by Mary Lovell at Rising Tide North America In the past two weeks, the Wet’suwet’en have faced brutal colonial and corporate violence. The RCMP forcibly removed community members and land defenders from their yintah (land) with snipers, helicopters, and dogs. But, an incredible indigenous rights movement is fighting back. The… Continue reading
cross-posted from City Pages February 27, 2020 by Hannah Jones The Capella office tower in downtown Minneapolis is so echoey, it was hard to ignore the protesters chanting on the second floor no matter where you were standing. The group, carrying signs that said “STOP LINE 3” and “NO PIPELINES,”… Continue reading
from Northfield Against Line 3 Students Demand Stop Line 3 Action from Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. Walz refuses dialogue Over 40 students and community members protested Governor Tim Walz’s negligence and inaction at a moderated conversation between the governor and reporter Pat Kessler, hosted by Humphrey School of Public Affairs… Continue reading
In response to the ongoing rebellion against the Coastal Gaslink Pipeline and the Canadian government’s human rights abuses at the Wet’suwet’en, Unist’ot’en and Gidimt’en camps, Rising Tide North America issues the follow statement: “Rising Tide North America supports Wet’suwet’en hereditary leadership in resistance to the Coastal GasLink Pipeline. We unequivocally… Continue reading