Dear Friends, Wednesday morning, en route to Pilot Mound for nonviolence training and direct action, Adam Mason and I co-authored an op ed titled “Pipeline Protesters Stand For The Rights Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, Our Native allies in North Dakota are making tremendous sacrifices as they stand strong to stop the Bakken Pipeline. Now it’s our turn to ramp-up the fight here in Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, Big Oil has redoubled its efforts to convince America that the Bakken Pipeline is safe and inevitable (they just launched a new front group). Yet signs are everywhere that pipeline fighters are Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, Filling in for me Monday, August 8th at 11:00 on the Fallon Forum is Maria Filippone. Her focus will be on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and her guests include Isaac Christensen with Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, As we prepare to launch a campaign of non-violent direct action against the Bakken Pipeline in Iowa, our Tribal allies at the Camp of Sacred Stones in North Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, An article in The Guardian reads, “As the string of record-breaking global temperatures continues unabated, June 2016 marks the 14th consecutive month of record-breaking heat.” If Hurricane Katrina, Superstorm Sandy, the Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, So, I’m watching Trump’s convention speech yesterday (bad idea) on my laptop over lunch (an even worse idea) when, halfway through, I find myself searching on my phone for information Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, Before I tell you about two important events coming up, I gotta share this absolutely true phone call I received last week from a guy with the Iowa Democratic Party: “May Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, Yesterday, I learned from sources in southeast Iowa that pipeline construction has started in Lee and Jefferson counties. This is a sad moment for Iowa. But after the Iowa Continue Reading →
Dear Friends, I sound like a one-trick pony lately, but that’s how serious is this fight against the Bakken Pipeline. Led by farmers, landowners, tribal communities, environmentalists and a dedicated Continue Reading →