Action yesterday at the White House
The mountain told us to take up arms so we would have a voice.
It told us to cover our faces so we would have a face.
It told us to forget our names so we could be named.
It told us to protect our past so we would have a future.
In the mountains, the dead live: our dead.
— The Indigenous Clandestine Revolutionary Committee
General Command Of The Zapatista National Liberation Army
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Southwestern Energy (SWN) is pulling out of New Brunswick after sparking weeks of protests from the #Elsipogtog First Nation community and fracking opponents… at least until 2015!
“We can’t allow any drilling, we didn’t allow them to do the testing from the beginning.” - Elsipogtog War Chief John Levi.
Read more:
http://aptn.ca/news/2013/12/06/swn-ending-exploration-work-nb-back-2015-war-chief-levi/
SWN could not be reached for comment.
SHARE to spread the word that robust community organizing combined with robust resistance leads to results.#New Brunswick #tar sands
The Longest Walk 4 Concludes at Alcatraz
The walk began on July 15 with a sunrise ceremony at the Washington Monument and it followed the general route taken by the walkers from 1978.
August 13th, 2011, Klee Benally (Navajo/Diné) chained himself to an excavator at the San Francisco Peaks to stop pipeline construction which would carry sewage water for ski resort snowmaking where indigenous groups gather medicinal herbs. The San Francisco Peaks are located in Northern Arizona and are considered sacred by numerous indigenous groups in the area including the Diné (Navajo), Hopi, Zuni, Havasupai, Hualapai, Apache, Tohono O’Odoham and San Juan Southern Paiute. Construction of the pipeline began on May 25th, 2011. The conflict is ongoing.
(Photo Outta Your Backpack Media / Censored News)
See also: http://indians-vs-cowboys.tumblr.com/post/6625207783/arrested-for-defending-sacred-land-marlena-teresa
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Let us be enraged about injustice, but let us not be destroyed by it.
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to the racist pricks who’ve got no problem sexualizing native girls in my homeland
Elsipogtog Mi’kmaq being hosed today
MAY THE SPIRIT OF CRAZY HORSE LIVE ON. This is a direct action for Mother Earth against the vampire tools. They’ve got paramilitary responses activated.
3rd for the far right front row, he is trigger happy.
“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. Never surrender.” - Tupac
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