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Needed: Show Your Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en
There are several important things to consider when you are thinking about being in solidarity with people who are being impacted by something that doesn’t directly affect you. (Of course anything that affects Mother Earth, such as the Coastal GasLink … Continue reading
Complicity of the Privileged
Every once in a while I’ll read, hear or observe something that crystallizes an idea or concern I’ve been praying and/or thinking about for a long time, sometimes decades. That’s what happened when I read about the complicity of the … Continue reading
Discussions regarding RCMP on Wet’suwet’en territory
It sounded as though progress was being made regarding the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) leaving Wet’suwet’en territory. The widespread acts of solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en have had a major impact on rail travel and blocking ships from using the … Continue reading
Wake Up United States
I am so impressed and grateful for the nonviolent movement that is taking place in Canada today. It gives me hope that example will trigger a similar movement here in the US. We are already seeing that beginning to happen … Continue reading
Need for solidarity action and pressure continues
Unist’ot’en Solidarity Brigade 2.19.2020 As indicated below, calls for Wet’suwet’en solidarity actions continue. I was contacted by organizers in British Columbia who were aware of our vigil in Des Moines on Feb. 7 and invited us to be part of … Continue reading
Kolin Sutherland-Wilson: Colonialism in Canada
The following are excerpts from: Why Kolin Sutherland-Wilson can’t stay quiet. UVic student’s week-long protest draws attention to movement against pipeline project in northwestern B.C. by Josh Kozelj, Martlet, Jan 22, 2020 It was not until 1997, following failed negotiations … Continue reading
Posted in civil disobedience, climate change, decolonize, Indigenous, Uncategorized, Unist'ot'en, Wet’suwet’en
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Massive Support for Wet’suwet’en Peoples
From the Unist’ot’en Solidarity Brigade Actions in solidarity with the demands of the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs escalated through the weekend as Justin Trudeau canceled his Caribbean trip to campaign for a seat on the UN Security Council and held a meeting … Continue reading
Quakers in Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en People
Canadian Friends Service Committee has released a statement in support of the ongoing protests by the Wet’suwet’en Nation people and hereditary chiefs in opposition to proposed pipelines on unceded land. The statement includes that “The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples affirms … Continue reading
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A lesson for nonviolent action and against genocide
Climate Strikers hand mic to Indigenous Youth Teen climate strikers with Our Earth Our Future chose not to speak from the stage at the BC Legislature today, and instead handed the mic to the Indigenous youth sitting in to support … Continue reading
Devastating, incredible and historic week
This last week has been devastating, but also incredible and historic. The relationship between Indigenous nations and the colonial state is changing before our eyes as indigenous people across Turtle Island rise up with power, determination, and leverage.As Indigenous people … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 