by Voices in Movement / It’s Going Down Statement on indigenous and ecological political prisoners in Mexico. Movement for the Freedom of the Defenders of Water and Life of San Pedro Tlanixco To the People of Mexico and the World To the Media The history of Indigenous peoples can be
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Standing United with The Unist’ot’en
by Murray Bush Crowd takes over lobby of TransCanada Pipelines subsiary Coastal GasLink’s office this morning in defence of the sovereignty of Unist’ot’en land. The company wants an injunction to trespass for LNG pipeline construction. More photos here!
Unist’ot’en Camp Staying Put as Company Puts on Pressure to Step Aside
by Laurie Hamelin / APTN National News Tucked within the forest down a dirt logging road in the central interior of British Columbia is the Unist’ot’en Camp. It’s the Unist’ot’en clan’s re-occupation of Wet’suwe’ten traditional lands. Freda Huson built the camp to reconnect with her Indigenous culture and to teach land-based wellness.
Some Chiefs Want Ban on Oil Tankers in Northern B.C.
by Todd Lamirande / APTN National News Senators on Parliament Hill were asked Tuesday to support legislation that would ban large oil tanker traffic off British Columbia’s north coast. “We are a salmon people; we are an ocean people,” said Marilyn Slett, chief councillor of the Heiltsuk Nation. “Our
Government Document Calls Unist’ot’en Leader ‘Aboriginal Extremist’
A government report says the hereditary chiefs of Wet’suwet’en Nation in B.C. are led by “aboriginal extremist.” Photo: Kathleen Martens/APTN by Justin Brake / APTN National News Hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en Nation say their territory and sovereignty are under attack by a pipeline company that’s turning to the courts
Divided People - Connecting Black Mesa with the Central American Refugee Crisis
Coal transportation pipeline to Peabody’s Black Mesa Coal Mine & the US-Mexico border wall, newly lined with barbed wire in Nogales, AZ from the Hecate Society Editor’s note: we intentionally chose to capitalize all uses of Indigenous, Native, Latinx/Hispanic, Dine, Hopi when referring to people(s) for consistency. Some names have been
Cherokee Nation, State of Oklahoma, City of Gore Announce Nuclear Waste Removed from Sequoyah Fuels Site
Sequoyah Fuels Corporation site before and after nuclear waste removal. (Photo courtesy of Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People) by Native News Online Staff / Native News Online GORE, Okla. — A semitrailer quietly left the former Sequoyah Fuels Corporation site near Gore this week, hauling away the last of
Pipeline Company Files Injunction Application Against Individuals at Northern B.C. Camp
Warner Naziel, left, a Wet’suwet’en hereditary chief and Freda Huson, Unist’ot’en spokesperson, talk to the media about their opposition to a proposed pipeline near Houston, B.C., in Vancouver on Monday April 7, 2014. Naziel and Huson are the only two named people in a recently filed Coastal GasLink injunction application.
Courts Allow Keystone XL Pipeline to Move Forward With Planning Despite Construction Halt
GASCOYNE, ND – OCTOBER 14: Miles of unused pipe, prepared for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, sit in a lot on October 14, 2014 outside Gascoyne, North Dakota. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images) by Yessinia Funes / Gizmodo Earlier this month, a district court judge in Montana halted all construction
Mountain Valley Pipeline Work Stopped on Ellison Ridge in West Virginia
by Appalachians Against Pipelines / It’s Going Down Monroe County, WV — Tuesday morning, November 27th, pipeline fighters in West Virignia blocked work at a Mountain Valley Pipeline site on Ellison Ridge. A protester climbed and locked themself to a boom tractor, about 20 feet in the air, as supporters
Unoffensive Animal Update - Swiss Slaughterhouse Blockade
Image: 2014 protest in the US organized by North Bay Animal Advocates and Direct Action Everywhere sent to Earth First! Newswire from Unoffensive Animal Switzerland–After being told that a slaughterhouse was going to be blockaded, two of us headed straight from Hambacher Forest to join the action alongside the folks
Prisoners File Lawsuit Against New Federal Facility on Toxic Strip Mine Site in Kentucky
from Fight Toxic Prisons Washington, DC — Lawyers with the Campaign to Fight Toxic Prisons and the Abolitionist Law Center (ALC) and have filed a federal environmental lawsuit against the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) representing prisoners from across the country who say they were not properly informed about $444
Sky Protectors’ Win Against California’s Carbon Colonialism
by Indigenous Environmental Network / Intercontinental Cry Sacramento – Indigenous Environmental Network’s International Sky Protectors Delegation and a broad coalition of local California tribal members, environmental justice groups, fenceline communities, people of color, academics and NGOs celebrated a significant win Friday, November 16th against California’s cap and trade carbon market
Dog Snarls Phoenix Freeway Traffic, Bites State Trooper
by Paul Davenport / AP News PHOENIX (AP) — A German shepherd snarled traffic as it loped on and off two Phoenix freeways during Tuesday morning’s commute before it was captured by a state trooper who was bit on the hand while grabbing its collar. The trooper is going
Wisconsin - Tipi Blockade Erected Against Line 3 and the Colonial Holiday
submitted by Anti-Colonial Land Defense Superior, WI: In the early morning, on Thursday, November 22nd, 2018, a tipistola was erected on the entrance to the John A. Blatnik bridge in Superior. Eight poles were used to represent the four directions that blocked the entrance to the bridge. This blockade erected