In 2021, Rachel Nuwer wrote a curious The New York Times article about a massive seizure of illegal #cactus -- plants poached from Chile's Atacama Desert for fanatical gardeners overseas.

That story led us down a wild path...
...and into court in a picturesque Italian seaside town...

We at Wageningen U&R are recruiting 6 Rwandan PhD students working on an existing new project Connect - 'Transdisciplinary Research to Connect Conservation and Development through Basic Income Support” SDC_WUR Robert Fletcher - deadline June 1.

Forest defender Osvalinda Pereira spent her life standing up fearlessly against violent illegal loggers. She told us how two graves were built in her backyard with her name and her husband's on it.She kept going. She was one of the bravest women I've met. noticias.uol.com.br/colunas/leonar…

Iran is under one of the most severe sanctions regimes in the world but yes slap on more sanctions. Why not? Its an easy way to monopolize markets, exploit workers & steal wealth. This video explains it all w testimonies from Iranians. youtube.com/live/FAuzbrzht…

SOPHICIDE:

The Zionist regime’s deliberate annihilation of Indigenous knowledge traditions inspired by the land itself, as well as the carriers of that knowledge.

fuck coachella

mycelium - notes on imperialism

in online leftist spaces the overlap between solidarity for victims of western imperialism and solidarity for victims of non-western imperialism appears diminishingly small. the same is true of activist spaces i'm involved with in real life. 1/

On this International Day of Peasant's Struggles, let us especially commemorate Palestinian resistance to the Zionist settler-colonial project, which has systematically murdered peasants, stolen and devastated land, and destroyed agricultural infrastructure for over a century.

Dancing outside the concentration camp,
rave music pounding through our bones like bombs.
A disco at the genocide, baby.
A disco at the genocide.

Twerking outside the open-air prison.
Raving while Gaza asphyxiates.
Twirling glow sticks while a Final Solution is planned.
Just an…

We’re staring directly at the flames of Hell & I’m genuinely frightened of anyone who is unmoved by these events

Assata Shakur on liberals. I've lost count how many times this has been validated over the last 6 months.

Israel just bombed 11 children to death in a playground in Gaza…

Utterly absurd over-reaction from a college president either too foolish and or too weak to stand up for good sense and academic integrity.
A Tenured Professor Was Removed From the Classroom Over a Pro-Palestine Essay chronicle.com/article/a-tenu…

The IDF torturing false confessions out of UNRWA workers to make up links to Hamas and the US going along with that to cut off funding so famine is triggered is something so obscenely evil it's hard to describe

✊👨‍🌾Today on #17April , International Day of Peasant Struggles, ECVC demands the priorities of farmers and demands from the farmers' protest are put on the political agenda for the European elections and next political mandate!

Read our position paper: shorturl.at/APQW6

Wild that this isn't bigger news.

Revoke Professor Jodi Dean's suspension from teaching at Hobart and William Smith Colleges - Sign the Petition! chng.it/jWPdmfJrTK via Change.org France