environment

Steven. — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 20:06:06 +0000

Environment - further reading guide

Steven. — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:54:57 +0000

Murray Bookchin:
The Ecology of Freedom
Defending the Earth: A Dialogue Between Murray Bookchin and Dave Forman
The Philosophy of Social Ecology: Dialectical Naturalism
The Politics of Social Ecology - Janet Biehl, w/ Murray Bookchin
Toward an Ecological Society
Other
The Heat is On - Gelbspan
Social Ecology After Bookchin - Light, ed.
Finding Our Way: Rethinking Eco-Feminism - Biehl

Residents clash with police in Greek refuse dump row

taxikipali — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:33:53 +0000

On the 15th of October the residents of Elliniko village near the city of Ioannina, North West Greece, blockaded the construction of the open-refuse dump (XYTA) to which they have been opposed for over 18 months. The response of Athens was to send 19 battallions of riot police forces (MAT), that is about 230 policemen, to open the way for the bulldozers.

Locals attack police station after renewed repression of open refuse-dump related protests in south Corfu

taxikipali — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:30:13 +0000

On Saturday 9/08 the peacefull protests by residents of Lefkimi against the creation of an open refuse-dump at the periphery of their village were once again met with police repression: the riot-police made extened use of tear gas and disregarded home-asylum laws by attacking residents with battons within their very backyards.

Developing working class environmentalism - Arthur J. Miller

Personalist — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:37:37 +0000

I do not say that all things that eco-groups do are bad. But we tend to follow the direction of groups that do not have the same interests as ours. Because of this we get burdened with baggage harmful to our class. For this reason and many others, we need to develop our own form of environmentalism based on working class interests.

One dead protester after barricades against open garbage-dump in south Corfu end in clashes with riot police

taxikipali — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:02:55 +0000

The residents of Lefkimi in the south of Corfu island in greece are opposed to the construction of an Open Garbage-Dump (XYTA) near their town. The residents claimed that their marginalised, underdeveloped area known for its left-wing tradition and defience was being used as a refuse for the tourist-industry produced garbage of the north.

Anti-GM event at RISK: Creative Action in Political Culture, CCA, Glasgow, 2005. Art review – Tom Jennings.

Tom Jennings — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:38:14 +0000

Gene Genies by Tom Jennings

The struggle against Shell in the west of Ireland

Terry — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:53:22 +0000

There are, at a very conservative estimate, currently thirty local campaigns against unwanted hazardous developments in Ireland.

Rossport: a closer look.

Terry — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:30:43 +0000

This campaign against the plan to build an unprecedented high-pressure raw gas pipeline and refinery in Northwest Mayo is in its sixth year, but last spring took a turn towards popular protest and direct action and has shut down construction work.

Hurricane Katrina, and the good churchgoers of the U.S. South - prole cat

daniel — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 20:56:51 +0000

Like many frustrated Southerners in the aftermath of the hurricane named Katrina, I drove a small truck-and-trailer full of food and water to South Mississippi. I met some refugees at a camp site, during the trip down. They appeared to be poor whites. One, a native of Bay St. Louis, was snarling against the "looters", using racial epithets.