Rising Tide North America Statement of Solidarity with Occupy Oakland San Francisco, CA- The climate justice group Rising Tide North America released this statement in response to the brutal attack against Occupy Oakland on Jan. 28th by the Oakland Police Department and subsequent lies and misinformation being spread by Oakland...
read moreDear Friends- Five years ago in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, Rising Tide North America (RTNA) emerged as a radical force in the climate movements. Seeking to make the connection between climate change and social justice, RTNA has built a climate justice network throughout Canada, Mexico and the United States that includes...
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Environmentalists from across America and Europe are surprised and outraged that John Stewart, voted the UK’s “most effective environmentalist,” was barred from entering the US. Stewart was invited to the US by a coalition of environmental organizations. On September 29, Stewart, who does not have a criminal record and meets...
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Today, hundreds marched and saw fifteen community and climate activists arrested as the Midwest Rising! Convergence took the streets of St. Louis to protest Bank of America and Peabody Coal. The arrest action occurred in the intersection connecting Bank of America’s St. Louis offices and Peabody’s national...
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This weekend, folks are coming together in St. Louis to create a community with the power to break the social barriers of a society dictated by corporate greed. It’s time we come together and build the movement that moved forward together. Back in April, 1000 people took over the Department of the Interior during...
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The Spring Edition of RTNA's newsletter, Burning Issues, is out! This season's pieces include: direct action halting of heavy-haulers carrying tar-sands equipment shipments through Montana; Kentuckians occupying their governor's offices to demand the abolition of MTR; our "Nuclear Reaction"; shutdowns of the National Coal Council's meeting in St. Louis; updates on Tim DeCristopher and more.
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