Gruppenstatements

Let's never forget Paulo Paulino Guajajara. Last week, he was shot in the neck and killed for defending the forest he loved. A devoted member of the Amazon Guardians, Paulo was a humble man who dedicated his life to protecting the Amazon rainforest and his relatives and uncontacted neighbors, the Awá. I became friends with Paulo through my work with the Amazon Guardians, whom Survival has supported for many years.

In Australia, work has resumed on widening the Western Highway near Ararat, Victoria, which will destroy thousands of trees. This includes around 250 sacred trees, some up to 800 years old. These trees are a living heritage of deep cultural significance and practice for the Djab Wurrung traditional owners. In Australia, corporations such as Coles and Westpac and even some churches operate as legal entities entitled to most of the rights and responsibilities that individuals possess. Why don’t the Djab Wurrung sacred trees have legal standing?

The Australian right-of-centre prime minister, Scott Morrison, just told a room full of mining lobbyists that he's begun work on legislation to outlaw climate activism – banning climate protests, boycotts and "disruptive" strikes.1 It's the most alarming attack we've seen yet – threatening people's right to take action against climate-denying politicians, and corporate climate wreckers. This dangerous expansion of authoritarian power will restrict farmers who are organising to protect their groundwater from fracking. It will limit Traditional Owners' efforts to protect their land from gas companies. It could stop the next generation from taking action to save their future – by putting an end to the climate strikes, for good.

Liebe Freundinnen und Freunde, bereits in knapp zwei Wochen könnte schon am Montag, 18. November, der nächste Uranmülltransport von Gronau über Münster-Hamm und durch das Ruhrgebiet zur Verschiffung nach Amsterdamm rollen. Einige Waggons stehen schon wieder auf dem UAA-Gelände. Zudem rechnen wir neben dem Bahntransport wieder mit LKW-Fahrten von Gronau via Enschede und Hengelo nach Amsterdam. Zielhafen von dort ist St. Petersburg und dann geht es per Bahn nach Novouralsk - der letzte Transport von letztem Montag ist dort noch gar nicht eingetroffen!