Episode 31 – Indigenous-led Movements – Allyship and Activism to Stop Line 3

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This week we’re talking about ego, allyship, and debriefing Olivia’s time at the Treaty People Gathering on White Earth Reservation in northern Minnesota. The gathering was organized as part of the Indigenous-led effort to stop Enbridge’s Line 3 tar sands pipeline.

For more on the pipeline and why it needs to be stopped, check out our minisode on the issue.

In this episode, we’re talking about what happened, dismantling white supremacy in activist spaces, respecting security culture, and finding your role in a movement.

Mentioned in the Episode

The Line 3 pipeline protests are about much more than climate change by Alexandria Herr for Grist

Wild rice is what’s known as an indicator species — meaning it tends to reflect the overall health of an ecosystem — and it requires abundant, clean water in order to grow. The crop is therefore especially vulnerable to oil spills. The new Line 3 is set to pass through the heart of Minnesota’s wild rice lakes — some of the best remaining wild rice waters in the world.
The Line 3 pipeline protests are about much more than climate change, Grist

Another article on wild rice:
Enbridge’s Line 3 Is Putting Wild Rice at Risk—and Indigenous Water Protectors Are Taking a Stand by Lynn Sue Mizner for Civil Eats

DHS/Border Patrol is using helicopter rotor wash to try to clear out activists out from an occupied #Line3 pump station north of Park Rapids. More than 24 activists are locked down to equipment inside. @MPRnews pic.twitter.com/ArTN6FAqwC
— Evan Frost (@efrostee) June 7, 2021

DHS Helicopter rotorwashing water protectors.

Map of US Pipelines + spills

US Pipelines and Hazardous Liquid Spills 2010-2020

Fraccidents map

Resources

Check out the post for our minisode on Line 3 for more resources and ways to get involved.

How You Can Help:

Sign the Action Network petition to tell Biden to Stop Line 3 – which he (still) has the power to do!!
Talk about it! Your vocal support is vital.
Follow Indigenous leaders and organizations like: Honor The Earth @HonorTheEarth, Tara Houska @zhaabowekwe, Giniw Collective @giniwcollective, Winona LaDuke @winonaladuke, Stop Line 3! @stopline3pipeline, Resist Line 3 @resist_line_3, and Indigenous Environmental Network.
Donate to the Treaty People Gathering and related groups like Honor the Earth, Interfaith delegation, donate directly to the frontlines via Stop Line 3
Look into Stop the Money Pipeline, which is targeting the banks funding climate destruction. If you have accounts with them, consider divesting. #DefundLine3
Host a screening of the Stop Line 3 film or host a teach-in for your local community.
Educate yourself! And look for opportunities to support Indigenous communities and Indigenous sovereignty in your own area.

The Dump

Read:
Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman’s Search for Justice in Indian Country by Sierra Crane Murdoch

Listen:
Trace Material: Stories from the Plastics Age and keep an ear out for Olivia in the credits 🙂

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Ep. 82 – Cheese Caves and Banana Republics – World Is Burning

We’re digging into America’s deepest darkest secrets — when it comes to food, that is. Elise tells us how one president’s cheese became the next president’s problem, which might lead you to Google “American government 1.4 billion pounds of cheese in caves.” We explore how the cheese caves of yesteryear became the weird milk ads of our present. Then Olivia gives us a brief history of bananas, which involves quite a lot of railroad tycoons, bare minimum union demands, and good old American capitalism. Plus, our theory as to why slipping on banana peels was more common a century ago, and our next book club pick. Subscribe/follow/press the button to keep up with new episodes every Wednesday! You can also follow us @worldisburnin on Instagram and Twitter, and check out our website worldisburning.com for extended show notes including sources and photos. World Is Burning is hosted by Olivia Hamilton and Elise Nye. Our theme music is by Kaycie Satterfield, and our logo was made by Sonja Katanic.