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DESCRIPTION:OccupyForum presents. . .\n\nSTOPPING A PIPELINE\n\nEffective 
 Resistance\n\nat the Unis'tot'en Blockade\n\nUp in the forests near 
 Houston, British Columbia, a permanent blockade has been constructed to 
 stop the construction of a long list of proposed pipeline 
 projects.\n\nStarted as a grassroots effort 4 years ago, the Unis'tot'en 
 camp now sees hundreds of supporters come through every year to help the 
 Wetsu'wet'en people\n\nstand up to the Harper Government and its fossil 
 fuel juggernauts.\n\nThe west coast of Canada is home to several indigenous 
 territories whose lands have come under threat as the fossil fuel industry 
 seeks to transport its product to empty tankers via numerous new pipeline 
 projects. Freda and Toghestiy of the Wet'suwet'en nation decided 4 years 
 ago to take action in helping their people stop the destruction of their 
 lands. Exercising their right to practice their cultural customs on their 
 land, they chose to build right in the path of the pipeline projects 
 setting the stage for an ongoing blockade and reclamation of their lands at 
 the Unis'tot'en camp.\n\nIn the ensuing years, they have confronted 
 numerous pipeline employees who have come onto their lands, often without 
 permission and by helicopter, to do surveying and other exploration 
 activities. Support for the camp has been growing steadily in nearby towns 
 and all across Canada as the camp raises the bar for what a non-violent 
 resistance effort can achieve.\n\nA website for the camp has been created 
 and can be viewed here: http://unistotencamp.com/\n\nFirst and foremost, 
 the camp supports an effort to bring Wet'suwet'en people back to their 
 lands to live traditionally and begin healing their families from the 
 destruction wrought by western society on their culture. The plan for the 
 future is to build homes and places of tribal gathering for those who wish 
 to return to the land that sustains them. In order to make this happen, the 
 camp needs the support of settlers and other indigenous tribes to hold off 
 the development efforts of fossil fuel giants TransCanada, Enbridge, 
 Chevron, and others. The camp organizers are opening their doors to anybody 
 willing to provide their time and resources to building and maintaining the 
 efforts at the blockade.\n\nAt tonight's Forum, hear from a supporter who 
 stayed at the camp for 3 weeks in February of this year, and how you or 
 someone else can help get involved. Discussion and pictures of daily life 
 at the camp will be shared. Success at the camp relies on spreading of 
 information, fundraising, solidarity actions, and networking with other 
 groups to find people willing to provide their labor on the grounds at the 
 camp. There is a year round need for supporters at the camp with a couple 
 specialized events planned for the summertime -- an action camp for sharing 
 skills and strategy, and a separate work camp for building new structures 
 and implements needed at the camp. The continued organized effort will be 
 desperately needed as pipeline crews converge on the eastern and western 
 borders of the Wet'suwet'en territory sometime this year.\n\nOther camps 
 have started to emerge across Canada with the newest one going up only a 
 few hundred kilometers north of the Unis'tot'en camp. This new blockade, 
 known as Madii Lii, stands in the way of a new LNG project proposed by 
 TransCanada. They will undoubtedly need the same outpouring of support to 
 be successful. The continued existence of these ecosystems rests on the 
 shoulders of those willing to put their bodies in the path of fossil fuel 
 tycoons.\n\nDiscussion and Announcements to follow.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/03/09/18769727.php
SUMMARY:OccupyForum // Stopping A Pipeline: Effective Resistance
LOCATION:Global Exchange\n2017 Mission Street,\nSan Francisco, CA - 94110
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/03/09/18769727.php
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