I really wish there was more outcry about this outside of the environmental community. This foreign corporation paid American law enforcement $2.4m to protect their private interests, to protect...
I really wish there was more outcry about this outside of the environmental community. This foreign corporation paid American law enforcement $2.4m to protect their private interests, to protect profits, to violate indigenous sovereignty, to conduct surveillance on indigenous people and allies, and to arrest protestors. This is end-stage capitalism if I've ever seen it.
The shitty thing is they got what they wanted, the war isn't over but they won the battle. local, state and federal government officials abandoned the native tribes and people of so-called Minnesota in the name of corporate profits, under the guise of international cooperation. I now fear for the future of Enbridge Line 5 as well.
No matter your cause or position on the issue, that a corporation can pay for state violence against their detractors is absolutely unacceptable.
I really wish there was more outcry about this outside of the environmental community. This foreign corporation paid American law enforcement $2.4m to protect their private interests, to protect profits, to violate indigenous sovereignty, to conduct surveillance on indigenous people and allies, and to arrest protestors. This is end-stage capitalism if I've ever seen it.
The shitty thing is they got what they wanted, the war isn't over but they won the battle. local, state and federal government officials abandoned the native tribes and people of so-called Minnesota in the name of corporate profits, under the guise of international cooperation. I now fear for the future of Enbridge Line 5 as well.
No matter your cause or position on the issue, that a corporation can pay for state violence against their detractors is absolutely unacceptable.