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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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
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
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
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
Prayer Lodges Built on Route of Enbridge Line 3
submitted by Anti Colonial Land Defense Early October 18th, a crew of Indigenous & non-Indigenous comrades under the direction of Ojibwe elders built more waganogans on the Line 3 pipeline route, somewhere in northern Minnesota. These are always intended as positive places to gather in prayer & feast, & positive