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Nussir is a mountain, not a mine! – Call to action against the “Nussir mine” beyond liberal environmentalism in Norwegian-Occupied Sápmi

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Jan 232026
 

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Original post (German): https://de.indymedia.org/node/621129

1. WHAT IS THIS?

This is a global call to action against the copper-mine currently under construction in Riehpovuotna (called “Repparfjord” by the colonizers), in Norwegian-occupied Sápmi.The Canadian company Blue Moon Metals (BMM) – full owner of the mine’s operator Nussir ASA – is actively involved in the colonization of Sámi ancestral lands through the construction of two copper and precious metals mines in the region. This is part of a rapid expansion of corporate extractivism stemming from the EU’s Critical Minerals Act, as the “Nussir mine” has been named a “Strategic Project,” allowing for large land grabs and cutting through any environmental or Indigenous land protection under the banner of a so-called “Green Transition”. More information on the history of the land and the numerous Sámi-led struggles, can be found in the later sections.

2. WHAT CAN BE DONE?

Besides the Nussir copper-gold-silver project, BMM is currently advancing two other brownfield polymetallic projects, Nye Sulitjelma Gruver (NSG) copper-zinc-gold-silver project in Norway and the BMM zinc-gold-silver-copper project in California. All 3 projects are located within existing local infrastructure including roads, power grids, railways, and/or previous extractivist projects. This makes them desirable for investors, but also more easily accessible for those who wish to intervene.

In December 2025, the first phase of the Nussir-mine project was completed, by detonating an entrance tunnel through the mountain. The next phase entails preparation of surface areas, which means more activity above ground and around the mine. This is a crucial moment, as BMM now depends on much more investments to further pursue their operation. So let’s make this a nightmarish quest! We believe that there is a possibility to win this fight if we broaden our ways of attack and internationalize the struggle. We do not want to define your means or your targets. Do whatever feels in line with your way of acting and existing skills. It could be organizing a blockade, a banner drop, or a solidarity photo, while emphasizing the need for the most materially impactful actions at this time. We welcome your creativity and experience, and hope to see many different approaches on all kinds of platforms.

MAIN INVESTORS:
These are the main targets on which we suggest to put pressure.

– Hartree Partners LP has invested $140 million USD in BMM, in conjunction with subsidiaryOaktree Capital Management, in the Nussir mining project, and is one of the largest investors in BMM. They have offices all over the world in, New York City, Istanbul, London, Geneva, Hamburg, Oslo, Cape Town, Dubai, Shanghai, Melbourne, Mexico City, Santiago, Lima, Houston, St. Louis, Washington DC, Tokyo and Toronto.

– Oaktree Capital Management has offices in Stockholm, London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Zurich, Paris, Madrid, New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Sydney, Singapore, Dubai, Bejing, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Hong Kong, Seoul, Shanghai.

– Monial Norwegian LLC, owned by the Holta family, owns 10% of the shares in Blue Moon Metals and 32% (6,74 mill NOK) of Nussir ASA. Office is outside of Oslo.

OTHER KEY COLLABORATORS/COMPANIES INVOLVED:
Engage with these based on where you are located and what’s possible for you.

– Wheaton Precious Metals operates and invests in mining projects and contributes 3% of BMM’s funding as a strategic shareholder.Wheaton has offices in Vancouver, Cayman Islands and Luxembourg.

– Altius Minerals Corporation is a 2% shareholder and Canadian company that owns royalties for 12 mines producing Potash and “High Purity” Iron Ore, Gold and Base & Battery Metals as well as 13 renewable energy projects worldwide. Exploration for more possible mining activities in Swedish-occupied Sámpi is currently happening through the Canadian-based mineral exploration company Gungnir Resources around Knaften. Their offices are located in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Labrador and Surrey, Canada.

– Baker Steel Resources Trust(BSRT) Guernsey registered investment company. BSRT have 7,5% ownership in BMM.Owned by Baker Steel Capital with offices in London and Perth.

– WG-Wergeland Group is a Norwegian investment office with interests in the maritime and industrial sectors, and a 5% strategic shareholder inBMM.They are an important base for the Norwegian shareholders and provide economic stability as “a trustworthy investor in the European market”. Locations in Dalsøyra and Sløvåg.

– LNS AS (Leonhard Nilsen og Sønner AS) is a Norwegian company working onsite digging the tunnel, roads and building barracks. They’re a 3% strategic shareholder in BMM with offices in Risøyhamn and Andøya. The largest owners of LNS are:

– 28,59% Tuncomp AS, consulting (Risøyhamn)
– 21,6% Malmat Invest AS(Narvik)
– 20% Hospitality Invest Capital AS, electrical installation work (Oslo)
– Entrepenør Harald Nilsen AS is a Norwegian construction company based in Alta. Owns 3,48% shares in Nussir ASA.
– Anlegg nord AS is a Norwegian machinery contractor based in Alta and owns 1,69% shares in Nussir ASA.
– Alessa AS/Multi Service Nord AS is a Norwegian company based in Kvalsund and works on site renovation and building maintenance, cleaning services, snow removal, providing security guards, etc.

RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS:
– UiT The Arctic University of Norway
– Norwegian Mining Museum
– Norwegian University of Science and Technology
– Norges geologiske undersøkelse (NGU)

3. WHY TO ACT NOW

Just like other projects that are currently attempting to colonize Sápmi (e.g. North Bothnia Line Railway,Beowolf’s Gállok Iron Ore Mine, LKAB’s Per Geijer mining expansion in Giron, 420kV power lines), the “Nussir-mine” is still vulnerable. Its completion depends on funds that are still lacking, as well as on unfinished or non-existent infrastructures. So, while any form of attack weakens the full realization of these projects, the success of any one such project will also open the door for many more land grabs and the finalization of Norway’s and Europe’s white supremacist colonial expansion on the continent.

In the case of Riehpovuotna, we can already see how Nussir ASA aspires to follow the footsteps of LKAB in Giron, Swedish-occupied Sápmi. There, an entire village was transformed into a corporate nightmare, where, in addition to lost reindeer herding grounds, the city center and several homes had to be resettled due to sinking grounds caused by mining. Currently, Nussir ASA is exploring the potential of platinum and palladium deposits to possibly extend the current mining project throughout the region. To increase their influence and secure future control over the territories, they also plan to finance local startups (e.g. Alessa AS, see targets below) and homeowners.

BUT: To realize their colonizer fantasies, Nussir ASA still needs to acquire funds and will make a final investment decision in March 2026. They will go public on the NASDAQ in April 2026, making the company’s shares available for purchase on the stock market, also in an effort to secure more capital and funding. In short: the infrastructures of present day colonialism are being built and financed now and must therefore be attacked now. This is why we urge actions to happen in January through March, although extended pressure will be needed to discourage future extractivism in the region.

4. BRIEFLY ON SÁMI HISTORY

The Sámi are the Indigenous people that together with other minorities have been inhabiting the region of Sápmi for several thousands of years. Today Sápmi encompasses vast areas in the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and of the Kola Peninsula in Russia.

Sámi traditional livelihoods and survival include mainly reindeer herding, fishing, and hunting which depend on access to large areas, at the same time as maintaining a reciprocal, non-exploitative relationship to these lands. For hundreds of years these traditional activities have been (and still are!) under constant pressure by land theft and destruction associated with the construction of ever new cabins and roads, power lines, wind factories, hydroelectric power stations, data centers, towns, tourism, etc.

Settlers have also violently attacked Sámi and other minorities’ traditional ways of life through religious indoctrination and assimilation, forced settlements, child theft, forced sterilization, enslavement, and installing capitalist economies which push them into more and more so-called “modern” ways of existing. This is the ugly truth we forget when simply thinking about North American boarding schools in Turtle Island and rubber plantations when speaking of colonialism. The Sámi face a multi-faceted oppression which has many layers worth attending.

This text, however, will focus on the material aspects of colonial expansion and the accelerated exploitation that is being imposed through multinational co-operations and their “democratic processes” to extract from the land for the sake of the “The Green Transition”

5.”GREEN” COLONIALISM IN SÁPMI

Located on the ancestral territories of several Sámi communities, the “Nussir mine” will make it impossible to continue traditional Sámi practices. Remarkably, the company’s name itself embodies colonial theft and violence, as “Nussir” is the traditional North-Sámi name for the mountain which Nussir ASA’s machines and dynamite currently eat up.

As such, this project presents one (of many) of the latest manifestations of Norway’s and Europe’s white supremacist colonial expansion unfolding right in front of our eyes in Sápmi. All of these projects are connected by being critical infrastructures of extraction necessary for feeding the so-called “Green Transition”.

What’s happening at Riehpovuotna is yet another gruesome example which should clarify once and for all that so-called renewable energy technologies are actually made with non-renewable source materials and produced with high-powered fossil fuel machines. We refuse to call them wind or solar ‘farms’. We refuse to call them ‘forests’. They are colonial industries, factories and plantations. Wind, solar, biomass, are all just new ways to maintain industrial civilization’s deathly grasp on the world. As slick and well-marketed products, they give the illusion of change, while in fact feeding a society that nurtures itself on the destruction of ancestral life ways.The global demand for “green energy” doesn’t lead to less consumption, rather it means an explosion in overall energy use and the need to extract critical minerals with no end in sight. It is a race to the top, and therefore the “Green Transition” is a militarized proxy war of influence fought between powerful nation states for control of the world’s energy infrastructures and economy. Instead on the ground, these extractivist projects are met with attack and resistance everywhere. We refuse to let Sápmi be an easy target.

6. HISTORY OF RESISTANCE IN RIEHPOVUOTNA

The region around Riehpovuotna has witnessed a long history of resistance against this and similar projects, and has especially been shaped by large protests connected to the Áltá hydroelectric power station in the 1970s and 80s.

From these struggles emerged an autonomous movement with the Sámi resistance call to “ČSV!” (Čájet Sámi Vuoiŋŋa!/”Show Sámi Spirit!”) and a demand to take back the languages, culture, and land that had been stolen through colonization. This ultimately lead to a number of societal reforms, such as state investment in cultural production and the creation of the Sámi Parliaments, among other forms of “acknowledgment”, although without the material transformation needed to end centuries of dispossession.

Mining activities in Finnmark date back to at least 1826, with the first mine at Riehpovuotna opening in 1905. From 1972-1979, mining company Folldal Verk promised riches for the community, only to shut down 8 years later leaving behind a scarred mountain, sick reindeer and toxic tailings in the fjord that poisoned fish leading to deformities. Current plans include, again, to dump two million tons of mining waste annually into the protected salmon fjord.

While more aggressive actions have taken place over generations of resisting Scandinavian colonialism, for a long time the Sámi people have tried to navigate the colonial legal avenues and “democratic processes.” This has included talking to politicians and companies, engaging in peaceful actions and filing suits and cases through the judicial system. All they have gotten are weak compromises and a government institution to document the “truth” about the horrible mistakes made by the Norwegian state and suggested ways for superficial reconciliation, while material colonization continues as before, and even accelerates. In the Fosen case the Norwegian Supreme Court ruled that the wind factory destroyed traditional reindeer herding grounds and violated human rights. Yet, it is still operating, with no intention for it to be dismantled. As said by the former President of the Norwegian Sámi Parliament, Aili Keskitalo, these processes are intentionally designed as a form of endless distraction where they “can kill us with dialogue”.

This call to action is an attempt to diversify and move beyond the dogmatic approach of liberal environmentalism propped up by the state, NGOS, non-profits, and other related actors. There already is a strong desire to broaden and diversify the resistance emerging among Sámi, non-Indigenous locals and supporters.We need to regrow our imagination of what is possible, necessary, and legitimate to stop this colonial expansion in all its dimensions. We need this imagination, because we cannot take down the colonizer’s house with his own tools. If we want to make more than mere dents in the “green” colonialist machinery, we need to intertwine a plurality of approaches and spin a web of affinities, tactics, and attacks. We need to fight by the means each of us aligns with and use our creativity, skills and experience. Against investors, contractors, infrastructure, politicians, equipment and machines. Resistance against the “Nussir mine” is (or should be) resistance against white supremacy and the settler colonial state. Otherwise, how is this struggle supposed to be successful if it acts exclusively within the laws and boundaries set by the colonial system?

7. WHO ARE “WE”?

This communique has been authored by a loose group of people. Some of us who decided to write this are non-Indigenous, some are Indigenous. Some of us identify as anarchists. We all share the desire to dismantle systems of domination and destruction, like those we can see currently enforcing colonial plunder in Sápmi.

We have found our own reasons to act and invite the reader to do the same. When our fighting is rooted in relationship – to the land, to the people most impacted, to the spiritual realms – it tends to lend itself to respect and love-filled resistance; while those fights rooted in pure politics or excitement to break things often end up being saviouristic.

We do not wish to speak on behalf of all Sámi people, to romanticize Indigenous life ways, or to tokenize their struggles for ours. We support Sámi claims of autonomy and freedom, and aim to understand and recognize a history that has been erased or attempted to be erased. We hope and strive for collaboration and crossing paths, and mutual respect as accomplices to oppose this ongoing violent extractivism and insatiable destruction. We believe, simply said, that we should all work together because everyone’s liberation is entangled.

Please read more about indigenous and anarchist critique of activism in our resource section.

8. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES & LINKS

STRATEGIC DISCUSSIONS ON DIVERSITY AND ATTACK
Peter Gelderloos, The Failure of Non-Violence
Targets that exist Everywhere
Zündlappen, Targets that do not exist anywhere else

INSPIRING STRUGGLES
Against the North Bothnia Line in Swedish-occupied Sápmi

Swedish Northvolt in Montérégie (German):
https://switchoff.noblogs.org/post/2024/05/07/doppelter-angriff-auf-geplante-batteriefabrik/#more-940
https://switchoff.noblogs.org/post/2024/01/29/sabotage-auf-dem-northvolt-gelaende-bewaffnung-des-waldes/

Against the Lithium mines in Barroso (Portuguese):
https://www.jornalmapa.pt/2023/11/20/desastres-ambientais-conflitos-e-corrupcao-minas-nao/
https://barrososemminas.org/

NO TAV:
https://www.infoaut.org/english/a-short-intro-to-the-no-tav-movement
https://www.notav.info/ (Italian)

No Al Tren Maya solidarity action in Berlin:
https://actforfree.noblogs.org/2022/04/01/berlin-germany-sabotage-of-rail-traffic-against-tesla-the-war-and-the-tren-maya/
https://actforfree.noblogs.org/2024/03/14/berlin-germany-sabotage-of-a-high-voltage-pylon-brings-tesla-factory-to-a-standstill/
https://actforfree.noblogs.org/2022/11/23/athensgreece-taking-responsibility-against-the-war-industry-by-anarchists/

ON BEING A NON-INDIGENOUS ACCOMPLICE
Settlers on the red road, Tawinikay
Accomplices Not Allies, Indigenous Action
Water falling on Granite

ON THE STRUGGLES OF SÁMI PEOPLE
Information about the Nussir case (Norwegian)
Liberating Sápmi: Indigenous Resistance in Europe’s Far North, Gabriel Kuhn, PM Press, 2020
No mine in Gállok: Ecocide and colonialism in Swedish-occupied Sápmi, Kolonierna.se 2023
“You Can Kill Us with Dialogue:” Critical Perspectives on Wind Energy Development in a Nordic-Saami Green Colonial Context, Eva Fjellheim
Decolonize Sápmi Infotour

ON GREEN LIES AND ACTIVISM
Kolonial Infrastruktur (website with information about many of the colonial projects in Swedish-occupied Sápmi)
The ‘Green’ Farce – Everywhere and Nowhere Else, Anonymous & Return Fire
Give Up Activism Zine
This System Is Killing Us, Xander Dunlap

West Coast Rail Sabotage

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Sep 262025
 

Anonymous submission to BC Counter-info

Following the approval of the PRGT in June, dozens of track circuits throughout BC have been shorted, disconnected, or otherwise tampered with.

The vast majority of track circuits operate on direct current (DC) and are relatively easy to induce a fail state. The quickest and most discreet method has proven to be the simple snipping of the cable bonding track blocks, requiring little more than a good pair of cutters. Alternatively, a 4 AWG copper wire (commonly found connecting residential main service panels) can be securely fastened to the rail head. And, of course, there is always the option of disabling the power supply. This may include damaging the grounding, which is more time-consuming but notably harder to detect and locate.

Technical details and diagrams of track circuits, and specifically how to compromise them, are readily available in engineering textbooks at your local library, past communiqués, and even neatly presented in certain PDFs hosted on the Government of Canada’s website.

Not much more needs to be said. However, recall that one of the discursive characteristics of the Canadian state is its spatiality, which is also, perhaps, its most exploitable vulnerability. Reflect on past moments in struggle and assertions of sovereignty and recall how strategically positioned rail blockades effectively stretched and divided state forces, offering land defenders at key rupture points critical time to reorient and regroup. That said, disrupting the logistics of extractivism is often most effective when undertaken unilaterally.

Look no further for evidence of the effectiveness of such actions against a wholly undefended infrastructure than in the words of one counterinsurgency state operative:

“If ever there was a military showdown between Indigenous people and the Canadian army, the first target would be the railway lines and burning cars would be on every railway line in Canada … would almost be impossible to stop despite all the Canadian military and police alerted to the potential. A burning car on a railway track is not simply a blockade, it is also a very efficient and economical weapon. A car with a full fuel tank would burn at a temperature high enough to warp the track and require extensive repairs.”

Until paths cross in the night, on the frontlines of the only good war: the war against PRGT, against Empire, and against all forces that seek to estrange and domesticate.

Fighting the PRGT Pipeline

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Sep 182025
 

From From Embers

An interview with two settler anarchists in northern British Columbia who are active in a growing struggle against the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project or PRGT.

Resistance to the project has been heating up all summer as government approvals have been issued and construction work is expected to begin in the fall of 2025.

Discussions includes history and overview of the project, the changing context of the Canada-US trade war, anarchist-indigenous solidarity, and taking some lessons from Shut Down Canada.

Pipeline project updates at PRGT-news.ghost.io
Anarchist reports at bccounterinfo.org (Tor Browser recommended)

For security reasons, this interview has been re-voiced by voice actors.

Music by Airtone

Message to the Climate Movement

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Sep 162025
 

Anonymous submission to Act For Freedom Now!

PDF: A4 | Letter

Throughout the last decade, both in Europe and beyond, a new generation of activists has brought the climate movement to the forefront. Groups such as Extinction Rebellion, Fridays for Future, and Ende Gelände have succeeded in breaking out of the sidelines, convincing millions to commit themselves in defence of the planet. It wasn’t so long ago that few were even aware of the possibility of climate catastrophe – nowadays the very opposite is the case. I have no intention to downplay these achievements. What I do want to draw attention to, however, is that climate activism has made little or no difference to something very important, to the only thing which really counts: to actually lowering the amount of carbon emitted by humans across the planet. Such emissions continue to increase every year, as do average global temperatures, weather catastrophes, and rates of species extinction. Earning recognition from across society has not been enough. In all of its core aims, the climate movement remains a decisive failure.

I have a suggestion as to why this is the case. Because the climate movement remains stuck in the assumption that those in power must be convinced to bring about the necessary changes for us. Despite utilising a direct action aesthetic, most climate activism focuses on getting media attention (including mainstream social media, which is as much an extension of capitalist power as television or the newspapers) in order to achieve social recognition, ultimately in order to lobby politicians. However, the political elite will never be able to solve this crisis, because the system which grants them power is also a system which literally thrives on wrecking the planet. What we call “the economy” is an out-of-control megamachine which deems anything short of unlimited expansion (a process which entails ecological devastation) some kind of disaster. No matter their affiliation or the promises they offer, all the politicians and corporations pledge allegiance to the backward logic of this world-eating monster.

Some would argue that certain elements of the climate movement escape this concern. Contrary to Extinction Rebellion and Fridays for Future, anti-capitalist groups such as Ende Gelände do not make explicit demands of politicians, instead focusing on disrupting critical infrastructure directly. However, we cannot suppose that peacefully occupying a coal mine (or its arteries) for a few hours is a realistic way of shutting it down for good; this is just another way of getting the media interested. Such actions make no sense unless one hopes, consciously or otherwise, that they might serve to convince politicians to step in and reform the economy for us. Other mass organisations (for example, Soulèvements de la Terre/Earth Uprisings) might seem like an improvement, given that they favour sabotaging ecocidal infrastructure, and in this sense encourage something resembling direct action (albeit directed by a secretive vanguard). Again, however, this might only be a more seductive way of receiving media attention; for such attacks would be far more effective if performed by small, autonomous groups who strike under the cover of darkness, especially where the authorities do not expect it.

In short, most climate activism is fixated on requesting help from a system which is inherently incapable of responding. It therefore spreads an ethos of disempowerment and infantilisation, implying that ordinary people are incapable of addressing the climate crisis for ourselves. But really it is the other way around. We will all be burnt to a crisp before the governments will do what needs to be done. It therefore falls on unspecialised, dedicated rebels to begin solving the crisis directly. What might that look like? Enacting without delay the necessary changes which those in power will never seriously consider. By this I mean, shutting down the power stations, airports, motorways, and factories, whilst arranging decentralised (and therefore ecologically-minded) means for sustaining ourselves without them. This proposal no doubt involves a massive escalation in strategy. Nonetheless, given the severity of the situation, combined with the fact that current methods have proven insufficient, I think it’s about time we considered radically overhauling our approach.

Inspiration is already out there. For example, the Switch Off! campaign (initiated in Germany in 2022, and since spreading beyond Europe) forgets about reforming capitalism, instead focusing on directly incapacitating the infrastructure responsible for wrecking the planet. Such instances of sabotage are spreading, whether they are associated with the above banner, another one, or are not claimed at all. To mention but a few of many relevant actions: In September 2023, the railway network outside Hamburg was sabotaged at multiple points, majorly disrupting one of the largest ports in Europe; in March 2024, an arson attack on the electrical grid nearby Berlin closed down the huge Tesla Gigafactory for multiple days; in May 2025, a double arson on a power plant and a high-voltage pylon caused a blackout in a sizeable portion of France, depriving an airport, various factories, and the Cannes film festival of electricity. One might also recall that London Gatwick airport was closed down for multiple days in 2018, reportedly (and for motivations unknown) because a handheld drone was flown over the runways. Despite massive police efforts, those who performed this readily reproducible action were never found; nor have any of the other actions mentioned here yet led to any arrests. By contrast, conventional climate activist tactics (for example, usage of lock-ons, tripods, superglue) take getting arrested for granted, thereby sacrificing our comrades to the courts, prison, and ongoing surveillance. This is a high cost for actions which, besides fostering a submissive attitude towards the authorities, have little or no impact on the capacities for climate-trashing industries to function.

In order to begin addressing a problem on the scale of climate change, however, attacks against ecocidal infrastructure must become more ambitious still. This might be phrased in terms of moving beyond a focus on specific industries towards targeting industrial civilisation altogether. The relevant centres of production, extraction, and research must be targetted; so too the electrical grid that binds them together, namely, the very network which gives the system of destruction its power (in both senses of the term) in the first place. Such a bold vision will seem out of place to many. But it is too often forgotten that climate change and industrial civilisation are in fact the very same problem. The human degradation of the climate is not something ancient; it is only as old as industrialisation itself. Since roughly 150 years, human life has increasingly centred on the usage of machines which convert fossil fuels into energy, thereby emitting carbon dioxide. Human culture, in other words, has been forced into a relationship of dependence upon an ever-expanding infrastructure which cannot function without poisoning the climate. The Industrial Revolution was only initiated a few generations ago, and already its consequences have led many to question the viability of life itself outlasting the century. There could not be a more damning indictment of this relatively recent technological shift.

Some will respond, of course, that industrial civilisation is not inherently earth-wrecking, and is already in the process of being reformed. We are talking here about the so-called “Green Transition” being heralded across the political spectrum as the solution to the climate crisis. However, it is a common mistake to think that wind, solar, or hydroelectric power represent genuine alternatives to conventional methods; for in reality they are being harnessed in addition to fossil fuels, which are currently being burnt in higher quantities than ever. To think the capitalist economy would ever consent to leaving untapped reserves of coal, gas, or oil in the ground misunderstands the core logic of a system based on unlimited growth. The consequence of record investment in green tech, therefore, has only been to catapult global energy usage to unprecedented levels.

Moreover, besides failing to involve a transition, the economic restructuring underway is anything but green. Firstly, fossil fuels are highly dense sources of energy, which neither the power of sunlight, wind, or water comes anywhere close to matching; it follows that “renewable energy,” if expected to maintain current levels of intake, must consume far greater areas of land than are already dedicated to energy production. Secondly, the key technologies of such restructuring depend heavily on the extraction of minerals, especially through mining. For example, nickel and rare earth minerals are required to construct solar panels and wind turbines; lithium and cobalt are key components of their batteries, as well as those of electric cars, e-bikes, and smartphones. As such, and in the name of going “green,” the capitalist economy is plundering every corner of the globe in search of lucrative resources, thereby driving ecological devastation, forced labour, and geopolitical conflict. Even the uncharted depths of the oceans are in the course of getting ransacked; next it will be asteroids and other planets. In sum, then, what has been hyped as the technological solution to the climate catastrophe is but a massive lie cloaking the further expansion of the megamachine.

Present in the speech of almost everyone you meet nowadays is an understanding that humans are wrecking the biosphere – and simultaneously committing suicide. Yet far fewer are willing to comprehend the crisis for what it actually is, namely, the outcome of runaway technological development. This is not a problem which can be addressed by voting, petitioning, protesting, boycotting, or investing. The only realistic response to the climate crisis is to attack industrial civilisation. I do not expect that this proposal is about to receive widespread popularity; after all, it guarantees to destabilise the only world almost anybody has ever known. However, we might have to reckon with the fact that many or most humans will forever insist on keeping their cars, fridges, and smartphones running – even at the cost of forsaking the very air we breathe. It therefore falls on those whose priorities lie elsewhere to proceed to brave and uncompromising action.

FURTHER READING

Anonymous (2011) Desert (Stac an Armin Press)

––––––––. (2016) “Taking Authority Apart” (from Avalanche #16)

––––––––. (2018) The Unexpected: From Center to Periphery (Hourriya)

––––––––. (2019) Total Liberation (Active Distribution)

––––––––. (2023) Breaking Ranks: Subverting the Hierarchy &
Manipulation Behind Earth Uprisings

––––––––. (2024) “Mega-Project “Energy-Transition”: Localising the Weak Spots” (from Antisistema #2)

––––––––. (2024) Mapping the Megamachine: Microchip Production (from Tinderbox #5)

––––––––. (2024) “Nonhuman Comrades” (from No Path #2)

––––––––. (2025) “Subteranean Constellations: Lighting Up the Machinery of War and Ecocide” (from Tinderbox #7)

Gelderloos, Peter (2010) An Anarchist Solution to Global Warming

Pantarai (2024) “Nothing is True, Anything is Possible” (from No Path #2)

Roos, Andreas (2023) “We need to address the root issue, which is the aggregate, overall material-energy throughput” (from No Mine in Gállok: Ecocide and colonialism in Swedish-occupied Sápmi).

Blockades and Solidarity

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Sep 022025
 
Wemotaci region in Quebec (wikipedia). On the left, Dave Petiquay from the First Nation MAMO collective, faces Dany Grenier (on the right), forestry entrepreneur from Dolbeau-Mistassini (image by Lisanne Pittikwi on Facebook).

From the Collectif Emma Goldman

« … the state, the bourgeoisie and even the working class have been constituted in part through the destruction of First Nations, the dispossession of their territories, the extortion of their resources and settler colonialism– Francis Dupuis-Déri et Benjamin Pillet, 2019. L’anarcho-indigénisme. Lux Éditeur, Montréal. p.35

Over the past few weeks, blockades of forestry roads have been carried out in Haute-Mauricie and in the north of Lac-Saint-Jean by the MAMO Alliance (First Nation). These actions, conducted to contest Bill 97 on forestry regime reform, have interrupted or disrupted forestry operations.

Uniting First Nations for Sovereignty and Territory Protection

It was on April 11, 2025 that an assembly was held in La Tuque to found the MAMO Alliance. This alliance, whose name means « Together » in the Atikamekw (Nehiromowin) and Innu (Innu-aimun) languages, aims to bring together First Nations in exercising their sovereignty. It was initiated by the land guardians of Nehirowisiw (Atikamekw), Nitassinan (Innuat) and Ndakina (Abénakis).

Opposition to Bill 97 and Sovereignty

The land guardians express their disagreement with Bill 97, which modifies Quebec’s forestry regime. They believe this law endangers forest caribou and forest sustainability, thus compromising the traditional Indigenous way of life during the climate crisis.

Numerous blockades and demonstrations of sovereignty have generated tensions between Indigenous protesters and (non-Indigenous) forestry workers, also fueling hateful comments on social media. In response to this situation, the Quebec government has promised to negotiate with First Nations to find consensus and consider amendments to the bill.

Traditional Indigenous groups (like the MAMO alliance), who rely on ancestral rights and traditions, maintain that true authority over forestland belongs to families and land guardians. They consider that current band councils, established by the Canadian government’s Indian Act system, do not reflect traditional sovereignty and are perceived as accomplices of the colonial system. These groups believe that band councils cannot negotiate on behalf of all members of the nations.

The Petapan Treaty and Forest Management

This tension between band councils and traditionalists is not new; it also appears in other negotiations, such as the Petapan Treaty. Under negotiation for more than forty years, this draft treaty involves the Petapan Group, which brings together the First Nations of Essipit, Mashteuiatsh and Nutashkuan, as well as Canada and Quebec, and aims to recognize, confirm and protect Innu rights. However, traditionalists oppose this treaty, claiming that the traditional governance of hereditary chiefs and territory guardians is being set aside in favor of band councils.

Conclusion

There will be no reconciliation without reparation. The Canadian and Quebec states were established on the appropriation of Indigenous peoples’ lands and resources. To achieve true reconciliation, it is essential to support and engage in decolonial and environmental struggles. It is crucial to become true allies in this battle to protect the living world. That is to say, to avoid in our relationships between non-Indigenous and Indigenous people within decolonization movements: « the invisibilization of Indigenous people or the appropriation of their voice, the use of token Indigenous people, the imposition of tactical and strategic choices or a general attitude of guilt relief to give oneself a good conscience » (L’anarcho-indigénisme, p.10)

Footnote:

(1) Unlike other regions of Canada where historic treaties were signed, vast expanses of territory, notably in British Columbia and Quebec, have never been subject to land cession treaties.

4 Gitxsan Development Corporation Vehicles Burned in New Hazelton

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Aug 222025
 

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On Monday, in New Hazelton four Gitxsan Development Corporation vehicles were burned.

Gitxsan Development Corporation works with McElhaney Geomatics Engineering which had vehicles destroyed by fire in Smithers and Terrace.

McElhaney Geomatics Engineering is contracted to build roads for Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Line (PRGT). More information is available on their involvement in Against Extractivism: PRGT and its Actor

Parts of this article were found in local news.

Enbridge Sabotage: Disruption of Service on Line 9B

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Aug 202025
 

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The boreal forest is burning, the water is being poisoned, all the trees are being cut down, and the treaties are being betrayed. The mirage we call “liberal democracy” bows down to the oil lobby. There is talk of new pipelines that will cross the country like scars, new gas projects that will disfigure the land.

Our history has always been that of an extractive colony founded on plunder and dispossession. It’s up to us to put an end to this disaster.

Last night, we attacked line 9B. This pipe of death snakes through lands stolen from Indigenous peoples, transporting the world’s dirtiest bitumen through waterways, cities and our lives. We hit two control valves, destroying the electronic equipment before vanishing into the night.

Now more than a dozen kilometers of pipeline can no longer be controlled by Enbridge. Until these installations are repaired, it is as dangerous as it is illegal to flow oil through them.

We choose to disarm Enbridge because the current system protects profit and lets ecosystems die. We are taking action because every barrel poisons us, kills us, flows against the grain of history. We are those who face the truth, who recognize the urgency of the situation. We choose to obey the love of life and the future.

Line 9B carries the end of the world barrel by barrel. It’s time to take direct aim at the infrastructures that are responsible.

The facilities concerned are at Saint-André d’Argenteuil (45°33’25.1 “N 74°20’53.7 ”W) and Mirabel (45°36’42.3 “N 74°04’46.6 ”W).

The Association of Nehirowisiw Aski Land Defenders Wants Saboteurs Handed Over to Police

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May 262025
 

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We’re writing what follows to enable anarchist comrades and anticolonial militants to make informed decisions about where and how to engage in struggle.

In a press release published May 17, 2025, and available on their Facebook page, the Association of Nehirowisiw Aski Land Defenders (MAMO First Nations) condemns acts of vandalism recently committed on forestry machinery apparently belonging to a contractor involved in cuts on their territory.

The press release goes further, claiming that “these acts cannot and must not go unpunished.” It continues: “If you witness an act of vandalism or if you have any information that may assist the investigation, we strongly encourage you to share it without delay with the police authorities.”

We believe that relationships of struggle are strongest when they are nourished by practices of honesty and transparent communication on the motivations and limits of each of us. We hope that these events can be the basis for nuanced and open conversations about solidarity.

All Eyes On The Nehirowisiw Aski!

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May 232025
 

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Blockades are going up on Atikamekw territory (Nehirowisiw Aski) to resist the CAQ’s forestry regime. In solidarity, anti-colonial protestors seized the intersection of Papineau and Ontario during rush hour.

Paralysing southbound traffic to the Jacques-Cartier Bridge for close to 20 minutes before the police could arrive. Protestors used road flares and defended eachother in the face of brazen motorists – police were caught by surprise and were unable to intervene. After leaving the intersection, protestors took the streets, and dispersed with no arrests or police interventions. The success of this action inspires us at an urgent moment demanding solidarity with land defenders refusing the CAQ’s land grab.

The frontlines need urgent support as the logging season begins. Land defenders on the Nehirowisiw Aski are directly resisting colonial extraction and the destruction of their territory. This is frontline resistance to the CAQ’s forestry regime—a regime that hands over vast stretches of so-called Quebec’s forests to industry without consent, without regard. They’re calling for material support along with solidarity—whether you can go to the blockade, send funds, or take action here in Tiohtià:ke—this struggle must be taken up by people in the city. We must disrupt comfort, convenience, and quiet complicity.

Indigenous Land defenders are not solely responsible for resisting the colonial death march of extractive industry—the frontlines are everywhere. Don’t wait for permission. Don’t ask for justice. Fight alongside those creating it. Land defenders need immediate material support and brave anti-colonial accomplices.

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