“Nonviolent
direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a
community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the
issue. It seeks to so dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored.” -
Martin Luther King, Jr.
As many of you know I have
been working on and writing about the oil trains
issue and protests
for some time. Next week I will be
covering what is likely to be the largest ever direct protest against dangerous
fossil fuel projects – a mass action called Break
Free – taking place across the globe.
The Pacific Northwest Break Free
action is taking place in Anacortes, Washington. There is still room for additional activists,
volunteers and journalists. Let me know
if you plan to attend! And, please
spread word about this because mainstream corporate media likely won’t cover it
much.
The Shell Oil and Tesoro
refineries near Anacortes are the largest source of carbon pollution in
the Northwest and refine 47% of all the gas and diesel consumed in the
region. As a result of fracking,
mile-long trains carrying highly volatile crude oil from the Bakken shale
fields has increased some 400 percent.
This is the stuff that has blown up numerous times killing dozens of people.
I look forward to standing
with and giving voice to this important citizen action.
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