Iraq vets join Standing Rock standoff; sheriff’s department turns down offer of supplies from Native protesters
Standing Rock peace offering: Guards reject olive branch from Native protesters – Salon.com
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Category: The Americas,
Dakota Access pipeline: Protesters claim major victory
“Today the Army Corp of Engineers announced its decision not to grant the easement to the Dakota Access Pipeline crossing the Missouri immediately above the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, and to study alternate routes,” the statement said. The U.S. Army confirmed in a statement Sunday afternoon that it will not grant an easement for the pipeline.“The Department of the Army will not approve an easement that would allow the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline to cross under Lake Oahe in North Dakota,” the Army said.
Dakota Access pipeline: Protesters claim major victory – CBS News
Goodness.
Literally.
Feds deny permit for Dakota Access pipeline
“Although we have had continuing discussion and exchanges of new information with the Standing Rock Sioux and Dakota Access, it’s clear that there’s more work to do,” Army Assistant Secretary for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy said in a statement. “The best way to complete that work responsibly and expeditiously is to explore alternate routes for the pipeline crossing.”
Feds deny permit for Dakota Access pipeline | TheHill
Whoa!
Colombia, FARC sign historic end to conflict
On Thursday, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC leader alias “Timochenko” met in Bogotá to sign a new final peace accord.
Colombia, FARC sign historic end to conflict | The City Paper Bogotá
wild.
Brazilian football team plane crashes in central Colombia, 75 confirmed dead
It remains unclear how many people survived the crash. At least three players are believed to be alive.
Brazilian football team plane crashes in central Colombia, 75 confirmed dead | The City Paper Bogotá
Meu Deus….
Competing groups are trying to define the Dakota Access pipeline debate. So where does the truth lie?
Opposing sides in the increasingly tense standoff over the Dakota Access oil pipeline have found little to agree on. But on this fact there is no dispute: Sometime between 3 and 4:30 a.m. on Nov. 21, a young woman demonstrating against the pipeine nearly had her arm blown off.
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Standing Rock: injured protester’s father says police account is ‘bogus nonsense’
Officers claim protesters set off explosion but Sophia Wilansky’s father and on-site medical professionals say injury is ‘entirely consistent’ with grenade blast
Sigh…
Standing Rock protesters will not follow official directive to leave camps
Dakota access pipeline protest organizers say they will remain at Oceti Sakowin camp: ‘We are wardens of this land’
Standing Rock protesters will not follow official directive to leave camps | US news | The Guardian
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Hurricane Otto Death Toll Rises to Double Digits
Hurricane Otto has killed several people and forced thousands to flee. Here’s the latest.
The death toll from Hurricane Otto has risen to 12 after Costa Rican authorities announced nine deaths after the storm cut through Central America.
Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis told the Associated Press that nine people were killed in the town of Guayabo de Bagaces, a town south of the Costa Rica-Nicaragua border.
Earlier in the week, civil defense officials in Panama announced that two people died in landslides and a child was killed when a tree collapsed on top of a car outside a school in Panama City days ago, before Otto strengthened to a hurricane. Panama’s civil defense director Jose Donderis said the landslide occurred just west of Panama City and trapped nine people. Seven people were rescued.
Hurricane Otto Death Toll Rises to Double Digits | The Weather Channel
sigh….
Michel Temer minister resigns over Brazil corruption
A Brazilian minister accused of corruption resigns, in a scandal involving President Michel Temer.
Michel Temer minister resigns over Brazil corruption – BBC News
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Secret Mexico graves hid dozens of bodies
Secret Mexico graves found where authorities are battling wave of drug gang violence
Secret Mexico graves hid dozens of bodies – CBS News
Sigh….
Veterans stand for Standing Rock
The event, Veterans Stand for Standing Rock, is a call for veterans to “assemble as a peaceful, unarmed militia” to “defend the water protectors from assault and intimidation at the hands of the militarized police force and DAPL security.”
Source: Veterans stand for Standing Rock – CNN.com
Well, good on you, Wes Clark. Nicely done.
Colombian government and Farc to sign new peace deal
Colombia is to sign a new peace deal with Farc rebels and will put it to Congress, not a referendum.
Colombian government and Farc to sign new peace deal – BBC News
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Dakota Pipeline: Protesters Soaked With Water in Freezing Temperatures
Authorities described the clash as a ‘riot’
…and then use this lie as justifaction for trying to injure and/or kill American citizens without cause.
Just in time for Thanksgiving, how appropiate!
Source: Dakota Pipeline: Protesters Soaked With Water in Freezing Temperatures – NBC News
Police fire water cannon at Dakota pipeline protesters in freezing weather
Police fire water cannon at Dakota pipeline protesters in freezing weather | Reuters
There need to be charges against the police.
Law enforcement is not only not keeping the peace, they are posing clear and present danger to thousands of the citizenry.
Hope the first nations successfully sue every law enforcement agency present at these atrocities into the ground.
Too Sacred To Drill
As Earthjustice builds its legal case to protect the Badger-Two Medicine area, the Blackfeet Nation is building a movement, drawn together by collective outrage over the oil industry’s demands to drill a treasured landscape.
Too Sacred To Drill | Earthjustice
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Hundreds Of Trump Supporters Are Angrily Tweeting A Canadian Theatre Company In Hamilton, Ontario
Hundreds of angry, and deeply confused Trump supporters, unleashed a vicious Twitter tirade against the Hamilton Theatre Inc., located in Hamilton, Ontario
…“They’ve been calling to boycott Hamilton and stage protests but little do they know that they are picking on Hamilton, Ontario’s oldest musical theatre company,” [Riane Leonard, a member of the theatre company’s production team] said.
“None of them have bothered to actually look at our account to see that they are wrong.”
…“You’re funneling it to the wrong person, guys,” she said. “All you need to do is check our profile to see we’re not even in the same country.”
But she’s glad if the mix-up resulted in a few less vitriolic tweets sent to the Hamilton cast.
“If we helped take any of the heat off our friends on Broadway, we’re here to help.”
Heh
Company showed ‘lack of transparency’ in reporting artifacts discovery in days leading up to pipeline conflict
The company building a controversial oil pipeline north of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation failed to immediately notify state regulators after finding four stone cairns and other artifacts during construction
Oi….
Dia de los Muertos
A few days late but a beautiful intro to the Day of the Dead
Two Yakima Valley clergy members join protest against North Dakota pipeline | Local | yakimaherald.com
“The reality is, I am looking at hundreds of tents and people living there peacefully,” Hacker said in a phone interview from the site Thursday. “At the center of camp is a sacred fire where they are (protesting) by prayer.”
In contrast, Hacker said across the Cannonball River, authorities have barricaded a road to block protesters from the pipeline site, and have installed floodlights along the river to spot anyone trying to cross over from the main camp. He said surveillance helicopters regularly fly over the camp.
…Hacker said the clergy members, who represent 20 faiths, ceremonially burned a copy of a 1452 papal order allowing Europeans to take land from people deemed non-Christian savages.
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Honoring 33 Native Tribes who Served As Code Talkers to Save the U.S
White Wolf : Honoring 33 Native Tribes who Served As Code Talkers to Save the U.S
I had no idea so many Native American tribes contributed to the country’s defense.
Amish ask for forgiveness from Native Americans
A local Amish bishop recently met with representatives of a dozen American Indian tribes. He and other Amish apologized for the way their ancestors treated Native Americans and their land in early America. In an emotional session, both groups shed tears.
“Please forgive us for the wrong we did,” the bishop asked Native Americans gathered in a meeting place at Witmer. “We ask forgiveness, and we’ll forgive you, and God bless your land and your people.
Another Amish man said, “If this would have been done years ago, how much more healing would have been brought. But here we are. There’s no time too late.”
THE SCRIBBLER: Amish ask for forgiveness from Native Americans | The Scribbler | lancasteronline.com
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12 Loose Rules to Follow as an Effective Ally at Standing Rock: A Blueprint for White Solidarity…
A brief disclaimer: As a relatively young white man, I am not an expert in white allyship for native causes, and am in no way a spokesperson for any indigenous movement. I was inspired to write this piece only because of painful mistakes I have witnessed continuously repeated in native space by people like me. In fact, virtually all the actions one can unintentionally take to hamper indigenous movements I have personally committed. I am writing this so that others can avoid common pitfalls and step into what I see as effective allyship within native movements.
This is amazing.
Before this piece, to the best of my recollection, I have never read anything on white allyship or “checking your privilege” that wasn’t trite, obnoxious, and patronizing to either ally, the populations they are trying to support, or (more likely) both.
Simply awesome read.
Kudos, “relatively young white man!”
What the viral Facebook check-in at Standing Rock says about activist surveillance
The post is about more than just solidarity with protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
What the viral Facebook check-in at Standing Rock says about activist surveillance – Vox
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