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Allegations of rights abuses at Standing Rock draw international attention

This is very important for us to be here to document their perspectives on what's happening and to really see for ourselves these violations firsthand,” explained Roberto Borrero, member of the Taíno community and a UN Programs Consultant, in an interview with Ricochet Sunday evening at the camp.
“The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, they are Indigenous peoples here in what we now know as the United States. They have treaties with the federal government, and they're witnessing violations to that treaty.”
Members of the Standing Rock Sioux and their supporters, including elders and youth, were rounded up with the use of tear gas and rubber bullets by police officers in riot gear after a standoff on Thursday escalated.


http://ricochet.media/en/1506/alleg...at-standing-rock-draw-international-attention
 
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This environment is simply not conducive to anyone’s best efforts. Booms placed carefully to contain ongoing leaks from the tug get torn apart in front of our eyes, rendered useless in winds, swells, currents, and tides that are not unusual for this time of year. Weather has similarly prevented work crews from reaching the wreck or the shores to do work. The latest we’ve heard is that the tug might be removed within the week.
This crash is an important reminder that no matter what safeguards are in place, accidents happen. When they do, the damage is done.
Coverage of this spill has been mostly relegated as a ‘local news’ piece, but it should be a global story. When we return home each night in Bella Bella, we hear news of ongoing conflicts over the North Dakota pipeline. Although half a continent apart, the connection is haunting: the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s worst fears have just become the Heiltsuk Nation’s reality, with no obvious end in sight.


A Diesel Spill Is Putting the World's Largest Temperate Rainforest at Risk | Motherboard
 
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Mirrors Brought to Protests: Police Forced to Look at What They’ve Become



UKRAINE — In a move that is picking up international attention, the people of Ukraine have begun bringing mirrors to their protests.
They say they’re doing it to force police to look at their own reflection, in a piercing psychological reminder of what they’ve turned into.
The idea came about after police were seen violently attacking hundreds of Ukrainians who are upset with their government.
The mirrors have had an intense effect on the psyches of many officers. Some reports suggest that the government currently has plans to ban the use of mirrors at protests, labeling them as “potential weapons.”
Several officers could not even look at themselves in the mirror.





As news about the mirrors continues to spread online, it is sure to become a trend in protests around the world, with commenters saying things like:
“That is the most beautiful and brilliant form of protest I have heard of in a long time.”
and:
“Unless you’ve had every shred of decency and humanity brainwashed out of you, how could you not be ashamed on some level to see yourself standing there; an iron-clad Stormtrooper armed to beat back your own people.

Mirrors Brought to Protests: Police Forced to Look at What They’ve BecomeMirrors Brought to Protests: Police Forced to Look at What They've Become - Filming Cops
 
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Kinda like site C. Don't show up for consultations then claim you weren't consulted.

In situations like that if you show up, you get more money.
 
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Cliffy said:


This environment is simply not conducive to anyone’s best efforts. Booms placed carefully to contain ongoing leaks from the tug get torn apart in front of our eyes, rendered useless in winds, swells, currents, and tides that are not unusual for this time of year. Weather has similarly prevented work crews from reaching the wreck or the shores to do work. The latest we’ve heard is that the tug might be removed within the week.
This crash is an important reminder that no matter what safeguards are in place, accidents happen. When they do, the damage is done.
Coverage of this spill has been mostly relegated as a ‘local news’ piece, but it should be a global story. When we return home each night in Bella Bella, we hear news of ongoing conflicts over the North Dakota pipeline. Although half a continent apart, the connection is haunting: the Standing Rock Sioux tribe’s worst fears have just become the Heiltsuk Nation’s reality, with no obvious end in sight.


A Diesel Spill Is Putting the World's Largest Temperate Rainforest at Risk | Motherboard
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Quite the load of crap in your link. A few gallons of diesel in the ocean will have absolutely zero effect on the forest. Or anything else.
The solution to pollution is dilution. That's what they taught us in Hazmat training.And it is a fact.
 
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