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[pigeon-girl-punk]

As protests start ramping up and violence escalates please remember:

DO NOT PUT MILK IN YOUR EYES FOR PEPPER SPRAY OR TEAR GAS.

It can and will cause infection due to bacteria. Flush with water, distilled if possible, and never EVER wear contact lenses to protests where there may be police retaliation.

Please reblog. It may save someone's sight.

[wachinyeya]

Colombia Bans All New Oil and Mining Projects in its Amazon–an Area the Size of Sweden

In Colombia, Vélez noted, some 43 oil blocks and 286 mining requests had currently not yet broken ground in various parts of the Amazon

Colombia, primer país en declarar la Amazonía como zona libre de gran minería e hidrocarburos -

Con esta medida sin precedentes, el Gobierno del Cambio da un paso histórico para proteger más de 483.000 km² del bioma amazónico —el 42% de

With this unprecedented move, the Government of Change takes a historic step to protect more than 483,000 km2 of the Amazon biome — 42% of the national territory and 7% of the great South American Amazon — and calls on the countries of the region to join in an Amazon Alliance for Life.

This declaration makes Colombia the first country in the region to lead the protection of its entire Amazon territory, ratifying its leadership in the conservation of the jungle as a power of life.

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Columbia University protest suppression, 4.30.24

[kropotkindersurprise]

September 2, 2024 - On the first day of fall classes the Alma Mater statue on the steps of the library at Columbia University was drenched in red paint, as protests continue against the school’s financial support for Israel and the repression of pro-Palestine voices while Israel's barbaric USA-supported genocide goes on unabated. [link]

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Tim Curry, Patricia Quinn and Nell Campbell - The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)