October 2, 2021 Barbara With Dear friends and neighbors, As many of you might know, I spent this past summer at Shell City Water Protector Camp in northern Minnesota, taking a stand to protect the water there from Enbridge Line 3 tar sands pipeline. The destruction this project has caused is a nightmare. While I […]

EDITORIAL: We are all connected, and we are all being threatened by Enbridge and the politicians who support them
by Barbara With on October 2, 2021 in Citizen Media, Constitutional Rights rollback, corporate fascism, Editorial, Enbridge, Environment, Idle No More, Legislation, Line 3, Line 5, Mining and Wetlands, pipelines, Police Violence, Rights of Nature, Treaty Rights, Uncategorized, Video, water, Wetlands

Northern Lights Task Force Torturing Water Protectors
by wcmcoop on August 23, 2021 in Citizen Media, Constitutional Rights rollback, corporate fascism, Enbridge, Environment, Idle No More, Mining and Wetlands, pipelines, Police Violence, Rights of Nature, Standing Rock, The 99%, Treaty Rights, Wetlands
August 23, 2021 Hubbard County Sheriff Cory Aukes and Investigator Bill Schlag began using pain compliance on unarmed, non-violent Water Protectors last week. They dislocated one person’s jaw. These brutal tactics come after use of less lethal munitions on unarmed, non-violent Water Protectors. All paid for by Enbridge. This is the legacy of Governor Tim WalzLt. […]

Minnesota’s Anti-Protest Bill Details
by Barbara With on July 8, 2021 in Citizen Media, Environment, Idle No More, Mining and Wetlands, pipelines, Police Violence, Standing Rock, Treaty Rights, Wetlands
July 8, 2021Barbara With According to US Protest Law Tracker, in January 2021, Minnesota started introducing six new anti-protest bills about the same time water protector camps began forming in order to protect the water being threatened by Enbridge Line 3. In November 2019, Wisconsin Gov. Evers signed a controversial similar bill in his state. […]

Law Enforcement brings dogs to Red Lake Treaty Camp; bodies needed on the front lines
by Barbara With on June 22, 2021 in Badger Democracy, Citizen Media, Constitutional Rights rollback, corporate fascism, Enbridge, Environment, pipelines, Police Violence, Treaty Rights
June 22, 2021By Barbara With Today the Pennington County Sheriff is trying evict the Red Lake Treaty Camp. The tribal council who approved the camp are asserting their sovereignty and treaty rights, trying to #StopLine3 from being pushed under the Red Lake River. The community depends on their clean water sources and has been vocal in their opposition […]

The Corporate Fascism of Wisconsin Part II The Creeping “Friendly” Fascism of the Democrats
by Barbara With on October 15, 2019 in Badger Democracy, Capitol Crackdown, Citizen Media, Constitutional Rights rollback, Corporate Takeover of Wisconsin, Election Integrity, Enbridge, Environment, First Amendment, frac sand, Free Speech, Idle No More, Legislation, Mining and Wetlands, pipelines, Police Violence, Public Education, Reproductive Rights, Right to Work, Scott Walker Trainwreck, The 99%, Uncategorized, Wetlands, Worker's Rights Under Attack
October 15, 2019 by Barbara With Corporate Fascism: When corporations collude with politicians to write and pass laws to benefit the corporations at the expense of the people, land, water, natural resources, communities, civil and human rights, and democratic process. During WWII, millions of Germans took up arms to directly carry out Hitler’s atrocious orders […]

ACTION ALERT: Tell Wisconsin Democrats to withdraw from Anti-Protesting Bill
by Barbara With on September 25, 2019 in #Nativelivesmatter, Citizen Media, Constitutional Rights rollback, Corporate Takeover of Wisconsin, Dakota Access Pipeline, Enbridge, Environment, First Amendment, frac sand, Free Speech, Idle No More, Mining and Wetlands, pipelines, Police Violence, Standing Rock, The 99%, Treaty Rights, Wetlands
September 25, 2019 by Barbara With ACTION ALERT: A public hearing will be held on Thursday, September 26 in Madison for AB 426, the Assembly version of the controversial Anti-Protester Bill. Wisconsin State Capitol, Room 417 North, beginning at 11 AM before the Energy and Utilities Committee. Read about the background of the bill here. […]

Bewley and other Dems sign onto unconstitutional ALEC anti-protesting bill
by Barbara With on September 24, 2019 in #Nativelivesmatter, Badger Democracy, Citizen Media, Constitutional Rights rollback, Corporate Takeover of Wisconsin, Dakota Access Pipeline, Enbridge, Environment, First Amendment, frac sand, Free Speech, Idle No More, Legislation, Legislative Schedules, Mining and Wetlands, pipelines, Police Violence, Public Hearings, Standing Rock, The Anti-War Movement, Treaty Rights, Wetlands
September 24, 2019 by Barbara With Sen. Janet Bewley (D-25), along with four other Wisconsin Democrats, have signed on to co-sponsor SB 386, dubbed the “Anti-Protestor Bill.” SB 386 expands on original legislation that was passed in 2015, (which Bewley voted against and which was based on the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) model legislation) that […]

Video Released; Special Investigator Appointed in Pero Killing
by Barbara With on November 17, 2017 in Citizen Media, Idle No More, Police Violence, Treaty Rights, Uncategorized
November 17, 2017 by Barbara With KBJR6 TV released the video of the aftermath of the killing of 14-year-old Jason Pero on the Bad River Reservation on November, 8, 2017. Ashland County Sheriff’s Deputy Brock Mrdjenovich shot Jason in front of his Grandparent’s house. The Bad River Tribe has requested that the US Department of […]

Bad River Tribe Seeks Justice for Recent Tragedy
by Barbara With on November 16, 2017 in Citizen Media, Police Violence, Treaty Rights
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- November 16, 2017 Bad River Tribe Seeks Justice for Recent Tragedy Odanah, WI – On November 15, 2017, The Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Ojibwe requested that the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice open a criminal civil rights and civil police misconduct investigation into an incident of […]

Extrajudicial Killing: Why Police Can Commit Legal Murder
by Barbara With on November 16, 2017 in Citizen Media, Corporate Takeover of Wisconsin, Police Violence
November 16, 2017 By Barbara With On November 8, 2017, 14-year-old Jason Pero was shot to death in his grandparent’s yard on the Bad River Reservation in northern Wisconsin by Ashland County Sheriff’s Deputy Brock Mrdjenovich. Jason was home sick from school and in his grandfather’s front yard when Mrdjenovich shot him dead. The deputy was […]
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