Tag: protest

As actions against the Dakota Access pipeline swept the country and world Tuesday, Energy Transfer Partners, which owns the pipeline, filed documents in federal court in Washington, D.C.

The militarized response to communities of color signals a possible double standard in law enforcement’s acceptance of civil disobedience.

Reports claim that the buffalo are being held without access to food or water.

The US Army Corps of Engineers have announced that they will delay granting Dakota Access the necessary easements to drill under Lake Oahe and the Missouri River until “discussion and analysis” with the Standing Rock Sioux can take place.

As union organizer Joe Hill said, “Don’t mourn, organize.”

Only sustained activism and organizing and effective steps to change the balance of power in Washington and in the statehouses can actually challenge Trumpism.

Military-style troops confronted Dakota Access demonstrators recently, underscoring the common narrative U.S. tribes share with the world’s Indigenous Peoples.

Big oil company agrees to halt North Dakota pipeline work until Friday thanks to protestors.

It’s the Keystone XL Pipeline all over again.

“What’s it going to take for folks to get off their duffs and onto the street corners? What I am suggesting is not revolution, rather evolution.”