Direct Action

Stop Fracked Gas Exports Action At FERC HQ

July 2, 2014 Stop Fracked Gas Exports, www.sites.google.com Resist! Direct Action, Fracking, Gas, Protest

The gas industry's rush to build 20 or more industrial facilities along our nation's coastline to export fracked gas to countries overseas would bring all of these impacts upon U.S. communities. It would move us in exactly the wrong direction when we urgently need to move forward in tackling the climate crisis. On July 13th in Washington, DC, we'll come together to send a decisive message to President Obama and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: Say “No!” to fracked gas exports at Cove Point and nationwide! It will be a critical time to act. This summer, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will be nearing a decision on one of the worst examples of the gas export rush: Dominion Resources' proposed fracked gas export facility at Cove Point – just 50 miles from the White House on the Chesapeake Bay in southern Maryland. For far too long, President Obama has allowed FERC to rubber stamp project after project, putting the interests of the oil and gas industry above our health, safety, and climate.

Women Of Action Against Violent Extraction Shuts Down Tar Sands Mine Construction

June 23, 2014 Peaceful Uprising, www.youtube.com Resist! Direct Action, Environment, Extraction, Tar Sands

Women of Action Against Violent Extraction joined the fight against tar sands development on the Colorado Plateau. The group used direct action June 16 to stop the lone bulldozer beginning construction on the US Oil Sands project. Deliveries of more and larger construction equipment are imminent. U.S. Oil Sands has leased and intends to destroy 32,000 acres of the East Tavaputs Plateau starting at PR Springs where a permanent protest vigil has been established by Peaceful Uprising, Utah Tar Sands Resistance and Canyon Country Rising Tide. WAAVE released the following statement regarding their action: "Development of tar sands and oil shale on the Colorado Plateau is a violent and dangerous act requiring a bold defense. The Colorado River system, which provides water to 40 million people in the US, Mexico and many indigenous nations, is already over-tapped and tainted by numerous industrial poisons. Dirty energy kills millions world over at the site of mines, refineries, and in downstream communities. Moreover, extreme extraction like tar sands strip mining threatens our hope for a livable planet."

Monkey Wrenching The Frackers

June 12, 2014 Cole Stangler, www.inthesetimes.com Strategize! Activism, Direct Action, Fracking, Gas

“All right, motherfuckers! This is an unlawful assembly!” A group of five “police” charge at a mob of milling “protesters,” throwing several to the ground and playfully beating them with rolled-up pieces of old newspaper—the “batons.” “Fucking hippies!” someone shouts from the tussle. The make-believe cops have been supplied with blaze orange construction vests, plastic badges and faux police caps, which combine with their many tattoos and piercings to make them look like a punk version of the Village People. This mock police ambush was part of a three-hour crash course in “Responsible Direct Action” held at last week’s Energy Exports Action Camp in Maryland’s Jug Bay Natural Area, a county park some 25 miles southeast of Washington, D.C. The week-long camp was designed to train, connect and energize activists gearing up to take direct action to stop Dominion Energy’s Cove Point project, a natural gas export terminal planned in Lusby, Md. Opponents say the plant will encourage more fracking, spur Maryland to drop its state-wide moratorium on the practice, and exacerbate global climate change.

At Age 92, Arrested For Protesting Mining

April 4, 2014 Bill Ryan, www.theguardian.com Resist! Direct Action, Mining, Protesters Arrested

The coal industry gets enormous subsidies from the government. We need to take them away from the mining industry, with their lobbyists galore in Canberra, and use that money to assist in the development of our renewable energies. Otherwise, what is the future for my children? I’ve only got a few years left, but I feel in my conscience that I have to take this stand. I’m happy to say that I’ve been here on four occasions, and each time, the numbers are increasing. This sort of direct action is the way of the future. The people have got to take action because the governments have been completely ignoring them and listening only to the big end of town. So I’ll continue to protest. The next oldest person in this camp is 84 years old. And when I talk to him, he too says he’s concerned about the future for his children. Something is wrong. We’re faced with a catastrophe. I owe it to my grandchildren, and I owe it to all children. I was willing to put my life on the line in the second world war, so putting my body on the line here is a small inconvenience.

Anti-austerity Protesters Occupy Revenue Office In Dublin

April 1, 2014 Patsy McGarry, www.irishtimes.com Resist! Austerity, Direct Action, Ireland

A group of six anti-austerity activists are occupying the Revenue Commissioners’ offices in Dublin’s Cathedral Street, off O’Connell Street. The occupation began at about 11.15am today when the five men and one woman began a sit-down protest in the Revenue offices as people dealt with their tax affairs - some making their Local Property Tax payments ahead of the deadline. Gardaí were called to the scene and the offices were closed to the public at about 12.10pm. A spokesman for the group, Ciarán Carr, told The Irish Times the six were “all independent and not members of a political party”. Their “anti-austerity sit-in” was “on behalf of those who can’t pay the property tax”, he said. “We won’t give up the fight no matter how small,” he said.

Thunderclap! Help Amplify 99 Banner Drops in NY for Fair Elections

March 18, 2014 MOP Democracy, www.thunderclap.com Organize! Activism, Direct Action, Elections

Elections are supposed to give ordinary people a voice, but once money gets involved, all bets are off. New York’s governor Andrew Cuomo campaigned on a promise of “fair elections” and campaign finance reform. But so far all we’ve seen is talk. That’s why activists are traveling all over the state of NY right now dropping 99 banners -- at least one in every county -- to keep the heat on Governor Cuomo and demand that he keep his promise to fund fair elections.

Account from Inside Parliament as Anti-Protest Bill Passes in Australia

March 17, 2014 Nicola Paris, www.counteract.org.au Resist! Australia, Direct Action, Police abuse

So this evening I paid a visit to the Victorian State Parliament with a group of around 30 other people. A diverse mix of folk – amongst them unionists, lawyers, environmentalists, people who could get their house bulldozed for the East West tunnel, people who care about peace, refugees and transparency and democracy. We were there to watch the Summary Offences and Amendments Sentencing Bill (Anti Protest Bill) get passed. A law which will allow police unprecedented discretionary powers to ‘move on’ peaceful protesters, and others they might suspect of a fairly broad range of things, from public places.

Strike Debt Moves From Jubilee To Refusal

January 22, 2014 Strike Debt, createsend.com Resist! Direct Action, Strike Debt

Creditocracy and the Case for Debt Refusal also marks the transition of Strike Debt beyond the Rolling Jubilee, which successfully abolished almost $15m of debt in one year. Conceived as a limited project, the Rolling Jubilee had an enormous public impact, and far surpassed our goals. While we still have funds to spend on debt buys, we have closed the fund for new contributions so that we can focus our energies on the larger, more long-term goal of building a debtors’ movement. If you want to set up your own Strike Debt chapter, starting with a reading group of Creditocracy is a good way to get one going in your area.

Jan. 25th Action Camp to Stop Construction of Coal Mine

January 14, 2014 ACT350, act.350.org Resist! Coal, Direct Action, Environment

The time to step up is now. Construction has now begun on the Maules Creek Coal Mine in central New South Wales, with bulldozers destroying parts of the Leard State Forest. As the bulldozers have moved in though, campaigners from all around the country have joined hands with the local community to stop the construction. Protesters have started a blockade of the entrance to the mine, turning back vehicles seeking to clear the forest for construction of rail infrastructure. We need your help however to keep this going.

Highway 95’s Largest OmegaLoad More Again: Round 2

November 14, 2013 Staff, www.wildidahorisingtide.org Resist! Direct Action, Environment

"On Sunday night, November 10, between 10 pm and 6 am, the Washington and Idaho activists and allies of Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) monitored and protested the heaviest and longest megaload of tar sands extraction equipment to recently traverse U.S. Highway 95 and Interstate 90 in Idaho (photos and videos available on Tuesday) [1]. Like the controversial oversize evaporator that met four nights of fierce resistance from Nez Perce, Idle No More, Wild Idaho Rising Tide, and allied activists on Highway 12 in early August, this core of a second shipment that also arrived at the Port of Wilma on July 22 weighs up to 644,000 pounds. But unlike the earlier 255-foot-long megaload, this mammoth transport stretches 297 feet long, crowds out other traffic on mostly two-lane Highway 95 with its 16-foot width, and barely clears standard 16-foot-tall overpasses with its 15.9-foot height"

Earth Quaker Action Team Models Rapid-Fire Escalation At Power Shift

October 25, 2013 Eileen Flanagan, www.wagingnonviolence.org Resist! Climate Change, Direct Action, Environment

"The young climate activists who gather in Pittsburgh, Pa. this weekend for the Power Shift 2013 conference won’t have to wait long to get back on the streets and take action. On Monday, Oct. 21, Earth Quaker Action Team plans to lead the biggest bank branch action in history. Starting with relatively calm silent occupations at several Pittsburgh PNC branches, then disrupting the bank’s lunchtime business around town before an action where some will risk arrest, the day will mark another step in Earth Quaker Action Team’s escalating campaign to get PNC to stop financing mountaintop removal coal mining. It will also serve as a model of rapid-fire escalation for youth at Power Shift. Earth Quaker Action Team, or EQAT (pronounced “equate”), was founded on a belief that to win a just and sustainable economy will require smart strategy. "

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