There is a lot being said about the unexpected rout of the long-ruling Progressive Conservative government in the oil-rich Canadian province of Alberta by the socialist New Democrats. Some of it (on the left) is euphoric and over the top — which is understandable given the seemingly helpless state of the left across much of North […]
Posts Tagged ‘petropolitics’
How to stop a pipeline
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ClimateJustice, Decolonization, ecopolitics, indigenous resistance, petropolitics, pipelines, tar sands on November 8, 2014 | 1 Comment »
More information here and here. Not all Wet’suwet’en agree. See here and the video here.
Winona LaDuke at UWS3
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ClimateJustice, Decolonization, ecopolitics, indigenous, petropolitics, Under Western Skies, Winona Laduke on September 12, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Winona LaDuke’s talk (at Under Western Skies 3) was, as always, powerful and empowering. Here are some quoteworthy lines from it. “I’ve lived my entire life in the fossil fuel era. I’d like a graceful exit out of it.” “I want to be able to walk out of my teepee into a Tesla.”