Native American land defender/water protector speaks truth to power at ND gubernatorial debate

As reported by Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! during the show's Oct. 4th news headlines segment (watch/listen from the 11 minute 43 second mark to the 13 minute 13 second mark), a Native American land defender/water protector (they do not want to be called protestors), opposed to the crude oil Dakota Access Pipeline threatening Standing Rock Sioux Tribe drinking water, ancient sacred and burial sites, etc., disrupted the North Dakota gubernatorial debate last evening.

She compared DAPL's violation of the 1851 treaty between the Sioux and U.S. government -- in the form of desecration of sacred and burial sites on historic tribal lands -- to violation of nuclear weapons treaties, such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Meanwhile, as reported by Goodman, Native American land defenders/water protectors in a large convoy of vehicles non-violently disrupted ongoing construction of the DAPL in North Dakota, as non-Indian protestors in Iowa engaged in non-violent direct action to stop DAPL construction there, resulting in multiple arrests.

Learn more about the Native-led DAPL resistance, and how you can help, at Beyond Nuclear's Human Rights website section.

Canadian Highly Radioactive Liquid Waste truck shipments to South Carolina (potentially through numerous states) formally delayed -- SRS Watch & Canadian news of Oct. 3

Published on Oct 4, 2016

Liquid Nuclear Waste Convoys: A Threat of the Waters of the Great Lakes – Media Conference, Queen's Park, Toronto, Oct 3 2016. Complete press package at http://ccnr.org/GLWQA_pack.pdf. Dr. Gordon Edwards, President of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility; Janet McNeill, Durham Nuclear Awareness; Christine Elwell, Sierra Club of Canada Foundation; introduced by Angela Bischoff, Ontario Clean Air Alliance. Watch the 24 minute 30 second-long video recording on YouTube!

In addition to a postponement, from September till February, in the proposed, high-risk truck shipment campaign, a coalition of environmental groups has also written to U.S. President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau, demanding an Environmental Impact Statement be carried out. The coalition also wrote to the binational Great Lakes Executive Committee, demanding required notification under the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.

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Beyond Nuclear on Thom Hartmann's "The Big Picture" with IEN, re: Dakota Access Pipeline resistance

Beyond Nuclear was honored and privileged to appear on Thom Hartmann's "The Big Picture," along with Indigenous Environmental Network, to discuss the ongoing, inspiring water and land protector resistance against the Dakota Access Pipeline, centered at the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe lands near Cannonball, ND.

Thom discusses how the North Dakota pipeline protests are spreading across the country with the Indigenous Environmental Network’s (IEN) Kandi Mossett and Beyond Nuclear’s Kevin Kamps.

The interview segment begins at the 30 minute 20 second mark, and ends at the 42 minute 50 second mark.

(Please note, Anishinaabemowin refers to Anishinaabe language; Anishinaabeaki refers to Anishinaabe land. Kalamazoo means "Boiling Pot" is Anishinaabemowin; Michigan means "Great Lake.")

Learn more about the resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline at Beyond Nuclear's Human Rights website section.