On Wednesday, Dec 19th, indigenous and allies launched the first protest in the United States in solidarity with their kin further north in what is known today as Canada. Prime Minister Harper basically decreed a bunch of lakes critical to indigenous survival are no longer environmentally protected, which clears the way to their destruction at the hands of the tar sands-oriented petrochemical industry.
According to Robert DesJarlait (talking in the first video) the US/Canadian border is becoming more restricted for natives/shut down right now & border protests have been called as well.
Unedited / Creative Commons with attribution to HongPong or Dan Feidt. Unfortunately was not able to livestream it - either maple syrup-powered EMP cannons or the relatively mild cold interfered with power levels. Technology not cooperating with me lately - not easy to edit FlipCam clips either :-/ I have not videotaped any protests in quite a while & this one was really inspiring, I was lucky to be involved in any way.
Later in the day at the American Indian Center I also saw representatives from Red Lake reservation leaving for the site of the school shooting in Connecticut in solidarity with those victims, since Red Lake had its own disastrous school shooting in 2005.
I wish our indigenous brothers and sisters the best of luck struggling against the power structures in both these nationstates which are determined to strip them of dignity and the means to survive autonomously in harmony with nature.
Also our colleague Will already posted three videos as well - this one has the most views - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06xImpIKyDc - get the rest on his channel. Here's the original event post on Facebizzle with a bunch of comments and links.
On Friday the Day of Action for Idle No More will be starting - where else? in Egypt! Idle No More day of action Friday will begin in Egypt | APTN National News. Drum circles for noon Mountain time zone have been called so I believe there will be a protest at 1PM around Minnehaha Park/Coldwater Springs though I am not sure of where exactly.
I like this one - it's 18 minutes totally unedited, the last song and going up in the elevator to the Consulate & most of that time in there. Watch Harper's Canadian consular staff lurk behind their thick walls & bulletproof glass, taking cell pics and dipping!
MORE LINX:
http://idlenomore1.blogspot.com/
http://idlenomore.tumblr.com/post/38329891610/idle-no-more-support-rally...
http://thelapine.ca/obama-calls-harper-large-lump
https://www.facebook.com/events/205119732946505/?ref=3
http://aptn.ca/pages/news/2012/12/19/idle-no-more-day-of-action-friday-w...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06xImpIKyDc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsSUkwZ1VZg
Friday, December 21, 2012
Idle No More - PARLIAMENT HILL- OTTAWA
http://www.facebook.com/events/437759016287760/
Friday, December 21, 2012
Idle No More, Solidarity Action -LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
http://www.facebook.com/events/458961510829311/
Friday, December 21, 2012
IDLE NO MORE: Peace River Region -BRITISH COLUMBIA
http://www.facebook.com/events/492285850793858/
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Idle No More -VANCOUVER
http://www.facebook.com/events/539740012721038/
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Idle No More -HAMILTON, ONTARIO
http://www.facebook.com/events/448076668589295/
Friday, December 21, 2012
Idle No More rally- PRINCE ALBERT- SASKATCHEWAN
https://www.facebook.com/events/127655597393724/
Friday, December 21, 2012
IDLE NO MORE - WINNIPEG NATIONAL EVENT
https://www.facebook.com/events/551422504885143/
Friday, December 21, 2012
IDLE NO MORE -SASKATOON
http://www.facebook.com/events/123368197825076/
Friday, December 21, 2012
"IDLE NO MORE" PROTEST - MONTREAL
http://www.facebook.com/events/430768096977486/
Friday, December 21, 2012
Idle No More Rally - OWEN SOUND
http://www.facebook.com/events/307840622669177/
Friday, December 21, 2012
IDLE NO MORE - SAN FRANCISCO
RALLY SOLIDARITY WITH CANADIAN FIRST NATIONS
https://www.facebook.com/events/374271672664448/
Friday, December 21, 2012
IDLE NO MORE - LOS ANGELES -
RALLY IN SOLIDARITY WITH CANADIAN FIRST NATIONS
http://www.facebook.com/events/349497715147942/
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Here are a few pics, one I found and the two from Weds. posted by Robert DesJarlait. They overflow my blog border but you can right-click to save them!
