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Category Archives: #NDAPL
Defund the Coastal GasLink pipeline
Defunding has long been used as a way to put economic pressure on companies whose policies we don’t agree with. Boycotts are a similar idea, one of the most well known in modern times being the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Besides … Continue reading
Indigenous roots – Wet’suwet’en and Dakota Access Pipeline
This morning as I listened to the radio interview of Daniel Dixon, an organizer with Wet’suwet’en Solidarity DC, not surprisingly I heard the same concepts that informed what we did in Indianapolis regarding the Keystone and Dakota Access pipelines. And … Continue reading
Callout for ongoing support
Despite a widespread media narrative spreading incorrect information, NO agreements have been made on the Coastal Gas Link Pipeline, and the call for solidarity actions remains firmly in place! Love and Rage,Unist’ot’en Solidarity Brigade #Kahnawake Stands With Wetsuweten a short … Continue reading
We witness the damage to our lands for long enough
Climate change is real. Wake up people. Your children/grandchildren’s future depends on it. It seems Colonial states primary focus these days is to protect Industry and government interest. We have seen it over and over since the creation of RCMP. … Continue reading
International Indigenous Land Protectors
I was very happy to hear from Eugenio from the Monteverde Friends School this morning. But saddened to be reminded of the struggles in that part of the world, and the death of Jefry Rivera. Many Indigenous people are begin … Continue reading
The Two Row Wampum: Part Two
With the rise of a new cycle of Indigenous struggles, and with the global crisis of capitalism intensifying, the recent 400th anniversary of the Two Row Wampum is a good moment for us to start redefining the relationship between Indigenous … Continue reading
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The Guswenta: Two Row Wampum Belt
Quakers are my spiritual community. Lately I’ve been writing extensively about the Wet’suwet’en peoples in Canada. But I haven’t adequately explained why this is so important to me. And why I pray Friends (Quakers) will be led to learn about … Continue reading
Wet’suwet’en and the Law
The law related to the current situation of the Wet’suwet’en people’s opposition to the Coastal GasLink pipeline is complicated. Often at issue is whose law applies. I hope some of the excerpts below are helpful. At the end is part … Continue reading
A sorrow remembrance
As the eyes of the world are on the Wet’suwet’en people and their territory, we are reminded that three years ago today, on Feb. 22, 2017, North Dakota ordered the evacuation of the main #NoDAPL camp. Right now, there are … Continue reading
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
Quakers, social justice and revolution 