7.09 environmental protests

Majora League:An Interview with Majora Carter, Founder of Sustainable South Bronx

Majora Carter
Authors: Majora Carter

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The debate has to examine how environmental improvements to low-income communities lift up the economy, the safety, and the morale - not just locally, but regionally and nationally.

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The Dream Reborn: Bringing King's Vision Forward into a Green Economy

Authors: Van Jones

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It has always been assumed that attendance at environmental conferences would always be 90 percent white and overwhelmingly affluent. Not this time.

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Breathing Life into the Struggle: Victories for Indigenous Peoples & Transnational Allies

Indigenous Child
Authors: Paula Palmer

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Winning the right to decide if resource extraction should take place.

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Women's Pentagon Action Unity Statement

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We have come here to mourn and rage and defy the Pentagon.

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Carbon-free and Nuclear-free A Detailed Energy Plan for the US (review)

Authors: Peter Montague

Summary:A detailed plan for powering the nation's economy with zero carbon dioxide emissions and no new nuclear power plants. Have your Representatives read it?

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Don't Mend It -- End it! Peace is Possible!

Summary:Our national assembly was terrific! Here are our action plans for the fall.

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New England Protesters Demand to Be Heard

Summary:Shouting "Get back! Get back!" several court officers blocked the women's access to the area between counsel tables and the judge's bench.

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Rise Up Singing: Raising our Voices Against Nuclear Weapons

Authors: Penny Stone

Summary:I met the eyes of my arresting officers as I was carried away, singing with all of my force. One by one my friends joined me in the police van, and we continued to sing.

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The Mad Plan: Activists Blockade Nuclear Weapons Base in Scotland for an Entire Year

Demonstrator carried away

Summary:The Spaniards poured red paint over themselves and danced through the gate, unimpeded by the amused police.There has been a Tea Party, a Silent Disco, and even a "Banana Blockade."

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Clamshell Memories Discipline, Humor, and the Power of Nonviolence

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Authors: Arnie Alpert

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Two protesters escaped from jail, got ice cream, then returned to custody. They were known as the "Häagen-Dazs Two."

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