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What to Expect When You’re Expecting to Risk Arrest
In 2011 I signed up to be part of Tar Sands Action. It was a choice I made because I was at the point in my life where I thought this was a risk I could and should take and the consequences would be...
View ArticleAbby Krumbein: why I will be attending XL Dissent this weekend, and why I...
I recall just a few weeks ago how I felt a small twinge of hope as Obama spoke of climate change during the State of the Union, presenting his views with a new sense of conviction: “But the debate is...
View ArticleChristine Edgeworth: Raising My Voice with Hundreds of Others
As a sophomore in college who just turned twenty years old, I’m trying to figure out what exactly I want to do with the rest of my life. Obviously there’s no way of knowing anytime soon where I’ll be...
View ArticleDavid Smith: When I Grow Old, I Want to Know That I Did Everything I Could
I am part of the 500+ students from around the country because I see an injustice happening on a local, national, and international level. The Keystone XL pipeline is a symbolic and literal line that...
View ArticleColumbia Democrats statement on XL Dissent
We, the Columbia University Democrats, officially endorse only the legal components of XL Dissent. XL Dissent is a youthrun march, rally, and civil disobedience action to be held on March 2nd, 2014 in...
View ArticleFaith Meckley: Are You Doing Enough?
August 12th, 2013 was the first time I risked arrest — it was to protest the Keystone XL Pipeline. I left at four in the morning and drove about six hours to Maryland, just outside of D.C., and pulled...
View ArticleEverything You Need to Know (including financial assistance)
Friends,In just a few days you’ll be on the way to DC to take part in XL Dissent! We’re so excited for the largest day of action at the White House in a generation!We want to make sure you have all...
View ArticleStatements of Solidarity from The Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth and Hip...
Thank you to the Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth and The Hip Hop Caucus for your statements of solidarity with XL Dissent!Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following...
View ArticleNick Wozniak: “All of the Above” Is Not An Option
President Barack Obama’s energy policy is an “all of the above plan”, and given the right audience he has been more than willing to brag about all the fossil fuel development his administration has...
View ArticleStatement by James Hansen on XL Dissent
While speaking at the University of Oregon Law Conference on March 1st, James Hansen made the following statement about XL Dissent. “These people who are willing to put themselves on the line are real...
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