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Breaking: Nat Guard deployed against #NoDAPL-but most construction equipment already disabled

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 09/09/2016 - 08:17

On Thursday, Sep 8, the governor of North Dakota activated the National Guard against Native Americans defending the Missouri River upstream of the Standing Rock Sioux reservtion from the Dakota Access Pipeline. Reports are the deployment is 6-8 soldiers at each of the highway checkpoints surrounding the protesters camps. There's just one problem for the pipeline builders: Unicorn Riot is reporting that most of their equipment was "unusable after being so heavily vandalized" on Tuesday!. Thus the National Guard cannot prevent protesters from monkeywrenching the bulldozers simply because it has already been done.

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Jill Stein taking hands-on action against the Dakota Access pipeline. Some things you have to see with your own hands...

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TPP opponents warn Congress lame duck ratification attempt will face severe disruption

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 09/07/2016 - 18:33

On the 7th of September, opponents of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) marched from Union Station to the Senate office buildings followed by the US Capitol. They gave Congress a simple warning: any attempt to ratify the TPP during a "lame duck" session will face severe disruption! Thousands of people were reported to have signed a pledge to obstruct and resist any proceedings on the Hill to ratify this "corporate coup" super-NAFTA.

Video highlights of the TPP Protest

Globalization/Anti-globalization
Marching on Congress against the TPP-and lame duck ratification plans

Code Pink protests arms sales to Saudi theocrats as Congress returns

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 09/07/2016 - 17:50

On the 7th of September, Code Pink protested US arms sales to Saudi Arabia at the Hart Building as Congress came back to town. Saudi Arabia is using those US weapons to bomb Yemen in support of their sectarian agenda there and has even bombed schools. While one team stayed outside a second team went inside-and was threatened with arrest over giving supporters of Saudi Arabia's bombing campaign the "bloody hands" treatment.

Anti-War/Peace

Private security guard dogs bite, wound six at Dakota Access Pipeline blockade

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 09/03/2016 - 17:39

On the 3ed of September, Native American protesters on foot and on horseback drove back the bulldozers of the company trying to build the Dakota Access pipeline for fracked Bakken oil. A private security contractor sicced dogs on the protesters and six people including a child received dog bites. Still more people were pepper sprayed. In the end, the contractor withdrew after one of the dogs was photographed with the blood of one of his victims in his mouth. For all their brutality the pipeline builders were defeated yet again.

Video of the dog attack originally published by Democracy Now

Environment/Food/Health
Race/Racism

Composite of two photos by Winnie Wong of attack dog and one of the bites inflicted

Dog bites can't stop Native American blockade of Dakota Access pipeline

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