Activism

Big Oil Pushes To Expand Criminal Penalties for Pipeline Protestors

Emily Sanders / The Lever Jun 19, 2024 Fossil fuel companies and trade groups are attempting to further criminalize protests by pushing Congress to abuse vital pipeline safety legislation. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Activism

The US Government’s Long Crusade Against the Anti-Pipeline Movement

Adam Federman / Grist Feb 16, 2024 Newly released documents show the FBI monitoring anti-Keystone protesters much earlier than previously known. Young Native activists were among its first targets. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

The 500-Year-Long Battle to Save the Planet

Debra Utacia Krol / Los Angeles Review of Books May 24, 2019 Dina Gilio-Whitaker’s book is a primer on the Native American environmental movement and a chronicle of fighting government and corporate power. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Watch Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Grill the CEO of Wells Fargo

Julia Conley / Common Dreams Mar 13, 2019 The New York congresswoman has been especially critical of the bank's financing of human rights abuses and environmental disasters. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ear to the Ground

Standing Rock Activists Face Harsh Prison Sentences

Ilana Novick / Truthdig Jul 13, 2018 Two years after the media left, hundreds of "water protectors" who participated in protests over the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota struggle to rebuild their lives. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The ‘Fight’ Phase of the Poor People’s Campaign Has Begun

Michael Nigro / Truthdig Jun 15, 2018 In the United States—the richest country in human history—the 140 million people who live on or below the poverty line are screaming for justice. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Needed Now: A Real and Radical Left

Paul Street / Truthdig May 30, 2018 Despite what we may hear from the media, Republicans and Democrats themselves, the Democratic Party is not "the left" but just another slave to the corporate capitalism that is leading us to destruction. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Sen. Heitkamp Faces Backlash for ‘Oil Over Indians’ Posture

JAMES MacPHERSON / The Associated Press May 27, 2018 North Dakota Democrat Heidi Heitkamp's failure to fight the Dakota Access pipeline shook her support among the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, which helped her win her first term by a narrow margin. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Keep Saying ‘No’ to Dirty Energy Projects

Eleanor Goldfield / Art Killing Apathy Apr 18, 2018 Activists fighting the Mariner East 2 pipeline are also fighting apathy, censorship, corruption and collusion. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Saving What’s Left of Paradise

Eleanor Goldfield / Truthdig Apr 2, 2018 In Louisiana, misdeeds by the oil and gas pipeline industries have fired up people dedicated to monitoring the situation—and they could use some help. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

SLAPP Lawsuits: The Biggest Public Threat You Never Heard Of (Video)

Robert Reich / Truthdig Dec 11, 2017 SLAPP, which stands for “Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation,” is a suit brought by big corporations intended to censor, intimidate and silence critics. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Tribes Deepen Commitment to Protect Homelands From Oil Pipelines

Sarah Sunshine Manning / Truthdig Nov 22, 2017 The Keystone spill in South Dakota and approval for the Keystone XL in Nebraska have galvanized indigenous people and their allies. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )