I have a feeling that we’re going to be seeing a lot more collision between local and larger-than-local forces in coming years, whether or not the TPP and TPIP actually do manage to lock in full transnational corporate control.

Here’s a scrappy Pennsylvania town that empowered itself in one stroke.

Faced with a Fracking Giant, This Small Town Just Legalized Civil Disobedience 

A new first-in-the-nation law will shield residents from arrest as they use direct action to stop fracking-wastewater injection wells.