Watch

User menu

Follow:

Search form

Main menu

Act Out! [55] - The High Crime of Ecocide, No New Leases & Shut Down Creech

Act Out! [55] - The High Crime of Ecocide, No New Leases & Shut Down Creech
Wed, 3/23/2016 - by Eleanor Goldfield
This article originally appeared on Occupy.com

This week we're standing strong on the front lines – talking no new leases in New Orleans, no new permits in Oregon, shutting down a drone air force base and playing whack-a-mole with Monsanto. Then, from the front lines to the halls of international law, Polly Higgins lays out the parameters of ecocide law and how global change starts with a simple concept. But first, a bit of spring inspired me to write this.

 

Site list:

nonewleases.org
bit.ly/NoNewLeases
shutdowncreech.blogspot.com
codepink.org
veteransforpeace.org
nevadadesertexperience.org
vcnv.org
losangelespeoplesmediadotorg.wordpress.com
beyondextremeenergy.org/
pollyhiggins.com

 

 
Act Outspoken wordpoetryCreech Air Force Basedrone strikesCode PinkVeterans for PeaceVoices for Creative Nonviolenceanti-war movementno new leasesGulf of Mexicooffshore drillingfossil fuel industryrenewable energygreen investmentoil and gas jobsFERCBeyond Extreme EnergyOregon PipelineLNG export facilityno new permitsfrackingDARK ActMonsantogmoNo GMOMarch Against MonsantoPolly HigginsecocideEarth lawinternational lawinternational criminal lawcrimes against planet

3 WAYS TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT

ONE-TIME DONATION

Just use the simple form below to make a single direct donation.

DONATE NOW

MONTHLY DONATION

Be a sustaining sponsor. Give a reacurring monthly donation at any level.

GET SOME MERCH!

Now you can wear your support too! From T-Shirts to tote bags.

SHOP TODAY

Comments

Sign Up

Article Tabs

An Urgent Plea to Leftists in the 6 Battleground States Likely to Decide the Election

Thanks to the Electoral College, leftists have perhaps the final say this November over whether democracy can hold on for at least another four years, or if fascism will take root and infect all facets of the federal government for decades to come.

// Read more
Republicans are Following a Key Part of Hitler's Playbook: Lying Your Way into Power

What remains unknown is whether post-truth Republicans will succeed in 2024 as the Nazis did in 1933.

// Read more
Project 2025: A blueprint to end democracy, multiculturalism, and even recreational sex

Based on details that have emerged about Trump’s presidential agenda, the far-right Heritage Foundation plans for the next GOP president to have all the tools necessary to demolish multicultural democracy and establish a white, Christian ethnostate that imposes a gender apartheid not unlike the Taliban’s Afghanistan.

// Read more
Donald Trump, Hitler
The Media is Aiding and Abetting Donald Trump's Rise Just As It Did for Hitler

Like Hitler, Trump has a unique command of propaganda, a captivating public presence, and he knows how to drive home narratives beneficial to him and harmful to his enemies.

// Read more
Democracy is flatlining around the globe. A second Trump term would finish the job

Trump’s brand of hyper-nationalism combined with the intense consolidation of executive power follows the same playbook as fascistic leaders in other countries like India,Russia, Hungary, Turkey, Egypt, Italy and Argentina, among others.

// Read more
An Urgent Plea to Leftists in the 6 Battleground States Likely to Decide the Election

Thanks to the Electoral College, leftists have perhaps the final say this November over whether democracy can hold on for at least another four years, or if fascism will take root and infect all facets of the federal government for decades to come.

// Read more
How Trump is following Hitler’s playbook

History shows there are no “one-day” dictatorships. When democracies fall, they typically fall completely.

// Read more
Republicans are Following a Key Part of Hitler's Playbook: Lying Your Way into Power

What remains unknown is whether post-truth Republicans will succeed in 2024 as the Nazis did in 1933.

// Read more
Project 2025: A blueprint to end democracy, multiculturalism, and even recreational sex

Based on details that have emerged about Trump’s presidential agenda, the far-right Heritage Foundation plans for the next GOP president to have all the tools necessary to demolish multicultural democracy and establish a white, Christian ethnostate that imposes a gender apartheid not unlike the Taliban’s Afghanistan.

// Read more
Donald Trump, Hitler
The Media is Aiding and Abetting Donald Trump's Rise Just As It Did for Hitler

Like Hitler, Trump has a unique command of propaganda, a captivating public presence, and he knows how to drive home narratives beneficial to him and harmful to his enemies.

// Read more
Project 2025: A blueprint to end democracy, multiculturalism, and even recreational sex

Based on details that have emerged about Trump’s presidential agenda, the far-right Heritage Foundation plans for the next GOP president to have all the tools necessary to demolish multicultural democracy and establish a white, Christian ethnostate that imposes a gender apartheid not unlike the Taliban’s Afghanistan.

Posted 1 month 2 weeks ago
// Read more
An Urgent Plea to Leftists in the 6 Battleground States Likely to Decide the Election

Thanks to the Electoral College, leftists have perhaps the final say this November over whether democracy can hold on for at least another four years, or if fascism will take root and infect all facets of the federal government for decades to come.

Posted 6 days 15 hours ago
// Read more
Republicans are Following a Key Part of Hitler's Playbook: Lying Your Way into Power

What remains unknown is whether post-truth Republicans will succeed in 2024 as the Nazis did in 1933.

Posted 1 month 14 hours ago
// Read more
How Trump is following Hitler’s playbook

History shows there are no “one-day” dictatorships. When democracies fall, they typically fall completely.

Posted 1 week 1 day ago
// Read more