Australia's Leard Blockade Halts Coal in Its Tracks

Number xxii • Beltane Spring 2016

EarthON THE FRONTLINESFirst! OF ECOLOGICAL RESISTANCE News AUSTRALIA’S LEARD BLOCKADE HALTS COAL IN ITS TRACKS by Onion

If you’ve been a regular reader of the Earth First! Newswire for the first few months of 2016 you might have noticed Front Line Action on Coal’s (FLAC) #LeardBlockade popping up in the feed often enough to think that we may be accidentally reposting the same article over and over. This isn’t the case; the Leard Forest Alliance, which is made up of FLAC and 17 other groups, has been using direct action on what seems like a daily basis to resist the expansion of a coal mine in New South Wales’ Leard State Forest. They are the first coal mine blockade camp in Australia’s history, but these folks are no amateurs. Inside Leard State Forest are over 8,400 acres of nationally-listed and critically endangered Box-Gum Woodland, which houses over 25 hollows per acre— hollows that take over a century to form and are roosting ground for Corben’s long-eared bat and the yellow-bellied sheath-tailed bat. Also in the forest are 396 species of plants and animals along with habitat for 34 threatened species and several endangered ecological communities. Together, Boggabri, Maules Creek, and Tarrawonga coal mines would destroy much of the forest, including almost 3,000 acres of the Box-Gum Woodland. Front Line Action on Coal began their camp on August 5, 2012, inside the forest but has since been forced to ...continued on page 9

News From the Eco -Wars Mid Dec—Canada: Activists Begin Dec 24—Italy: Windows of Hunter’s could, including testing data. Their Occupation of Dam Construction Car Smashed statement ended with “Until animal Site Folks broke the glass of a hunter’s exploiters are hung by their own guts!” Folks began an occupation where BC SUV in “solidarity and complicity with Hydro plans to clearcut parts of the our Italian comrades for the recent [Dec Jan 3—Enbridge Valve and Pipeline Peace River Valley and flood 57,000 10] liberations of minks and hares.” Sabotaged in MA acres of farmland in order to construct Activists used a manual pipeline valve an $8.3-billion hydroelectric dam. On Late Dec—Argentina: Liberation of at a Cambridge pump station to restrict December 30, three people were arrest- Rabbits and Sabotage at University the flow of the Line 7 pipeline and then ed for blocking the road leading into Twenty-seven rabbits were freed from applied locking devices to delay re- the site. On April 1, 2016, a member of the experimental farm inside of the sponse time. Pipelines were manually the protest camp concluded a 19-day National University of La Plata, where shut down four times from December to hunger strike. goats and pigs are also tested on. Before January in both the USA and Canada. leaving, they destroyed everything they ...continued on page 2 2 Earth First! News information ontheircase.] trial.” [See “From the Cages,” page 7, for more on still Billy, and Costa Silvia, For pollution. electromagnetic and long was made: “Let’s stop electronic control over statement A signals destroyed. were distances re-transmit and Defendants Sabotaged inSolidaritywithELF Jan 14—Italy:TwoRepeaters rotten government.” the “for eggs rotten flung others while landfills of establishment the rejecting and trash recycling for live calling banner a large a during held protesters Two broadcast. microphone to his attempting take while correspondent news a of attacked and people, July arrested in entrance, the locked began police Riot 2015. that crisis trash country’s the to solutions demand to Beirut downtown in building Azarieh Occupy MinistryofEnvironment Jan 14—Lebanon:Protesters paving andwerearrested. ists locked down to a tractor to prevent activ- two later, days Sixteen protest. boycott Sprouts a began and terviews, in- Ac- conducted stakes, up pulled tivists lot. parking a and supermarket, Sprouts a facility, living assisted nior se- high-end a of construction the with threatened being is but agricul- research tural for used be it that condition the under 1928 in California of versity Historic FarmlandinCA Jan 12—DirectActioninDefenseof w eetoi dvcs ht receive that devices electronic Two the stormed protesters ten Around Uni- the to sold was Tract Gill The o xoe o i nihos h fact It the torture. animal from neighbors profits he that his to expose to aiming activists by swarmed was home CEO’s HomeinNY Jan 16—HundredsVisitSkanska de- it serves.” protection the receives Forest Kuark until continue will surveys cies promised “protests and threatened spe- Folks forest. this in spotted been have fish galaxias Gippsland East dangered en- critically and potoroo long-footed endangered The machinery. logging to anchored ropes with ground the above feet 100 nearly platform tree a on son Logging Jan 14—Australia:TreesitHalts tion that Unist’ot’en Camp is a part na- of.” same the Territory, Wet’suwet’en through north expanding on plans gan Mor- Kinder Society. Warrior Woman the Secwepemc Nation and Secwepemc with solidarity in and routes, pipeline Morgan Kinder proposed and current the along sands, tar the by displaced in solidarity with all indigenous nations activists’ statement read, “This action is The construction. pipeline halt to fight the of part as stopped were Inlet rard Bur- the on operations geo-technical Barge SeizedandShutDown Jan 17—Canada:WestridgeDrilling University ofWashington. an build the at lab testing to animal underground contract Skanska their get cancel to to campaign pressure Animal ongoing an of NYC part as League the Defense from support with was ihr Cvlaos Huntington Cavallaro’s Richard per- a positioned Conservationists ok rw udraig offshore undertaking crews Work

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continued ... In protest against plans to construct A branch of Banco Provincia in The Williche Kalfulikan Organization equipment in Lanco and Lumaco. Their Their Lumaco. and Lanco in equipment statement read, in part: “Ours is a direct struggle against all expressions of capital in ancient Mapuche Territory.” Feb 9—VT Pipeline Hearing Shut Down with “Joyous Bedlam” a new fracked gas pipeline, dozens of community members shut eminent down domain an hearing by the flooding room with consecutive duets people while other and people hummed singing until the in gas frustration lawyers and left quickly adjourned. the meeting was teachers, residents, and members Capitalism of vs. the Climate converged with comments opposing the - construc tion of a new fracked gas power plant. It read, “Fracked gas is environmental racism! No coal, no gas!” Monsanto to Feb 2—Argentina: “Fire and Its Supporters!” Buenos Aires was “redecorated” the discussing with leaflets and bulbs, paint installation of a new Monsanto years several plant it against lockdown a and ago were spread around. Feb 9—Chile: Acts of Sabotage Against Forestry Companies of Territorial Resistance claimed several acts of sabotage (it appears forestry against fire) on set were trucks that - - - The banner declared soli The banner darity with Claudio Paredes, darity with Claudio who militant an 18-year-old 1988 in an explosion in died preparing an explosive while the against be used to device A statement dictator Pinochet. to the proj online read, “Fire and nature!” destroy that ects the TPP, jails, also criticized and identity control. Chile: Banner 1—Chile: Feb and Road Dropped Blockaded Folks in traditional Haudenos- A land appraisal by the Department horrendous from freed were hens The Bridge- a at released was banner The Jan 25—Canada: Once Again, Pipe lines Tampered With and Shut Off aunee Territory used valve to shut off an the flow of tar sands electronic crude in Line 9. A also Line tampered 7 valve with was and closed way. part- From ment: the “Our anonymous actions a hurt state- none, lack but May we all find of the courage to actively action resist & destroy hurts exploitative capitalist everyone. industrial projects.” Jan 28—VT Residents, Climate Advocates Prevent Eminent Domain Proceedings for Pipeline of Public Service Systems, and Vermont intending Gas to construction of a proposed fracked gas facilitate the pipeline, was prevented as opponents formed a human chain across the edge of the property. This was the time second in less than a month that opponents of the pipeline shut down eminent domain proceedings. Early Feb—One Hundred Hens Liberated conditions at an unknown now, according to the liberators’ site, state- but ment, “Their feet touch grass and they can see the sunshine.” Feb 1—Balloon Banner Released in CT port City Council public hearing where L’Est Republican L’Est had its The Pehuenche Lientur Organs New cars at a Renault dealership Circle of Individualists for Anarchy Two bulldozers constructing the con- the constructing bulldozers Two Activists fighting against the exis- Jan 24—Chile: Direct Action in Defense of Mapuche Territory of Territorial the Resistance Angostura sabotaged Central Dam’s kitchen installations, as Hydroelectric well as logging machinery in the Santa Elvira estate. Part of their “This statement action read, will be carried same the of installations other on more out once the Oust region... the in characteristics dams hydroelectric companies, forestry & all capitalist investment in Mapuch territory.” tires slashed. Jan 24-31—France: Arson and Sabotage of Over 20 Vehicles in Avion were set ablaze. A week later a service vehicle of newspaper the conservative Jan 24—Chile: Arson of Andrés Bello University in Santiago and the Kapibara Group cells Informal of the Anarchist Federation/Inter- national Revolutionary Front (FAI/IRF) that arson an for responsibility claimed completely destroyed the science de- attacks The university. the of partment were committed in solidarity with anarchist prisoners Marius Mason Natalia “Tato” Collado and “against patriar- chal civilization and its techno-industrial fabric [translation].” Around Jan 22—Italy: High-Speed Around Jan 22—Italy: Equipment Rail Construction Sabotaged troversial project (TAV) were sabotaged in Genoa: one by fire and the other by sand. The saboteurs declared: sabotage continue to be the daily prac- “May Earth— the of lover sincere every of tice everything else is boring.” People have been fighting the TAV, which would be used mainly for goods and not human transportation, since the employing a diversity of tactics. early ’90s, Jan 21—Germany: Forest Defenders Defenders Forest 21—Germany: Jan Guards Security Over by Run tence of a giant lignite coal mine were hit by a car owned by security forces. Two activists were kidnapped; one was other, the but de-arrested, successfully Fledermaus, was beaten, weeks. four accused for imprisoned and assault, of 4 Earth First! News Sabotaged Feb 14—Prague:PoliceVehicles values.” its and civilization of rejection violent the with Onward ... ‘progress’ human man comrades crushed on the roads of nonhu the all for vengeance of act an was attack “this that and cars” ‘luxury’ of definition abstract some targeting to ourselves limit to not choosing nately, indiscrimi them burn we so system, toxic machines of the techno-industrial and disgusting equally are cars “...all that stated They vehicles. the of tires the near devices incendiary homemade in Mulheim Feb 14—Germany:NineCarsBurnt tions.” genera- future for are and families our protect which left have we space green together little what here threaten that those against gather “...We part, said, in that statement a mountain. released Larga They Loma de Cerro the on built be to towers apartment of site street and entrance to the construction Construction Site Feb 13—Mexico:StreetBlockadeof ... Tract inCA AgainatGill Halted Feb 8—Construction community memberswithaffordablefood. provide to order in land the appropriate to plan They construction. of week first activists had previouslyremovedsurveystakesfromthesiteanddisrupted sitting in the path of construction equipment removing topsoil. Occupy the Farm proposed high-endsenior assisted living center and Sprouts grocerystore by continued h Ntok f eouinr Cells’ Revolutionary of Network The placed ALF/ELF/FAI Cell Wildfire the blockaded residents Pedro San Five activists with Occupy theFarmblockadedconstruction site of a

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continued ... Women workers from the Landless The Anarchist Cell of Individualists homes. They also burnt folders, stole documents, destroyed computers, and damaged barns on the property. Mar 8—Brazil: Over 5,000 Women Destroy Monoculture Seedlings Movement destroyed corporation eucalyptus the by owned seedlings and pine Araupel to denounce the model destructive of agribusiness, its damage to the environment, and Araupel’s illegal land theft. The women expropriation of an demand approximately 86- the acre farm and that the roughly 10,000 families camped in Paraná permanent be settlements given National of in part as done was action the This state. Day of Women Struggles. Mar 12—Chile: Bomb Set Off Against Highway Construction Company and Nihilists for the Anti-Authoritarian Insurrection—FAI/FRI detonated noise bomb outside of a Vespucio Sur a office. They wrote: “We do not conceive of the struggle against civilization something as different or external the fight against all forms of from authority. corporations administrative identify We that build highways as an important strand in the web which gives the life network of to domination, facilitating the advance of civilization, themselves enriching with urban the servility imposition to [translation].” those of in power Anonymous folks calling themselves Quebec’s environmental hearings for The Animal Liberation Front liber- of Mayuriaga in the Amazon ground- ed a military helicopter, holding crew - hos officials government and members the from help demanded tribe The tage. central government over the rupture of a pipeline owned by Petroperu, which spilled 1,000 barrels of oil in Mayuria- ga. This spill came nine days leak after a in the same barrels duct spilled near 2,000 eight communities in the region. other indigenous Mar 6—UK: Coal Rail Transport Line Sabotaged “Sand in railway tunnels in the Avon Gorge, cut the Gears” lines with entered a portable disc two cutter, and left a banner as a line travels warning. from Royal Portbury The Dock, rail which handles 70 percent of the UK’s imported coal for power generation. Mar 7—Canada: Protesters Disrupt Pipeline Hearing the Energy East pipeline project were temporarily suspended as protesters sneaked into the audience room, unfurled a banner denouncing the pipeline, and sang songs to silence East Energy of Louis president vice Bergeron, for New Brunswick and Quebec, as he tried to give a presentation. Mar 7—Italy: Lambs Saved from Easter Slaughter ated 49 lambs destined slaughter for and delivered them to caring religious - - - - Known as LAUtonomia, this occu Known as LAUtonomia, Germany: New Germany: Mar 7— Anti-Lignite Forest in Lusatia Occupation pation near the village of Rhone be pation near the village placed in old gan with three platforms the for the edge of oak trees between mine. Squatters est and the open-pit a Forest Party on of the forest held in involved public the get 13 to March the resistance. The Wampis indigenous community After years of death threats, Berta An unknown group blocked a caravan a blocked group unknown An Mar 6—Peru: Tribe Takes Government Officials Hostage Over Oil Spill Mar 3—Honduras: Indigenous Activist Berta Cáceres Murdered Cáceres, the coordinator and co-founder of the Council of Indigenous Peoples of Honduras, was shot and killed by un- La in home her inside assailants known Esperanza. Cáceres was also the leader of the Lenca indigenous community and recipient of the Goldman Environ- mental Prize in 2015 for a grassroots campaign that pressured the world’s largest dam builder to pull out of the Agua Zarca Dam project. According to Global Witness, twelve tal defenders were environmen- killed in Honduras in 2014, making it the most ous danger country in the world—relative to its size—for activists protecting forests and rivers. Mar 2—Chile: Forestry Trucks Torched of trucks involved in Arauco destroying the forests, out, and forced set fire to six of the vehicles. the Afterwards, another road drivers was blocked was one No cut. recent a from logs with arrested, but someone was reportedly shot and injured for refusing their to exit vehicle. of wave new a This with correspond blockade arson and resistance road against forestry companies invested in the region. 6 Earth First! News arrests. blocked the entrance to and the FERC garage with their arms bodies, resulting in multiple linked people declined, commissioners When son. sea- the of crop syrup maple last their try and face-to-face them meet to chance the commissioners offer to headquarters FERC outside grill Their MapleSyrup Mar 24—HolleranFamilyShamesCommissionersWithLastof cutting begin. watched family and protesters as marshals US armed by guarded was “safety buffer” to be maintained on both sides of cutting. The entire area 150-foot a by expanded was farm family’s Holleran the on trees cut to March 1—TreesCutasFarmersLoseEminentDomainBattle to theirlandblockcutting. and that the landowners have a “duty” to remove others who may come future he would direct marshals to arrest people interfering with cutting the in that clarified but favor their in ruled judge The farm. the on ting Feb 19—ChargesAgainstTreeDefendersDropped tion Pipeline.Theactionstoppedworkfortheday. Constitu the of path proposed the in trees of acres five of clearcutting Feb 10—TreesDefended to “streamline”theprocessofobtainingpermitsformorepipelines. Force Task meeting, resulting in seven Infrastructure arrests. The intention of the Task Pipeline Force was a of section comments public the Jan 20—StateTaskForceMeetingShutDown his decision. influencing as cutting tree massive the citing Pipeline, Constitution the eventually cut. Recently, Governor Andrew Cuomoof New Yorkrejected Hollerans andover100activists who joinedthemthere,thetreeswere theHolleran farm family has owned since the 1950s. Despite months of resistance by the tree sugar the maple of acres five including of-way, right- huge a seize to domain eminent used have project this financing Pennsylvania toNewYorkandpartsofEngland.Thecompanies The proposed124-mile Constitution Pipeline would carrynaturalgasfrom Activists and members of the Holleran family cooked pancakes on a on pancakes cooked family Holleran the of members and Activists workers Pipeline Constitution allowing ruling domain eminent The Charges were dismissed for five activists who had obstructed tree cut- Dozens of people held hands on the Holleran’s maple farm to stop the interrupted drilling shale by impacted regions of residents 20 Over Fighting theConstitutionPipeline March 24,2016 - Money forthePeople,Not Nuclear.” satom Nuclear Power Project” and “Oulu’s Banners read, “Leave the Fennovoima-Ro company. the into investment Euro lion er project and of the city of Oulu’s 17 mil pow- nuclear Fennovoima-Rosatom the of support company’s the of protest the in roof from banners dropped and alarms, safety personal loud Ener- activated office, Oulu gia the occupied camp protest Activists OccupyEnergyOffice Mar 22—Finland:Anti-Nuclear the murder. witnessed who son, young his defending died Rhadebe top. on— the were at them name his of with two the list hit a of member to check on her safety, and spoke murder, his Committee Crisis another called before Rhadebe half a and hour An livelihoods. their of destruction the and land the from people the of removal mean Xolobeni area, saying that the mine would the in titanium mine to plans mining company’s a opposed Rhadebe Committee, Crisis Amadiba the of Chairman police. be to pretending men two by house his of Sikhosiphi RhadebeAssassinated Mar 22—SouthAfrica:MineOpponent to putserioustopicsintothepubliceye. used a tactic is figures profile high pieing cream- Finland, face. In the pies to cream with officer police a and guards security by Fennovoima-Rosatom private and two serving drop banner a Police with Brutality Against Day International the in Pie PoliceandGuards Mar 15—Finland:Anti-NukeProtesters the of construction megadam. the instrumental preventing was in group Cáceres’ and the Agua Zerca megadam project. García’s of protest in years two occupied for land ancestral had they where in Chiquito, homes Rio their 150 from evict people to indigenous bulldozers and dispatched police riot government days Honduran only the after home shortly and own funeral, Cáceres’ his after in in times face four the shot Honduras—was of Organizations Indigenous and Popular of leader, and member of the Civic Council Nelson GarcíaMurdered Mar 15—Honduras:IndigenousActivist ... continued ciit ad eiet o te Pyhäjoki the of residents and Activists outside times eight shot was Rhadebe participated camp protest Pyhäjoki The community five, of father García—a

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Eco-Wars: newswire updates from the earthfirstjournal for daily for Newswire Check out the First! Earth March 31—Colombia: Anti-Mining March 31—Colombia: Anti-Mining Occupation in Ninth Month of Resistance ing near the mill to monitor the mining operation there for nine months straight. They say the water and environment have already been severely damaged and they will not allow the operation to continue. Mar 30—Treesit in PA in Protest Mar 30—Treesit of Pipeline site sides of a family’s Huntingdon property in County, where co - Suno Logistics seized land and began clearcutting trees to make room for the Mariner East 2 claims Sunoco’s challenging is family pipelines. The to eminent domain. Late March—Peru: Residents Residents March—Peru: Late Company Mining Against Strike forty-seven rural communities and towns held a 48-hour strike against MMG Limited. They asked to with meet company and government officials to demand closure of the mine and to denounce the militarization of the area. Citizens streets occupied of the Chalhuahuacho through- out the strike. 8 Earth First! News ae e Lne. ic, u o Our Lives [translation].” of Out Vinci, Landes. Des Dame Norte of Ayrault-port the “Against read that banner a unfurled and motorway ary 13, over 100 Janu- people marched onto on a trial face inhabi - to were who ZAD tants the and bridge Cheviré March Jan 9—Lille,France:Spontaneous of flow incessant … despitethestateofemergency.” the workers and passengers merchandise, attack to these world exists, we will remain as determined long shit this as long as “As continue, evictions that, vowed and action the behind reasons as in ZAD the immigrants and blockaders Roma, squatters, tenants, The by faced hour. violence state cited an tram for two closing lines with fire, blocked of were barricades tram airport the Barricades Road andTramsMetwithFlaming Jan 9—Toulouse,France:Airport had beenagreedupon. withdrawal the after protesters against police. with Police used tear gas and water cannons disbanded negotiations eventually negotiated.following blockade Hollande The until continue Presidente would blockade the announced farmers and night the into bridge Cheviré the blockaded protest The protest ZAD. the support to and airport the tractors 400 and cyclists People BlockadeBridge Jan 9—Nantes,France:20,000 the airport. company behind the construction of including attacks on Vinci, the from activists around theworld, 2016 saw a responseof solidarity the beginningof escalated, and threat of eviction of the ZADhas ZAD (zoneàdefendré). Lately, the autonomous zoneknownasthe riots, sabotage, and the massive France, hasincludedprotests, des-Landes airportnearNantes, construction of the Notre-Dame- protect forest and farmland from the to fight the years, For In solidarity with the blockade of the of blockade the with solidarity In and airport Toulouse to road The 1,000 by joined were marchers The SOLIDARITY WITHTHEZADNORTE-DAME-DES-LANDES and insolidarity withtheZAD. prison, the and rail light high-speed a of construction the to resistance in oil spilled and bins overturned with aded en- the block- was prison women’s of a to trance front in and station train Eurorennes new the for site struction Blockade Jan 22—Rennes,France:Road forms ofpower![translation].” all of “Destruction and ZAD!” the with Solidarity in “Univalle including the ZAD, with solidarity in the campus of Valley) (University Univalle Cali’s the Graffiti Jan 15—Cali,Colombia:Solidarity Dame-des-Landes [translation].” Notre- in airport an be won’t There so. years. for This is a warning. We won’t let them do develop that forms life the and movement occupation the police to attack zone, the to the back come will speeches, militia court from of hushed “Far claim with: Their ended court. responsibility in tried were in families as Beaujoire of “ZAD” neighborhood the painted in station police a on letters Rage giant of Greens Station Painted Jan 13—Nantes,France:Police could that evict 11familieslivingintheZAD. began hearing Nantes in the court where the to entrance the Evictions Strong ProtestsOverFarmer Jan 13—Nantes,France:Thousand- h ra psig hog te con- the through passing road The on slogans spray-painted Anarchists The themselves calling group A surrounded protesters 1,000 Over all thecrusty kids,zadistsornot.” to Support warming. is winter in fire A go where we were expected. It was great. kick start a fire. To have fun together, to to not wanted We site. construction “We set fire to several trucks on a Vinci ary AttackAgainstVinci Trucks Feb 27—Toulouse,France: Incendi buildings. public other and office, Party Socialist the agencies, estate banks, of facades the redesign to bombs egg and paint, extinguishers, fire used demonstrators and tear gas to hold them France. back, masked force using police of hundreds Despite in and US, Notre-Dame-des-Landes the in in Kobane Ferguson with Kurdistan, solidarity and for emergency called of state the to tance Emergency Resistance AgainstStateof Feb 25—Nantes,France:Riot, the 12, occupied area, stoppingworkagain. Zadists February dozen a On about siphoned. and tanks broken, windows found were spray-painted, excavators two left, they After day. the for stop to and work forcing site machinery, of movement construction any blocked Vinci a over Sabotaged Bruilhois, France:VinciEquipment Feb 8&12—Sainte-Colombe-en- and “ZAD” messages ofsolidarity. with spray-painted were Solidarity Graffiti Jan 18-24—Helsinki,Finland:ZAD From the communiqué [translation]: communiqué the From resis- in marched people 400 Nearly took Zadists dozen a 8, February On streets busy on stops bus Numerous January 13,2016 - 9 Earth First! News . (bottom image, . org . On the morning of March 5, a forest defender suspended defender forest a 5, March of morning the On On March 8, three women celebrated International On March 13, four students from Australia National On March 16, as the government tried to clamp down The train was stopped yet again on March 21 as a tracks, train the across down lay woman a 25, March On Four days later, at Willow Tree in rural New South While all has been seemingly quiet for the past few Finally, on April Fools’ Day, FLAC was not joking around joking not was FLAC Day, Fools’ April on Finally, locked to concrete barrels at the entrance 2014, to In again. delayed was Work page 1). image, (middle the mine Gomeroi traditional custodians Minister asked Greg Hunt Environmental to stop work in to the protect area the in site, which order is considered sacred. response was Hunt’s that Whitehaven would not begin to clear the area until 2017; obviously untrue. themself from a rail bridge over the Kamilaroi Highway, mines two to headed trains stopped which page 1). The purpose was to draw Creek attention Maules the in to significance high Lawlers of site last the Well, Mine boundary. Women’s Day by locking themselves to trees inside the forest. Gomeroi women gathered on the forest action. show support and solidarity for the road to coal train. University occupied and stopped a on Australians’ right to a occupy to members its of one sending involved, became protest, the Brisbane Union coal train at Willow Tree. for down it shutting occupied, and scaled was locomotive over five-and-a-half hours. stopping all trains from entering the export terminal at Kooragang Island in Newcastle that day. Wales, a locomotive was stopped by three folks, shutting down the coal production line (top image, page 1) as one of their members locked on to a coal conveyor. going be to Coal on Action Line Front expect don’t weeks, anywhere any time soon. Keep checking our for newswire updates and find out how you can get involved at frontlineaction Earth First! continued from page 1 continued from page (image above). According to FLAC’s website, the first protest of the For the sake of brevity, the rest of this article will briefly will article this of rest the brevity, of sake the For Five days later, thirty folks met up at the gates of On February 21, two women occupied a coal train Less than a week later, on February 26, Whitehaven On February 29, a member of FLAC halted the trains March started like February ended; on March 2, LEARD BLOCKADE LEARD BLOCKADE Journal. year took place on planned February demolition 14, of the 1,200 day acres protest before of featured a giant banner and woodlands. the a person in a The koala outfit, calling attention to the decline and extermination of koalas in the forest move to Wando, a local farm in Maules Creek. In the last the In Creek. Maules in farm local a Wando, to move attempting arrested been have people 400 over years four to stop the destruction. discuss the multiple actions that have occurred through the first four months of 2016.will appear A in the more detailedLitha 2016 article edition of the Both mine. coal Tarrawonga Idemitsu’s and Whitehaven’s companies have been fined multiple times for failing to comply with approval conditions. in The been and limits disturbance companies the of outside land have cleared waved were Signs ordinances. pollution noise of violation and the road was temporarily blocked. in Werris Creek. All railments Newcastle—the world’s busiest coal port—were halted. of coal to the Port of began to illegally clear, as they are legally supposed to stop all work forest the in animals when The Fahrenheit). degrees (95 Celcius temperatures exceed 35 degrees are less likely to find cool habitatget this when high temperatures and their homes are destroyed. day, activists—not being helped by the authorities—shut The next stop to managed folks two addition, In line. rail the down a bulldozer from clearing. yet again, while three more people locked themselves to bulldozers in the Whitehaven Coal Maules Creek mine, delaying clearing again. tribes Githabul and Gamilaraay the from folks indigenous 10 Earth First! News #M42889, RobinsonCorrectional, 13423East1150 BRIAN VAILLANCOURT Urban Horticulture. for Center Washington’s of University the of ing 71463, USA #98291-011, FCIOakdaleI,POBox5000,Oakdale, LA JUSTIN SOLONDZ be to released inMayof2016. expected is He release. supervised of years three as well as time), federal and state (both served time for February 29, he was sentenced to 36 months, with credit On farm. fur a from mink 2,000 releasing for AETA the under charges additional to guilty pleaded Kevin 2014. 30-month a completed sentence for “possession of who burglary tools” on October 21, activist liberation animal Chicago, IL60605,USA #47353-424, MCCChicago,71WestVanBurenStreet, (Address envelopeto“KevinJohnson”) KEVIN OLLIFF actions. ELF other 12 in supportmariusmason actions involvement ELF admitted out carry and to conspiring to guilty pleaded also Marius tests. crop modified genetically out carrying building university a at arson ELF an in involvement his TX 76127,USA #04672-061, FMCCarswell,POBox27137,FortWorth, (Address envelopeto“Marie(Marius)Mason”) MARIUS MASON the SheepskinFactoryinColorado. with along Utah, in gras) foie sold (which Restaurant ron Tibu- the and Factory Leather Tandy the of arsons wolf” 62246, USA #37096-013, FCIGreenville,POBox5000,IL (Address envelopeto“WalterBond”) ABDUL HAQQ oprtn pe areet n 04 n i srig a serving is and 9-year sentence. 2014 in agreement non- plea a cooperating accepted He McDonald’s. a at arson attempted Robinson, IL62454,USA Birthday: October3 Serving 7 years (until 08-31-2017) for a 2001 firebomb- an is below) entry see Lang; Tyler with (arrested Kevin Serving 21 years and 10 months (until 09-18-2027) for Lone - “ALF the for 03-21-2021) (until years 12 Serving Birthday: September 5,1964 Arrested in Chicago on February 9, 2013, for an alleged Birthday: March27,1987 Birthday: January26,1962 Birthday: April16 US PRISONERS F rom . org

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n the ared S truggle L iberationists , 11 Earth First! News com photo by Tyer Lang . supportkevinandtyler RELEASES & OTHER GOOD NEWS RELEASES & OTHER Trial for Silvia Guerini, Costantino “Costa” Ragusa, and Birthday: April 18, 1973 Rebecca was serving 5 years (until 04-07-2017) for arson Arrested with Kevin Olliff (see listing page 10) and originally and 10) page listing (see Olliff Kevin with Arrested Luca “Billy” Bernasconi began Turin, on Italy. January The three 13, had 2016 been jailed previously in for arrested several and years in Switzerland, accused organized of having an act of research center of IBM, under construction at sabotage the time. On against a April nanotechnology 15, 2010, they were stopped explosives found allegedly and and car their searched who arrested police by Swiss and leaflets claiming the imminent action under the name “Earth Liberation Front Switzerland.” charges were dropped as it was ruled that they had already On March 9, been the charged for these crimes couldn’t be charged for them again in Italy. in Switzerland, and thus BILLY, COSTA, and SILVIA Charges in Italy dropped! and conspiracy charges stemming from ELF occurred actions between that 1996 and 2001, including to released was the She Colorado. Vail, in resort ski a destroyed fire that a halfway house on April 11, 2016. REBECCA RUBIN Released to a halfway house! TYLER LANG house arrest, 6 months Sentenced to time served, 6 months release, and community confinement, 1 year supervised $200,000 restitution histo- criminal prior no had he since deal plea a on released Enterprise Animal the under reindicted was he However, ry. Terrorism Act for allegedly releasing mink and foxes from fur farms in the Midwest and has been they which out in agreements plea non-cooperating signed both on bail. They pleaded guilty to a violation of the AETA donations accepting currently for is Tyler farm. freeing fur a from 2,000 mink for support during house arrest, and also for bills. treatment his and hospital cat cious’s Pre- ru . org . EF! Journal pavlenko - v com . . To get in touch email freesvenandnatasha prisoners / org or write to EF!PSP, PO Box 163126, .

net . supportnicoleandjoseph riseup @ They are currently awaiting extradition from the Gianluca is currently facing charges in Swe- Nicole and Joseph were arrested on July 24, 2015, Victoria was a volunteer at a Russian animal shelter animal Russian a at volunteer a was Victoria ARRESTEES FACING CHARGES ARRESTEES FACING INTERNATIONAL PRISONERS PRISONERS INTERNATIONAL continued... Sacramento, CA 95816. Collective. A broader list of prisoners from allied struggles, arrestees facing charges, and our handy updated Informant Tracker service can be found at earthfirstjournal efpris This information is compiled by the joint effort of the the and Project Support Prisoner EF! Netherlands to the UK for charges that could carry 14 carry could that charges for UK the to Netherlands years in prison, as part of the Blackmail 3 case with Debbie Vincent (see above). NATASHA and SVEN den for damaging at least 121 hunting SKE 670,000 roughly causing slogans spray-painting towers and (approx. $78,000) in damages. He reportedly stated, “For me it is not a crime… It nature and other is species [translation].” The trial was a crime to destroy supposed to begin in November of 2015 but seems to have been delayed indefinitely. and federally indicted releasing for allegedly for Conspiracy Act to Terrorism Violate Enterprise Animal the thousands of animals from fur farms and destroying Montana, Minnesota, Iowa, Idaho, in records breeding Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. The indictment alleges that they caused economic damage to various also retail and distribution businesses associated and individuals with the non-cooperating fur plea agreements industry. and are They sentencing. awaiting accepted GIANLUCA GAUDENZI JOSEPH BUDDENBURG and NICOLE KISSANE JOSEPH BUDDENBURG and NICOLE VICTORIA PAVLENKO VICTORIA PAVLENKO let us know if you find it!) (Address unknown, when she was arrested on “theft” charges for saving a stray Labrador from the street and dog’s the on number the that finding after shelter the bringing it to collar was disconnected. She has served over a year and a half for this, and faces between 2 and 5 years to cause harm.” for “theft with intent Eco-Action Group Directory

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

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