damn these glitches….. sorry… i know one posting was enough but i wasnt given a choice

Welcome to america where profit is more important than people or the earth.
This is an update from a Standing Rock volunteer. It’s not pleasant…………. BRACE YOURSELF ….. THIS IS YOUR TAX DOLLAR IN AMERICA HARD AT WORK……..
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Friends,….“…………………………………………….
I have returned from Standing Rock with my mind blown, my heart broken and my spirit troubled with foreboding of a deepening tragedy. Volunteering as a legal observer with the Water Protector Legal Collective I witnessed several confrontations between Water Protectors (WP) and law enforcement: national guard, sheriffs and private security (LE)………………………………………….
I observed WP with their hands in the air chanting “hands up don’t shoot” being fired upon at a range of 10 to 15 feet. Tear gas canisters and rubber bullets ( rubber bullets are regular bullets covered in rubber) were used against unarmed WP who had been singing and praying. I observed national guard chasing WP off the Backwater bridge, firing at people running away. I heard people choking and gagging from tear gas. I saw access to the WP medic vehicles being blocked. I spoke with medics and WP who described bullets penetrating flesh and causing terrible injuries, including to one media person who nearly lost his finger when his camera was targeted.
I talked with a media person and was told of 4 media people on the bridge that night, 3 had their recording devices shot and the 4th, his hand. I saw a photo of a sheriff aiming a rifle directly at a media woman who was standing apart from the crowd. I heard testimony of the back of the medic pickup truck being awash in blood after evacuating wounded……………………………………….
I watched, and then, inadvertently became a part of, WP being forced off the bridge by national guard who were hiding behind WP vehicles parked along the road and firing rubber bullets at fleeing people. Many people were shot in the back, the neck, the head. When LE fired at people at close range, many were shot in the genitals or in the face. I received information about DAPL security breaching the short wave radio channels of the WP with taunts such as ”come out and fight like men you faggots or we will come to Camp and fuck your women.”…………………………………………
There are some young warriors, who, without the support of their elders, many who want the camps cleared to mitigate the economic and social damage being suffered by the local community in having the bridge closed, have vowed to not leave the camps or to let the last section of pipeline be built.
Driving away from the area on Monday I saw a convoy of construction vehicles heading to the drill pad. Last night an indigenous website live streamed reports of drilling and construction noises coming from the drill pad.”……………………………………..
Without the eyes of a free press these attacks and trespasses continue, with the human rights and sovereignty of indigenous peoples denied. The UN Committee on Transnational Corporations and Human Right Abuses was in Standing Rock this week to take testimony of the many transgressions against people: crop dusters spraying poison pesticides and fertilizers on the camps; hair samples indicating the presence of these chemicals; people who have been injured, beat up, arrested, strip searched; media and medics being targeted by snipers; (one medic told me he stopped wearing his Red Cross vest due to medics being targeted); praying people being attacked and the refusal of DAPL and our government to abide by the Rule of Law………………..
We need to stand up for our brothers and our sisters, for their way of life and, I believe, for our social contract as a democracy which is now threatened…………………
Please share this so word gets out what is happening, thank you…………….
Deborah Mackay

Welcome to america where profit is more important than people or the earth.
This is an update from a Standing Rock volunteer. It’s not pleasant…………. BRACE YOURSELF ….. THIS IS YOUR TAX DOLLAR IN AMERICA HARD AT WORK……..
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Friends,….“…………………………………………….
I have returned from Standing Rock with my mind blown, my heart broken and my spirit troubled with foreboding of a deepening tragedy. Volunteering as a legal observer with the Water Protector Legal Collective I witnessed several confrontations between Water Protectors (WP) and law enforcement: national guard, sheriffs and private security (LE)………………………………………….
I observed WP with their hands in the air chanting “hands up don’t shoot” being fired upon at a range of 10 to 15 feet. Tear gas canisters and rubber bullets ( rubber bullets are regular bullets covered in rubber) were used against unarmed WP who had been singing and praying. I observed national guard chasing WP off the Backwater bridge, firing at people running away. I heard people choking and gagging from tear gas. I saw access to the WP medic vehicles being blocked. I spoke with medics and WP who described bullets penetrating flesh and causing terrible injuries, including to one media person who nearly lost his finger when his camera was targeted.
I talked with a media person and was told of 4 media people on the bridge that night, 3 had their recording devices shot and the 4th, his hand. I saw a photo of a sheriff aiming a rifle directly at a media woman who was standing apart from the crowd. I heard testimony of the back of the medic pickup truck being awash in blood after evacuating wounded……………………………………….
I watched, and then, inadvertently became a part of, WP being forced off the bridge by national guard who were hiding behind WP vehicles parked along the road and firing rubber bullets at fleeing people. Many people were shot in the back, the neck, the head. When LE fired at people at close range, many were shot in the genitals or in the face. I received information about DAPL security breaching the short wave radio channels of the WP with taunts such as ”come out and fight like men you faggots or we will come to Camp and fuck your women.”…………………………………………
There are some young warriors, who, without the support of their elders, many who want the camps cleared to mitigate the economic and social damage being suffered by the local community in having the bridge closed, have vowed to not leave the camps or to let the last section of pipeline be built.
Driving away from the area on Monday I saw a convoy of construction vehicles heading to the drill pad. Last night an indigenous website live streamed reports of drilling and construction noises coming from the drill pad.”……………………………………..
Without the eyes of a free press these attacks and trespasses continue, with the human rights and sovereignty of indigenous peoples denied. The UN Committee on Transnational Corporations and Human Right Abuses was in Standing Rock this week to take testimony of the many transgressions against people: crop dusters spraying poison pesticides and fertilizers on the camps; hair samples indicating the presence of these chemicals; people who have been injured, beat up, arrested, strip searched; media and medics being targeted by snipers; (one medic told me he stopped wearing his Red Cross vest due to medics being targeted); praying people being attacked and the refusal of DAPL and our government to abide by the Rule of Law………………..
We need to stand up for our brothers and our sisters, for their way of life and, I believe, for our social contract as a democracy which is now threatened…………………
Please share this so word gets out what is happening, thank you…………….
Deborah Mackay

TMB just posted a bunch more stuff at their DotWS gallery page today, including a documentary by one of the students— https://thirdmanbooks.com/news/the-defenders-of-the-water-school-at-standing-rock-mni-wichoni-nakicizi-owayawa/

maybe third man records can capture a compilation of songs and story telling…. i can think of no more honorable purpose for another green series release… truly a green series issue at the heart of it all

In case anyone’s not checked lately, Third Man Books recently posted some new artwork by and photos of the kids at the Defenders of the Water School, who are the beneficiaries of the proceeds of these shirts— https://thirdmanbooks.com/news/the-defenders-of-the-water-school-at-standing-rock-mni-wichoni-nakicizi-owayawa/

I’ve been meaning to come back online here to see if there was something like this happening. I’m elated, but not surprised, that TMR would be behind our Water Protectors in an intelligent, heartfelt and supportive way. I will order these shirts, as I trust and believe in TMR’s work and ways. 2017 is going to be interesting, to say the least, and knowing where to look for like minded individuals and where to go for real up to date info is important. We’ve had two demonstrations in front of the particular banks here in Winnipeg but it never feels like enough. #DivestDAPL Thank you for standing with Standing Rock and supporting and protecting the things that are important. This warms my heart.

Well done TMR! This indeed concerns all of us. The topic has caused a lot of indignation here in Belgium and the rest of Europe too. In our family we are doing as much as we can to be sustainable (hope my choice of word is correct) in our daily life (it starts with every one of us). Your initiative gives us yet another way to support the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ Camp and helps to make others aware. So thank you and good luck!

sadly… http://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/12/pipeline-spills-176000-gallons-of-crude-into-creek-about-150-miles-from-dakota-access-protest-camp.html

Well I hope you have a lot more to sell because the newly approved pipeline cuts right into Michigan and Northern Ohio affecting some of the most populated countries in both of those states…Stand Strong Defenders of Water…. it’s only just begun ….