THE FIGHT AGAINST the OCTOPUS in CHILE by Cicada Chile Is an Extremely Biodiverse Country with One of the Highest Levels of Endemic Flora and Fauna in the World

Number xxiii • Lughnasadh Summer 2016

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THE FIGHT AGAINST THE OCTOPUS IN CHILE by Cicada Chile is an extremely biodiverse country with one of the highest levels of endemic flora and fauna in the world. The country stretches 2,653 miles north to south along the Pacific Ocean and averages only 110 miles in width from east to west. Its elevation reaches 22,615 feet, where the active volcano named “Eyes of the Salty One” lives within the Andes mountain range on the east. Some of the major threats to Chile’s ecosystems include mining and deforestation: It is the biggest copper producer in the world, has the world’s largest radiata pine tree farm, and is home to some of the world’s most endangered native forests. Industrial fishing, 92 percent of which is owned by just four companies, is also a major threat and has been linked to the current toxic red tide which has caused multiple deaths and massive marine die-offs. A state of emergency was declared in June and mass protests have taken place throughout the country due to government inaction. As is too often the case, the powerful elite that control the media and government are also directly tied to the extraction industries, so in a country with a brutal history of violence—including outright massacres—actions like lockdowns and treesits don’t hold as much weight as we like to believe they do in the US or Canada. Instead, folks take to the streets, some setting fires while others bang on pots and pans,

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Feb-May—UK: Hundreds of Animals March-Present—Peru: Mining Mar 26—Germany: Fox Freed from Rescued from Farms Resisters Occupy Plaza, Activists on Captivity From the ALF communiqué: “All of Hunger Strike The ALF freed a fox and set a hunting the animals liberated now have homes Thirty people from Apurímac have tower on fire at a hunting dog training for life where they can live out their lives been occupying the space in front of facility. free from pain, fear, abuse and murder. the Public Defender’s office in Lima in These actions are dedicated to all our an attempt to have a dialogue with the Mar 29—Italy: Oil and Gas Company prisoners and those suffering repres- mining corporation MMG about ending Vehicles Sabotaged in Milan sion around the world and for lost com- the Las Bambas mining project. The From the communiqué: “Ten EN- rades who will never be forgotten, Gilly occupation is in conjunction with a JOY cars had their tires slashed and and Marion.” Along with hundreds of hunger strike and protests by members bodywork destroyed. Sabotage ENI, battery hens, the group claimed to have of 47 communities. The group doesn’t sabotage the war.” ENJOY is a vehi- rescued turkeys, rabbits, guinea pigs, want MMG to continue with the Las cle-sharing service provided by ENI, a and ducks. Bambas mining project. multinational oil and gas company. ...continued on page 2 2 Earth First! News ters inside both antennae and we broke broke we and antennae both inside ters me electricity the destroyed we mallets wooden-handled With antennas. the breach inside wire mesh that surrounds a opened we pliers of help the with and road (Nafarroa) the Irurtzun and Iruña in between antennas two proached Antennas Sabotaged Apr 2-3—Spain:Communication marked vanandtakenaway. un- an in thrown and passwords, and phones their up give to forced agents, plain-clothed by beaten were and They attacked instead. park nearby a went to forces, security facing but, ran Teh- in Parliament of front in protest to supposed originally was group The picnics. outdoor having by celebrated Demonstrators Arrested Apr 1—Iran:PeacefulAnimalRights stroying acriticallyendangeredforest. up against the Whitehaven coal mine de stand to conveyor coal a to locked Coal Shut Down Apr 1—Australia:NarrabriCoalMine drought thathaddrieduptheirfields. a from relief as rice demanding highway, dren, was blockading the Cotabato-Davao chil- including group, The ammunition. live with fire water opened then with and cannons protesters the bombarded police and forces security when missing went dozens and hurt, many wounded, Police FireonFarmerBlockade Apr 1—Philippines:ThreeDeadafter in theareaforovertenyears. operating been has firm The vehicles. company shot and buildings Minerals Paraguay American Latin of windows the broke neighborhoods surrounding Sabotage MiningCompanyProperty Mar 30—Paraguay:Residents to thecountry’sthreemillionpeople. by foreign firms with few benefits going exploited been has exports, of percent 94 for accounts which wealth, mineral Mongolia’s that claim demonstrators The formed. be government new a and and demanded Parliament be dissolved Square Freedom Bator’s Ulan in ered Protest ForeignMining Mar 30—Mongolia:Thousands rm h saeet “. w ap we “... statement: the From April 1 is Nature Day in Iran, usually Two warriors with Front Line Action on were six killed, three the to addition In Over 600 people from Paso Yobái and More than 2,000 demonstrators gath- - - - ers’ earnings. farm- to threat the and cause would it plan because of the the environmental problems oppose activists The gency. re- Rembang in plant cement In- donesia Semen PT state-owned a of ment Their FeetinFrontofState Palace Apr 12—Indonesia:ProtestersCement portion oftheforest. large a destroy would which highway Toluca-Naucalpan the of construction illegal the continued machinery time, this During camp. the evict to icuautla Xoch- of community the to police tary mili- Mexican armed heavily 800 with arrived forest, Otomi the destroying for Camp DestroyedbySoldiers Apr 11—Mexico:ForestDefenders’ surrounded thevenuewitharmslinked. people 600 over while gates, lot parking and vehicles their to and staying, were delegates where hotel the of gates the to themselves locked activists day, second the On onstage. chairs and to down conference locked the teargassed. infiltrated being Others despite hours nine least at for venue the to entrance the ing the first day of the conference by blockad MCEDD DeepwaterOilConference Apr 5-6—France:ClimateResistersStop infrastructure suchastheTAV. Earth-destroying of protest in and ers prison political with solidarity in done was This [translated].” antennas the er pow- that substation distribution the to wires as well as device electrical tennas’ an- the to cables the cut we axes With well. as each, inside units AC two the ie oe poetd h develop- the protested women Nine responsible contractors Higa, Grupo disrupted activists climate 500 About them greatly. them greatly. the company,losshurt according toastatementby dian TimberProducts,and belonged toWesternCana over abank.Thevehicle which thendroveitself the controls of the machine, person placedarockon erty in BC was cut and a Sabotaged Canada: Log Loader Apr 11or12— A gateoncompanyprop - - - - and opened the doors to a trailer hold trailer a to doors the opened and overnight grounds circus onto sneaked Free AnimalsfromCircus Apr 18—Germany:UnknownPeople up closingfortheday. ended office The Canada. throughout issues health mental and rights, water housing, handling been way has office the the with upset are They cation. lo- same the at occurred protest a ter af- days four office Saskatchewan the Indigenous AffairsOffice Apr 18—Canada:FirstNationsBlock at theirNorth Americanheadquarters. Grid National community—to their tect pro- to company the of failure the ing Report”—detail- “Annual an delivered residents area Boston of group a 20th, the On plant. fracked-gas the of impacts global and local the showing ner Governor Raimondo’s office with a ban- RI at in sat people 15 day, next The in. sit- a held residents and building the of floor fourth the from dropped were banners Two plant. power fracked-gas Invenergy’s of support her revoke Gold Marion Commissioner that demanded and Resources Energy of Office RI the stormed state the across from people England Gas EscalatesProtestinNew Apr 18-20—FightingAgainstNatural circus enslavesover80animals. The pairs. in kept be to have ostriches the state laws German because killed, ostriches were found, it may have to be two the of one Since dark. the into ran whom of all goose, a and ostriches ing n nnw nme o people of number unknown An of front in tents up set people Seven On the 18th, Burrillville residents and - 3 Earth First! 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continued ... Over 500 mink were released from From the statement: “We sabotaged over- were seats hunting 43 of total A An “anarchic nihilist shock herd” front in killed were people two least At Tribal youth, river advocates, and curities curities and Exchange adding that it “did not anticipate being commission, able to develop Conga for the - foresee able future.” of Mink Hundreds Apr 30—Canada: from Fur Farm Released On- in Farm Pond Willow at cages their tario about six months after undercov er film taken at the farm was released to the public by the Animal Liberation Front. Easter Sabotage of Apr 30—Greece: 18 Meat Markets the lockers of 18 meat-stores (in 3 of them butchers were blocking for locked a while their inside), preparation for the biggest sale of dead animals for the Easter Sunday.” Throughout April—Germany: Hunting Towers Sabotaged turned and damaged throughout April near the towns of Wilflingen, Mengen, and Riedlingen. May 1—Chile: Butcher Shop Arson, CCTV Sabotage, and Anti-Police Fireworks ignited explosive devices on three sur- veillance cameras in downtown Santi- ago and provided detailed instructions threw they Later, communiqué. their in fireworks at the police during a parade and partially burned a meat shop. May 2—India: Anti-dam Activists Killed in Arunachal Protest the protested they as station police a of arrest of Lama Lobsang Gyatso, has who been organizing villagers Gyatso against Tawang. in projects hydropower shootings. fatal the after bail given was May 2—Blockade Disrupts Klamath Salvage Logging in CA forest activists blocked the road lead- to Forest National Klamath the into ing stop the clearcut of more than 5,700 acres on steep slopes above river tributaries and along 320 miles of forest roads. Destruction was delayed by at least four hours. - - Residents from San Salvador Aten- group the by hacked was website The Activists chained themselves to a re- faced had Project Mine Conga The The occupation occurred on the four- the on occurred occupation The Twelve Navajos traveled from Black sion to abandon its construction plans for the mine in a filing with the US Se- clared bankruptcy. They were joined by joined were They bankruptcy. clared traffic blockaded who friends and allies and occupied streets. The group is de- for liable held be Peabody that manding damages to their aquifer. Apr 23—Mexico: Airport Construction Materials Removed, Pipes Dug Up co and members of Community Front in Defense of the Land went to lands to Ejido denounce the arrival of heavy machinery building the new airport. A group had previously removed the ma- terial and dug up the Residents built. be to scheduled pipes is road where a also voiced their opposition to a law al- during firearms use to police the lowing protests and public meetings that they violent. turn to potential the have deem Around Apr 24—Argentina: Monsanto’s Website Hacked Naturaleza de Derechos Rights), who filled (Nature the pages with of global of manipulation about formation in- health, especially in Argentina. Apr 26—Denmark: Climate Collective Blockades Coal Transport Harbor coal barge and conveyor belt, blocking the in harbor transport coal Vattenfall’s port of Aabenraa. They hung banners with the words “Nul Kul” (Zero Carbon) and “System Change.” Around Apr 27—Peru: Activists Force Closure of Copper and Gold Mine sistance since it was first proposed in corporation, Colorado-based The 2010. Newmont Mining, announced the deci Apr 22—Farm Defenders Occupy the Occupy Defenders Apr 22—Farm Construction to Halt Again Gill Tract occu- farm first the of anniversary year pation and was attended by around 30 farm defenders. The group released a - develop the stop demands: three of list sustainable for land the preserve ment, agriculture, and create a community process for design and stewardship of Gill Tract. Protest Around Apr 22—Navajos St. Louis Peabody Coal in Mesa to the headquarters of Peabody Coal to demand justice as Peabody de - The slaughter on the Columbia River After two years of campaigning, the The Michigan woman was found in Twenty employees from Energetic An individual occupied a platform Around Apr 20—Oregon Cormorant Slaughter Stopped Two Days in a Row was stopped by Last Chance for Ani- mals (LCA) and Showing Animals Re- spect and Kindness (SHARK). LCA and SHARK used a boat to follow Wildlife Services agents, who ing were to stalk attempt- and gun ble-crested down cormorants the dou- of East Island. Sand Wildlife Services tried to evade the groups but eventually gave up and went home. Around Apr 20—Sea Shepherd Announces End of Illegal Antarctic Fishing Fleet group announced that it has success- Antarctica. in fishing illegal ended fully They focused on a group of six illegally ships fishing for toothfish, a species Bark- “Bob ship Shepherd’s Sea cod. of pur longest the for record the broke er” suit of a vessel at sea by chasing the “Thunder” 110 days for 10,000 miles from Antarctic waters to the coast Western of Africa, where it was scuttled by unknown persons. Apr 19—Woman Leading Flint Lead Apr 19—Woman Leading Flint Lead Poisoning Lawsuit Shot and Killed claiming lawsuit a filing after home her that her daughter had been poisoned system. water Detroit the from water by from system water the to switched Flint the Flint River, but officials never ap- plied corrosion inhibitors. Around Apr 19—Honduras: Violence Around Apr 19—Honduras: for Solidarity Gathering at COPINH’s Berta Cáceres Development, SA (DESA)—the - compa ny building the Agua Zarca dam Ber- ta Cáceres fought the against—attacked peaceful gathering while verbally threatening many members of COPINH by name. The otherwise peaceful event featured international supporters. Apr 19—Pipeline Opponent in VT in Opponent 19—Pipeline Apr Clearing Halts Land Tree, Scales thirty feet high in order to stop crews from clearing a route for a pipeline in Addison County. Adversaries pipeline to say the it will emitter of become greenhouse gasses over a the major coming decades. For two treesitter managed weeks to delay the construc- pipeline. tion of the fracked-gas 4 Earth First! News o ot oe 1,0 pol roe by rioted people 10,000 over Mont, to Puer- In solidarity. in cities major en sev- in roads and highways blockaded people of thousands of tens week, next The years. five last the during times 15 by production increased which tions, opera- salmon industrial by primarily and algae bloom. The crisis was caused die-offs fish govern- massive to response ment insufficient the of protest in cut off access roads to the Chiloé Island Sparks MassiveResistance May 5-13—Chile:RedTideCrisis the forced bank toclosefortheday. and entrances to blockade coal of bags used Christchurch Folks in projects. drilling oil and mines coal new for money lending banks ANZ church, and Dunedin, people protested Divestment Blockade Bank,DemandFossilFuel May 4-13—NewZealand:Activists gay PinamucanIbaba. Baran- in site 49-acre a occupy to is set that plant megawatt 600 Holdings Summit JG the including country, the in plants power coal-fired 27 all of tion Activists MarchinBatangasCity May 4—Phillipines:10,000Anti-coal tries. indus- oil and gas, mining, structure, infra- automotive, pharmaceutical, the for services provide that offices against device explosive an ignited Anti-Authoritar- Action ian of Commando inist Sabotages SAGMACOffice May 4—Mexico:“BlackButterfly” ... the entrancewiththeirbodies,andatleastonepersonwassetuponatripod. ations acrossthevastsite.Peoplelockeddowntomachinery,dozensblockaded continued UK’s Largest Open-castCoalMine May 3—Wales: Protesters Invade Climate oe hn ,0 srkn fisherman striking 2,000 than More Christ- Wellington, Auckland, In cancella- the demanded Protesters Fem- Informal of cell diffusion The Hundreds of activists entered the Ffos-y-fran mine in Wales and halted oper-

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continued ... Defense Hambach Forest Hambach Forest The meeting was disrupted by 70 Saboteurs set fire to high-voltage Hambacher Forest Earth First! Two activists locked themselves into bach Forest to make room for the bach Forest to make room for the open-cast lignite expansion of their mine—the largest in the world. Oc woods, the in living still are cupiers and defending the project resisting the forest. Late April—RWE Shareholder’s Conference Disrupted activists from groups resisting projects linked to RWE. Inside, all the computer stations were to changed the Hambach tion website while others Forest disrupted occupa- speeches, unfurled banners, one and locked down near um; outside, people the protested and podi- a banner was dropped from RWE Tower. Apr 23—High-Voltage Cables Torched cables at the Hambach prof- RWE costing and work site, venting pre- its. Apr 25—Arson Shuts Down Lignite Mine torched a power corridor with power 10 mains conveyor supplying belts, and other diggers, facilities at the mine, shutting it down two days. for RWE is clearcutting Germany’s Ham RWE is clearcutting from from Blue Mountain a Reservation metering to and regulating blockading the entrance to the Spectra station, Pipeline Market Incremental Algonquin work site. Twenty-one arrested. people were at NY Lock Down May 25—Activists Pipeline Route Site of Fracked-Gas a 20-foot recycled shipping container of route the on directly site work the at the pipeline, which if completed would run through residential communities and within 105 feet of critical Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant safety facil ities. They stopped work for five hours before getting arrested. - - - Demanding environmental remedia- Dozens of people sang and sat with A community of the Guerrero moun- resist- treesit and occupation forest A Eighty-five people worked together More than 200 protesters marched chanical chanical and electrical contracting and engineering in 30 countries across the globe,” was burned. The communiqué ended by saying, “1000 reasons to attack.” of Eight Days May 16-23—Peru: and Strikes Anti-Mining Blockades tion of zones contaminated by mining operations, folks went on strike blocked all traffic coming in and out of and Bambamarca for eight days. On May 23, all markets were suspended. commercial activity closed and all Disrupt BLM Oil May 17—Protesters in UT and Gas Lease Sale action The sale. land the at arms linked disrupted industry bids on oil and gas leases in publicly owned land. Eventu- ally protesters were forced to leave. May 18—Mexico: Victory for Júba Waijín Indigenous Community Against Mining tains won their legal battle against two mining corporations that had violated the International Convention of - Com merce No. 169 by not consulting them before the projects began. Exploitation was halted in their region, as well as in six other municipalities, which had been threatened by open-pit mining. May 18—Germany: Lautonomia For est Occupation Evicted ing the encroaching open-cast lignite mine (the one targeted five days earlier by the Ende Gelände action camp) was evicted and at least 21 people were arrested. May 19—Britain: Activists Protest BP Museum Sponsorship to hang 27-foot-long banners with the names of cities threatened by sea lev- el rise and climate change in protest of BP sponsoring the British Museum’s ancient Egypt exhibition, “Sunken Cit ies,” which was temporarily closed as a result. The day before, activists disrupted speeches and set up their own exhibit at the entrance of the museum. May 21—Work Halted at Spectra AIM Pipeline in NY ing, public-private partnerships, me A vehicle belonging to contractors in Two climbers suspended themselves Over 500 people marched from Anacé from marched people 500 Over Activists climbed the cranes of two After an 800-person-strong march, Protesting plans to expand the 715- Folks protesting plans to build 70 May 16—Switzerland: BAM International’s Car Set on Fire “construction, property, civil engineer- May 14—Bomb Trains Blockaded as Thousands Converge in NY from a railroad bridge that crosses the Watervliet Reservoir in Albany, stopping trains carrying North Dakota’s Bakken Shale region. crude oil from May 14—Brazil: Road Leading to Country’s Largest Coal-Fired Power Plant Blocked indigenous territory in Bolso Pecém power to plant, in protest the of coal and the industrial port in Ceará. May 14—Indonesia: Banners Dropped from Coal Terminal grab-type ship the supply of coal unloaders, for the Cirebon Coal blocking Power Plant and bringing it to a stand- still for hours. May 14—Fracking Site in CO Stormed around 35 people entered a site which fracking is proposed to be expanded into one of the largest in the country and is located very close der to Valley elementary a school. Boul- No one was arrested, presumably to decrease chance of media coverage. May 14—Kinder Morgan Facility May 14—Kinder Protesters in Surrounded by 800 Canada mile Trans Mountain pipeline system, Coast Salish the on sit-in a staged folks and painted a giant mural around the the swarmed they water, the On facility. massive a deploying by terminal tanker kayak flotilla. May 14—Turkey: Over 2000 People Over 2000 May 14—Turkey: Coal Chain Around Form Human Ash Site new coal-fired power plants gathered attention by spelling out “DUR” (STOP) bod- their and banner red giant a using ies around the country’s largest ash dam. coal were were occupied. This was part May 9-16. from which ran camp of the 6 Earth First! News million. barrels 1.4 to million 2.2 from day a of produced number attacks the reduced Their have Delta. Niger the leave companies has oil which foreign that group, demanded the by attacks string a of in latest the was It feed pipeline. electricity main farm’s tank vos Escra- the up blew Avengers the you,” for coming are we but coming, us see won’t you works repair the with ahead go and us undermine to continue you ers ShutDownChevronOilFacility May 25—Nigeria:NigerDeltaAveng tion andourindigenousrights.” Constitu- Panamanian the violates ect our consent to Barro Blanco. This proj- affected the communities, have never given “We, said project, the by affected directly peoples indigenous resenting rep- group a Abril, de 10 Movimiento from spokesperson A territories. enous has begun to flood nearly 15 acres of indig- reservoir the finished, struction con- With communities. Ngäbe enous the indig- evicting opened, the floodgates as destroyed were encampments Hydro Dam,ProtestCampsDestroyed May 25—Panama:FloodingBeginsfor ... continued fe wrig w wes ale, “If earlier, weeks two warning After and arrested were people Thirty-five

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The sabs suffered head suffered sabs The them. attacked Buckhounds Cheldon the supporting men masked of group large a hunt, the Attacked byIllegalDeerHunters May 30—UK:HuntSaboteursBrutally defenders land from COPINH. with aligned people investigate to order presidential a have Directive Intelligence and Criminal Investigation the and Institute Migration The years. 26 over for extraction gold for exploit to trying been has Minerals Aura corporation mining Canadian the which cemetery a occupying been have pied toPreventGoldExtraction May 29—Honduras:CemeteryOccu- vice, probation,andcourtcosts. ser- community jail, in months three found to sentenced was she wrongdoing” “no investigation internal an after but officers, some by and conduct ofassault unsafe a complaint filed She terminal and was convicted of trespass. export gas Point’s Cove Dominion test pro - to 2015 of February in crane tion ing FalseStatementtoPoliceinMD May 27—ActivistConvictedofMak- When the sabs arrived at the site of site the at arrived sabs the When Azacualpa of members Community construc- a climbed Doyle Heather Multiple Sites inVT Multiple Sites Construction at Halt Pipeline June 6—Blockades years. project over thepastthree swell of opposition to the permits despite aground- have refusedtocancel and Governor Shumlin because state regulators action tostopthepipeline they neededtotakedirect road. Participantssay a constructionsite access others linkedarms across lockdown devices,while pipeline machinery using arrested forimmobilizing Pipeline campaign were Stop theFrackedGas Five members of the of several cars. According to a wildlife ex cables brake the through chewed ently appar foxes hungry after outraged left Motorists’ SeveredBrakeCables Late May—UK:FoxesBlamedfor on May27. strike hunger a began Martin trators. infil- state by planned actually action an train, military a against attack ist terror- a of preparation of accused and the Czech Republic who was entrapped in prisoner anarchist an Ignačák, tin Mar- with solidarity in out carried was action The rescue. open an in ditions Hens Liberated Late May—CzechRepublic:Eight the “strengthofourMotherEarth.” by provoked was claimed people some which flames, into burst suddenly line pipe- gas a 13, June On entering. from company all workers have been effectively prevented protest, the of start the Since spills. oil clean-up by affected reserves of the and territory U’wa’s ancestral the which of recognition 2014, full 1, include May to back dating agreements honor government the that demanding plant gas Ecopetrol’s pied Occupy GasPlant May 31—Colombia:IndigenousU’wa rest oftheirlives.” where volunteers will take care facility of them for the secret and distant a to taken were quails liberated The dogs. their train to them use to who sold hunters, be to were quail “The stated, communiqué The food. for animals the sells and breeds illegally who person a by cage small a in kept been had that by ALF May 30-31—Italy:QuailLiberated violence such will notdeterthem. that stated have They helmet. motorcycle a wearing sailant Another sab was head-butted by an as- difficulties. breathing with hospital the to taken was one least at and injuries Fur Auction House Late May—Canada:ALFFirebombs the cableswhentheyarehyped up.” They get under cars and snap away at all sorts... all to up are they so now, ligans pert, “It is the cubs who are teenage hoo- Drivers in Tunbridge Wells have been been have Wells Tunbridge in Drivers The hens were freed from deadly con occu- defenders land hundred Two quail adult nine released Activists ciit gie acs t te roof- the to access gained Activists - - - 7 Earth First! News - in Finland! No Nuclear Expansion Expansion Nuclear No “With this attack we want to bring to Activists shut down the site’s only en- the to leading road the blocked Activists Both doors were glued, leaving office con- the soft-blockading were Protesters Another lockdown delayed - construc Since April of 2015, activists have been of 2015, activists Since April Cape to Hanhikivi Finland’s occupying Fennovoima- the from coastlines defend the Here are just nuclear project. Rosatom this place took that actions the of some Stop the and during to up leading spring, of Action. Fennovoima Week Security Vehicles Mar 29—Private Burned light the co-operation between Securitas and Fennovoima nuclear energy compa- the of destruction its for known is that ny environment.” Apr 6—Road to Construction Site Blockaded down locking by hours two over for trance to trucks. Apr 12—Road Blocked Again, with Flaming Car construction site, this time “by burning a mid- the in tires” car with filled car crappy dle of the road. Apr 19—Locks Glued at Fennovoi ma-Rosatom Office minions out in the cold. Apr 22—Activists Peppersprayed in Blockade Attempt struction site when police peppersprayed the group. Apr 28-29—Lockdown; Police Attack, Raid Fennovoima Camp tion, but that night police with dogs attacked one of the two Stop Fennovoima protest camps by firing rubberOccupants then bullets. hurled rocks, and a police car went up in flames.camp was Theattacked and second cleared the next day. At least one activist was hospitalized from the attack. - - 9 page

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From the anonymous statement: ALF activists placed incendiary de- The claim of responsibility reads, In defense of agrarian reform and “With forceps and shears in hand, we free- towards path the open to managed there, were that bunnies the all for dom and on one of the walls for freedom negotiated, be to not is was ‘Life written, tying the support line of his platform to platform his of line support the tying hill- the open blast to meant machinery plans Systems Gas Vermont where side to build the came pipeline. down after The six days treesitter of delaying construction when police disconnected commu- to using was he phone cell the ground. supporters on the nicate with ALF Torches Buses June 9—Finland: Involved in Fur Auction vices under the tires Pohjolan Matka of bus depot buses in Vantaa. at The bus a company transports buyers to and from the Saga Furs auction house where skins ripped from non-consent Five sold. and bought are creatures ing buses were completely destroyed and several others damaged. The company reported damages of 1.5 million Euros from the action. June 10-12—Ukraine: Hunting Tow ers Destroyed in part: “...ALF activists went into the woods near the river in ansky district the of Borody- Kiev. It had known become to us that in these parts hunters use towers to shoot wild animals. Forest defenders had stumbled upon a number of these structures. A total of 12 hunting towers were destroyed. In and boars wild of traces were forest the hares. We hope that our actions prolong will their lives. Sabotage hunting! [Translation]” June 13—Brazil: Thousands Occupy Paper Factory against agribusiness, members workers of the and MST cupied movement the oc- Suzano Papel factory e in Mucuri. Celulose The occupiers also eu- of expansion company’s the decried calyptus plantations that contaminate the soil with pesticides, displace thousands of peasant families, have killed and River, Mucuri the of tributaries the caused the extinction of aquatic fauna and flora due to chemical dumping. June 14—Uruguay: 16 Rabbits Freed from Breeder - A local resident scaled a tree on an LATTAL (Liberación Animal Trans- A Kiev cell of the Animal Liberation People injected Monsanto’s - Round of pipeline construction, this time by Site for Six Days active work site to begin another delay June 8—VT Treesit Blockades Work ported to their bioregions...” were tended to by a comrade and trans- and comrade a by to tended were returning to their perch. ... The foxes hoping, they have [a] great chance of bioregions of ‘Mexico’; and so, we are their wings ... are found within the man-labeled bird species that spread From their statement: “All the hu- from Mexico City’s Sonora Market. ation) freed three foxes and 320 birds frontière/Transborder Animal Liber- fronteriza/Libération Animale Trans- Birds Liberated Around June 6—Mexico: Foxes and Around June 6—Mexico: Foxes and [Translation]” ium in Kiev. ... Dolphins to the sea! the immediate closure of the dolphinar- the of closure immediate the gent animals in captivity. We insist on these wonderful and extremely intelli the banner symbolizes the suffering of “The image of a dolphin burning on Banner at Dolphinarium Front took responsibility for the fire: Early June—Ukraine: ALF Burns minds.” civilization is inflicting on bodies and ty of self-poisoning that industrialized poisons is showing up the daily reali- homeopathic administration of their ucts that are passed off as safe... This the supermarkets, concealed in prod- normally be found on the shelves of all the amount of these residues that can cording to law.’ We decided to increase of herbicides that it may contain ‘ac- accompanied with a maximum residue intended for human consumption is stated, “Currently any food product Save soy sauce. Their communiqué soy sauce, Kikkoman soy sauce, and up into Misura soy biscuits, Suzi Wan Products Contaminated with Roundup Products Contaminated Late May/Early June—Italy: GMOLate May/Early June—Italy: changing.” changing.” torturing torturing animals that the times are those who make their living killing and rol bombs to “send a clear message to action house. They also lit several pet- ing units of North America’s largest fur top and sabotaged the air - condition 8 Earth First! News tt cag, s el s osiay o ilt te EA a AETA, the violate to conspiracy as well as Illinois charge, an state tools,” burglary of “possession for 2016 2013 May August to from Illinois in imprisoned was who activist 90034, USA(halfwayhouse) c/o BeitT’Shuvah,8831Venice Blvd.,LosAngeles,CA (address envelopeto“Kevin Johnson”) KEVIN OLLIFF supportmariusmason actions. ELF other 12 in ELF involvement admitted and out actions carry to conspiring to guilty pleaded also Marius tests. crop modified genetically out carrying building versity his involvement in an Earth Liberation Front arson at a uni- 76127, USA #04672-061, FMCCarswell,POBox27137,FortWorth, TX (Address envelopeto“Marie(Marius)Mason”) MARIUS MASON of plus a$200,000restitution. release months ofsupervised 6 1year 09-23-16), and confinement, (until community arrest house of months plus served 6 time to sentenced was Tyler 2016, On 23, result. March a as down closed permanently which farm, fur a from mink 2,000 freeing to guilty pleaded and AETA the under reindicted was he jail, in months three after released On housearrest TYLER LANG the with along Sheepskin FactoryinColorado. 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the tracks in protest of the company’s plans to expand their railroad from the open- world’s largest Carajás mine—the tribe’s the threatens mine—which ore pit territory. their on food for hunt to ability The tribe is calling for a meeting the with company and FUNAI, the Brazilian government’s indigenous affairs department, so that their wishes can be heard and their rights respected. Group Around June 18—Knitting in IN Protests Logging Society (HICKS) used yarn together dozens to of trees weave marked to be logged in the Yellowwood State Forest. Dubbed “The Web of Life,” the installa- tion was meant to represent the inter- central their and trees of connectedness incidentally ecosystem—and the in role blocked the logging road temporarily. June 18—Oil Train Route Blockaded in WA blockade across tracks in Vancouver, stopping rail traffic. Twenty-one were arrested. The action was organized by the Fossil Fuel Resistance Network in response to the June 3 oil train derail- - contaminat which OR, Mosier, in ment ed the Columbia River and local sewer ignit- crude, Shale Bakken with system ed a fire that released toxic oil smoke, net . - earthfirstjournal riseup @ efpris Birthday: December 3, 1979 pris- in years 6 to sentenced was Debbie 2014, 17, May On Birthday: January 12, 1962 the crime scene. During a house search police found materi- for components and Front Liberation Animal the to related als over- was charge terrorism the 2016, of May In bomb. another turned and he is in a halfway house awaiting resentencing. DEBBIE VINCENT A5819DE, HMP SEND, Ripley Road, Woking, Surrey, GU23 7LJ, UK (Make sure to include your name and address at the top of the letter and on the back of the envelope.) on for campaigning against Huntingdon Life Sciences, Eu- rope’s largest animal testing laboratory. EF! the of effort joint by the compiled is information This Prisoner Support Project and the email Sacramento, CA 95816. broader list of prisoners from allied struggles, arrestees facing allied of prisoners from broader list Tracker service charges, and our handy updated Informant can be found at Wild Action Group for the Earth Ne of city the in occurred action The Members of the Awá tribe blockaded a blockaded tribe Awá the of Members June 17—Mexico: ATM Bombed at Bombed ATM 17—Mexico: June of Electricity Commission Federal placed and detonated device, later the stating, “We know explosive that a current precursor in the indus- energy electrical the Earth’s is struction de- try. ... With this action we claim part and Liberation Earth for struggle the of against human waste who want to destroy it in exchange for personal ben- efit. We will not stop until destroy we those who destroy the Earth - [transla tion].” Telephone Booths June 17—Mexico: Sabotaged zahualcoyotl and was claimed by anar- chists in the following statement: “We want to communicate the destruction of 13 telephone booths of the company Telemex ... that is building federal prisons in Mexico. The ownder is also an owner of other companies that are participating in the construction of the ‘Fast Train Mexico-Toluca’ that is de- to Fire ... aquifers. and forests stroying the companies that are building prisons! [Translation]” June 18—Brazil: Railway Blockaded in Protest of Mining Company company mining Vale by owned railroad in the eastern Amazon. They occupied - 7 page from

INTERNATIONAL PRISONERS CONTINUED INTERNATIONAL PRISONERS Ladislav is an animal rights activist originally sentenced to Nicola and Alfredo were arrested on September 14, 2012, Chesapeake Earth First! activists Anonymous activists in Berlin calling Berlin in activists Anonymous A team erected a 20-foot tripod in continued 25 years on charges of illegal possession of arms, manufac- aof front in bombing a for terrorism and explosives, of turing McDonald’s in 2011 in which there were no injuries. He was tracked down after almost a year via mail communicationsbetween Ladislav and the manufacturer of a timer found at LADISLAV KUC Florianska 18, PS-C12, Kosice, Slovakia 04142 ALFREDO COSPITO and NICOLA GAI Both at: Casa Circondariale Ferrara, Via Arginone 327, IT- 44122 Ferrara, Italia for shooting Ansaldo Nucleare manager and Finmeccanica out carried knees—an action the in Adinolfi Roberto affiliate Fed- Anarchist (Informal FAI/FRI the of nucleus Olga the by eration) earlier that year. In May of were reduced: Alfredo’s to 2015 9 years and 5 months (until Feb- their sentences ruary 2022), Nicola’s to 8 years and 8 months (until May of 2020). that transported energy produced by French nuclear plants. nuclear French by produced energy transported that Birthday: January 21, 1952 June 17—Virginia Energy Policy Forum Disrupted dropped two banners in the lobby of conference, reading “Dump Dominion” and the “No Pipelines.” Hours later, protesters from Beyond Extreme Energy interrupted Keynote the Speech by US Energy Ernest SecretaryMoniz with a banner displaying “No LNG Export” while one activist spoke out even while being removed by police. June 17—Germany: Excavator June 17—Germany: Torched themselves “anarchist casseurs (home- less, politico-criminal)” torched an excavator owned by Vinci, the - construc tion company involved in the planned airport on the territory of the ZAD in France and various plants and prisons. nuclear power all animals.’ Down with all the cages of the world, whether they hold non-hu Pipeline Construction June 15—AIM NY Halted in the path of construction equipment for Spectra’s Algonquin Incremental Mar- ket (AIM) fracked-gas pipeline. A local tripod the of top the to climbed resident while two others locked arrested. to were Six construction. halting the base, ... animals!! [Translation]” man or human 10 Earth First! News asd h eauto o lcl neigh local of evacuation the caused ... were arrested. people Twenty-five Eemshaven. in tion sta- power coal-fired largest country’s the pow- and Geertruidenberg in coal station er the on descended other groups two Simultaneously, cargo. its unloading from ship coal a preventing hours, 10 for Europe in port larg- coal est second the at ships) unloading and loading for (device quay and crane Coal” gantry 160-foot Stop a blockaded campaign “We First!) Earth (Dutch GroenFront! the of banner the under and PowerStationsBlockaded June 24—Netherlands:CoalPort the greystuffis.” what out find to years government 50 take “the would Narrows Grassy at place took protest same this if that ed First Nation. One of the protesters stat Narrows Grassy the of waters the ing contaminat- finding mercury the of source the at inaction government’s the protesting Queen’s were They Ontario. at in Park building Legislature of front the in tanks chemical fake from Mercury DumpingProtest June 21—Canada:SixArrestedat a trees public nuisance. standing dead leaving of tice prac- the declaring measure a passed majority of voters in Mendocino County took place two weeks after a two-thirds and Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters, Mendocino, First! Earth Indians, Pomo of Band Valley Coyote Valley, Lake tle hardwoods. The protest, organized by Save Our Lit- standing kill to Imazypr chemical the spraying of practice ny’s Compa Redwood Mendocino against protest a in crews logging transporting ging Trucks June 21—LockdownStopsCALog sity. biodiver- and land celebrating to cated dedi- event three-day a of conclusion the as came and Council Action puts Tava- the by planned was arrested. action were The Twenty sands. tar by and destroyed land regrow pickaxes to seeds sowed and shovels with site UT TarSandsMine June 19—ActivistsPlantSeedsat city’s aquifer. borhoods and schools, and drained the continued Two groups of activists in Amsterdam liquid gray dumped protesters The vehicles and trucks blocked Activists mine the onto walked people Thirty

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page 10 - - - - a, a fud eiul ijrd out- injured seriously found was pan, the anarko-punk movement in Huajua- of pioneer and vocalist, defender, land activist, journalist, community vendor, Police Journalist andActivistKilledby June 26—Mexico:CommunityRadio protection ofIceland’siconicwildlife. the for work to partnerships new form activists international and local as ing tinued commercial whale hunt is grow- meat. Opposition against Iceland’s con- Reykjavík that offer and promote whale in restaurants of walls the on whales dying of images projected Port To Hard Dying WhalesonRestaurants June 26—Iceland:ActivistsProject Salvador Olmo García, a 27-year-old a García, Olmo Salvador NGO the from activists rights Animal IL, andbuildmomentumforthenationalprisonersstrike onSeptember9. and KY in prisons new two build to plans BOP’s the stop to resistance foster ters share. The event was meant to inspire others for future June 11 actions, down the intersection that both the Department of Justice and FBI headquar shut to continued march The entering. from workers preventing garage, ing oners, about 50 folks marched to block the BOP’s front intersection and park- June 13—FightToxicPrisonsMarchBlockadesBureauof the night,renderingthemuseless. June 11-12—France:ConstructionEquipmentTorched a smallgesture,wesmashedoutthewindowsofprobationoffice.” June 11—IndianaProbationOfficeAttacked thing thatcallstheforesthome. was dedicated to action Marius Mason, all The long-term anarchist prisoners, and every- trees. old processing in specializes which Noti, in mill Brothers June 11—LogsatOregonMillSpiked 11 thisyear: Eco-Prisoners. Below arejust some oftheactionscarried out inhonorofJune June 11is the International Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason and All After the two-day Convergence to Fight Toxic Prisons and Support Eco-Pris- Two backhoes at a construction site in Béziers were burned in the middle of “...[A]s part: in read, attack Bloomington the for responsibility of claim The A group named SAP placed dozens of metal spikes into logs at the Swanson June 11,2016 dangering theircommunity. ing that Sprectra stop invading and en- and disrupted for 45 minutes, demand- surrounded they which site, struction con- pipeline the to station regulating and metering the from marched people 100 nearly arrests, the After pipeline. Lateral Roxbury West Energy’s Spectra of site construction the at sit-in a for struction inMA June 28—DozensHaltPipelineCon- police againstSalvador. fol- lowed a string which of attacks and threats by murder, the behind being of police Oaxaca accused broadcasters ics were unable to stabilize him. Fellow side his home, and died after paramed- w bsns onr wr arrested were owners business Two - 11 Earth First! News for newswire / org . (War Leader) when threat- when Leader) (War - peo one thousand 28, over June Left: denouncing Lirquén through ple march project. the Octopus page, top: A representative Front Mapu Penco Lafken from the Koñintu Association announces Indigenous the injunction against file the plan to was Their application project. Octopus on July 18. accepted page, bottom: June 28, a bridge Front The Tomé. was occupied in Bellavista, and Ocean banner reads, “Defend Land.” earthfirstjournal (High Priestess) of the Lafkenches Ma- Macchi carabineros and two government officials were The campaign against Biobíogenera began in 2013 and 2013 in began Biobíogenera against campaign The The project’s delivery date is scheduled for June of Resistance escalated this year when the company can- 37 people were arrested that day—the driver not included. Four physically injured; public and private property damage was severe. has included much indigenous resistance. Maria Flores Quilapán, celed their consultation with the Trib- and Mapuche, Indigenous the to obligations legal disregarding completely al Peoples Convention (International Labor Organization take to supposed is consultation The 169). No. Resolution 18 months to conduct, yet they were only contacted in October of 2015 when bribes were offered. Recently, the firm stated that the project would have no environmental impacts, supposedly making the consultation a moot point. In response, on July 15 the indigenous Lafkenche Koñintu Lafken Mapu group of Penco filed a formal application for protection with the courts and requested an annulment of the June 28 vote, as well as the environmental evaluation. They also presented an thus paralyzing any advancement injunction, of the project. Mayors from Penco and Tomé also imposed a protection injunc- Bulnes in 5 Highway day, That construction. stop to tion was shut down for a couple hours support of the Lafkenke. by people showing 2018, though, as Alvaro Toro explained, “. . . this project is dead!” Stay tuned to puches, believes that her people would “lose their souls” frontier the were ancestors Her project. the allowed they if guards of the Mapuche against colonizers and she keeps a Toqui naming of tradition the ened by an invader. She also named Alvaro Toro, Chile’s top environmental lawyer, as “Project Killer” to speak in the “White Man’s Halls.” One council member recalled, “When the council heard our Macchi had brought legendary this man to win this fight for us,bless- eventhe dance and chant to feet their to struggled ones oldest the ings for him in the coming battles against these thieves from America.” from Santiago and the criminal company future updates. - - - , bar continued from the front page continued from the am carabineros folks gathered in front of the of front in gathered folks

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At 3:00 At Despite blatant corruption—the project’s executive sists of connecting the Pacific Gas (marine) Pipeline to a floating regasification vessel to supply 1,280 megawatts in new power generation through a transnational pipe- of day per meters cubic million eight of capacity with line natural gas into Argentina. US firm Cheniere owns a 50 the by gas—supplied Natural project. the in stake percent Norwegian firm Höegh LNG, which signed a 20-year con- tract with Octopus in 2015—would be delivered, stored, engineering, The terminal. proposed the at regasified and start-up and commissioning, construction, procurement, would be performed by Spanish firm Duro Felguera. (police). Resistance to the Biobíogenera Liquefied Natural Liquefied Biobíogenera the to Resistance (police). Gas terminal (formerly Lirquén has been no exception. named “Octopus”) in Penco- spokesman admitted to making officials because payments that to was elected “theopened”—and way that dialogue massive gets opposition—over 95 the population in the Concepción-Talcahuano percent Metropoli- of tan Region are against it and the Regional Council voted against it almost unanimously on three occasions—the giant fracked-gas terminal, which includes marine and underground pipelines and a gas-fired power generation plant, has been approved. Specifically, this project con

office where the vote was sheepishly passed: ten in favor plus two abstentions. At a barricade on Maipú Street be- arguing been had who driver, a Serrano, and Salas tween the fled then and people three least at hit protesters, with scene trying to hit more people along the way. A total of FIGHTING THE OCTOPUS THE OCTOPUS FIGHTING frequently in direct confrontation with the ed on, and before dawn broke there were traffic blockades traffic were there broke dawn before and on, ed set up on the road leading into Lirquén. By 7:00 ricades—many fortified by burning tires—were set up in neighborhoods and roads, including Bellavista de Tomé, Lorenzo Arenas de Concepción, Marina de Chile Avenue, the Perales de Talcahuano bridge, the intersection of - Pa icaví and Brasil, and Alonso de Ribera Avenue. March- es took place around the Concepción University and in the Tomé commune—both ended with traffic barricades. Public service officials in the commune of Penco went on 2:00 at and noon at strike Eco-Action Group Directory

MONTANA/IDAHO Portland Rising Tide Wildlife Defence League United States portlandrisingtide.org wildlifedefenceleague org Buffalo Field Campaign . buffalofieldcampaign.org Southern Oregon Rising Clayoquot Action Civil Liberties Defense Tide clayoquotaction org Seeds of Peace . Center sorisingtide.org cldc.org seedsofpeacecollective.org TEXAS ECUADOR Rising Tide North America Wild Idaho Rising Tide Rising Tide Ecuador wildidahorisingtide.org Tar Sands Blockade risingtidenorthamerica.org mareacrecientecuador. tarsandsblockade.org wordpress.com TWAC (Trans and/or NEBRASKA UTAH Women’s Action Camp) Earth First! Nebraska FINLAND twac.wordpress.com Canyon Country Rising Tide [email protected] Finland Rising Tide canyoncountryrisingtide.org ARIZONA NEW YORK/PENNSYLVANIA hyokyaalto.net Utah Tar Sands Resistance Black Mesa Indigenous Hudson Valley Earth First! Stop Fennovoima tarsandsresist.org Support hudsonvalleyearthfirst. fennovoima.no.com supportblackmesa.org wordpress.com VERMONT GERMANY No Más Muertes/No More Green Mountain Earth First! Rising Tide NYC Hambach Forest Occupation Deaths risingtidenyc riseup net [email protected] @ . hambachforest blogsport de nomoredeaths.org . . Marcellus Shale Earth First! Rising Tide Vermont ICELAND CALIFORNIA marcellusshaleearthfirst.org risingtidevermont.org Earth First! Humboldt & Saving Iceland Mattole Blockade Wetlands Activism Collective VIRGINIA savingiceland.org [email protected] wetlands-preserve.org Tidewater Earth First! IRELAND tidewaterearthfirst@riseup. Santa Barbara Earth First! NORTHEAST net Earth First! Éire [email protected] FANG (Fighting Against [email protected] (805) 708-7817 Natural Gas) WASHINGTON fangtogether.org Rising Tide Seattle Rossport Solidarity Camp Save Our Little Lake Valley struggle.ws/rsc [email protected] savelittlelakevalley.org NORTH CAROLINA MEXICO COLORADO High Country Earth First! WISCONSIN highcountryef.wordpress.com Madison Infoshop Green Revolt Collective Southwest Earth First! facebook com revueltaverde [email protected] . / southwestearthfirst. Katuah Earth First! wordpress.com [email protected] WEST VIRGINIA Mexico Rising Tide marea-creciente.org DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Piedmont Earth First! Radical Action for Moun- Chesapeake Earth First! [email protected] tains’ and People’s Survival NETHERLANDS rampscampaign.org chesapeakeearthfirst@riseup. OHIO Earth First! Netherlands net groenfront.nl/english Appalachia Resist! FLORIDA appalachiaresist.wordpress. International PHILIPPINES Everglades Earth First! com Earth First! Philippines evergladesearthfirst.net OKLAHOMA AUSTRALIA facebook.com/earthfirst. philippines GEORGIA Great Plains Tar Sands Front Line Action on Coal frontlineaction.org Chattahoochee Earth First! Resistance UNITED KINGDOM gptarsandsresistance.org [email protected] Rising Tide Australia Earth First! UK risingtide.org.au earthfirst.org.uk MAINE OKLAHOMA/TEXAS Stop the East-West Corridor Cross Timbers Earth First! CANADA Earth First! UK Climbers crosstimbersef.com Guild stopthecorridor.org Klabona Keepers [email protected]. facebook.com/ MARYLAND OREGON uk klabonakeepers/ Blue Mountains Biodiversity Savage Mountain Earth Rising Tide UK Project Rebel! Rebuild! Rewild! First! risingtide.org.uk [email protected] 27803 Williams Lane, rebelrebuildrewild.noblogs. Fossil, OR 97830 org MICHIGAN (541) 385-9167 bluemtnsbiodiversity. Tache d’huile Detroit Coalition Against wordpress.com tache-dhuile.info Tar Sands d-cats.org Coast Range Forest Watch Unist’ot’en Camp coastrangeforestwatch.org unistotencamp.com Fen Valley Earth First! fenvalleyearthfirst. Cascadia Forest Defenders Vancouver Island Commu- wordpress.com forestdefensenow.com nity Forest Action Network forestaction.wikidot.com Michigan Coalition Against Northwest Ecosystem Tar Sands Survey Team michigancats.org nestcascadia.wordpress.com

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