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Admiral Loinpresser

(3,859 posts)
9. Update on progress over almost two weeks.
Tue Nov 8, 2016, 04:20 PM
Nov 2016

On October 27, 2016, I got fighting mad, because of the incredible brutality of the North Dakota government aimed at indigenous people and their allies. I believe I posted something about the need for local action, spread across America, here on DU. Anyway, this is an update on my progress emerging from that horrible Thursday. Our local Standing Rock event will be held on Saturday, November 12. The response from the community has far exceeded my expectations. I link our fb event page below.

Anyway, I am again throwing out a strategic idea here that has proved successful on Keystone: bodies at the WH gates. The key to No DAPL success is Obama. One call from the WH and US Army Corps of Engineers would immediately stop DAPL. I have seen the financial boycott ideas and I applaud them, direct action of any kind is welcome. But I am advocating a focus on Obama because he is the key and pressuring the WH has worked before. So I think this is the best strategy. At the end of our rally on Saturday, I will be calling for people to start organizing a direct action group in our town and the further idea of spreading “Occupy the White House” throughout our region.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1552514648097938/

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