#land defenders

[jonasgoonface]

maybe consider violence.

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Demonstrators gathered in 40 locations across Canada on Saturday to voice their opposition to the Royal Bank of Canada's funding of fossil fuel projects. The protests, part of a nation-wide effort dubbed Fossil Fools Day, unfolded in cities including Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Halifax and Vancouver. One protestor said the demonstrations were intended to raise awareness of the bank's looming Annual General Meeting, scheduled to take place in Saskatoon on April 5.

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[violetsandshrikes]

On September 2nd, 2023, Jhed Tamano (22) and Jonila Castro (21) were volunteering helping fishing communities affected by Manila Bay development when they were allegedly grabbed in the street by four armed, masked men and forced into a grey SUV.

The Philippine National Police has publicly suggested that unnamed outside groups are responsible for the disappearances. Privately, they have accused the pair of being affiliated with the New People’s Army (NPA), a communist armed group.

Tamano and Castro had been volunteering with AKAP Ka Manila Bay, an advocacy group partnered with church organisations to oppose land reclamation projects on the shores of the bay, including the $15bn New Manila International Airport in Bulacan, near Castro’s hometown. Criticisms include destroying fishing waters and threatening the ecosystem, including mangrove forests that prevent flooding in low-lying Metro Manila, home to 26.7 million people.

Tamano is a graduate of Bulacan State University and Castro had paused her own studies to become a full-time volunteer. They were excellent students who believed “it is worth doing this and giving up some of [their] ambitions and dreams”. (x x)

Don't forget Jhed Tamano and Jonila Castro.

[thoughtportal]

it is nature’s survival

[27-moons]

Gidimt’en Checkpoint stands in solidarity with Palestine. We demand justice for the genocide of ALL people and remember the genocide against our people. History is repeating itself and it’s up to the people of the world, from Wedzin Kwah to the sea.

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[between-the-kola-and-the-sea]

Jesus fuck the U.S. Biden just approved Project Willow, dooming Inuit in Alaska and betraying his climate promises.

[bumblebeeappletree]

Pakistani human rights and land defender Ayisha Siddiqa was set to give a speech on November 17 at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. However, when it was her turn to take the mic, she instead said, ‘I was intending to come here and share with you facts and data, and the stories of the women who have had to give birth in flood zones, of the ancestors whose graves have drowned, and I don’t think that’s what people need to hear right now.’ Siddiqa then went on to deliver a powerful poem which read in part, ‘I tell you that even our dead have drowned in their graves, and you ask me to be polite. You ask me not to blame or shame, and remember the color of my skin, the sound of my tongue, and my place in your world.’

You can listen to the entire poem here: ​​go.nowth.is/poem

This video was created in collaboration with Nature's Newsroom.

#Earth #Environment #ClimateCrisis #NowThis

[immaculatasknight]

Forever war

[yegactivist]

RBC Day of Action by Paula Kirman

[jonasgoonface]

Went to visit the pals at Heibo occupation in Germany, they been keeping the forest safe from a very hella ugly concrete mining operation. To make eviction difficult, and to spite gravity's intentions for human kind, these folks live very high off the ground in treehouses they made themselves out of trash.

[violetsandshrikes]

Aly Dominguez (38) and Jairo Bonilla (28) were two Guapinol water defenders who were killed in January of this year, 2023. Their movement involves organising to protect their rivers from an open-pit iron oxide mining project in the Carlos Escaleras National Park, Honduras.

The families of Dominguez and Bonilla say they were killed by unidentified gunmen after weeks of threats related to their activism. Honduran police have said that Dominguez and Bonilla died in a robbery gone wrong, but family members say their motorcycles and personal belongings were not taken. 

Oquelí Domínguez, brother of defenders Aly and Reynaldo Domínguez was killed in the community of Guapinol (department of Colón, northern Honduras) on June 15th, 2023.

Every year, environmental defenders are intimidated and killed for the work they do in their communities, and many of these cases never leave the local news cycles or are investigated further. One thing we can do is to not forget their names or contributions.

(x x x)

[thoughtportal]

Let’s talk about cop city in Atlanta

[auressea]

Call to Action

Dear allies,

The images published by the Narwhal this week are nothing short of heartbreaking. So I will be brief.

I am sad and furious that this has been allowed to happen. I want people to call the “regulators” who have been deliberately asleep at the wheel.

Our Sacred headwaters, The Wedzinkwa river that we drink from, shows up muddy which should be clear! This is devastating and unacceptable!

Pipeline construction work drowned in a wetland used by salmon, a food that has fed our people for well beyond thousands of years.

But three individuals have the power to stop this work immediately. I have had my allied team set up this link so you can call them. CALL THEM NOW PLEASE!!!

We have warned this would happen forever. We were ignored.

We will never tire of speaking our truth. This river is a part of us. The Land is a part of us.

CGL has proven reckless and violent. They do not care!

Please click this link to call the ministers who have the power to stop this now!!

The work continues on the Wet’suwet’en struggle for autonomy. We thank you for your ongoing support.

Standby for more…

Eve

*** this will take you to an Autodialer Phone Train- which connects you to the voicemail of the relevant 'authorities'. have a script ready

[whatisonthemoon]

In Atlanta, faith leaders have been involved in a struggle to confront violence in multiple forms as they seek to prevent the destruction of the Weelaunee Forest for the building of a police training center in a predominantly Black community. Through their actions for a just world, these faith leaders have additionally sought to honor Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán who was killed by the Georgia State Police while protecting the forest. This webinar features Rev. Leo Seyij Allen, Rev. Darci Jaret, and Rev. Keyanna Jones as they share about the ongoing pursuit of justice in seeking to stop Cop City.

[tiliman2]

Stop cop city 🌆 🌁 @radicalgraff

[immaculatasknight]

Looting corporations