Stop the Wall: Border Action, August 12-13, 2017
This weekend, Mission, Texas becomes the center of border wall resistance. A coalition of borderlands groups and allies that includes the Save Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge, Our Lady of Guadalupe […]
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Do This Now: Spoiling Trump’s Agenda on Day 56
The pace of dramatic and extremely damaging policy actions rolling out from the Trump Administration can be overwhelming and lead one to despair and withdrawal. We know; we feel it […]
How-To: Decrying Native Oppression with Oil Drums and PVC
Press Release: March 4th, 2017, Amherst, MA – This morning at 9:01am a group of local residents locked themselves to 55 gallon drums at the front entrance to the Bank […]
‘Fierce Resistance’ Promised after Dakota Access Approved
Without court injunction, construction that would tunnel beneath Standing Rock Sioux’s primary source of drinking water could begin within 24 hours The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Tuesday said […]
Artist Call to Join Standing Rock Resistance (Feb 15 Deadline)
From EIS: The artist collective Environmental Impact Statement invites artists from all disciplines and locations to submit proposals for projects that could not be carried out if the construction of […]
GRANT: Patagonia Seeks to Fund ‘Action-Oriented’ Environmental Campaigns
Outdoor clothing and gear company Patagonia provides grants to nonprofit organizations engaged in environmental work. The company’s environmental grant program supports small, grassroots activist organizations that have provocative direct-action agendas and are […]
GRANT: Ben & Jerry’s Foundation Seeks to Fund Grassroots Environmental Justice Projects
The Ben & Jerry’s Foundation supports organizations working to bring about progressive social change by addressing the underlying conditions of societal and environmental problems. One-year grants of up to $20,000 […]
Resisting Trump Order at SA International
Part of a gathering movement in San Antonio, Texas, and reflective of actions taking place across the country and around the world, a group of roughly 40 area residents occupied […]
‘Punt the Pipelines’ Action Planned
Standing Rock coming to next month’s Super Bowl. “We’re asking everyone, every organization out there that stands for human rights, civil rights, to stand with us at the Super Bowl […]
Leaking to the Media is Patriotic. Here’s How to Do It
George W. Bush ushered in an era covert mass surveillance, extraordinary renditions, and a highly secret drone-powered assassination program. Though pledging to break with the policies of his shadow-hugging predecessor, […]
Art of the Deal: How to Protest Trump
Start preparing ground for a big-tent collaborative. Jeremy David Bendik-Keymer, Case Western Reserve University With the new administration beginning, many people might want to know how to resist it. The […]
D.C. Women’s March Becomes Global Day of Action
Detail of Liza Donovan’s Women’s March poster. More available for free download at the Amplifier Foundation. More than 600 marches are set to take place in 57 countries. Nika Knight/Common […]
‘Society Must Be Defended’: An Inauguration Day Read-In
Here’s a unique way of organizing in resistance to the incoming administration. Via Paige West and JC Salyer In the wake of the 2016 US presidential election scholars across the […]
Austin Rally Thursday to Decry ETP CEO Kelcy Warren’s Texas Parks Post
Days after the police assault and mass arrest of about 120 pipeline resisters at Standing Rock, North Dakota (see below), the majority owner of the contested Dakota Access Pipeline there—pipeline […]
Today: Standing Rock Protests Across Texas
Texas peeps: It is not too late to join Standing Rock solidarity actions in your community, many of which will be holding space till 8pm tonight. San Antonio : Moved […]
How to Stand with Standing Rock (Armchair Edition)
I’m just back from Big Bend where about 200 marched on the Trans-Pecos Pipeline outside Alpine, Texas, on Friday. Two days after that, a smaller group of us showed up […]
March on Trans-Pecos Pipeline Friday
Support for the water protectors at Standing Rock fighting construction of Energy Transfer’s Dakota Access Pipeline Project has begun to overflow to home-state struggles like the year-long contest between Big […]
