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Help shut down the banks funding the Dakota Access Pipeline

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You’ve signed on and spoken out, now it’s time to show up: Donald Trump has signed executive memos intended to expedite the construction of the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines.1 But there’s something he doesn’t know or expect: A growing movement of over half a million consumers around the world, representing over $2.3 billion dollars, are calling on the 17 banks funding the Dakota Access Pipeline to cancel or re-negotiate their loans.2 If they do, DAPL will be broke and construction will have to be delayed or canceled. But we need your help next week to starve the black snake by cutting off its funding. Can you RSVP to host or attend a #DeFundDAPL rally next week at a bank branch near you? We’re ready to support you with sample materials, action plans, fliers, and more. Let’s be perfectly clear: Trump’s executive memos will not get DAPL or KXL built. The corporate owners — Energy Transfer Partners, Sunoco Logistics, Transcanada et al — still need permits, approval from the Army Corps of Engineers, and most importantly MONEY to build …

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The non-consent of the governed

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I want to propose a radical idea: We don’t owe Trump or his supporters anything but resistance. And it’s time to show them they will get nothing from us – not an inch of compromise, not an ounce of permission. It’s time to get out your wooden shoes and dismantle the machinery of oppression. Before the election, indigenous leaders called for a national day of action on November 15targeting Army Corps of Engineers offices around the country. In solidarity with the ongoing protest and encampment to block the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota, the idea was to dial up pressure on the Obama administration and all parts of the federal government that permit – literally and figuratively – the destruction of sacred sites, the desecration of water, and the poisoning of our climate It was and is a good plan. But after the election of Donald Trump, it’s more. It’s our first big opportunity to make it clear that we, the movement for climate justice and life on earth, have the power to shut down and dismantle the institutions pushing …

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Time to show up: #NoDAPL

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We’re living in the middle of a revolution against fossil fuel projects in America. The movement to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline has taken the nation by storm as the images of Native American protectors facing down bulldozers, snarling dogs and armed police in an effort to stop a major fracked-oil pipeline have inspired millions around the world.1 Now, the protectors camped in the path of the Dakota Access pipeline have asked all of us — no matter where we live — to take action in solidarity with them and say #NoDAPL. Will you answer the call? Yes! I can host or join a local event on Tuesday, September 13. I can’t on the 13th, but I can host or join an event at one of the banks financing Dakota Access by September 17th. I just can’t make it to an event this week, but I can chip in $5 to support these efforts. If built, the Dakota Access pipeline (DAPL) would carry toxic fracked oil from North Dakota across four states and under the Missouri River, immediately upstream from …

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