IMPORTANT TO READ “Uncertainty about Line 3 caused by Indigenous people and water protectors encouraged massive divestment from the tar sands by non-Canadian investors. Everybody from Shell Oil to the Koch brothers bailed out. Last month, my alma mater, Harvard University, began divestment of fossil fuels. Harvard wouldn’t even divest from South Africa, those stubborn…
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United Nations committee asks U.S. to investigate possible Line 3 treaty violations — Rise Up Times
This would be precedent setting. We need that kind of precedent. In Michigan, we are fighting Line 5 running under the Great Lakes right now. “If the violations are verified by the United Nations, the letter says it would be a breach of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,…
Minnesota Governor Walz “Can’t” Stop LINE 3, by Susu Jeffrey — Rise Up Times
Minnesota is home to the headwaters of the three major North American watersheds that drain north to Hudson Bay, south down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico, and east out the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River to the North Atlantic Ocean. Slicing across all three watersheds are two black Enbridge tar sands…
Resisting Drone Terror: Behind the Scenes of Shut Down Creech! — Rise Up Times
UPDATE: learn more about who Daniel Hale is and why he’s important in this recently published New York Magazine article This is the first I’ve heard of Creech but it’s something we all need to learn more about. 60 miles from Las Vegas This fall will mark the 12th year CODEPINK, Veterans for Peace +…
The Last Time Democracy Almost Died, by Jill Lepore — Rise Up Times
I’ve read Jill Lepore’s work before and know her as a meticulous researcher and an articulate writer. Her essay will take 5 minutes or less to read and is well-worth your time to do so. “It’s a paradox of democracy that the best way to defend it is to attack it, to ask more of…
Lethal Force Against Pipeline Protests? Defending the Sacred”: Indigenous Water Protectors — Rise Up Times
Critics say [Governor] Noem is turning the National Guard into a private mercenary force targeting migrants, but the governor’s plans for the National Guard could encompass other activities. “This, to me, is an extension of the fight that’s happening all over Mother Earth, protecting the last beautiful places, protecting the sacred,” Resistance to construction of […]…
Key Witness in US Case Against Assange Changes His Story, by Joe Lauria — Rise Up Times
This is what is called reasonable doubt. “This is the end of the case against Julian Assange.” -Edward Snowden Key Witness in US Case Against Assange Changes His Story, by Joe Lauria — Rise Up Times
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