By Kit O’Connell STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION, South Dakota — Amid near continuous harassment and frequent arrests by police, members of over 300 Native American tribes gathered on native land in North Dakota continue to block construction on the Dakota Access pipeline. “It’s a matter of minutes from when they’re called that they show up…
by Kelly Hayes As the struggle at Standing Rock has escalated in recent days, with increased state violence, hastened pipeline construction, and the creation of a encampment in the direct path of the pipeline, I have watched widespread Native unity flourish. Friends, co-strugglers, and even long-time enemies, such as the Crow Nation and the Lakota,…
By Alexa Mills. Laughter makes us feel safer, stronger, and more together. In Cleveland, activists used it to flip Trump’s own ridiculous words upside down. The protesters dressed themselves in handmade cloth ponchos. As they waited to start their protest in Public Square in Cleveland, just outside the Republican National Convention, they kept the front panels…
by Eyder Peralta Volunteers with Mijente, a national “Latinx and Chicanx” organizing group, paint a “wall” ahead of Wednesday’s “Wall Off Trump” protest. Mijente worked with several other organizations to orchestrate the protest, including the Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights, Ruckus Society and Other98. They were gathered in a warehouse just outside downtown Cleveland.…
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