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!
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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
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.
“Prison is Shit, but It’s Worth It” – Freed Fracking Protester Jailed for 16 Months Vows to Keep Fighting Injustice
Simon Roscoe Blevins was sentenced to 16 months in prison after spending 75 hours on top of a lorry in an attempt to delay the delivery of equipment to the controversial Preston New Road fracking site in Lancashire ( Angela Christofilou ) by Colin Drury / The Independent While in
We Are Many – As Many As Never Before!
from Ende Gelände 2018 Around 40 people have been occupying a digger in the Hambach mine. Other groups are confined by the police. Never before we have been so many people who stand up for climate justice and system change! Today, 6,500 people are crowding the Rhineland coalfield in the
Rojava: Between City and Village, Between War and Ecology
by Resistance is Life/It’s Going Down The Rojava Revolution is an event deeply rooted in a specific place; a place that exists on a scale that’s both personal and dauntingly immense. Rojava, or western Kurdistan, is part of the fertile crescent, the region where humanity developed agriculture and the other
Fracking to Restart in UK After Last-Minute Legal Bid Fails
The Cuadrilla fracking site in Preston New Road, Lancashire. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA by Adam Vaughan/The Guardian The first fracking in the UK for seven years will start on Saturday, the shale gas company Cuadrilla has confirmed, after campaigners lost a last-minute legal challenge to block the operations. Lancashire resident Robert