Protest - Revolt

[Editor's note: This is an interesting interview with Micah White with Carol Off on White's new book The End of Protest: A New Playbook for Revolution.  You really need to listen to the interview.

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The Obama administration's Bureau of Land Management has auctioned nearly 45 million acres of land in the Gulf of Mexico. Hundreds of protesters in New Orleans are pushing back, calling for the administration not to expand offshore drilling, especially since residents are still feeling the aftermath of the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.

The Council of Canadians has joined with allies to call on the federal government launch an environmental review of the proposed Massey Bridge in Metro Vancouver and to withhold federal infrastructure funding from the project.

For context, the George Massey Tunnel is an existing highway traffic tunnel in Metro Vancouver that is located about 20 kilometres south of Vancouver city centre. The four-lane highway goes under the south arm of the Fraser River estuary and joins the municipalities of Richmond and Delta.

Supporters of Site C/Treaty 8 Stewards of the Land Camp Call Hunger Strike after Camp Dismantled by RCMP

Media release, March 3, 2016:

On Thursday March 3rd, 2016, in the spirit of non-violent action and with the intention of shaming BC Hydro, who are preparing to destroy a vital agricultural and sacred valley in Treaty 8 Territory, supporters of the Site C/Treaty 8 Stewards of the Land will be gathering at B.C. Hydro (333 Dunsmuir St, Vancouver).

Sask. chiefs want prime minister, premiers to listen their climate change concerns

First Nations chiefs say climate change is softening a northern Saskatchewan ice road, leaving three reserves facing safety and access challenges. 

Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) Chief Bobby Cameron says this year's warmer-than-normal winter continues to threaten an ice road connecting three First Nations in northern Saskatchewan — Hatchet Lake First Nation, Black Lake First Nation and Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation — to the south.

From left, Tom Sampson of the Tsartlip Nation speaks at a news conference with Tsartlip Chief Don Tom, Pauquachin Chief Rebecca David and Tsawout Chief Harvey Underwood, who vowed to fight an LNG plan by the neighbouring Malahat First Nation.   Photograph By DARREN STONE 

The Saanich Peninsula First Nations are promising a battle on the land, the sea and in the courtroom if Steelhead LNG plans to go ahead with a liquefied natural gas plant on the former Bamberton development lands.

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