January 2013 archive

Bob and Diane Announce End to Hunger Strike on 45th day

On November 29th, 2012 in protest of Valero’s involvement with the KXL pipeline we locked our necks to industrial trucks just outside the Valero refinery. We were arrested and immediately began a hunger strike in solidarity with the struggling people of the community of Manchester. We demanded that Valero not only cease all business with …

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VIDEO: January 3rd Aerial Blockade Continues to Halt Construction!

No construction has taken place at the site of Audrey’s tree sit, which was on county-owned land. The action brought attention to the fact that TransCanada never sought permission from the Angelina County Commissioner’s Court, which is comprised of five elected officials, to build on that land. TransCanada may claim that it simply made a …

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Video: Why We Blockade at TransCanada’s Houston Offices

Check out this video from our most recent mass action on January 7th. While solidarity actions were happening at the offices of TransCanada and its investors and contractors around the country, over a hundred blockaders took over the lobbies of two different TransCanada offices in Houston, TX.

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