Tar Sands Oil vs. Climate Change, by Susu Jeffrey
Putting Climate Change on Trial
Putting Climate Change on Trial
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Why the PIG didn't squeal and Yes, the Kochs, behind the Keystone Pipeline expansion.
Why the PIG didn't squeal and Yes, the Kochs, behind the Keystone Pipeline expansion.
May 1st, International Workers Day, will see rallies, marches, and strikes around the country and the world By Deirdre Fulton, staff writer  Common Dreams  April 27, 2017 A sign seen at the 2006 May Day demonstrations. Monday's actions are expected to match those from 2006 in magnitude. (Photo: AP) Just as labor leaders are standing firmly behind this More
May 1st, International Workers Day, will see rallies, marches, and strikes around the country and the world By Deirdre Fulton, staff writer  Common Dreams  April 27, 2017 A sign seen at the 2006 May Day demonstrations. Monday's actions are expected to match those from 2006 in magnitude. (Photo: AP) Just as labor leaders are standing firmly behind this More
Tar sands oil is the world’s dirtiest oil.
Tar sands oil is the world’s dirtiest oil.
In the midst of a terrible national illness, we organize and march for the known and solid cures.
In recent weeks, the state has militarized my reservation, with road blocks and license-plate checks, low-flying aircraft and racial profiling of Indians.
...we have to build out all of these electoral possibilities while understanding that these politicians will be nothing unless they are backed by social movements and accountable to those social movements.
Hedges: The gas in the AIM pipeline, bound for foreign export, will not be available to local communities along the route or provide many jobs to local residents (workers in pickup trucks blocked by the protesters at Montrose often had Texas or Oklahoma license plates). Residents, as is common along pipeline routes, have found themselves powerless to prevent the state from seizing their property under eminent domain and turning it over to the industry.