Trudeau Speaks, Blockades and Protests Spread

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Published on Sunday, 29 November -0001 16:00

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Trudeau Speaks, Blockades and Protests Spread r1 "Keep going---we're close! We are closer than we ever have been!" -Molly ...
Actions in solidarity with the demands of the Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs escalated through the weekend as Justin Trudeau canceled his Caribbean trip to campaign for a seat on the UN Security Council and held a meeting with Cabinet Minsters to "address infrastructure disruptions".

New rail blockades went up in Toronto, Vancouver, Manitoba, Quebec, and Seattle, and mass actions (an estimated 8,000 people in Toronto!) shut down bridges, highways, politicians offices, and border crossings supporting the demands of the Wet'suwet'en chiefs.

The Teyendinaga Mohawks holding down the most disruptive and longest standing blockade have vowed to continue until the Hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en have their demands met.

Read this powerful letter to the Queen with Justin Trudeau, Cabinet Minsiters, and UN Officials CC'd from the Shatekarihwate family of the Mohawk Nation Turtle Clan. A new and updated page for posting public actions has gone up and already over 35 actions for the next two weeks have gone up!

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Quote From Molly Wickham (Sleydo):

"Every morning I wake up expecting to hear the helicopters buzzing toward our territories carrying militarized RCMP with tactical weapons. The RCMP have not left Wet'suwet'en territory!!! They are continuing with their oppression despite having tactical teams out of sight. We are experiencing heavy surveillance and oppression.

I see the Indigenous youth in so called Victoria and Vancouver, the Gitxsan, the Haudenosaunee, and all the supporters from coast to coast. I SEE YOU! I see your struggle and love you! Keep going---we're close! We are closer than we ever have been!

#standupfightback
#reconciliationisdead
#shutdowncanada
#wetsuwetenstrong

Video Update from Unist'ot'en

Since RCMP violently invaded our territories, police have been monitoring and patrolling Unist'ot'en land 24 hours a day. RCMP continue to deploy from a police detachment on Gidimt'en territory that was built against the will of our Hereditary Chiefs.

Our chiefs' demands to the Province remain unchanged:

We demand RCMP to stand down and get out of our territores.

We demand nation-to-nation talks to address longstanding violations of Wet'suwet'en Rights and Title.

We demand our right to free, prior, and informed consent be upheld.

We demand that the remote detachment (Community Industry Safety Office) established by the RCMP on Wet’suwet’en territory be immediately removed.

We demand that no force or lethal weapons be used against Wet’suwet’en people and our supporters, and that RCMP refrain from preventing Wet’suwet’en people and our guests from accessing our territories.

We demand that Wet’suwet’en people must not be forcibly removed or evicted from our own unceded territories.

We urge RCMP to respect Wet’suwet’en law, and to comply with recommendations made by the United Nations Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), including the guarantee of our right to require Free, Prior, and Informed Consent for any industrial use of our territory.

RCMP OUT OF UNIST'OT'EN YINTAH.

#Wetsuwetenstrong #Unistoten

Supporter toolkit: http://unistoten.camp/supportertoolkit2020/

Legal fund: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/unistoten2020legalfund Interview with Keneth Deer, Mohawk Nation at Kahnawake Secretary

"It's ironic that the Canadian government would complain about being inconvenienced, when the Canadian Government starved our people to get a better deal in treaties.

Railways got really really rich on Indian land being expropriated and taken from us, and now they're playing a small tiny price for all the profits they have made over the centuries.

We're here to support the Wet'suwet'en Chiefs in their struggle. When they are satisfied, when they have come to an agreement with the government of the Canada they can say thank you for your support you can take down those barricades... that's the solution. It could be solved today or tomorrow if they really wanted to." RECENT ARTICLES

I stand with Wet'suwet'en. Passengers impacted by Rail Blockades share their stories.

Canada Does Not Deserve a Seat on the UN Security Council
Who is behind the Wet'suwet'en solidarity actions for the Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs?

Train Blockades, Colonialism, and the Canadian Railways History On Saturday 50 people blocked Canda's second largest rail yard and then a march of hundreds joined them holding the space for the day!

Watch and Share the Video! Thousands Marching in Toronto in solidarity with Wet'uswet'en Today! People in Seattle Shutting down rail cargo heading to Vancouver on Sunday The Kahnawake Mohawk Rail blockade holding strong

Letter to the Queen from the Shatekarihwate family of the Mohawk Nation Turtle Clan "LAND BACK!" Marchers descending upon the PM's office today! Rail Blockade in Manitoba today Marchers Shut Down the US - Candada Border crossing in Niagra Falls Rail Line Shut Down in Quebec

Signs of many languages at Rail Blockade in Vancouver Saturday Night

Statement from Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter

"As Chinese settlers of this land, we recognize that the long and complex history of Indigenous-Chinese relations is one of complicity in displacement and colonization, but also one of solidarity. Chinese railway workers, who were themselves exploited, helped construct the Canadian Pacific Railway, which played a crucial role in the displacement and colonization of Indigenous peoples. Yet injured Chinese workers who were left to die by their employers were often taken in, cared for, and sheltered by Indigenous nations.

It is this ongoing history that inspires us to unite with Wet’suwet’en and other Indigenous peoples across North America engaging in active resistance to defend Indigenous sovereignty. We call on the various levels of government to desist in the use of state violence in support of the construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline project through unceded and ancestral territories. "

Anishinabe shutting down the Rails in Manitoba today Border Shutdown in Niagra Falls Video of Panel with David Suzuki and Indigenous Youth for Wet'suwet'en Leaders Ta-kaiya Blaney, and Kolin Sutherland-Wilson The moment Trudeau was briefed on #ReconciliationIsDead

Someobdy spoofed the often parodied scene of Hitler's Downfall in Der Untergang as Trudeau learning about #ReconciliationIsDead UPCOMING ACTIONS

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