Following is an action alert from Power Shift Network:
Yesterday, the world watched in horror as police armed with full military gear raided a camp of peaceful Indigenous water protectors who were standing up against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Police used sonic weapons and rubber bullets on protesters, and eventually arrested nearly 150 people at the 1851 Treaty Camp—named because the land the camp stood on was given to the Standing Rock Reservation under the Ft. Laramie Treaty of 1851.
The shocking images of conflict yesterday have made it clear: it’s past time for President Obama to make a choice. He can either stand up for Indigenous people’s rights, clean water, and the right to peaceful protest—or he can choose to stand on the side of Big Oil, treaty violations, and police brutality.
Although the 1851 Treaty camp was forcibly evicted yesterday, the movement to stop the Dakota Access pipeline isn’t going anywhere.
Other resistance camps are still standing strong. And Indigenous leaders are planning a wave of peaceful, escalated action—in North Dakota and around the country—in the coming days and weeks.
Expect more information very soon about ways you can take action in your community to stop this pipeline—and to target the “pipeline companies, banks and individuals behind this project with crimes against Humanity and crimes against Mother Earth,” as the leaders from Standing Rock’s Red Warrior camp have written.
In the meantime, it’s absolutely critical that we put strong pressure on President Obama to show him: the world’s eyes are on North Dakota, and now is the time to act.
In solidarity,
Devyn Powell
Digital Organizer
The Power Shift Network
PS: Once you've signed, here are a few more ways you can support the water protectors in North Dakota right now: first, you can click here to donate to the Red Warrior camp. Second, if you’re interested in traveling to North Dakota to support the front lines, click here to read the Red Warrior Camp’s call to action, and then click here to organize a carpool from your campus or community.
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