#Wet’suwet’en strong

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Demonstrators gathered in 40 locations across Canada on Saturday to voice their opposition to the Royal Bank of Canada's funding of fossil fuel projects. The protests, part of a nation-wide effort dubbed Fossil Fools Day, unfolded in cities including Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Halifax and Vancouver. One protestor said the demonstrations were intended to raise awareness of the bank's looming Annual General Meeting, scheduled to take place in Saskatoon on April 5.

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#cdnpoli #canadian politics #canadian news #canadian #canada #RBC #royal bank of canada #fossil fuels #oil #wet'suwet'en #wet’suwet’en strong #all eyes on wet’suwet’en #protests #land defenders #land defense

[telekitnetic-art]

Hey!

Today, please consider doing your research into the Delgamuukw Decision and the court case surrounding it. It was one of the most groundbreaking Indigenous related court cases in Canada to date, and the government doesn’t like to acknowledge that it happened because doing so could mean they’d probably actually have to acknowledge Indigenous land rights.

December 11th was the date the original court decision was overturned by the supreme court’s justices, and this year was the 25th anniversary of the case.

Misiyh, dzïn honzu ♥️

#land back #wet’suwet’en strong #I have so much anger and exhaustion over what’s been going on these past couple years #regarding what’s happening at the Wedzin kwah #and now there’s potentially a second pipeline going through the area despite the chiefs saying no #I’m not gonna bog down this post’s tags though. #support indigenous people #and their land rights movements #please

[waterbending-warrior]

With the pandemic still raging and protests happening in the USA and around the world, governments throughout Canada have been responsible for their own share of racism, mainly directed towards indigenous populations (the Wet’suwet’en community being the main target). They’ve used our distractions to allow more money to be poured into the Coastal Gaslink project, and they’ve taken away some hard-acquired rights of indigenous peoples. This video explains it better than I could, and I strongly encourage you to go watch it, if only to be aware of what’s going on:

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CBB_MErFS28/?igshid=158ej8dnuspr2

#wet’suwet’en #wet’suwet’en strong #coastal gaslink #canada #environmental issues #indigenous rights

[doesthendnlive]

Jesse Wente on CBC Listen about the arrest of protesters in Tyendinaga

#Wet’suwet’en #wetsuwetenstrong #wet'suwet'en strong #Unist'ot'en #unist'ot'en camp #jesse wente #first nations #canada #indigenous #aboriginal #native american

[leftpress]

Wet’suwet’en Strong: The Ongoing Fight for Indigenous Sovereignty on Wet’suwet’en Land

Earth First! Journal | It's Going Down | April 9th 2019

The post Wet’suwet’en Strong: The Ongoing Fight for Indigenous Sovereignty on Wet’suwet’en Land appeared first on It's Going Down.

This article appears in our upcoming Spring issue of the Earth First! Journal. The authors of this piece are long-term supporters of the Unist’ot’en camp and the continued struggle of the Wet’suwet’en nation to defend their territory against the State and industry. The majority of this information can be found on the Unist’ot’en Camp Facebook […]

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#Analysis #British Columbia #Environment #Indigenous #Land #Wet’suwet’en Strong: The Ongoing Fight for Indigenous Sovereignty on Wet’suwet’en Land #It's Going Down #April 9th 2019

[solarpunkwitchcraft]

Solarpunk Action Week Ideas

Find out if your workplace is unionized. If not, look into organizing your workplace (be very careful, however, so as not to jeopardize your own employment)

Volunteer at a local Food Not Bombs chapter

If you have a lawn, think about growing wildflowers or vegetables instead of grass

Find out whose land you are on

Become an escort at an abortion clinic

Donate to local farmers of color through Soul Fire Farm’s Reparations Map

Write a letter to a prisoner

Learn how to become a street medic

Find and join a local community organization, activism group, or antifa chapter

Learn about political campaigns going around you, and volunteer, phonebank, or donate to candidates that represent your values

Donate to a local bail fund

Clean up litter around your area

Make a bat box or bird house, or set up a bird feeder

Get to know your neighbors--strong and supportive communities are a vital element of social action

Share and support art, especially those created by members of marginalized communities

Support the Wet’suwet’en Nation in their struggle against climate colonialism

Write a letter to the editor in your local paper about an issue you care about

Make seed bombs with local wildflowers and spread them around empty areas of your neighborhood

Feel free to add your own ideas/suggestions! :)

#solarpunk #solarpunk action week #spaw

[queeranarchism]

Wet'suwet'en Nation Solidarity Rally, The Hague, NL

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2020, starting at 9AM

Please join us on Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at the Canadian Embassy in The Hague, Netherlands to stand in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en land protectors and show support for Indigenous sovereignty and ending resource extraction projects that threaten the lives of future generations. The Unist’ot’en Camp and the larger Wet’suwet’en Nation have been peacefully and firmly opposing the Canadian government’s plan to build a dangerous pipeline through their traditional lands without consent. The government continues to ignore the right of the Wet’suwet’en people to protect their own land and families from industrial invasion. This deeply disrespectful act of physical, cultural, and ecological violence by a government that tries to appear culturally and ecologically sensitive must be stopped immediately. “On February 10, 2020 Canadian Police invaded unceded Unist’ot’en territory, arresting and forcibly removing Freda Huson (Chief Howilhkat), Brenda Michell (Chief Geltiy), Dr. Karla Tait, and four Indigenous land defenders from our yintah. They were arrested in the middle of a ceremony to honour the ancestors. Police tore down the red dresses that were hung to hold the spirits of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two spirit people. They extinguished our sacred fire. We have had enough. Enough dialogue, discussion, negotiation at the barrel of a gun. Canada comes to colonize. Reconciliation is dead. It is time to fight for our land, our lives, our children, our future. Revolution lives.” - Unist'ot'en Camp Recently people in Canada and in the USA have been coming together to hold protests, rallies, and fundraisers to show their support for Wet’suwet’en land defenders. Human blockades at various railroads across the country have stopped the movement of many trains; the train system being a strong symbol of colonial expansionism that helped facilitate cultural genocide and decimation. Until the Canadian government’s law enforcement officers and pipeline workers leave the Wet’suwet’en territory, until Canada allows the Wet’suwet’en people the right to decide what happens on their own land, and until Canada stops the expansion of its profit-driven fossil fuel economy in a time of massive species extinction and ecological catastrophe we will continue to gather, show our anger, and oppose the Canadian government’s careless actions. We encourage Canadians living in the Netherlands and all people concerned about Indigenous rights and environmental decimation to join us at the Canadian Embassy at 9am on Wednesday, February 19th. The weather is expected to be a mix of sun and cloud with an average temperature of 7 degrees celsius. Please prepare yourself to be outdoors occupying space in front of the Embassy. Please dress in warm clothes, bring rain gear and food and reusable water bottles. Futhermore we encourage people to write letters to Sabine Nölke (Canada’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands) asking her to vocally condemn Canada’s violence against the Wet’suwet’en people and to vocally oppose the pipeline project (https://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/netherlands-pays_bas/offices-bureaux/ambassador-ambassadeur.aspx?lang=en) We also encourage people to make money donations to the Unist'ot'en 2020 Legal Fund. Here are the words of Freda Huson, Unist’ot’en House spokesperson: “Oil and gas corporations use legal pressure, intimidation, wealth, and resources to do their dirty work. We must come together and let it be known that those defending the land will be supported. This fight is far from over. If you have witnessed the power of the land, if you have been inspired from afar, if you care about the future of this planet, Indigenous sovereignty, and human rights, please donate to this legal fund.” ————

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2528553857463483/

Lastly, a link to the film “Invasion”: -https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=D3R5Uy5O_Ds&feature=emb_title And to the Wet’suwet’en Supporter Toolkit 2020: http://unistoten.camp/supportertoolkit2020/

#Wet'suwet'en

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

February 9, 2020: Over the last 72 hours, the RCMP have invaded sovereign, unceded Wet’suwet’en territories and forcibly removed unarmed land defenders at gunpoint.

Billions of taxpayer dollars have been spent by the federal government on behalf of TC Energy, a private resource extraction corporation, to remove the people from these lands making way for their Coastal GasLink project to export fracked gas.

The strength of our resistance has made the RCMP invasion slow and difficult. The solidarity actions from around the globe have shined a light into the darkness. Canada and the fossil fuels industries can no longer operate in the shadows when committing genocide against indigneous peoples. “Reconciliation” is the smokescreen intended to further dispossess the rightful inhabitants from their ancestral territories, and now the fog has been lifted. We remain undefeated.

Here are the arrest totals from the RCMP/CGL invasion on unceded Wet'suwet'en territories over the last few days:

6 arrested at 39km, Feb 6 (released with no charges)

4 arrested at 44km, Feb 7 (court date Monday in Smithers)

11 arrested at 27km, Feb 8 (including Legal Observers)

#WetsuwetenStrong #ReconciliationIsDead #alleyesonWetsuweten #shutdowncanada #unistoten #gidimten #landback

Gidimt'en Call to action: www.yintahaccess.com

Donate to Gidimt'en camp: https://www.gofundme.com/f/gidimt039en-strong

Wet'suwet'en Supporter Toolkit: http://unistoten.camp/supportertoolkit2020

Unist'ot'en Legal Fund: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/unistoten2020legalfund

[allthecanadianpolitics]

The RCMP denies it conspired with a natural gas pipeline builder and a private security firm in a campaign designed to harass Wet'suwet'en people off their unceded territory in northern British Columbia, court filings say.

The RCMP, Coastal GasLink and Forsythe Security, named as defendants in a lawsuit three Wet'suwet'en members launched last June, all deny the allegations.

The $6.6-billion Coastal GasLink pipeline project is designed to carry fracked natural gas to a $40-billion LNG terminal in Kitimat, B.C., for export to Asia. Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs say Coastal GasLink does not have consent to cross their territory.

The latest defence filing to the lawsuit comes from B.C.'s public safety minister, the provincial politician in charge of policing, who is being represented by a Justice Canada lawyer because the claim involves the Mounties.

The minister's 17-page response, filed after a months-long delay, says the RCMP acted "reasonably" and within the bounds of a court-ordered injunction prohibiting interference with the project.

Police increased enforcement after an "escalation of unlawful activity" that included a violent February 2022 incident involving mask-wearing, axe-wielding assailants at a pipeline construction site, the filing says. [...]

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Tagging: @politicsofcanada

#cdnpoli #Indigenous persecution #Wet'suwet'en #Wet'suwet'en Strong #all eyes on wet’suwet’en #RCMP #police brutality #genocide tw #colonization #Coastal GasLink #British Columbia

[etherealacademia]

my textposts don’t gain a lot of traction on here, but please take a moment to read this and do what you can to help. https://www.gofundme.com/f/gidimt039en-strong?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link-tip&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet

#wet’suwet’en #british columbia #coastal gaslink #please donate

[uneryx]

Sooooo in case you aren’t aware, the native Wet’suwet’en people in BC are trying to protect their land from a gas company building a pipeline and fracking on their ancestral lands.  It’s Standing Rock all over again, but this time in Canada! And boy oh boy are the RCMP pulling some shit - the hereditary chiefs are being denied access to their land and arrested, they’ve ignored the sovereign rights and treaties that give Indigenous people rights over their own land and they’re arresting peaceful protestors. It’s pretty bad, guys! If you got some spare coin, here’s the donation link. 

[doctorcolubra]

All Eyes on Wet’suwet’en - Week of Solidarity. 

Since that week of solidarity in January...

RCMP are raiding Wet’suwet’en Land Defender Camps to build yet another fucking pipeline. This is happening now, Feb. 6, 2020. Another article from CBC. 

Donate to Unist’ot’en Camp

Donate to defenders of the Gidimt’en Access Point

Wet’suwet’en Strong Facebook page

#indigenous #first nations #native american #canada #stand with wet'suwet'en #signal boost

[earthfirstjournal]

Wet'suwet'en Strong: The Ongoing Fight for Indigenous Sovereignty on Wet'suwet'en Land

Wet’suwet’en Strong: The Ongoing Fight for Indigenous Sovereignty on Wet’suwet’en Land

from the Earth First! Newswire

Houston, British Columbia on Monday, January 7, 2019. Amber Bracken for The New York Times

EF!J Editor’s Note: This article appears in our upcoming Spring issue. There’s still time to subscribe here and receive this issue!

Disclaimer

★ The authors of this piece are long-term supporters of the Unist’ot’en camp and the continued struggle of the Wet’suwet’en nation to…

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[leftpress]

Wet’suwet’en Strong shirts dominate All Native Tournament opening ceremonies

Zig Zag | Warrior Publications | February 13th 2019 Committee vice-president says the basketball tournament in Prince Rupert shouldn’t be about politics   Shannon Lough, Coast Mountain News, Feb. 11, 2019 The 60th All Native Basketball Tournament opening ceremonies wasn’t without controversy. Entire teams dressed in T-shirts with “Wet’suwet’en Strong” printed on the front and “Unceded” on the back. Some players held signs reading […]

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#freeblr #socialism #news #Oil & Gas #All Native Basketball Tournament #basketball #Unis’tot’en #Unistoten camp #Wet’suwet’en Strong shirts dominate All Native Tournament opening ceremonies #Warrior Publications #February 13th 2019

[nsl2]

Wet’suwet’en Strong #35mm (at Vancouver, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsd--VvBpY6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zj1ic25u5nj9

#35mm

[environmental-aram]

Parasite and Eco-justice: a reflective essay

Parasite is one of my favourite movies and I’ve re-watched it several times since its’ release. Not only because of the suspense, the genius way the Kim family worms their way into being employed by the Park’s, or the strong commentary on the exploitation of the working class in a capitalist society. This movie made me think deeply about the connections between environmentalism and humanitarianism.  

In the latter half of the movie, there is a striking scene where the Kim’s are running through the pouring rain from the Park’s hilltop mansion down towards their home in the lower parts of Seoul. It is not apparent how harsh the pouring rain is until the Kim’s descend several flights of stairs to get to their home, the rainwater rushing down past their feet like a waterfall. Once they get to their rapidly flooding underground home, the Kim’s rush to save their possessions. The scenes of despair are juxtaposed by a cut to the Park family in their house relaxed and overlooking their youngest child camping out in the backyard amidst the pouring rain.  

The next day, the Parks decide to have a spontaneous outdoor birthday party for their son. Ms. Park remarks, “today the sky’s so blue, and no pollution! Thanks to all the rain yesterday.” Mr. Kim, who spent the night in a school gym along with other victims displaced by the rain, is listening in on Ms. Park gushing about the blessings brought by the rain as he drives her car around town. As one review of the movie says: “the Parks are immune from having to worry about something as trivial as the weather while the Kim’s are painfully vulnerable to it, especially when it turns extreme.” (Song, 2019)

Before watching this movie, I had only thought of environmental disasters in the context of the environment instead of in a social context. However, I had pushed the unsettling implications of the consequences of environmental change to the back of my mind. Around the time I watched this movie a second time, I was taking a teaching program at my university where we had a seminar about environmental justice. The definitions of eco-justice I learned about in this seminar put my thoughts about the movie from watching it the first time into clear definitions and facts. Real world examples from the seminar made me realize that the struggles certain demographics disproportionately face from the environment are not just something that was exaggerated in the movie for cinematic purposes but very real. I didn’t fully realize the environment is inherently connected to social issues and yet it seems so obvious to me now.

In the movie, the Park’s are not shown to be particularly malicious people. However, they are ignorant to the struggles of people who do not have their wealth and they seem comfortable in their ignorance. Watching the Park’s made me feel uncomfortable but I could not place where that feeling was coming from until I realized a part of my actions were reflected by the Park family. It is easy to turn a blind eye when something makes you uncomfortable but otherwise does not directly affect you. As much as I think that I am empathetic to other people’s struggles, I need to be aware that I live in an area (BC, Canada) that is rarely affected by extreme weather, have clean drinking water, and in general, am living a comfortable middle-class life. I do not live the experiences of many people who are not able to take these comforts as granted and am therefore ignorant to many disadvantages they have as a result. I may not have a housekeeper, driver, tutor, like the Parks do, but that does not mean that I can stay blissfully ignorant to the worsening climate, declining animal and fish populations, horrible water quality in Indigenous communities, etc. If the people who are most affected are the only ones trying to create change while everyone else just lives on with their lives without a second thought, change will be unattainable. I know the first step for me is to listen to the voices of the experts on ecological issues and the voices of the people that are disproportionately affected so that I can bring awareness.

Putting my new reflections in the context of Canada, my first thought was of the Indigenous Peoples. “Four out of every five Aboriginal reserves have median incomes that fall below the poverty line.” (Press, 2017) Indigenous communities are some of the poorest communities in the country. Any effects from climate change or other environmental disasters would be felt by them first. A United Nations report points out the abhorrent housing conditions for Indigenous people and that “they have disproportionately high rates of homelessness and they are extremely vulnerable to forced evictions, land-grabbing and the effects of climate change.” (Farooqui, 2019)

If I think specifically about current Indigenous issues we learned in class, the Wet’suwet’en people’s protest against the Coastal Gaslink pipeline is an example of an environmental issue that is stemming from systemic racism by the government. The government unjustly approved the pipeline to be built on the Wet’suwet’en territory. If any oil spills happen, Wet’suwet’en territory will be damaged. In fact, there have already been two oil spills back in June. (Hosgood, 2020) From the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: “Reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians, from an Aboriginal perspective, also requires reconciliation with the natural world. If human beings resolve problems between themselves but continue to destroy the natural world, then reconciliation remains incomplete.”

Through connecting my emotional response to the events in Parasite with the concept of eco-justice, I have learned that taking care of the Land is not just about the environment but also about human rights.

Sources:

Song, M. H. (2019, November 21). Climate Change in the Film ‘Parasite’. Chicago Review of Books. https://chireviewofbooks.com/2019/11/21/climate-change-in-the-film-parasite/Links to an external site.

Press, J., Global News. (2017, October 10). Over 80^ of reserves have median income below the poverty line, census data shows. Global News. https://globalnews.ca/news/3795083/reserves-poverty-line-census/Links to an external site.

Farooqui, S. (2019, October 21). UN report highlights ‘abhorrent’ housing conditions for Indigenous people. CTV News. https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/un-report-highlights-abhorrent-housing-conditions-for-indigenous-people-1.4647433Links to an external site.

Hosgood, A. F. (2020, June 4). RCMP, Pipeline Firm Spill Fuel on Wet’suwet’en Territory. The Tyee. https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/06/04/Pipeline-Spill-Wetsuweten-Territory/Links to an external site.

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. (2015) Honouring the truth, reconciling for the future: summary of the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Government of Canada. http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2015/trc/IR4-7-2015-eng.pdfLinks to an external site.

#environmental me #parasite #and my connections to Canadian issues