Tag: united states
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The Necessity of Civil Disobedience: Bill Moyers Interviews Tim DeChristopher
DeChristopher—who was released less than a month ago—joins Bill Moyers to talk about the necessity of civil disobedience in the fight for justice, how his jury was ordered to place the strict letter of the law over moral conscience, and the future of the environmental movement.
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Draft Legislation Fails to Provide Solution for U.S. Stockpile of Nuclear Radioactive Waste
“After 30 years of failed nuclear waste policy, our decision-makers have a chance to get it right. But including a plan to shuttle our country’s stockpile of nuclear waste to temporary storage sites is the wrong move …”
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March Against Monsanto This Saturday
Instigated and driven completely by grassroots activists, this global day of action hopes to demonstrate that, when many people ban together for justice and transparency, they can fight back against the powerful few …
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Summer Heat: Mass Action to Stop the Climate Crisis
We believe that mass action can breathe life into even the most hardened political fights, and so these actions will all aim to bring thousands of people to stand together—perhaps sometimes on the wrong side of the law.
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Fracking Economics Revealed as Shale Gas Bubble, Not Silver Bullet
“Given the true potential, limitations, and both financial and environmental costs of the energy panaceas being touted by industry and government proponents, it will simply not be possible to drill and frack our way to ‘energy independence’ …