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soulsludge · 4 months

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finally sharing my piece from the evening star zine! find out more about it's meaning and see other beautiful art in the @ntvzine!

i'm doing so to ask all of you to consider taking a moment to submit a comment to the army corps of engineers asking them to prevent the dakota access pipeline from crossing underneath lake oahe!!! comments end december 13th, and using the pre-fabbed letter that the standing rock tribe provides takes mere seconds of your time!! if you're feeling more charitable with your time, writing a unique comment helps immensely!

if you're seeing this after dec 13th - consider checking out the zine this comes from - all proceeds go to AISES, which is an organization that helps native americans in STEM (which includes conservation work!)

that's all! thank you <3

#my art #ndn #native art #nodapl #ntvzine

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fernreads · 2 years

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A panel of three Trump-appointed judges this week upheld an excessive eight-year prison sentence handed down to climate activist Jessica Reznicek, ruling that a terrorism enhancement attached to her sentence was “harmless.”

The terror enhancement, which dramatically increased Reznicek’s sentence from its original recommended range, set a troubling precedent. Decided by a lower court in 2021, it contends that Reznicek’s acts against private property were “calculated to influence or affect the conduct of government.” The appellate justices’ decision to uphold her sentence, callously dismissing the challenge to her terrorism enhancement, doubles down on a chilling message: Those who take direct action against rapacious energy corporations can be treated as enemies of the state.

Reznicek, an Iowa-based member of the Catholic Worker Movement and a participant in the Indigenous-led climate struggle, engaged in acts of property damage in an attempt to stop the completion of the Dakota Access pipeline in 2016 and 2017. Along with fellow activist Ruby Montoya, Reznicek took credit for various acts of sabotage, which harmed no humans or animals but burnt a bulldozer and damaged valves of the pipeline. The damaged equipment was property not of the U.S. government, but of private pipeline and energy companies.

Following Reznicek’s guilty plea to a single charge of conspiracy to damage an energy facility — which brought a recommended sentencing range of 37 to 46 months — Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger, in allegiance with prosecutors, added the terrorism enhancement. This increased her sentencing range to 210 to 240 months, making the eight-year sentence Reznicek ultimately received fit comfortably below the accepted range, though it’s more than double the previous recommendation. (Montoya, who also pleaded guilty, has filed a motion to withdraw her plea, claiming that it was coerced.)

Both courts’ decisions on Reznicek’s sentence reflect unsurprising but deeply troubling priorities in our criminal legal system. It would be unempirical to the point of foolishness to expect the courts, stacked as they are with right-wing justices, to side with individuals taking risks to stop environmental devastation rather than those corporations making millions on the back of it. Yet Reznicek’s appeal was on a point of law: Terrorism enhancements are only supposed to be applicable to crimes that target governmental conduct; Reznicek’s targets were private corporations.

The collapsing of government and corporate interests signified by Reznicek’s terrorism enhancement is worthy of profound challenge, but the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges did not even address the substance of the activist’s appeal. In a short, unsigned opinion, the court wrote that even if there had been an “error” in applying a terrorism enhancement, it was “harmless,” because Ebinger had stated on the record that she would have imposed an eight-year sentence with or without the terrorism enhancement.

It is a cynical move indeed to sidestep the chilling effect of labeling such acts as “terrorism,” as if it carries no material consequences for the future of water and Indigenous land protection and other social movements. As Reznicek’s support team wrote in a statement Monday, “Federal prosecutors only pursued terrorism enhancements against Reznicek after 84 Congressional representatives wrote a letter in 2017 to Attorney General Jeff Sessions requesting that Reznicek and other protesters who tamper with pipelines be prosecuted as domestic terrorists.” These members of Congress, note Reznicek’s supporters, have together received a combined $36 million in campaign contributions from the oil and gas industry.

Determinations over which actions are labeled “terrorism” are always political, and in this case nakedly so given the clear pressure applied on prosecutors by politicians and their industry backers. Ebinger’s claim — that she would have imposed the excessive eight-year sentence with or without the terror enhancement triggered — cannot be considered the final word here. Reporting on Reznicek’s case, ABC News — an outlet hardly aligned with the environmental left — noted that neither white supremacist murderer Dylann Roof or avowed neo-Nazi James Fields, who plowed his car into anti-fascist protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, received a terrorism enhancement when sentenced.

Reznicek’s legal team will continue to challenge her sentence in court, especially since the question of the misapplication of a terrorism enhancement remains open, despite the judges’ decision this week. A full court hearing by the 8th Circuit, an appeal to the far-right Supreme Court, or a request for clemency from President Joe Biden are all technical options, but hardly are any of these sites of optimism.

As her legal battles continue, Reznicek, whose acts of sabotage place her firmly on the right side of history, if not the law, deserves full-throated public support. As she noted in her 2017 statement claiming responsibility for the actions against the Dakota Access pipeline: “We acted from our hearts and never threatened human life nor personal property. What we did do was fight a private corporation that has run rampant across our country seizing land and polluting our nation’s water supply.”

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ritchiepage2001newaccount · 1 month

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angryrdpanda · 1 month

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March 11, 2024 — Appalachians Against Pipelines activists prevented drilling of Poor Mountain in Virginia for 8 hours as part of an effort to stop the Mountain Valley pipeline (MVP) project.

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Mountain Valley Pipeline is a fracked gas pipeline that "stretches from the shale fields of so-called 'West Virginia' into central 'Virginia' with a possible extension into 'North Carolina.' The hazardous project will disrupt delicate ecosystems, harm communities, and increase international dependence on fossil fuels, pushing the planet further into climate chaos."

Activists face arrests and jail time trying prevent completion of MVP and the inevitable environmental disasters caused by pipelines like Keystone, which has had 23 spills since it began operating in 2010.

2013 Keystone pipeline spill in Arkansas

➡️ Support the Appalachian Legal Defense Fund

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impermanent-art · 5 months

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Striking work by Pat Perry for the 2016 edition of Detroit's Murals In The Market. In the artist’s words: “A pictograph of us merrily digging our own grave, a swan song procession for the end of the oil age, as we stumble out and off the edge, together.”

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rhodoforwinter · 7 months

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The Dakota Access Pipeline (or DAPL) is a federally commissioned pipeline carrying ~19 million gallons of petroleum oil per day.

DAPL receives the crude oil through the Bakken Oil Field, a major site for hydraulic fracturing—fracking.

The pipeline runs along the Missouri River's watershed, which provides drinking water for millions of people, including members of the Standing Rock Reservation.

Against the fierce protests of Indigenous people, former president Donald Trump signed an executive order that endorsed its construction in 2017. That year, DAPL leaked at least five times.

A review of the pipeline's effects has never been conducted. Sioux activists (of Standing Rock and other Indigenous reservations) have been repeatedly brushed off—or worse. Multiple videos illustrate the police's use of force—rubber bullets, water cannons, and concussion grenades.

The federal government of the United States of America has yet again decided to rear its ugly head and make clear its apathy to the sovereignty and rights of Indigenous people.

Stand with Indigenous people, environmentalists, social advocates of all kinds.

Please.

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teaspoon-of-salt · 5 months

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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Opponents of the Dakota Access oil pipeline are taking issue with the format of private oral testimony in meetings for public comment on a draft environmental review of the controversial pipeline.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in the midst of two public comment meetings in Bismarck, North Dakota, the first held Wednesday, the second set for Thursday. People wishing to give testimony may do so orally in a curtained area with a stenographer, or do so in writing at tables.

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has long opposed the pipeline due to the risk of an oil spill contaminating the tribe’s drinking water supply. The four-state pipeline crosses under the Missouri River just upstream of the tribe’s reservation.

The long-awaited draft environmental review, released in September, outlines five options for the pipeline’s fate. Those include denying the easement for the controversial crossing and removing or abandoning a 7,500-foot (2,286-meter) segment, or granting the easement with no changes or with additional safety measures. A fifth option is to reroute the pipeline north of Bismarck, which would require new state, local and federal permits.

the lakota law center is requesting people to submit a public comment, though they have a letter template as well.

#nodapl #indigenous issues #environment

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shakastrong · 1 year

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Thank you @onsacredgroundmovie for this beautiful film tackling the human rights violations of the indigenous community and the importance of protecting our planet 🌎💚👏🏿 I hope everyone goes out to support this one. In select theaters and on demand Jan 13th and then on STARZ. #onsacredground #onsacredgroundmovie #indigenouscommunity #nodapl #waterprotectors #climatejustice #renewableenergy (at Fine Arts Theatre Beverly Hills) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClDPmDzA17q/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#onsacredground #onsacredgroundmovie #indigenouscommunity #nodapl #waterprotectors #climatejustice #renewableenergy

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rgerrity · 2 years

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On November 20, 2016 I made this image at 6:20pm. This beautiful Native American woman one of the elders and I were walking to join the rest of the elders at the sacred fire. We talked along the way of how things were coming to a head with the oil company and the pipeline. She was kind enough to let me photograph her in the evening light. She commented about my willingness to listen and not just randomly photograph the situation and invited me to photograph and attend ceremonies that others could not. Two days later I was involved in a violent confrontation on the bridge over the river, a night I’ll never forget.. Rubber bullets, teargas, fire hoses putting water on protesters under sub freezing temperatures. Standing Rock still faces water pollution problems today! The people of Standing Rock, often called Sioux, are members of the Dakota and Lakota nations. “Dakota” and “Lakota” mean “friends” or “allies.” The people of these nations are often called “Sioux”, a term that dates back to the seventeenth century when the people were living in the Great Lakes area. . . . . . . #photographingamerica🇺🇸 #humansivephotographed #nativeamerican #nodapl #documentaryphotography #humancondition #photojournalism (at Cannon Ball, North Dakota) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChVRsj8vpbT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#photographingamerica🇺🇸#humansivephotographed #nativeamerican #nodapl #documentaryphotography #humancondition #photojournalism

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beatrice-otter · 2 years

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#indian #native american #water protectors #nodapl

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elijahbenisrael-blog · 2 years

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https://youtu.be/YruWrMF0iw0 Tune in today at 7pm cst 💥💥 Clean yourself up🛁🧽 you dirty. The Prophets washing the streets up. ............................... Visit our website here :💻👨🏿‍💻🖥 🔴 https://solo.to/unitedinchrist Facebook: IUIC North Dakota Twitter: @IUICNorthDakota YouTube: IUIC North Dakota Tiktok: @iuicnorthdakota Contact us: 855-484-4842 ext 7070 #IUIC #NORTHDAKOTA #Fargo #Bismarck #SOUIX #NoDAPL #standingrock #Reservations #Liberians #NDSU #UND #natives https://www.instagram.com/p/CdhIJTZOgGY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#iuic #northdakota #fargo #bismarck #souix #nodapl #standingrock #reservations #liberians #ndsu #und #natives

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ritchiepage2001newaccount · 2 months

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CorpMedia #Oligarchs #MegaBanks vs #Union #Occupy #NoDAPL #BLM #SDF #DACA #MeToo #Humanity #FeelTheBern

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