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DoomsdaysCWFrom 2023: Explainer: What are your rights to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protest</a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australia</a>? by Amal Naser"Which states have criminalised protest and what forms of protest are criminalised?"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> organisations have been increasingly critical towards some Australian states over new legislation which seemingly targets <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalProtests</a> in the midst of a global <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Climatecrisis</a>."There are dozens of protest regulations across many states, with five (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NSW</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Queensland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Queensland</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthAustralia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SouthAustralia</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tasmania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tasmania</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Victoria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Victoria</a>) introducing forms of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiProtest</a> regulation most recently. South Australia's new laws, passed just last month, increase maximum fines from $750 to $50,000 along with potential jail time, and were prompted by disruption of an <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OilAndGas</a> conference by protestors in early May."In the aftermath of protests which sought to block port operations and shut down economic action to draw attention to demands for climate action, the NSW Parliament passed legislation which could see protestors face up to a $22,000 fine and/or prison for a maximum of two years. The legislation targets individuals who block major roads and new tunnels and/or disrupt <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/port" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#port</a> operations in major ports such as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Newcastle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Newcastle</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PortBotany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PortBotany</a>."In 2022, Tasmania passed anti-protest laws by way of the Police Offences Amendment (Workplace Protection) Bill 2022 under the guise of protecting Tasmanian workers. Under these laws, any protestor who obstructs a workplace during protests could face up to 12 months in prison, the Human Rights Law Centre reported:" '…community member protesting the destruction of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OldGrowthForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OldGrowthForests</a> on a forestry site could face a penalty of over $13,000 or 2 years in prison; and An organisation supporting members of the community to protest could be fined over $45,000.'"Similar laws were also passed in Victoria. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiLogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiLogging</a> protestors who 'hinder, obstruct or interfere with timber-harvesting operations' can face up to 12 months in prison and/or a $21,000 fine. PVC and metal pipes which are often used in protest activities are now prohibited in working sites, with additional powers provided to police to search suspect individuals who are 'reasonably suspicious'."In 2019, on public safety grounds, Queensland passed legislation which bans locking devices as modes of civil disobedience. These are tactics used to make it difficult for police to remove protestors and are often used by protestors to lock themselves to property and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pipelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pipelines</a> to prevent construction of environmentally-harmful projects. Protestors face up to two years in prison and/or a $6,000 fine. It was rationalised on the basis of activists lacing devices with 'butane canisters' and other devices which were harmful for law enforcement. However, there is no evidence of the use of these devices."Read more: <a href="https://www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/research/commentary/explainer-what-are-your-rights-to-protest-australia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/research/commentary/explainer-what-are-your-rights-to-protest-australia</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PipelineProtestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PipelineProtestors</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigOilAndGas</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigLogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigLogging</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ACAB</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SilencingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheForests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProtectTheForests</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AustraliaAntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AustraliaAntiProtestLaws</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RisingTide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RisingTide</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australia</a>: Proposed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiProtest</a> Laws: Reviewing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Victoria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Victoria</a>'s New Legislationby lawyer Galbally Parker | Jan 14, 2025"The proposed anti- protest laws include: - Banning the flags and symbols of listed terrorist organisations in public, to give Victoria Police more powers and fill in any gaps in Commonwealth anti-Terror legislation. Listed terrorist organisations include <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hamas</a>, Hezbollah and several other groups, including white nationalist and racist violent extremist (NRVE) right-wing groups. - Banning the use of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FaceMasks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FaceMasks</a> at protests, which are being used to conceal identities and shield agitators from crowd-control measures like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/capsicum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capsicum</a> spray. A mask ban in public demonstrations will focus on prohibiting the wearing of face coverings at protests and providing police with the power to require their removal. Exemptions would apply for legitimate health, religious or cultural reasons. - Banning the use of glue, rope, chains, locks and other dangerous attachment devices that protestors use to cause maximum disruption and endanger others - Introducing prohibited zones for protest (i.e., where places of worship are situated) The proposed anti-protest laws, if legislated, will give police extensive enforcement powers."Read more: <a href="https://galballyparker.com.au/proposed-anti-protest-laws-a-review-of-victorias-new-legislation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://galballyparker.com.au/proposed-anti-protest-laws-a-review-of-victorias-new-legislation/</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ACAB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ACAB</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RightToProtest</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiMaskLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiMaskLaws</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PepperSpray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PepperSpray</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SilencingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AustraliaAntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AustraliaAntiProtestLaws</a>

DoomsdaysCWFrom 2019: Criminalization of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> Defenders of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousPeoples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndigenousPeoples</a> Resisting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtractiveIndustries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ExtractiveIndustries</a> in the United StatesReport to the Inter-American Commission on Human RightsPrepared by the University of Arizona Rogers College of Law, Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program on behalf of the Water Protector Legal Collective6/24/2019Introduction1. Peaceful demonstrations are a catalyst for the advancement of human rights. Yet around the world governments are criminalizing dissent and suppressing public <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protest</a>, often as a means to protect <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateInterests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateInterests</a>. In this context, indigenous peoples increasingly find themselves as the subjects of arrests, criminal prosecution and police violence when defending the lands they rely upon for their existence and survival from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResourceExtraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ResourceExtraction</a> by industries who are operating without the free prior and informed consent of the affected communities.2. This report is submitted to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IACHR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IACHR</a>) in conjunction with a thematic hearing held during the 172nd period of sessions. At the hearing, Commissioners heard directly from those involved in the indigenous-led resistance to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DakotaAccessPipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DakotaAccessPipeline</a> (DAPL) at Standing Rock, North Dakota. This report addresses the criminalization and suppression of protest by indigenous human rights defenders and their allies by United States (U.S.) federal, state and local governments, working hand-in-hand with private security forces [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Blackwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blackwater</a>], specifically in relation to the construction and operation of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DAPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DAPL</a> by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnergyTransfer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnergyTransfer</a> Partners and Dakota Access, LLC (Dakota Access) and the connected <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BayouBridgePipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BayouBridgePipeline</a> (collectively the “<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BakkenPipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BakkenPipeline</a>”).3. Standing Rock is an emblematic case of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndigenousResistance</a> to extractive industry that drew attention from around the world as water protectors met on the banks of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MissouriRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MissouriRiver</a> in peaceful assembly in what was the largest gathering of indigenous peoples in the U.S. in 100 years. Standing Rock is merely one example of how the U.S. government works with industry to approve energy projects carried out without the meaningful participation or consent of indigenous nations. Indigenous peoples are left with no choice but to peacefully protest and then are criminalized for their efforts to defend their lands and resources.4. Since Standing Rock, there has been an alarming trend by the United States government and state legislatures to criminalize opposition to pipelines and other energy projects. These <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiProtest</a> and so-called “<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriticalInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriticalInfrastructure</a> laws” progress towards criminalizing dissent and implicitly condone the use of excessive force towards human rights defenders, often including indigenous peoples and their allies who are at the forefront of resistance to extractive industries. As the international community has acknowledged, these laws are incompatible with domestic and international law. The governments’ use of excessive force and mass arrests to threaten, intimidate, and silence “<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterProtectors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterProtectors</a>” seeking to defend their lands, resources, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#culture</a>, and the collusion with private security forces, violate fundamental human rights to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> and Aassembly enshrined in international human rights law and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USConstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USConstitution</a>.5. The information provided here builds on a 2016 request for Precautionary Measures filed by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StandingRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StandingRock</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CheyenneRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CheyenneRiver</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YanktonSioux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YanktonSioux</a> tribes, past Commission hearings on similar matters that remain unsettled, and reports on Indigenous Peoples and Extractive Activities, and the Criminalization of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRightsDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRightsDefenders</a>. In addition, the United Nations has reported on the situation at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StandingRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StandingRock</a> through the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of of indigenous peoples. Despite condemnation from these international bodies and mechanisms, water protectors continue to suffer impacts from the criminalization of their dissent, while the United States moves forward permitting new <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pipeline</a> projects on indigenous territories.Read more: <a href="https://law.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/FINAL%20IPLP-WPLC%20Report%20to%20IACHR%20-%206-24-19.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://law.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/FINAL%20IPLP-WPLC%20Report%20to%20IACHR%20-%206-24-19.pdf</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HR9495" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HR9495</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopHR9495" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StopHR9495</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalizingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Authoritanism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CharacteristicsOfFascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateFascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateColonialism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigOilAndGas</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ErikPrince</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrinceColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ErikPrinceColonialism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Blackwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blackwater</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StandWithStandingRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StandWithStandingRock</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoMiningWithoutConsent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterIsLife</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDAPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoDAPL</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StandingRockSioux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StandingRockSioux</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LandDefenders</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterDefenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterDefenders</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterProtectors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterProtectors</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefendTheSacred</a>

DoomsdaysCWSo, this article outlines what the nominee for director of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HomelandSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomelandSecurity</a> has planned for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SilencingDissent</a> in the US...From 2019: South Dakota Governor <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KristiNoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KristiNoem</a> Caves on Attempted Efforts to Silence <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PipelineProtesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PipelineProtesters</a> ACLU, October 24, 2019"South Dakota’s governor and attorney general today backed down from their unconstitutional attempts to silence pipeline protestors. In response to a lawsuit we filed alongside the ACLU of South Dakota and the Robins Kaplan law firm, the state has agreed to never enforce the unconstitutional provisions of several state laws that threatened activists who encourage or organize protests, particularly protests of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KeystoneXL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KeystoneXL</a> [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KXL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KXL</a>] pipeline, with fines and criminal penalties of up to 25 years in prison."The settlement agreement reached today and now headed to the court for approval is an important victory for the right to protest. It comes soon after a federal court temporarily blocked enforcement of the pieces of the laws that infringed on First Amendment protected speech, and makes the court’s temporary block a permanent one."The laws include the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RiotBoostingAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RiotBoostingAct</a>, which gave the state the authority to sue individuals and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/organizations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#organizations</a> for 'riot boosting,' a novel and confusing term. The court warned against the laws’ broad reach, noting that the laws could have prohibited:- Sending a supporting email or a letter to the editor in support of a protest - Giving a cup of coffee or thumbs up or $10 to protesters - Holding up a sign in protest on a street corner - Asking someone to protest"Under the First Amendment, that is impermissible."The court rightly recognized the stakes of this case. And it put these <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiProtest</a> efforts in perspective, asking 'if these riot boosting statutes were applied to the protests that took place in Birmingham, Alabama, what might be the result?' The answer: 'Dr. King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference could have been liable under an identical riot boosting law[.]'"Indeed, South Dakota’s unconstitutional anti-protest efforts echoed the suppression of past social movements. From the start, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem called on 'shut[ting] down' 'out-of-state people' who come into South Dakota to 'slow and stop construction' of the pipeline. Her harmful calls were reminiscent of government attempts throughout our history to delegitimize and minimize significant <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialMovements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMovements</a> as the work of 'outside agitators,' including Reverend <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MartinLutherKingJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MartinLutherKingJr</a>."South Dakota’s quick and costly retreat (they’ll have to compensate plaintiffs for attorney’s fees under the settlement agreement) should serve as a lesson for other legislatures considering similar efforts to silence dissent."In the last few years, we have witnessed a legislative trend of states seeking to criminalize protest, deter political participation, and curtail freedom of association. These bills appear to be a direct reaction from politicians and corporations to some of the most effective tactics of those speaking out today, including water protectors challenging pipeline construction, Black Lives Matter, and those calling for boycotts of Israel. These legislative moves are aimed at suppressing dissent and undercutting marginalized and over-policed groups voicing concerns that disrupt current power dynamics."But the First Amendment guarantees people the right to voice their opposition. This includes our clients — four organizations (the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SierraClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SierraClub</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NDNCollective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NDNCollective</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DakotaRuralAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DakotaRuralAction</a>, and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousEnvironmentalNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndigenousEnvironmentalNetwork</a> - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IEN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IEN</a>) and two individuals (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NickTilsen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NickTilsen</a> with NDN Collective and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DallasGoldtooth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DallasGoldtooth</a> with Indigenous Environmental Network) — all of whom are protesting construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and encouraging others to do the same."Construction of the Keystone XL pipeline may be imminent. Pre-construction activities resumed this month, and a hearing on the new Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the pipeline, which will serve as the basis for approval of any future permits, is coming up next Monday."With the laws we challenged proclaimed unenforceable, protesters and protectors no longer have to worry about incarceration or fines as they protest against the construction. That is, at a minimum, how democracy should work."<a href="https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/south-dakota-governor-caves-on-attempted-efforts-to-silence-pipeline-protesters" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/south-dakota-governor-caves-on-attempted-efforts-to-silence-pipeline-protesters</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterProtectors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterProtectors</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalizingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigOilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigOilAndGas</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorporateColonialism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DefendTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefendTheSacred</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousActivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndigenousActivists</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StandWithStandingRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StandWithStandingRock</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a>

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