Tag: North Dakota

Tribal Chair of the Standing Rock Sioux calls on the Justice Department to launch an investigation into the use of force against those resisting the Dakota Access pipeline.

Yes, everyone should be talking about climate change. But we deserve to survive because our lives are worth defending in their own right — not simply because “this affects us all.”

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

“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.

Ruffalo opposes the DAPL and says Leonardo DiCaprio is likely to soon join him in North Dakota.

“We are disappointed to see that our state and congressional delegations have failed to ensure the safety and rights of the citizens engaged in peaceful protests.”