The Danger of Leadership Cults
May 6, 2018 Civil rights leader Bob Moses warns today’s protest movements not to allow media celebrity and protest spectacles to take the place of organizing.
Saving What’s Left of Paradise
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.
Only Nonviolent Resistance Will Destroy Corporate State
Oct 15, 2017 Standing Rock and 20th century history offer crucial guidance: A movement’s success depends on organization, discipline and not being baited into violence.Fight Against DAPL Continues Inside and Outside Federal Courthouse (Multimedia)
Jun 21, 2017 Indigenous activists rally on behalf of the Standing Rock Sioux and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes during a hearing in the tribes' case against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Military-Style Counterterrorism Measures Were Used Against DAPL Protesters, Leaked Documents Show
May 30, 2017 The Intercept reports that a private security firm employed by Energy Transfer Partners worked with local police to suppress opposition to the Dakota Access pipeline.
First Dakota Access Pipeline Spill Is Reported
May 12, 2017 Activists worry that the spill, which did not threaten waterways, is just the first of others to come.
After #NoDAPL, ‘Water Protector’ Movement Continues With Resistance Camps Across the U.S. (Video)
Apr 22, 2017 Native American activist Raymond Kingfisher talks about the work ahead.
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Leads #NoDAPL March on Washington
Mar 10, 2017 Truthdig correspondent Clara Romeo reports from the nation's capital Friday as tribe members and allied "water protectors" rally against the Dakota Access pipeline.
‘Water Protectors’ Have a Hard Time Escaping the Anger of Some Locals (Video)
Mar 2, 2017 With passions running high in North Dakota, a small group of Native Americans and their supporters find themselves targets in a restaurant, and a woman is struck by an infuriated, yelling man. With passions running high in North Dakota, a small group of Native Americans and their supporters find themselves targets in a restaurant, and a woman is struck by an infuriated, yelling man.
What Can We Learn From Standing Rock?
Mar 2, 2017 Truthdig correspondent Donald Kaufman met with the editorial team Thursday to discuss the Dakota Access pipeline and the next moves for the "water protectors."
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