d’America, Una visione del futuro: Dove tutti i Roberto Adinolfi camminano con le stampelle

 

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Tornando al Maggio 2012, Roberto Adinolfi era a capo di Ansaldo Nucleare, che costruisce centrali nucleari in tutta l’Europa, inclusa una a Kroko, Slovenia, e Cernadova, Romania. Adinolfi ha potere, soldi, prestigio e influenza. Per lui, le sofferenze e le morti a Fukushima, Giappone, non sono state neanche lontanamente vicine quanto l’ufficio con il climatizzatore o la sua lussuosa casa a Genova o i suoi abiti costosi.
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