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Genocidal Clowns Plunder Public Forests  

Here in Montana, early mining claims at Benetsee Creek (1852); Bannack (1860); Alder Creek near Virginia City (1862); and Last Chance Gulch in Helena...

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How to “Wilder” in a Virtual, Financialized World

The abstract idea of wilderness began long before the passage of the Wilderness Act in 1964. As far back as the Babylonian Empire and Chinese Empire...

01.07.2025 10

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Government’s Presumption of Management Kills Public Forests

Every Creation of Nature that inhabits a public forest governed by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) or Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is being...

23.05.2025 10

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The Alliance Fights to Protect Wild Rockies Ecosystems

“A fish rots from the head down.” – Rumi By now, we have all heard rumblings of Empire’s imminent collapse. Propaganda and government...

04.12.2024 4

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The Lifeless Virtual Road to Nowhere

Today, anything and everything either has a price or is categorized as worthless. This grander-then-grand fake binary now pervades every nook and...

07.11.2024 10

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Greens Fighting Empire’s Grip in Montana

Democrats talk “bipartisanship” while surrendering to right-wing oligarchic warmongers. Does anyone really think Dick Cheney is becoming a...

12.09.2024 1

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