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Dirty Energy vs. Clean Power: The Past Battles the Future at Seneca Lake
Crestwood Midstream Partners has been pushing to build gas storage at Seneca Lake, and residents are pushing back.
Pipeline Coming: Anticipating Environmental Devastation in New Hampshire
We take pictures of the surveyors and post them on social media. Lately, they have started taking pictures of us.
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Greenpeace Activists Risked Harsh Imprisonment in Russia to Stop Arctic Drilling
This excerpt describes the moments before Greenpeace members attempted to mount a protest against a Russian drilling platform.
Protest Is the New Terror: How US Law Enforcement Is Working to Criminalize Dissent
The fear of terrorism has allowed police to resurrect COINTELPRO in all but name.
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Interrupting Pride for Black Lives
A group of Black youth in Chicago did right Sunday by the memory of those whose actions the gay pride parade is meant to honor.
Democracy or Corpocracy? The Rush to Expand the Algonquin Pipeline
The transformation of our democracy into a “corpocracy” is illustrated in the rush to expand the Algonquin pipeline.
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Wall Street and Big Corporations Got What They Wanted, This Time
We the People came close to winning this time. We will come closer and closer, then we will start winning again.
Venezuelan Tribes Protest Against Violent Mining Gangs
Venezuelan Indians blocked the landing strip of Canaima National Park in protest at illegal miners destroying their lives and lands.
The Triumph of Occupy Wall Street
The movement that began in Zuccotti Park didn't disappear, it just splintered and regrouped around a variety of focused causes.
Damming the Future: The Struggle to Protect Kenya’s Ewaso Ngiro River
Indigenous people are coming together to resist the construction of a mega-dam along the only reliable river in the arid north of the country.