The women’s marches are over, so many of us came out in record numbers and now is the time to organize and do the hard work on the ground. The new administration under Baby Fists has announced so many alarming changes in such a short amount of time, which include but are not limited to: stripping away women’s rights, veteran’s assistance and healthcare, gagging and intimidating government scientists, potentially restricting Internet freedom, putting targets on endangered animals’ backs, discriminating against immigrants from specific countries and of course moving ahead with the Dakota Access Pipeline, which Baby Fists is invested in. It’s enough to make you want to punch a Nazi but of course we should channel our outrage into resisting and calling these people out on their sh-t. We can also call our congresspeople and senators and let them know what we think about specific Trump appointees and executive orders.

Shailene Woodley was arrested last year protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline and she’s currently speaking out against the pResident’s plans to ignore the will of the people, move forward with the Dakota and Keystone Pipelines, and potentially poison millions. She had a lot of thoughtful things to say about it on MSNBC earlier this week.

Asked what her next move will be in protesting the pipeline, Woodley told MSNBC on Tuesday, “We mobilize.”

“We saw people being shot with rubber bullets. I was arrested, hundreds were arrested. People being sprayed with water cannons in subzero degree temperatures trying to protect not only the earth, but indigenous sovereignty and indigenous rights,” she told MSNBC.

Woodley also reiterated comments she made over the weekend at the Sundance Film Festival, where she urged the festival’s chairman Robert Redford to cut ties with Sundance sponsor and pipeline funder Chase Bank.

“What we could do now as a population, as a society, is to hold our corporations accountable and hold our banks accountable, because there are a lot of banks that are invested in this pipeline,” she said. “Regardless of any executive order or what our politicians want to do, if there’s no money invested in the pipelines, then they can’t be built.”

In addition to violating native sovereignty, something she said “has been overlooked in our country for far too long,” Woodley believes the pipeline could be disastrous for the environment.

Woodley also addressed proponents of the pipeline who argue its construction would create thousands of jobs. “I agree that is time to bring more jobs to this country, but that’s why I think we need to start investing in renewable energy, because that is not a temporary job situation, that is something that would be permanent, and it’s something that would require actually implement energy independence in our country,” she said.

“There’s a lot of rhetoric and narratives out there that oil — in this country, these particular pipelines — are going to encourage energy independence, but that’s not true,” she explained. “We know that this oil is going to be exported, so there’s lots of false narratives and a lot of lies, and if we’re talking about creating jobs, renewable energy is the way to go. It’s untapped territory and it would create millions of jobs

[From People]

You can see a video of Shailene’s interview on MSNBC’s site and I’ve embedded it below. (I love her knit cap.) I especially liked how she called out the false narrative that the pipeline will create jobs. It was never about jobs to these people, it was about money and about hoodwinking a certain segment of the population to think this would benefit them when they’re on the same sinking ship as the rest of us. Shailene may have a lot of misguided thoughts about the election but she deserves credit for continuing with this cause and for helping publicize what’s happening on the ground. Given everything that was done to these protesters last year it’s only going to get worse. Let’s support them on social media, in local protests and by donating to the cause.

I wanted to share a link to this video interview with a technician and veteran in Standing Rock working to provide Internet access to the protesters. This is a different side to the protests that we don’t always see. The police use all kinds of shady tactics to try and block Internet and cell service, monitor access and reroute the cell and Internet connections of the camp. There are incredibly smart and resourceful technicians on the protesters’ side who make sure that they are able to stay connected.

snap shot in mind. stories for our children. Repost from @_nativeindc I spy….RESIST. So many across the country yesterday, organized in their communities for solidarity rallies and marches for #NoDAPL and #NoKXL. Yesterday was emotional but so uplifting to unify with people that care and stand with you, that stand for all. This morning, @greenpeaceusa scaled a crane, just blocks away from the White House, with a banner Drop: RESIST. My čanté is happy and thankful. Let's keep actions going every day if we have to. We stand. We march. We fight. We rise. For life, for land, for water, for our ancestors, for you. ✊🏽❤️ – – – – – – – – – – – – – #Resist #HonorTheTreaties #AllNations #NoDAPL #NoKXL #WaterIsLife #KillThePipelines #SaveTheLand #RenewableEnergy #GreenPeaceUSA #IndigenousRise #WeThePeople #WeRise #DirectActions #Peaceful

A photo posted by Shailene Woodley (@shailenewoodley) on Jan 25, 2017 at 11:56am PST

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