‘I’m not the guilty one’: the water protector facing jail time for trying to stop a pipeline
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/27/climate-activist-mylene-vialard-line-3-pipeline-protest-climate-activism-crackdown
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Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 2y
Spill a bunch of oil and kill hundreds of acres of land and animals? Woopsie daisies don't worry nonprofits and gov may step in to fix that.
Stop a business from sending that oil? You son of a bitch.
aeternum@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
andrewrgross@slrpnk.net · 28 pts · 2y
This is really hard to read. The degree of criminalization, the coordination in intimidating activists... it's bad, man.
It seems like Minnesota arrested almost the same number of nonviolent protesters against a pipeline in a few days as the DOJ has arrested for storming the capital on Jan 6. The sense of misguided priorities is really alarming.
Uranium3006@kbin.social · 6 pts · 2y
America is a fascist oil empire and must be destroyed. It's the only way to stop big oil
AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
Hey, us average people are suffering under the large corporations and corrupt government. If we're destroying any part of America, let it just be the greedy rich capitalists and the government. Spare us average people.
ButtDrugs@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
I have a lot of questions about a private Canadian oil company paying Minnesotan Law Enforcement millions of dollars.
Tomassci@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
One serves interests of big businesses. The other doesn't.
VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf · 16 pts · 2y
Land of the free, my ass! You're only as free as the politicians and cops you can afford to buy 🤬
Lininop@lemmy.ml · -3 pts · 2y
I know and what is even more ridiculous than what I am doing now is to be honest with you and I will be there for you and I will be in your prayers.
can@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
what
VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf · 5 pts · 2y
ShittyRedditWasBetter@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y