The 2008-2009 winter has proved a harsh one for peace and social justice movements worldwide. We saw the brutal murder of Alexandros Grigoro-poulos onthe 6th of December and war breaking out again in the Gaza strip. These two events ignited outrage everywhere and moved people in very different contexts to take to the streets. Not only to voice their opinions in reaction to these injustices, but also to speak out about their own immediate worsening situations, to show their discontent. It is impossible to cover every protest and uprising which has taken place in Europe in the past months so below is only a small part of the discontent. .on Discontent

Bélém, Brazil, 1 February 2009

CLIMATE JUSTICE NOW!

No to neoliberal illusions, yes to people's solutions!

For centuries, productivism and industrial capitalism have been destroying
our cultures, exploiting our labour and poisoning our environment.

Now, with the climate crisis, the Earth is saying "enough", "ya basta"!

On January 19th the Russian activist and human rights community suffered the loss of lawyer Stanislav "Stas" Markelov and critical journalist Anastasia "Skat" Baburor. They were both murdered in cold blood in the center of Moscow. This assassination received wide coverage in both Russian and international press, however almost all of it focused on Markelov's contribution to human rights advocacy, not to his and Anastasia's incredibly significant activities and involvement in the activist community. We belatedly want to mention this loss. .on a Loss

No, not a newsletter on the food or water crisis. Not on the energy crisis nor on the climate crisis or the social crisis. We close off the year with the financial and economical crisis!! Is it a bad thing? Is it a good thing? And is it an opportunity for radical transformation? .on The Crisis

Since 1994, the year in which the English Vegan Society turned 50, November 1st has been celebrated as World Vegan Day. For many vegan and animal rights groups this has turned November into Vegan Month which is why we have decided to focus this november's newsletter on Veganism and some surrounding issues!! .on veganism

With queer festivals in Belgrade and Sarajevo getting attacked by fascist hooligans, nazi scum murdering people in the streets of Russia, and the Italian government forcing Roma kids to give their fingerprints while the new mayor of Rome gets a Sieg Heil salute from a full square of people... it was time for a newsletter on antifascism!! .on Antifascism

The 19th Ecotopia bike tour will be held this summer in the months of July and August and go through the western Balkans: Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia. With the UN summit for a new Climate Agreement in Copenhagen (Kyoto II) ahead of us, this years' biketour will focus on climate change and energy. So besides cycling through beautiful landscapes and scenery, passing forests, rivers, small and big places – the biketour will try to act upon important environmental issues that occur in the region where were going through, like the construction of unsustainable power plants, dangerous hydroplants, large energy squander, etc....The bike tour is looking for national coordinators (NC's) for Albania, Macedonia and Montenegro.

Biketour is looking for two EVS volunteers to work in Croatia from 1st February 2009 for 7-8 months.

We stand at a crossroads. The facts are clear. Global climate change, caused by human activities, is happening, threatening the lives and livelihoods of billions of people and the existence of millions of species. Social movements, environmental groups, and scientists from all over the world are calling for urgent and radical action on climate change.

On the 30th of November, 2009 the governments of the world will come to Copenhagen for the fifteenth UN Climate Conference (COP-15). This will be the biggest summit on climate change ever to have taken place. Yet, previous meetings have produced nothing more than business as usual.

hi there,
I'm emailing you all from mayo to urge you to come to up here and take part in actions against shell. in the last few weeks we've seen an upscale in shells work here and an increase in gardai and shell security- as a direct result of our increase in activity and numbers! we are awaiting the arrival of the solitaire one of the largest pipe laying ships in the world which is currently anchored off the coast of killybegs. the solitaire will attempt to lay the pipe from the landfall site to the well head. we expect the solitaire in the coming days.