Sister of Slain Kent State Protestor Responds to Urban Outfitters’ Blood Spattered Sweatshirt Stunt
MENDOCINO, CA — On Monday, September 15, 2014, in a crass marketing exercise, —shoddily enveloped in deniability— Urban Outfitters made available on their website, a sweatshirt, with a Kent State University insignia, appearing to be tattered and blood spattered. The launch of this item cut deep with many, triggering painful thoughts of contemporary school shootings, ugly […]
Rolling Jubilee Abolishes Nearly Four Million Dollars of Student Debt, Launches New Debt Collective
[NEW YORK, NY] On the third anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement, the Rolling Jubilee has, for the first time ever, bought and abolished student debt: $3,856,866.11 of student debt owed by 2,761 people across the United States. With the aim of building a broad-based debt resistance movement, the Rolling Jubilee relieves debtors by […]
Activist Teams Enter Yellowstone Backcountry to Document and Protest Extralegal Wolf Hunt
BILLINGS, MT — Americans outraged with the killing of wolves from Yellowstone National Park (YNP) have organized the Yellowstone Wolf Patrol, whose members have entered the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness to monitor and document Montana’s wolf hunt, which began on September 15th. Nine members of the Wolf Patrol are currently trailing hunters, who in the last two […]
Fashion Week Investigation Links Top Brands with Cruelty on Rabbit Farms
NEW YORK, NY — After a two-year undercover investigation of 70 rabbit farms in Spain, Last Chance for Animals (LCA) has evidence linking U.S. designers Marc Jacobs and Diane Von Furstenberg, as well as international designers Burberry, Dior, Armani, Yves Saint Laurent and Louis Vuitton, with cruelty to animals. A joint investigative effort of animal rights […]