EcoUnionist News #120 - #NoDAPL Update

Compiled by x344543 - IWW Environmental Unionism Caucus, September 7, 2016

The IWW passed the following emergency resolution at its annual, 2016, International Delegate Convention in Oakland, California, on Saturday, September 3, 2016:

The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) stands in Solidarity with the resistance against the Dakota Access Pipeline. We call on the labor movement and working class to take a stand against environmental racism and join the fight for a just transition as our collective future is at stake. We recognize that the capitalist system that oppresses the working class has always oppressed indigenous people of the world. Therefore we feel that settlers and indigenous workers should unite to take direct action against colonial industrial capitalism and do everything in our power to restore justice to indigenous people and Mother Earth. An injury to one is an injury to all! #nodapl #sacredstonespiritcamp #redwarriorcamp #waterislife

Groups Announce Global Call to Action in Solidarity with Dakota Pipeline Resistance

International protests targeting financiers, other companies to run September 3-17

• Krystal Two Bulls, (406) 740-1508, RedWarriorCamp@gmail.com
• Cody Hall: 605-220-2531
• Nick Katkevich, 401-559-6218, nick@fangtogether.org

Photos and News: href="http://nodaplsolidarity.org">NoDaplSolidarity.org

Cannon Ball, N.D.– The Red Warrior Camp, in partnership with the Camp of the Sacred Stones issued an official Call to Action Wednesday for allies from around the world to stand ?in solidarity with the groups by joining the NoDAPL Global Weeks of Solidarity Actions from September 3 – 17.

The groups call on supporters to organize protest actions at Citigroup, TD Bank, and the Japan-based Mizuho Bank locations to highlight the companies’ financing of the $3.7 billion Dakota Access Pipeline. If built, the new pipeline is expected to deliver 570,000 gallons of crude oil across 1,172 miles across North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Illinois, where it will link to infrastructure able to transport the oil to the Gulf of Mexico.

According to the Call to Action:

“Water is a necessity for all life. Water is life. Now is the time for all people from all walks of life to join together to stop the desecration and destruction of water, land and life! Please join our Indigenous led movement to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline by planning or joining an action near you!”

The need for clean water is also at the heart of a legal challenge against the Army Corps of Engineers, brought by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe with representation from Earthjustice and filed on July 27, 2016. The lawsuit alleges that the Corps’ approval of the permit that allows the oil company to dig the pipeline under the Missouri River just upstream of the reservation and the Tribe’s drinking water supply violates the Clean Water Act and other federal laws. An injunction that would stop construction while legal challenges are heard is expected by September 9.

The groups also launched a new website that includes a mapof protest actions planned, news and updates: NoDaplSolidarity.org.

Find NoDaplSolidarity on social Media:facebook.com/RedWarriorCampand @RedWarriorCamp on Twitter.

Additional Actions:

• Call North Dakota governor Jack Dalrymple at 701-328-2200. You can leave a message stating your thoughts about this.
• Sign the White House Petition and share widely: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/?/stop-construction-dakota?
• Donate to support the Standing Rock Sioux at https://www.gofundme.com/stand4standingrock
• Donate items from the Sacred Stone Camp Supply List: http://sacredstonecamp.org/supply-list/
• Call the White House at (202) 456-1111 or (202) 456-1414. Tell President Obama to rescind the Army Corps of Engineers' Permit for the Dakota Access Pipeline.
• Contribute to the Sacred Stone Camp Legal Defense Fund: https://fundrazr.com/d19fAf
• Contribute to the Sacred Stone Camp gofundme account: https://www.gofundme.com/sacredstonecamp
• Call the Army Corps of Engineers and demand that they reverse the permit: (202) 761-5903
• Sign other petitions asking President Obama to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline, such as: https://act.credoaction.com/sign/NoDAPL

• Call the executives of the companies that are building the pipeline:

a. Lee Hanse
Executive Vice President
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.
800 E Sonterra Blvd #400
San Antonio, Texas 78258
Telephone: (210) 403-6455
Lee.Hanse@energytransfer.com

b. Glenn Emery
Vice President
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.
800 E Sonterra Blvd #400
San Antonio, Texas 78258
Telephone: (210) 403-6762
Glenn.Emery@energytransfer.com

c. Michael (Cliff) Waters
Lead Analyst
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.
1300 Main St.
Houston, Texas 77002
Telephone: (713) 989-2404
Michael.Waters@energytransfer.com

Exclusive Democracy Now! Report:

• FULL Exclusive Report: Dakota Access Pipeline Co. Attacks Native Americans with Dogs & Pepper Spray – By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, September 6, 2016; [related]: Did the Dakota Access Pipeline Company Deliberately Destroy Sacred Sioux Burial Sites? – Jan Hasselman and Dave Archambault interviewed by Amy Goodman, September 6, 2016 | Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Calls for Investigation of Dog Attacks on Native American Protesters – Dave Archambault interviewed by Amy Goodman, September 6, 2016 | Canine Expert Decries "Egregious" & "Horrific" Dog Attacks on Native Americans Defending Burial Site – Jonni Joyce interviewed by Amy Goodman, September 6, 2016 | New Investigation Names Wall Street Banks Behind $3.8 Billion Dakota Access Pipeline – Hugh MacMillan interviewed by Amy Goodman, September 6, 2016 | VIDEO: Dakota Access Pipeline Company Attacks Native American Protesters with Dogs and Pepper Spray – By Amy Goodman, September 4, 2016

More News:

• Company Led by Donald Trump's Energy Aide Says Its Oil Will Flow Through Dakota Access Pipeline – By Steve Horn, DeSmog Blog, September 6, 2016
• Construction of Dakota Access Pipeline Halted Again By Non-Violent Direct Action – By Sarah Sunshine Manning, Indian Country Today, September 6, 2016
• New Occupation At Mississippi Entrance To Dakota Access Pipeline – By Frank Cordaro, Popular Resistance, September 6, 2016
• Onondagas Hold Prayer Circle in Solidarity with Standing Rock Sioux On Shores of Polluted Onondaga Lake – By staff, CounterPunch, September 6, 2016
• What size pipe will you be served? – By Mike Spille, The Cost of the Pipeline, September 6, 2016
• Your Pa. tax dollars at work, siccing dogs on Native American protesters – By Will Bunch, Philadelphia Inquirer, September 6, 2016
• Army Corps backs restraining order against Dakota Access Pipeline – By staff, Indianz.Com September 5, 2016
• “Dakota Access uses attack dogs against Natives in the name of oil” – By Andy Rowell, Oil Change International, September 5, 2016
• 'Is That Not Genocide?' Pipeline Co. Bulldozing Burial Sites Prompts Emergency Motion – By Lauren McCauley, Common Dreams, September 5, 2016
• Self-Defence Against Dog Attacks – By Zig Zag, Warrior Publications, September 5, 2016
• Voices Against the Pipeline: Five Lessons from Pipeline Struggles – By Kai Bosworth, Bakken Pipeline Reistance Coalition, September 5, 2016
• Weeks of #NoDAPL solidarity planned – By staff, Beyond Extreme Energy, September 5, 2016
• ‘And Then the Dogs Came’: Dakota Access Gets Violent, Destroys Graves, Sacred Sites – By Sarah Sunshine Manning, Indian Country Today, September 4, 2016
• Dakota Access Pipeline Company Attacks Protesters With Dogs and Mace – By Nadia Prupis, Common Dreams, September 4, 2016
• Private Security Attacks Dakota Access Pipeline Protestors – By Luke Pickrell, Facts For Working People, September 4, 2016
• Dogs, Pepper Spray and Guards: Water Protectors Report Violent Encounter – By staff, Indian Country Today, September 3, 2016
• Why the Founder of Standing Rock Sioux Camp Can’t Forget the Whitestone Massacre – By LaDonna Bravebull Allard, Yes! Magazine, September 3, 2016
• Another oil pipeline is dead, raising the stakes for Dakota Access – By Emma Foehringer Merchant, Grist, September 2, 2016
• The North Dakota Access Pipeline: Indigenous Resistance Is Stopping the Spread of Fossil Fuels – By Arnold Schroder, Rising Tide Portland, September 2, 2016
• Standing Rock oil pipeline protest: the largest gathering of indigenous peoples in a century – By The Real News, Rabble.Ca, September 2, 2016
• What's Happening in Standing Rock? – By Mark Sundeen, Outside, September 2, 2016
• Where Movements Meet: Black Lives Matter Organizers Visit #NoDAPL – By Kelly Hayes, Truthout, September 2, 2016
• Dozens more arrested fighting massive Midwestern oil pipeline – By Xian Chiang-Waren, Grist, September 1, 2016
• Historic Resistance to Dakota Pipeline: Biggest Gathering of Tribes in Years – By staff, White Wolf Pack, September 1, 2016
• Pipeline Standoff Continues As Questions Of Legality, Corruption Surface – By Matt Agorist, Mint News Press, September 1, 2016
• Senator Promoting Dakota Access Pipeline Invests In Bakken Oil Wells Named After Indian Tribe – By Steve Horn, DeSmog Blog, September 1, 2016
• 30 Iowans Arrested in Peaceful Demonstration Against Dakota Access Pipeline and Risks to Water  – By Mark Hefflinger, Bold Nebraska, September 1, 2016
• We Stand in Solidarity with Sioux Nation to Stop Dakota Access Pipeline – By Waterkeeper Alliance, EcoWatch, September 1, 2016
• 'World Watching' as Tribal Members Put Bodies in Path of Dakota Pipeline – By Deirdre Fulton, Common Dreams, September 1, 2016
• Anti-Colonialists Against Billionaries (ACAB) Visits Pipeline Company Offices, Gates and Doors Glued Shut! – By staff, Earth First! Newswire, August 31, 2016
• Bakken Pipeline Owners Wanted To Interfere With A Protest Before It Happened. A Judge Said No – By Alejandro Dávila Fragoso, Think Progress, August 31, 2016
• Bakken pipeline protesters arrested blocking construction site  – By Mark Tauscheck, CBS KCCI TV 8, August 31, 2016
• Protester Removed from Equipment after Six Hours – By staff, My ND Now, August 31, 2016
• Amnesty International calls for removal of barricade – By Lauren Donovan, Bismarck Tribune, August 30, 2016
• Dakota Pipeline Was Approved by Army Corps Over Objections of Three Federal Agencies – By Phil McKenna, InsideClimate News, August 30, 2016
• Native demonstration against pipeline held at law offices in Bismarck – By Albert Bender, People's World, August 30, 2016
• Army Corps of Engineers Confirms Native Protesters Are Right: There Is No Written Easement for Dakota Access Pipeline – By Jeremiah Jones, CounterCurrents, August 29, 2016
• Washington tribes join Standing Rock Sioux in demonstration against Dakota Access Pipeline – By staff, LR Inspire, August 29, 2016
• Anonymous Launches #OpNoDAPL In Solidarity With Native American Protest Against Dakota Access Pipeline – By staff, CounterCurrents, August 25, 2016
• Open Letter to President Obama: Halt Construction and Repeal Permits for the Dakota Access Pipeline Project – By Tom Goldtooth, et. al., Indigenous Environmental Network, August 25, 2016

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