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BREAKING – We expect RCMP to begin enforcing the injunction
The following statement and press release indicate the Wet’suwet’en people expect the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to raid the Wet’suwet’en territory today. The court had decided in favor of the Coastal GasLink corporation in their bid to build a … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, climate change, decolonize, Uncategorized, Unist'ot'en, Wet’suwet’en
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Allyship and Solidarity Guidelines
During the First Nation-Climate Unity March in 2018, we gathered together at the end of the day for discussions. The last evening of the March we sat around a bonfire where my friend Trisha CaxSep GuWiga Etringer led a very interesting … Continue reading
Solidarity
Yesterday I provided some background to explain how Bear Creek Friends (Quaker) meeting decided to write a letter to British Columbia Premier, John Horgan regarding the Wet’suwet’en peoples. Bear Creek Friends (Quaker) meetinghouse is in the Iowa countryside. Many members … Continue reading
Bear Creek Friends (Quaker) Meeting supports the Wet’suwet’en Peoples
Bear Creek Friends (Quaker) meetinghouse is in the Iowa countryside. Many members have been involved in agriculture and care about protecting Mother Earth. A number of Friends have various relationships with Indigenous peoples. Some Friends have worked to protect water … Continue reading
Bank Invasion
Do you feel helpless in the face of the continuing onslaught of environmental catastrophes? Who doesn’t? Banks know that fossil fuel mining and use has to end now in part because of environmentalist’s actions like those below. But instead continue … Continue reading
W.A.R.N. RIDE
As you may know, almost 50 years ago, I co-founded Women of All Red Nations (WARN) with fellow the Lakota People’s Law Project (LPLP) organizer Phyllis Young and several others. We formed a frontline to confront the issues we face … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, Indigenous, Native Americans, Uncategorized
Tagged Keystone XL pipeline
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Beauty Destroyed
I have been blessed to have seen the awesome beauty of nature, especially our National Parks. It is sad to think of the contrast between that time of visionaries who set aside those wonders for the enjoyment of all, and … Continue reading
Unist’ot’en Healing Centre
The Unist’ot’en Healing Centre is described below. As important as it is in its own right, the Healing Centre is now the focus of attention regarding the approval of the Coastal Gaslink (CGL) pipeline. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (excerpts)Tues, January 21, … Continue reading
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Imagining what Martin Luther King, Jr, might do today
As we pause to honor the life and work of Martin Luther King I am reflecting on what he might think and do if he were alive today. As I am doing that now, I hear John Lennon’s song “Imagine” … Continue reading
Posted in #NDAPL, civil disobedience, integral nonviolence, peace, race, Uncategorized
Tagged Martin Luther King Jr
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Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs Call For UN Intervention
I’m trying to learn about this conflict between the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs and the Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project. According to the news article below, some chiefs agreed to the pipeline project. But the Hereditary Chiefs say those chiefs did not … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 