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Mark Zuckerberg Goes Pro XL Pipeline, Demonstrators Protest at Facebook HQ
Last week, Mark Zuckerberg's new lobbying group spent money on ads to advocate for the Keystone XL pipeline. In response, environmental activists rallied outside Facebook headquarters today.
Demonstrators built a pipeline on the lawn in front of Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park today. Protesters in hazmat suits, bright colored safety work vests, and hard hats posed as a toxic disaster clean-up crew. One of the Raging Grannies carried a mop for a grandmotherly style clean-up. Activists asked, "how'd you like a toxic oil mess in YOUR front yard, Facebook?"
One creative sign read "Hey there, Zuck. Tar sands suck, so keep your bucks, or we're all f***ed." (see photo)
Environmentalists said that were appalled that a lobbying group, co-founded by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and others in the tech industry, called FWD.US bills itself as a bipartisan entity dedicated to passing immigration reform, but has spent considerable resources on ads advocating anti-environmental causes including promoting construction of the the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.
Police presence was surprisingly heavy.
One creative sign read "Hey there, Zuck. Tar sands suck, so keep your bucks, or we're all f***ed." (see photo)
Environmentalists said that were appalled that a lobbying group, co-founded by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and others in the tech industry, called FWD.US bills itself as a bipartisan entity dedicated to passing immigration reform, but has spent considerable resources on ads advocating anti-environmental causes including promoting construction of the the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.
Police presence was surprisingly heavy.
For more information:
http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2013/...
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FECEBOOK GOODBYE!
Tue, May 7, 2013 10:51AM
why do we have Independent Media?
Tue, May 7, 2013 10:48AM
Secrecy is not an issue here. Left, right and center protests are to educate and energize
Wed, May 1, 2013 10:48PM
When Are Leftists going to Wake Up?
Wed, May 1, 2013 7:27PM
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