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Wet’suwet’en Blockades: No More Business As Usual In Canada

March 2, 2020 By D.T. Cochrane, Theconversation.com , ,
The recent RCMP incursion into Wet'suwet'en territory was aimed at enforcing an injunction. Coastal GasLink was awarded the injunction against Wet’suwet’en land defenders who were blocking construction of its pipeline. Injunctions have long been an important part of “business as usual” for corporations that operate on Indigenous lands. But are they still a useful tool for protecting corporate assets?

Behind the headlines: #ShutDownCanada

February 25, 2020 By Dawn Marie Paley, Towardfreedom.org , ,
I write from Vancouver Island, where emptied tankers sit in the harbor, unable to go to port because of rail blockades in solidarity with Indigenous land defenders. As I write, we are witnessing/participating in/supporting nothing less than the opening of a new cycle of anti-colonial and anti-capitalist struggle in Canada.

Raid of Wet’suwet’en part of Canada’s ongoing police violence against Indigenous Peoples

February 25, 2020 By Catherine Richardson, Theconversation.com , ,
In a pre-dawn raid on Feb. 6, the RCMP arrested six land defenders of the Gidimt'en clan of the Wet'suwet'en nation at a blockade protesting the Coastal GasLink pipeline project. They were released later the same day but protestors at the Gidimt'en checkpoint await another raid by RCMP. Enforcing an injunction, the RCMP have said that they will use “the least amount of force necessary.” But protesters and observers believe any action will result in police violence.

Trudeau’s Demand: “The Barricades Must Come Down”

February 25, 2020 Kim Peterson, Ahtribune.com , ,
Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau has called the imbroglio between the Wet’suwet’en nation and Canada a matter to be decided by the rule of law. [1] However, the Wet’suwet’en have refused to back down and have defied the British Columbia Supreme Court injunction allowing pipeline work to continue. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) were sent in to enforce the injunction.

Anti-Pipeline Protests Shut Down Canadian Rail Networks

February 19, 2020 Olivia Rosane, Nationofchange.org , , ,
The Canadian government said Sunday it hoped to resolve the tension through dialogue. Anti-pipeline protests have shut down major rail networks across Canada as indigenous rights and environmental activists act in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en people of British Columbia, who are fighting to keep a natural gas pipeline off their land.

Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders Face Risks Experienced By Environmental Human Rights Defenders Around The World

February 18, 2020 Brent Patterson, Rabble.ca , , , ,
The Indigenous Wet'suwet'en land defenders protecting their territory in northern British Columbia from the construction of the TC Energy Coastal GasLink fracked gas pipeline are experiencing many of the situations, risks and dynamics that environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs) around the world encounter.

‘Reconciliation Cannot Be Achieved At Gunpoint’: B.C. Grand Chief Stewart Phillip On Wet’suwet’en Stand-Off

February 18, 2020 Staff, Cbc.ca , ,
It's an-all-too familiar story in Canada: Indigenous communities facing down a pipeline, along with heated debates about what constitutes meaningful consultation and consent. At the centre of the latest dispute is a natural gas pipeline passing through northwestern British Columbia. It's a multi-billion dollar project, touted to be the largest private sector investment in Canadian history.

‘War In The Woods, Round Two:’ Amid Civil Unrest, Activists Gear Up For Bigger Battle Over Trans Mountain

February 15, 2020 Jesse Snyder, Nationalpost.com , , ,
OTTAWA — Recent protests and blockades are only the beginning of the civil disobedience that lies ahead as Ottawa pushes ahead with the controversial Trans Mountain expansion project, claims an activist group. “I really do see this as a taste of things to come,” said Alexandra Woodsworth, campaign organizer at the British Columbia-based Dogwood Initiative.

Ongoing Demonstrations In Support Of Wet’swet’en Shut Down Rail Traffic

February 13, 2020 By Anne Petermann ,  Globaljusticeecology.org , ,
Via Rail has cancelled another 33 train trips departing Toronto for points east Tuesday due to an ongoing demonstration in support of Wet’suwet’en pipeline opponents. Tyendinaga Mohawk members say they won’t end their demonstration near Belleville, Ont., until the RCMP leaves the territory of the Wet’suwet’en in northwestern B.C., where there have been numerous arrests of protesters who have been blocking an access road.

West Virginia Legislation Would Make Civil Disobedience Against Gas Pipelines A Felony

February 11, 2020 Staff , Morgancountyusa.org , , , ,
Industry drafted legislation (HB 4615) that would make civil disobedience against a pipeline or other fossil fuel projects a felony is moving through the West Virginia legislature. The House of Delegates Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the legislation February 10, 2020 at 8:30 am.

When Justice Fails, Block The Rails

February 10, 2020 Krisna Saravanamuttu, Orion Endicott Keresztesi, and Valerie Lannon, Springmag.ca , ,
Nearly 400 protesters in Toronto responded to the Wet’suwet’en call to shut down Canada by blocking a rail line. Protestors chanted, “when justice fails, block the rails” and “shut down Canada!” as they forced CP Rail trains to turn back. Vanessa Gray of Idle No More told Spring Magazine: “We are here to shut down the tracks in solidarity with everyone else shutting down Canada today. We demand that the RCMP stands down.

Wet’suwet’en Supporters Block Port Of Vancouver For Third Straight Day

February 10, 2020 Jessica Kerr, Vancouverisawesome.com , ,
Protestors supporting Wet’suwet’en blocked access to the Port of Vancouver Saturday. File photo Dan Toulgoet For the third straight day in a row, protestors supporting First Nations opponents to a natural gas pipeline in northern B.C. are blocking access to the Port of Vancouver. The blockade, which has closed down the intersection of Hastings and Clark, as well as Powell and Heatley, and Commissioner and McGill, is also affecting traffic on Highway 1.

Unist’ot’en Burn Injunction On Bridge And Actions Shut Down Canada

February 9, 2020 By Unist'ot'en Solidarity Brigade, Popular Resistance. , , ,
Canada - On the morning of February 8, 2020, RCMP officers landed at the gates of Unist'ot'en Village by helicopter. Unist'ot'en chiefs and house members began calling on their ancestors for support. They held a cremation ceremony for Canadian/Indigenous reconciliation, and burned a copy of the injunction that the RCMP was there to serve on behalf of Coastal GasLink (TC Energy). After about 30 minutes, the RCMP got back into their helicopters and left. Eleven people including legal observers were arrested today at the camp at 27 kilometer on bogus charges. The 4 people arrested at 27 km yesterday are being held in jail until they appear before a judge in Smithers on Monday In response rail lines, ports, and roads are being shut down across Canada with people vowing to stay until the RCMP stand down!

‘We Will Continue to Fight,’ Protesters Vow After Canadian Court Dismisses Indigenous Challenge to Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion

February 7, 2020 Jessica Corbett, Commondreams.org , , , ,
"It is alarming that Canada is so dead-set on pursuing the TMX when oil prices are declining, forests are burning, and more and more animal species are on the edge of extinction." Climate and Indigenous activists reiterated their dedication to blocking the planned expansion of the Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline after Canada's Federal Court of Appeal on Tuesday unanimously rejected four challenges from First Nations in British Columbia to the government's approval of the project.

A Seven-Mile Gas Pipeline Outside Albany Has Activists Up In Arms

February 5, 2020 Kristoffer Tigue, Insideclimatenews.org , ,
For 40 years, Mary Dugan has watched her hometown of East Greenbush, New York, transform from a sleepy rural community into a bustling Albany suburb, its once solitary forests now peppered with stripmalls and daily traffic jams. It's a transition Dugan hasn't minded. But when the utility company that supplies gas to the region proposed tearing up the road a mile from her one-story ranch to install a new pipeline...
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