Why 2021 needs more direct action

cross-posted from Medium by Scott Parkin Back in the first week of June, 2020, soon after the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin, I found myself once again in the streets marching in the streets of Oakland, CA and taking action for black lives. I’d been here… Continue reading

Water Protectors Lock Down Inside Line 3 Pipeline

cross-posted from the Giniw Collective (Backus, MN) Thursday morning, water protectors locked to each other inside a Line 3 pipe segment, halting construction at an Enbridge worksite as dozens more held space. The site is a few miles from a large Enbridge man camp operating in the township of Backus,… Continue reading

They let them in

The hypocrisy displayed today is not surprising but is too much to stomach. Chuds, fascists, and maga losers didn’t “storm” the Capitol, they were let in. The armed takeover of the Capitol was explicitly white supremacist, violent, and not based in any truth or justice. Their sense of entitlement has… Continue reading

Backus, MN: Water Protectors Blockade Line 3 Pipe-yard

cross-posted from the Giniw Collective FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 28, 2020 Contact: giniw@protonmail.com Water Protector Ascends Tripod Blockading Enbridge Line 3 Pipe-yard (Backus, MN) Monday morning, a water protector bravely ascended a tripod high in the air blockading an Enbridge pipe-yard, as dozens of supporters held space below. Since giving the… Continue reading