I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

At the UN today Trump called climate change the ‘greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world.’ Congrats to the clever plotters for enlisting the planet’s glaciers, oceans and forests in their scheme.

Our Dep. Dir. @paulpaz.bsky.social joined human rights lawyer Steven Donziger on Alec Baldwin's podcast to discuss Chevron, SLAPP suits (& the lawyers who enable them like Gibson Dunn) & the ETP v Greenpeace case. Lawfare & threats to free speech continue to grow: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

🚨 Breaking news from the #UNGA sidelines: 🇨🇴 Colombia will host the 1st International Conference on the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels in April 2026 Read our press release to learn more: fossilfueltreaty.org/phase-out-conference #FossilFuelTreaty #PhaseOutSummit #FossilFreeFuture #ClimateJustice #UNGA

Mass protests have been held across Brazil against a bill that could grant amnesty to former president Jair Bolsonaro and others sentenced for their role in a 2023 coup attempt.

“Huge crowds packed the squares and beaches of some of Brazil’s biggest cities to voice their opposition to rightwing endeavors to help Bolsonaro escape jail for his failed power grab”

Researchers found that Indigenous territories can effectively reduce the risk of vector-borne or zoonotic diseases if they’re located in municipalities with at least 40% forest cover.

🚨 Following a vote, Progressive Caucus has ENDORSED Block the Bombs Act, led by @ramirez.house.gov

More than 100,000 people marched through Cuenca, a city in southern Ecuador, on Sept. 16, demanding that federal authorities revoke an environmental license for a gold mining project that may impact an important freshwater source.

The fossil fuel industry floats on the biggest public subsidy in human history.

Left-Wing Group Too Disorganized For FBI Agents To Infiltrate https://theonion.com/left-wing-group-too-disorganized-for-fbi-agents-to-infi-1848923025/

Full interview now available on our website ⤵️ www.democracynow.org/2025/9/19/le...

Cocaine prices are down, so that’s a start.

The fossil fuel industry is behind most of the climate disinformation you see and hear today. Charlie Kirk was no exception.

@amnesty.org has released a report on the "global political economy” enabling genocide against Palestinians. The report names Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Elbit Systems, Hyundai and Palantir, among others.

Trans rights are human rights.

“Land and environmental defenders – those protecting our forests, rivers, and lands across the world – continue to be met with unspeakable violence. They are being hunted, harassed, and killed – not for breaking laws, but for defending life itself.” -Laura Furones, @globalwitness.org

One of the most important stories I write every year is on the annual death count of environmental defenders. They are people who peacefully try to protect the environment and their homelands from pollution, degradation and destruction. 🧵 insideclimatenews.org/news/1609202...

To the 31 House Democrats who voted with Trump: I would never vote to disenfranchise your constituents, undermine their democratic rights, or impose harsher penalties on them against their will. Regrettably, you have done exactly that to my constituents and legislative body. Shame 😪

Andrew Miller said transnational criminal networks involved in drug, gold & timber trafficking have become a major force behind threats—& often deadly attacks—against enviro. defenders. "The security situation for defenders across the Amazon is increasingly precarious.” apnews.com/article/envi...

New UN Commission of Inquiry report reinforces the consensus among experts around Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza. As the Israeli govt escalates its assault on Gaza City & destroys Gaza’s remaining civilian infrastructure, states have a duty under Genocide Convention to act.

The knock on effect of destroying our soybean farmers will be further growth in Brazil which means more rapid destruction of the Amazon. Then worse storms in the hemisphere. Great work everybody.

Brazil's Supreme Court has sentenced former President Jair Bolsonaro to more than 27 years in prison for plotting a military coup following his election defeat in 2022.

Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president, has been convicted of plotting a coup. The historic ruling is the first time a former president was tried for an attempted coup in Brazil, showing nobody should be above the law.

Guilty www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Thousands out for the multi-issue, multi-ethnic and multi-generational #FreeDC march. From DC to Palestine Occupation is a crime! @freedcproject.bsky.social

People from all over are showing up for DC. This is not a moment. It’s a movement. We are united in our demands. We are all DC! #FreeDC

Organizaciones indígenas, comunidades tradicionales y movimientos sociales se movilizan en Brasilia para exigir respeto por la Amazonía, en vísperas que se conmemore el día del bioma en Brasil.

Mayor Bowser, "shared priorities" with this administration means having masked agents disappear our neighbors in the middle of the night. It means soldiers with assault rifles in our neighborhoods. It means arresting children. These are the priorities of a dictator. DC does not share them.

Trump's militarization of law enforcement is not only dangerous, it's against the law. The Framers were afraid of tyrants turning standing armies against the people in the 18th century, and we reject it in the 21st.

Not just resisting, but leading the fight: five women who refuse to be ignored

🗣️ Indigenous communities in Brazil are speaking out against carbon credits Indigenous leaders like Alessandra Munduruku stress that Indigenous voices have been sidelined, even though they are nature's true guardians, when it's come to conversations around carbon credits.

“We reject false nature-based solutions” Marisol García Apagüeño is a Kichwa leader from Peru. She's speaking out against the Cordillera Azul National Park, which is forcing a colonial model of conservation which forces Indigenous peoples off their lands.

Global Witness welcomes Peruvian court ruling about murdered Indigenous leaders in the case of Saweto in Peru globalwitness.org/en/press-rel...

A new report reveals illegal gold mining is a top money maker for drug organizations. The Trump administration has gutted programs to fight the crime.

UN rights experts voiced alarm Thursday at reports of "enforced disappearances" of starving Palestinians seeking food at distribution sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), urging Israel to end the "heinous crime". u.afp.com/SAnG

"CA State Senate Passes New Senate Resolution to investigate the state's crude oil business." - People Powered Radio out of Northern California kmud-news.castos.com/episodes/ca-...

As we highlight and celebrate #IndigenousPeoplesMonth, here are three powerful messages of defiance and hope from the three great tropical forests of the world ⬇️

For folks not in DC: - There are full-on police checkpoints most nights - Gangs of 30+ federal agents roam DC - National Guard folks w/ guns patrolling a Harris Teeter - Every day, multiple friends see ICE kidnapping ppl - Daycares are scared to have kids go on walks due to ICE

🔴 #ALERTA 🔎 La triple frontera de #Colombia, #Ecuador y #Perú es la zona fronteriza más conflictiva de la cuenca amazónica, así lo revela un informe realizado por Amazon Underworld y Amazon Watch. Los detalles en este hilo. ⬇️ es.mongabay.com/2025/08/trip...

[COMMENTARY] Brazil’s planned reconstruction of the BR-319 federal highway is linked to plans for five state highways & a huge oil & gas project that would open a vast area of Amazon Rainforest to deforestation, states a new op-ed. ** The views expressed are author's, not necessarily Mongabay's.

Mais de 50 organizações indígenas e da sociedade civil exigem que a 5ª Cúpula de Presidentes da Organização do Tratado de Cooperação Amazônica (OTCA), que se reúne esta semana em Bogotá, declare o bioma livre de combustíveis fósseis. infoamazonia.org/2025/08/20/o...

As 1,000 more unnecessary National Guard troops from GOP-led states arrive to enable the Trump regime’s hostile takeover of a U.S. city, remember that you have the power to fight back. Visit freedcproject.org/allies to learn how you can support D.C. It’s going to take all of us to save democracy.

"We want them gone today." As Republican states send National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., organizer Keya Chatterjee of @freedcproject.bsky.social joins calls to end Trump's federal takeover of the nation's capital.

"Securing Indigenous land tenure offers huge climate returns at a fraction of the cost of large-scale forest protection programs." ✍️ Robert Muggah, the co-founder of Igarape Institute, writes a Context. 🔗 www.context.news/nature/opini...

This week, Bogotá hosts the Amazon Dialogues, where Amazon governments convene to discuss main challenges. With our journalistic partners and @amazonwatch.org, we have publications lined up about the Amazon's most disputed borderlands and why this should be on the political agenda. Stay tuned!

The State Department's human rights reports have erased sections highlighting abuses against Indigenous communities and removed all mentions of climate change. insideclimatenews.org/news/1408202...

Some activists say that UNESCO and its World Heritage Centre are complicit in prioritizing “universal value” over human inhabitants.