Saturday, April 20, 2024

The Standing Rock victory you didn’t hear about

The day 40 to 50 Native water protectors kept 250 militarized police from attacking camp.

North Dakota’s public bank is funding police repression at Standing Rock

In the present political reality, cops and soldiers are brutally cracking down on Standing Rock protesters, and BND is funding it, and that makes BND not truly apolitical, but a facilitator of injustice.
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Standing Rock chair: Obama could stop the Dakota Pipeline today & preserve Indigenous sacred...

Meanwhile, on Wednesday, police deployed pepper spray and tear gas against dozens of Native American water protectors during a standoff at Cantapeta Creek.

New Yorkers #SwipeItForward to protest policing of fare-beating

This is easy. This is effective. And it’s legal. And this is a way for everyone to be an everyday activist.

Dakota Access Pipeline CEO Kelcy Warren should face the music

Kelcy Warren is a Texas oil billionaire several times over, and might not be easily deterred by a threatened boycott.

Former police chief sentenced to prison for assaulting handcuffed man

U.S. District Judge Leonard Wexler referred to the former police chief as a “dictator.”

Lobbyist for Dakota Access formerly led army’s “restore Iraqi oil” program

“The administration seems to be buying time to maintain the status quo and profits for fossil fuel investors.”

Glyphosate found in Iowa honey

The glyphosate residues showing up in food are surprising and worrisome.

The school gun violence we don’t talk about

In over half of the shootings that happened on elementary, middle school, and high school grounds, a student brought a gun from their home.

Is historical oil drilling responsible for L.A.’s reputation as earthquake prone?

It cannot be ruled out that the Long Beach earthquake, which killed 115 people, was induced by oil drilling activities.