UK Ecology Newswire Archive
Free Innocent Farmer - Prosecute Palm Oil Company!
17-02-2009 08:12
Direct Action; Spain, Italy & Mexico
16-02-2009 19:01
DOG RESCUED FROM ABUSE, IN HONOR OF IMPRISONED ACTIVIST (Spain)
THOUSANDS OF MINK FREED FROM CAGES (Italy)
MESSAGE LEFT FOR OWNER OF LEATHER COMPANY (Mexico)
FLAMING BARRICADE BLOCKS HIGHWAY (Mexico)
Direct Action; UK, Netherlands, Czech, Italy & Mexico
14-02-2009 21:26
VACATIONING ALF VISIT HLS CUSTOMERS (Netherlands)
OPEN RESCUE IN SUPPORT OF SHAC PRISONERS (Czech Republic)
MAX MARA SHOP SPRAY-PAINTED (Italy)
TELMEX SABOTAGE CONTINUES (Mexico)
These players are promoting a tricky way to whack Social Security benefits, but
13-02-2009 20:40
"These players are promoting a tricky way to whack Social Security benefits, but to do it behind closed doors so the public cannot see what's happening or figure out which politicians to blame. The essential transaction would amount to misappropriating the trillions in Social Security taxes that workers have paid to finance their retirement benefits. This swindle is portrayed as "fiscal reform." In fact, it's the political equivalent of bait-and-switch fraud.Defending Social Security sounds like yesterday's issue--the fight people won when they defeated George W. Bush's attempt to privatize the system in 2005. But the financial establishment has pushed it back on the table, claiming that the current crisis requires "responsible" leaders to take action. Will Obama take the bait? Surely not. The new president has been clear and consistent about Social Security, as a candidate and since his election. The program's financing is basically sound, he has explained, and can be assured far into the future by making only modest adjustments.
But Obama is also playing footsie with the conservative advocates of "entitlement reform" (their euphemism for cutting benefits). The president wants the corporate establishment's support on many other important matters, and he recently promised to hold a "fiscal responsibility summit" to examine the long-term costs of entitlements. That forum could set the trap for a "bipartisan compromise" that may become difficult for Obama to resist, given the burgeoning deficit. If he resists, he will be denounced as an old-fashioned free-spending liberal. The advocates are urging both parties to hold hands and take the leap together, authorizing big benefits cuts in a circuitous way that allows them to dodge the public's blame. In my new book, Come Home, America, I make the point: "When official America talks of 'bipartisan compromise,' it usually means the people are about to get screwed."
The Social Security fight could become a defining test for "new politics" in the Obama era. Will Americans at large step up and make themselves heard, not to attack Obama but to protect his presidency from the political forces aligned with Wall Street interests? This fight can be won if people everywhere raise a mighty din--hands off our Social Security money!--and do it now, before the deal gains momentum."
An amazing victory in greece
13-02-2009 15:50
Campaigners in Greece have apparently succeeded in halting plans for the constructions of new coal-fired power plants. Can we pull off the same here? The future depends on it.Grow Sheffield Audio: Andy Goldring of the Permaculture Association
11-02-2009 16:04
http://www.permaculture.org.uk/ ) addressed the Grow Sheffield ( http://www.growsheffield.com/ ) AGM which was held in Sharrow Old School. You Stand For Nothing But Election
10-02-2009 22:07
Dear Hazel,Last week you used an article in the Guardian to attack my “cynical and corrosive commentary”. You asserted your political courage, maintaining that “you don’t get very far in politics without guts, and certainly not as far as the cabinet table.” By contrast, you suggested, I contribute “to the very cynicism and disengagement from politics” that I make my living writing about. You accused me of making claims without supporting evidence and of “wielding great influence without accountability”. “We need more people standing for office and serving their communities,” you wrote, “more people debating, engaging and voting; not more people waving placards on the sidelines.”(1)
Circus ads come down, Telmex phones & slaughterhouse torched
10-02-2009 15:29
CIRCUS ADS COME DOWN (France)
GASOLINE SPILLED INSIDE CHICKEN SLAUGHTERHOUSE (Mexico)
TELMEX PHONES DAMAGED BY FIRE (Mexico)
Photo Report – Onboard Sea Shepherd Operation Musashi
10-02-2009 15:21
This is a collection of photos from the first part of Operation Musashi, a campaign in which the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's ship the Steve Irwin and its crew braved the stormy waters of the Southern Ocean and Antarctica. The campaign is focused on enforcing the laws and regulations which are in place to protect the whales in the area. An illegal Japanese whaling fleet has been operating in this area for some years. Where governments and states fail to enforce the law to protect these magnificent and gentle giants of the oceans, Sea Shepherd will come to their aid. For more information see http://www.seashepherd.org
These photos are posted here with kind permission from the photographers Eric Cheng and Adam Lau. All are copyrighted.
Sea Shepherd Forced To Leave Killing Grounds In Antarctica
10-02-2009 11:40
"I have said always said that we would do everything we can short of hurting people to end illegal whaling in the Antarctic Whale Sanctuary," said Captain Paul Watson. "We have done everything we could with the resources available to us this year. We have shut down their illegal operations for over a month in total. We have cost them money and we have saved the lives of a good many whales. And although we are willing to take the risks required, even to our own lives, I am not prepared to do to the Japanese whalers what they do to the whales and the escalating violence by the whalers will result in some serious injuries and possibly fatalities if this confrontation continues to escalate."
Environmental Direct Action in Britain - a Short History, 17th Feb
09-02-2009 21:31
Brian Doherty (Course Director: MA in Human Rights, Globalisation and Justice - Keele University) will give a short history of environmental direct action in Britain from the 1990s covering such campaign landmarks as:Full article | 1 addition | 2 comments
“Radioactive Royals” Welcome Nuclear Greenwash Brigade to the Palace
09-02-2009 14:35
Thirteen more moon bears rescued from life of torture
09-02-2009 01:46
Eco-rangers murdered, in danger in DRC, Africa
08-02-2009 20:58
Nasty 'theocrats' attack anyone in their way!Gorillas', wildlife and innocent civilians are massacred.
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Another Study Exposes Bio-Fuel Scam - Corn Dog Update
08-02-2009 15:20
A couple days ago, I published a piece listing 14 studies that have exposed the high costs of the ethanol scam. But I overlooked two points: A new study by Cornell University’s David Pimentel, and the latest numbers showing the amount of corn ethanol distilling capacity that has been idled due to negative margins.Full article | 1 addition | 3 comments
Ramming the Japanese whaling ship, onboard the Steve Irwin
07-02-2009 17:10
Direct Action; Mexico, USA & Uruguay
07-02-2009 16:02
RIOT AT BULLRING (Mexico)
SPECTATORS, POLICE ATTACKED DURING BULLFIGHTING CELEBRATION (Mexico)
UCLA VAN PAINT-STRIPPED (USA)
BAYER (HLS CUSTOMER) PAINTED IN SOLIDARITY WITH IMPRISONED ACTIVISTS (Uruguay)
SHOPS GRAFFITIED (Mexico)
FULL COMMUNIQUE RELEASED FROM ELF ACTION AT UNIVERSITY (Mexico)
What does Krill Fishing and Sandalwood Harvesting Have in Common?
07-02-2009 13:17
At first glance, there is no way Krill and Sandalwood could have anything in common: one is a sea animal and the other is a land plant. If you examine the plight of both species of biodiversity, then there are some similarities.Third runway to cure cancer and end world poverty
07-02-2009 13:13
Is there anything a third runway at Heathrow wouldn't do? Not according to its promoters in the aviation industry. The recent snowfall that crippled most of our airports shut Heathrow after a plane skidded onto the icy grass. Some 18-30s club rep from the Association of British Travel Agents thought they'd whack out a press release claiming that it could all have been avoided with a third runway.Earth First tree planting weekend in Pennines Fri 13th-Sun 15th March.
07-02-2009 09:28
The annual and occasionally hedonistic opportunity to plant thousands of native trees on a ecologically degraded hillside is happening in March. Organised by Earth First activists in collaboration with Calderdale community group Treesponsibility we will be based in Hebden Bridge in Calderdale. If you fancy a weekend of hard but satisfying work planting native woodland combined with good food and socialising put the weekend of the 13-15th March in your diary.