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CREDO Statement on KXL and DAPL Executive Orders
For Immediate Release Tuesday, January 24, 2017 – 10:30am Credo Action Contact: Email: citizenaction@credoaction.com CREDO Staetment on KXL and DAPL Executive Orders WASHINGTON – CREDO released the statement below in response to reports that Pres. Trump plans to sign executive orders to advance construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines: “President Trump […]
Environmental justice and conservation groups speak out about the illegality and injustice of the Dakota Access Pipeline
November 17, 2016
Kandi Mossett, mhawea@gmail.com, (701) 214-1389 Jade Begay, jade@350.org, (505) 699-4791 Cannon Ball, ND- On November 15th Robert Kennedy Jr. (Waterkeeper Alliance), Michael Brune (Sierra Club), Kandi Mossett (Indigenous Environmental Network), and Joye Braun (Indigenous Environmental Network) spoke in a press conference at the Oceti […]
Trump victory a new challenge for Dakota pipeline protesters
November 11, 2016
By Ernest Scheyder and Valerie Volcovici The surprising victory by Native American and environmental groups in September to delay the Dakota Access Pipeline may turn out to be short-lived, after Donald Trump’s unexpected win in the U.S. presidential election. Trump backs measures to speed energy industry development and upgrade the country’s oil and […]
People at the front lines of the battle over the Dakota Access Pipeline are calling it a ‘death sentence’
November 7, 2016
Erin Brodwin Nov. 1, 2016, 9:11 AM Thousands of protesters have been camping out for months in Cannon Ball, North Dakota, to protest the building of the Dakota Access Pipeline, a proposed 1,172-mile oil project that would shuttle half a million barrels of North Dakota-produced oil to refining markets in Illinois. The protesters, which include […]
A day after the federal judge declared that he will wait up to two weeks to issue his ruling to temporarily halt construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, the Red Warrior Camp continues to grow and thrive.
August 27, 2016
August 25, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Cody Hall Organization: Red Warrior Camp Voice Phone Number: (605) 220-2531 Email Address: RedWarriorCamp@gmail.com Social Media: Facebook.com/RedWarriorCamp , @ZuyaLutaOceti on Twitter Cannon Ball River, 1851 Ft Laramie Treaty Territory… A day after the federal judge declared that he will wait up to two weeks to issue his […]
TRIBAL GATHERING FACES AGGRESSIVE STATE REPRESSION AND MEDIA MANIPULATION
August 23, 2016
For Immediate Release: August 23, 2016 Contact: LaDonna Allard (CSS), ladonnabrave1@aol.com, (701) 426-2064 Dallas Goldtooth (IEN), dallas@ienearth.org, (507) 412-7609 Tara Houska (HTE), tara@honorearth.org, (612) 226-9404 The historic gathering of tribes from across the continent in opposition to the Dakota Access pipeline continues in the face of aggressive state repression and media manipulation. Last Friday, Governor […]
No Medals for Massacre — Justice for Wounded Knee Killings of Native Americans!
January 3, 2016
Why this is important February 10, 2013 — This week President Obama awards the Congressional Medal of Honor to Army Staff Sergeant Clinton Romesha, for conspicuous gallantry in battle during his service in Afghanistan. We too honor the heroic actions of Sgt Romesha and those of many other recipients of this nation’s highest award for […]
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- Marijuana Banking Measure Rejected By Congressional Committee June 16, 2018Tom Angell , Contributor A powerful congressional committee voted on Wednesday to reject a measure to protect banks that open accounts for marijuana businesses from being punished by federal financial regulators. Supporters then scrambled to craft a more limited measure focused on medical cannabis businesses, but it was ultimately withdrawn before a vote cou […]
- To acknowledge that the War on Drugs has been a failed policy… June 15, 2018Text: H.Res.933 — 115th Congress (2017-2018)All Information (Except Text) There is one version of the bill. Text available as: XML/HTML XML/HTML (new window) TXT PDF (PDF provides a complete and accurate display of this text.) Tip? Shown Here:Introduced in House (06/12/2018) 115th CONGRESS2d Session H. RES. 933 To acknowledge that the War on Drugs has … Cont […]
- Anti-poverty protest gets constrained at Capitol June 14, 2018For the second week in a row, a group of protesters with the Poor People’s Campaign were denied entry to the State Capitol in large numbers. Only two at a time were allowed to enter the Capitol. By Charles Bertram Anti-poverty protest gets constrained at Capitol. State police say why. By Jack Brammer Updated June … Continue reading "Anti-poverty protest […]
- Leave Marijuana Policy to the States June 14, 2018By Theodore Kupfer A new bill would reconcile federal law with reality on the ground. In the nine states where recreational marijuana is legal, industrial-scale growers distribute huge quantities of weed to product manufacturers, dispensaries are as common as banks in strip malls, and anyone over 21 can buy weed in all sorts of forms … Continue reading […]
- The NJWeedman is dead. Long live … NJRepealBailReformMan? June 14, 2018The NJWeedman is dead. Long live … NJRepealBailReformMan? (JEFF EDELSTEIN COLUMN) By Jeff Edelstein, The Trentonian Posted: 05/29/18, 1:58 PM EDT The NJWeedman is dead. Long live the NJBailReformMan. Or the NJRepealBailReformMan. Or the NJEighthAmendmentMan. Or something like that. You get the idea. “The war on weed is won. It’s over,” Ed Forchion (formerly […]
- Ohio Activist Dawn Dunlap Has Passed Away June 14, 2018The following information was sent to me this morning by Tonya Davis. This was an unexpected and particularly tragic accident. I met Dawn a few times while vising Tonya in Ohio. My heart goes out to her family and friends. Dawn Maria Dunlap passed away on June 9, 2018 at age 50. This was due … Continue reading […]
- In Memory of Cher Ford-McCullough June 11, 2018Shawna Fibikar is with Cher Ford-mccullough. Yesterday at 9:38am · We’ve been asked for obituary details to be used for many publications and websites. GoFundMe information will follow yet today to help offset medical costs not covered by mom’s Medicare B and to organize a celebration of life concert in August. FORD-MCCULLOUGH, Cheryl Jeanne (Morarie) … Cont […]
- Supporters formally ask Trump to pardon Leonard Peltier June 10, 2018Friday, June 08, 2018 3:55 p.m. CDT by Jim Monk FARGO (KFGO) – President Trump has been formally requested to grant a pardon, or sentence commutation for Leonard Peltier. Peltier is serving life in prison for the 1975 murders of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. His trial was … Continue reading "Supporters formally ask […]
- Cases against NJ Weedman up in smoke. Prosecutors cite changing views of marijuana June 8, 2018Updated 9:11 AM; Posted Jun 6, 3:15 PM Above: Ed “NJ Weedman” Forchion reacts to someone who beeped their horn in support as he talked in front of his shuttered restaurant Friday, May 25, 2018 in Trenton, a day after he was acquitted of witness tampering and was released from jail. (Kevin Shea | For … Continue reading "Cases against NJ Weedman up in sm […]
- Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) introduced a bipartisan bill on Thursday that would allow states to regulate marijuana without federal interference. June 8, 2018Warren and Gardner, who both represent states with legal recreational pot, introduced the legislation, known as Strengthening the Tenth Amendment Through Entrusting States (STATES) Act, as a response to the Trump administration’s hard-line stance against the drug. The bill would amend the Controlled Substances Act to include a framework that says it no long […]
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