The last time I wrote about the Wet’suwet’en was January 2nd, RCMP Invasion expected on Wet’suwet’en territory. It’s not that the RCMP have left, but there has been a change in tactics. The threat continues. There’s no question that I am guilty of painting on the street because the reason is so important. Shawn SelwayContinue reading “Wet’suwet’en 1/11/2022”
Category Archives: pipelines
Prairie Not Pipelines
Tonight, my friends at the Great Plains Action Society will present Episode 1 of an Indigenous web series related to climate, water, and resource extraction on the Plains. “Currently, the majority of the media and public pushback is coming from white landowners. However, these pipelines are being proposed to be forced through stolen land andContinue reading “Prairie Not Pipelines”
Iowa Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en
As I’ve been writing (see table below), the Wet’suwet’en peoples have declared the week of December 20 as a time for international support for their struggle to stop the completion of the Coastal GasLink pipeline through their pristine lands and water. The map shows only two actions were planned in the Midwest. One is theContinue reading “Iowa Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en”
Defund Coastal GasLink
Today (12/22/2021) we will be gathering in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en peoples at 4:00 PM. at the Chase Bank, 3621 Merle Hay Rd, Des Moines, IA 50310. Chase is one of the major institutions funding fossil fuel projects, including the Coastal GasLink pipeline being built on Wet’suwet’en lands. Pressuring financial institutions to divest funds fromContinue reading “Defund Coastal GasLink”
EVICTING COLONIZERS
The complete title of the post quoted below is “WET’SUWET’EN RESISTANCE AND SOLIDARITY: EVICTING THE COLONIZERS” By YintahAccess.com, December 19, 2021. Wet’suwet’en land defenders have reminded us through their recent re-capture of Coyote Camp – injunctions are only pieces of paper. Canadian law has no legitimacy on stolen land. #LANDBACK Reconciliation at GunpointCONTENT WARNING: DetailedContinue reading “EVICTING COLONIZERS”
Wet’suwet’en solidarity in Iowa
There will be a gathering in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en peoples this Wednesday, December 22, at 4:00 PM. at the Chase Bank, 3621 Merle Hay Rd, Des Moines, IA 50310. Chase is one of the major institutions funding fossil fuel projects, including the Coastal GasLink pipeline being built on Wet’suwet’en lands. Pressuring financial institutions toContinue reading “Wet’suwet’en solidarity in Iowa”
Call on RBC to stop funding Coastal GasLink pipeline
Divestment from banks that fund fossil fuel projects has long been an effective way to bring attention to the financial institutions involved in such projects. https://jeffkisling.com/?s=divest I’ve (@ran activist @jakislin) been involved in numerous divestment campaigns. As one example, in 2015 I was involved with a divestment campaign by the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) toContinue reading “Call on RBC to stop funding Coastal GasLink pipeline”
Pipelines and soil destruction
Fossil fuel pipelines have been a target of water protectors for many years. Presidential approval for the Keystone XL pipeline gave rise to the Keystone Pledge of Resistance which was probably the reason the Obama administration eventually denied the permit. (See: https://landbackfriends.com/?s=keystone) In a textbook example of racial injustice, the route of the Dakota AccessContinue reading “Pipelines and soil destruction”
Does this path have a good heart?
It is alarming but unsurprising to hear of yet another type of fossil fuel pipeline project. Far too late, many people are finally being confronted with the consequences of decades of excess fossil fuel burning. And of course, they are clamoring for the problem to be taken care of immediately. There are no quick fixes.Continue reading “Does this path have a good heart?”
Carbon capture in Iowa
There is an ancient Lakota prophecy about a black snake that would slither across the land, desecrating the sacred sites and poisoning the water before destroying the Earth. The following Includes remarks by my friends Sikowis Nobiss (Great Plains Action Society), Lee Tesdell, Ed Fallon (Bold Iowa). Great Plains Action Society December 2 at 4:16 PM Great Plains ActionContinue reading “Carbon capture in Iowa”
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