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News Roundup on #StopLine3 in Minnesota: Enbridge May Have Crossed the Wrong People

July 29, 2021 by Austen Lethbridge-Scarl

More than 30 legislators from Minnesota’s House of Representatives and Senate released a letter demanding the state halt the Line 3 project and order Enbridge to cease drilling until more data is available about what, exactly, is being released everywhere Enbridge goes and what happens to it once it’s loose.

It’s too early to know what will come of this but the fact that actual Powers That Be are mad might be a sign that things are finally happening.

Action Report: Run for the Children

July 21, 2021 by Mark Darienzo

The Run for the Children event was held on Saturday, July 10th to honor children and survivors of indigenous residential schools and specifically to raise awareness for the indigenous youth buried in unmarked graves at the Chemawa School in Salem.

News Roundup on #StopLine3 in Minnesota

July 8, 2021 by Austen Lethbridge-Scarl

Things are moving fast in Minnesota as Enbridge is now digging under the headwaters of the Mississippi River. Enbridge has already had a significant incident: Tania Aubid, Winona LaDuke, Shanai Matteson and other water protectors … Read more

July 12th: “Kill the Black Snake” Bank Walk!

July 8, 2021July 8, 2021 by XRPDX

Calling all snake handlers! The Black Snake is a monster long prophesied by the Lakota people that will desecrate the Lakota’s sacred sites, poison the water, and ultimately destroy the world. The resemblance between the … Read more

Updates on Stop Line 3 in Minnesota

July 1, 2021 by Austen Lethbridge-Scarl

This week saw some extremely ominous news from Giniw Collective: This is yet another major escalation in police repression and transparently illegal…but who enforces the law when it’s “law enforcement” who are the criminals? In … Read more

Updates on Stop Line 3 in Minnesota

June 25, 2021 by XRPDX

From Giniw Collective, dated June 23, 2021: The struggle against Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 tar sands pipeline continued with another civil disobedience action Wednesday morning. Five Water Protectors locked themselves to a horizontal directional drill … Read more

Film Reviews: Indigenous People Fighting Back

June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 by Mark Darienzo

From time immemorial indigenous people have lived on the land. Since 1492, Europeans have immorally exploited the land and its people. These three documentaries highlight the struggles of Indigenous groups fighting to protect their land and … Read more

How Pipelines Hide in the Shadow of Genocide

April 1, 2021April 1, 2021 by Austen Lethbridge-Scarl

A photo of a frozen Minnesota lake, covered in snow. Some footprints have gone out a few meters onto the ice. The pathway is framed by a bare tree on the right and an empty, forgotten boat trailer on the left.

Something became crystal clear to me: Fossil fuel pipelines are not a climate change issue taking place on Indigenous soil. They’re an Indigenous issue with global consequences.

On the Frontlines Against Line 3

July 1, 2021March 25, 2021 by Diana M.

Illegal pullovers, surveillance, and other harassment actions by county Sheriffs, state troopers, and Enbridge security forces were commonplace. Outside one of the Water Protector camps we visited, there was 24/7 surveillance by two to four local sheriff cars at any time.

Stop the Pipeline: More on Line 3

December 21, 2020 by XRPDX

This is a critical time to try to stop Enbridge from moving forward on Line 3, the destructive Minnesota tar sands pipeline. Indigenous women have been leading the struggle against the pipeline for years and … Read more