Tag: Dakota Access Pipeline

The families at Standing Rock deserve an answer.

The Dakota Access Pipeline is a direct threat to the life, rights and water of the Standing Rock Sioux.

Since Thursday, at least 142 activists have been arrested while protesting against the North Dakota oil pipeline.

CNN, as well as most other mainstream media outlets, have failed to report on nearly any development of the pipeline dispute.

“The world is watching the violence of local police at the Camp at Standing Rock — and we are horrified.”

I'm angry. White people in Oregon are acquitted while Native people in North Dakota are attacked by riot police from five states. And our politicians are preoccupied.

"Yesterday was a really shameful moment for this country and where we stand."

While Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, has come out against the pipeline, Hillary Clinton has so far refused to take a stance.

Under no circumstances should it be acceptable for peaceful protesters in North Dakota to be attacked and arrested, while armed occupiers in Oregon are either left alone or amicably reasoned with.

“It is deeply distressing to me that the federal government is putting the profits of the oil industry ahead of the treaty and sovereign rights of Native American communities."