Activism
For many veterans, the process of protecting those who are protesting something that affects all citizens has been deemed to be a “healing” process. “This is the right war, right side. Finally, it’s the US military coming on to Sioux land to help, for the first time in history, instead of coming on to Sioux land to kill natives.”
Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) spokesperson Vicki Granado on Thursday confirmed that the company began working on the much-disputed 1.5-mile Lake Oahe section immediately after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers granted the final easement late Wednesday. Water protectors in Cannon Ball, North Dakota, who have resisted the pipeline’s construction for months, vowed to keep fighting.
The tribe is not alone in its outrage. Multiple environmental groups voiced their opposition to the decision, while Democratic members of the House and Senate natural resources committees wrote a letter to President Donald Trump expressing their own dismay.
In an attempt to crack down on the illegal sex trade, approximately 100 flight attendants flew to Houston, Texas, before the Super Bowl last week to train with Airline Ambassadors. Since 2009, the organization has been training employees of various airlines to identify when a trafficker flies with a victim.
Ryan’s Recycling Company, which services half a dozen neighborhoods and includes several dozen customers. Ryan and his immediate family picks up trash and even allows people to schedule pick ups if they live in Orange County, CA so they can contribute to his cause. The family packs up their truck every few weeks and takes everything down to the recycling center to cash in.
“We are committed to the people of Standing Rock, we are committed to nonviolence, and we will do everything within our power to ensure that the environment and human life are respected,” Anthony Diggs, spokesman for Veterans Stand, told CNBC. “That pipeline will not get completed. Not on our watch.”
“Make no mistake: resistance to the toxic Keystone XL pipeline will only grow stronger,” declared Dallas Goldtooth, IEN’s Keep it in the Ground organizer. “We will mobilize, fight back, we will resist the Keystone XL pipeline.”
If you’re feeling a little (or big) urge to protest the shenanigans of our new administration, here are some resources that will make it easier and more effective.
Whether you support Trump or not, his presidency is causing a big stir and igniting and catalyzing people like never before. Watch this.
There is a solution to counteract the global controllers. In your awakening you must realize that you are part of the solution and act on it! This involves applying these 4 universal laws…
Since time immemorial, under the ruling thumb of the world’s dark overlords, humanity has been hacked, stymied, suppressed and coerced into submission through mind-controlling, soul-destroying atrocities. But, as more and more people awaken, things are changing…
The video seeks to raise awareness about the prevalent issue of street harassment, which may turn into something more than catcalling.
With an estimated 500,000 marchers on the National Mall in Washington D.C., the Women’s March is now the largest inaugural-related protest in U.S. history.
According to Wildlife SOS Elephant Conservation and Care Center, a cold front is moving across northern India and everyone is beginning to feel the chill – including wildlife. To protect the sanctuary’s pachyderm residents, activists in the nation have volunteered to knit giant sweaters to keep the previously abused mammals warm and protected.
For the Women’s March in Washington D.C., over 200,000 people have RSVP’d to participate in the march and more than 1,200 bus permits were requested for parking at RFK Stadium—which is more than 6 times the amount of requests for Inauguration Day. The aim of the march is multi-faceted but all pro-human rights, and the organizers are calling not just on women but on anyone that is a defender of human rights.
