united states
Asheville 11 Defense
Submitted by crusher on Fri, 2010-11-26 18:41
Eleven people arrested in Asheville, NC on May 1 still face outrageous felony conspiracy and rioting charges simply for being in a neighborhood in which some windows were broken. Although support for the defendants has been growing steadily, the District Attorney is stubbornly clinging to this opportunity to defame and demonize anarchists.
The environmental dangers of hydraulic fracturing
Submitted by crusher on Wed, 2010-09-22 16:54
"The Water's Gone Bad"
Carter Road, in Dimock, Susquehanna County, has earned the nickname “ground zero,” as it gains fame in the natural gas controversy of Pennsylvania. Residents of Carter Road organized to file suit against Cabot Oil and Gas after 14 wells used for drinking water became undrinkable. (See "Passing the Buck on Water Contamination" for details of the lawsuit). While Cabot denies that deep rock fracking caused the water contamination, the company was heavily fined by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, and later forced to plug three wells in Dimock.
Uses of a Whirlwind Book Release Audio
Submitted by crusher on Sat, 2010-07-17 08:37
On Sunday July 10th, the Team Colors, a millitant research collective, gave a great talk about their recent book, Uses of a Whirlwind: Movement, Movements, and Contemporary Radical Currents in the United States. This edited volume of essays and interviews inquires into the current state of radical movements and social struggles in the United States.
U.S. Social Forum Interviews
Submitted by crusher on Mon, 2010-07-12 09:22
Audio interviews from the U.S Social Forum that took place in Detroit from June 22nd to June 26th, 2010.
Naeema Kelly and Paul Newman: Teenagers from Durham, NC that work with a non-profit called Spirit House that does work against the Prison-Industrial Complex.
