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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
OPEN LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU AND PREMIER HORGAN RE: WET’SUWET’EN HEREDITARY CHIEFS’ OPPOSITION TO COASTAL GASLINK PIPELINE PROJECT
For the past couple of weeks I’ve been sharing what I’ve been learning about the Wet’suwet’en peoples and their opposition to all tar sands and natural gas pipelines that are planned to run through their territory. https://kislingjeff.wordpress.com/?s=wet%27suwet%27en+ I’ve found there … Continue reading
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RESIST: The Unist’ot’en’s Call To The Land
I often don’t know what I will write when I sit to try to capture the day’s story. It is a spiritual practice, to try to hear what the Spirit is saying to me. Recently I was led to begin … Continue reading
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Voices from Gidimt’en Checkpoint
I’m continuing to learn about the struggle of the Wet’suwet’en peoples in British Columbia against the construction of fossil fuel pipelines on their unceded lands. Tensions are high since January 4th, 2020, when the Wet’suwet’en House Chiefs representing all 5 … Continue reading
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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
RCMP Deny Wet’suwet’en Access to Legal Observers
In this video, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) tells Water Protector Legal Collective (WPLC) Co-Executive Director Carl Williams that he is banned from re-entering Unist’ot’en Camp, after he conducted three legal observer trainings at the request of the camp. According … Continue reading
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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
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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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Quakers, social justice and revolution 