Tag Archives: Activism

Photos – Reclaim the City demonstration in Mainz, Germany

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Magpie

Fire juggler at a demonstration in Mainz, Germany, originally uploaded by margaretkilljoy. Alright! I just figured out how to automatically post entire sets from my Flickr to this page. This should make posting photos less of a headache in the … Continue reading →

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$100,000 bail set for civil disobedients in West Virginia

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Magpie

Mountaintop removal is probably the single biggest act of hubris committed by humanity against the earth that I can think of. They blow up mountains and dump everything but the scraps of goal they can find into nearby valleys, destroying … Continue reading →

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Help out Firestorm Cafe in Asheville (by voting for it on this thingy)

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Magpie

One of my favorite infoshops in the US is Firestorm Cafe & Books. I’ve written many a zine and a good chunk of a book while sitting there eating tofu wraps. Mmm. Anyhow, they’re an awesome group, and they’re in … Continue reading →

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Portland Holds Space

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Magpie

One thing that warms my heart are my friends and comrades who keep it up, who’ve been at it as long as I’ve known them. Marco holds it down as a community organizer and anarchist outside the radical niche, because … Continue reading →

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Science Fiction Author Found Guilty Of Being Slightly, Peacefully Upset After Being Beaten By Border Guards

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Magpie

Sci-Fi author Peter Watts was found guilty and is facing two years in jail. The media relays that one border guard claims Peter tried to choke him, but Peter points out that this accusation was disproved in court. In short: … Continue reading →

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Protesting Sea Lion Slaughter at Bonneville Dam

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Magpie

In what is essentially a textbook case of scapegoating, Fish & Wildlife have begun this years round of sea lion killing. For background about the whole thing, there’s an ORC article from two years ago that sums up the problem … Continue reading →

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Political prisoners with March birthdays

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Magpie

(click on image for poster-size pdf). I got an email from the Chapel Hill Prison Books Collective with this poster, that goes over a few political prisoners with birthdays in march. The text on the poster is as follows: Tweet

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Palomar Pipeline, Solo Timber Sale

Posted on February 28, 2010 by Magpie

I’ve been continuing to document the Palomar Pipeline and its course through the public lands of Oregon. This time, I went out to the Solo Timber Sale (timber sales have funny names like “Straw Devil”, “Biscuit”, and, in this case, … Continue reading →

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All Power To The People

Posted on February 28, 2010 by Magpie

I just returned from the PIELC conference in Eugene, Oregon. PIELC stands for Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, and it’s pronounced “e-law” owing to people’s fine habit of ignoring when things change their name. Tomorrow I’ll talk about PIELC and … Continue reading →

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Palomar Pipeline, Clackamas River Crossing

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Magpie

On Sunday I went out with some friends to where the Palomar Pipeline is set to cross the Clackamas river. It’s one of the many, many places that this pipeline will be remarkably disruptive: in this case, running across a … Continue reading →

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