Tag: water protectors
Standing Rock and the return of the nonviolent campaign
There’s something even better than electoral politics and one-off protests when mobilizing citizen power.
Resistance at Standing Rock: The people from Oceti Sakowin camp
Water protectors answer a fundamental question: What happens if the pipeline gets completed?
7 things the Defund DAPL campaign has achieved so far (including...
Public and consumer pressure on banks to quit financing the Dakota Access pipeline companies is producing results.
Why I kneeled before Standing Rock elders and asked for forgiveness
“We fought you. We took your land. We signed treaties that we broke … But we’ve come to say that we are sorry.”
How Standing Rock’s divest campaign can stop future pipelines
As banks begin to respond, environmental movements are learning the importance of speaking clearly about the financial risks of fossil fuel investment.
Lawyers for Standing Rock water protectors are pleading for more help
Hundreds of DAPL water protectors have no lawyer at all.
Leaked audio: Dakota Access pipeline executive says “Election night changed everything”...
Big oil believes “We now are going into a transition where we are going to have a new President of the United States who gets it."
With pipeline losing $20 million a week, DAPL battle moves to...
In the meantime, organized resistance against DAPL continues.
After visiting Standing Rock, Swedish bank puts companies behind DAPL on...
“It is becoming increasingly clear that financial institutions view the Dakota Access pipeline as a liability.”
Standing strong as a rock
Stand with Standing Rock. December is Global Month of #NoDAPL Action.
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Climate change costs to hit $38 trillion annually by 2050
New study reveals stark economic disparities as global warming intensifies, disproportionately affecting the world's poorest nations.
Children among hundreds found in new mass grave at Gaza hospital
A horrifying discovery in Khan Younis raises alarms about the profound toll of ongoing hostilities on the most vulnerable.
Senator Sanders proposes major cuts to Israeli military aid amid human rights concerns
Amid accusations of genocide and widespread human rights abuses, Senator Bernie Sanders champions amendments to halt offensive military funding to Israel, sparking a critical Senate debate.
Historic Gaza protests at Columbia U. enter day 6; campus protests spread across country
Solidarity protests and encampments have now sprouted up on campuses across the country, including at Yale, MIT, Tufts, NYU, The New School and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Senators unveil landmark bill to ban junk food ads aimed at kids amid rising...
Senators Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker, and Peter Welch propose the Childhood Diabetes Reduction Act, targeting junk food advertisements to combat the escalating diabetes and obesity epidemic among children.