On Thursday, November 29th, lifelong friends, Diane Wilson and Bob Lindsey, participated in an action with members of Tar Sands Blockade and Code Pink. Diane, a founding member of Code Pink and other advocacy groups such as the Texas Jail Project, locked her neck to an industrial truck hooked on to a pumping station in …
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