Civil Disobedience

"We're here to try to stop it," the famed activist and actress said of Enbridge's crude oil pipeline.

"We know the true nature of this bill and its origins," said the ACLU of Florida. "It is not about public safety, but about criminalizing peaceful protesters advocating for racial justice."

Anti-pipeline campaigners locked themselves to an overturned car and engaged in other forms of civil disobedience as the fight against the tar sands project in Minnesota continues.

"Despite the video evidence of the officers' misconduct, a grand jury has dismissed the charges."

"We owe it to future generations, to the Indigenous communities we've signed treaties with, and to every living being on this planet to stop building fossil fuel infrastructure."

The direct action in Hamilton, Ontario coincides with hundreds of events to pressure the new Biden administration and other world governments to stop arming Saudi Arabia.

These proposed laws are "aimed at police brutality protests, not right-wing insurrection."

"Profits for a few are being privileged over the well-being of all communities near and far, present and future."