Europe
‘Car Intifada’ comes to France?
An outbreak of motorist attacks on pedestrians in France is spun exclusively in terms of Islamist extremism, leaving out the critical factor of car culture.
Tag: car culture
The Amazon
Lima climate summit in shadow of state terror
Peru's government made much of its rainforest protection efforts at the Lima climate summit—but a new report names it as the fourth most dangerous country for ecology activists.
East Asia
Hong Kong to Ferguson: corporate police state
The pepper spray used by Hong Kong police is made by the Sabre company—its headquarters just oustide Ferguson, Mo., now exploding into protest over the Michael Brown case.
Palestine
Settlers attack olive harvest amid Jerusalem unrest
Israeli settlers torched some 100 olive trees owned by Palestinian farmers near Nablus as the year's harvest began—the latest in a pattern of such attacks.
Central America
Guatemala: police occupy town after violence
The government blames a violent confrontation on indigenous activists resisting construction of a cement factory owned by contributors to the president's election campaign.
Central America
Guatemala: eight die in cement factory dispute
A conflict over construction of a cement factory already killed one in 2008; eight more died this month as plans for a highway added to tensions in an indigenous community.
Southern Cone
Brazil: indigenous lives not worth a traffic sign
Prosecutors in Brazil called for compensation to a Guarani indigenous community forced by land usurpation into a roadside camp where eight have been killed by motorists.
Europe
Burgos and Gezi Square: contradiction?
Protesters in Burgos, Spain, defeated a redevelopment plan that included replacing traffic lanes with greenways—a contrast to the struggle to save Istanbul's Gezi Park.
Mexico
Mexico City barrio resists spread of car culture
Residents of Mexico City's San Pedro Márti barrio pledge to continue resisting construction of a gas station despite the eviction of their protest encampment.
The Andes
Andean protesters resist death-marred Dakar Rally
With three dead in accidents, the Dakar Rally Raid cross-country motor-race is being blocked by campesinos in Argentina, with comrades in Bolivia and Chile at the ready.
The Andes
Bolivia: Aymara resist car-culture spectacle
Bolivia is mobilizing police to the route of the upcoming Dakar Rally Raid cross-country motor-race following a pledge by Aymara protesters to blockade it with their bodies.
Planet Watch
WHY WE FIGHT
From the San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 8: Man who sought safe streets killed in S.F. crash A wheelchair-using San Francisco man who fought for safe streets for the disabled is being mourned this week by friends and family after he… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT