Here’s how to support Wet’suwet’en land defenders
For the third time in 3 years, RCMP have conducted a militarized raid on Wet’suwet’en territory and the nation needs your support
As exhausted Indigenous Climate Action delegates returned home after another disappointing and exclusive COP26, southern BC homes were devastated in yet another climate disaster. While relentless rain, flooding and mudslides destroyed homes and livelihoods, RCMP took the opportunity to once again employ a militarized raid on Wet’suwet’en territories.
Equipped with militarized weapons, K-9 units, and “an injunction,” RCMP eventually cut off WIFI and blocked any incoming support and proceeded to violently arrest 32 people, including 3 journalists, 3 Legal Observers, members of the Haudenosaunee nation, Elders and ICA’s Indigenous Youth Lead, Shay Lynn.
Read Shay Lynn’s profile in the National Observer
Although all land defenders have now been released, support is still very much needed. We must remind the RCMP, the BC NDP government, and the Canadian state that the violence imposed on Wet’suwet’en people is an act of violence against us all.
Here are some tangible ways to follow along, stay involved, and support:
Attend an Action:
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, DEC 16, 12pm
Please continue to check this Facebook Event page as more actions are added.
Support the Legal Defence Fund
Lawyers are expensive and legal cases take energy and time.
Donate to the legal fund here.
Further actions to take:
Allies are invited to join an organizing call. Register by including your contact info for more details.