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Police officers carry Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg away from the edge of the Garzweiler II opencast lignite mine during a protest action by climate activists after the clearance of Luetzerath, Germany, Tuesday, January 17, 2023
DOZENS of climate activists glued themselves to the road in Cologne city centre and to a state government building in Duesseldorf today to protest against the destruction of a village to make way for a coalmine expansion.
The protests came a day after the last two climate activists holed up in a tunnel beneath the village of Luetzerath, which has been abandoned by its residents, left the site.
Police and energy company RWE started evicting protesters from the hamlet on January 11, removing roadblocks, chopping down treehouses and bulldozing buildings.
Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
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As Ontario burns, campaigners are demanding action – not more pipelines, says DAVE McKEE
SYLVIA HIKINS welcomes a an in-depth study of environmental activism that shows how governments work against citizens who put community before profit
