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Benjamin Franklin commented on the diary post #D12 Gulf Port 7: Austin Police Department vs. Houston by Kit OConnell.
I’m assuming I’ll get charged with a felony as well, will update when there’s something to update
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Benjamin Franklin commented on the diary post Tar Sands Blockade: Why are they so frightened of us? (#NoKXL) by Benjamin Franklin.
Urgent Update
Call TransCanada: 866-585-7063 or Wood County Sheriff Billy Wansley’s : 903-763-2201 and demand safety for activists blockading. Transcanada’s heavy machinery is now once again ontop of the treesitters, has even ripped down a safety line -
Benjamin Franklin commented on the diary post Tar Sands Blockade: Why are they so frightened of us? (#NoKXL) by Benjamin Franklin.
Thank you for reposting that call for assistance- TransCanada’s machinery has backed off for the nonce, but they’ve been playing chicken with the protestors for days now. It seems clear to me that the executives have decided to aggressively push, hoping to force us to backdown.
As you might guess, it isn’t working
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Benjamin Franklin commented on the diary post Tar Sands Blockade: Why are they so frightened of us? (#NoKXL) by Benjamin Franklin.
We’ve become facebook friends, exchanged numbers & emails, extended couch-surfing rights, etc. It was an intense bonding experience, as you might imagine.
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Benjamin Franklin commented on the diary post Tar Sands Blockade: Why are they so frightened of us? (#NoKXL) by Benjamin Franklin.
Thank you Jane for your years of hard work, dedication, and activism. I hope drawing attention to this reprehensible behaviour will help prevent others from being tortured.
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Benjamin Franklin commented on the diary post Tar Sands Blockade: Why are they so frightened of us? (#NoKXL) by Benjamin Franklin.
This was a difficult piece to write, and I never would have accomplished it without assistance from those closest to me. Thank you, Susan, Hilary, and Mary.
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Benjamin Franklin commented on the diary post Tar Sands Blockade: Why are they so frightened of us? (#NoKXL) by Benjamin Franklin.
I’m hoping that the land grab aspect will bring in communities that may not normally get involved in these forms of protest. Perhaps the same forces that derailed Gov Goodhair’s super freeway can be marshaled against this pipeline.
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Benjamin Franklin commented on the diary post Tar Sands Blockade: Why are they so frightened of us? (#NoKXL) by Benjamin Franklin.
Thank you all for your kind words. I hope that recounting what happened to me will help others follow their convictions.
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Benjamin Franklin wrote a new diary post: Tar Sands Blockade: Why are they so frightened of us? (#NoKXL)
When I remember what happened, I remember the beauty first. The blue sky, the soaring hawk, the oak sapling mangled by the backhoe we’d stopped. That oak was very inspirational to us as we awaited our fate. By surviving TransCanada’s clear-cutting, it symbolized our own plans to weather the forces marshalled against us. It was [...]
