http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/9382/0 en http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/story/coal-oil-gas-none-shall-pass-speech-vancouver-wash/18446 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/pdxsh.jpg" alt="" title="Rising Tide repelled off a bridge in Washington State to oppose an approved oil export terminal. Banner says, “Coal, Oil, Gas. None Shall Pass.”" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>My name is Emil and I&rsquo;m a member of Rising Tide Vancouver Coast Salish Territories, also known as Vancouver BC. I was asked to be here today to speak about resistance to fossil fuel extraction and exportation happening in Canada. I want to start by acknowledging that Canada is an illegitimate colonial nation-state, imposed on land that is stolen from indigenous peoples.</p> <p><a href="http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/story/coal-oil-gas-none-shall-pass-speech-vancouver-wash/18446" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/story/coal-oil-gas-none-shall-pass-speech-vancouver-wash/18446#comments by Rising Tide Vancouver - Coast Salish Territories Direct Action Education Environment Indigenous Tue, 30 Jul 2013 21:33:05 +0000 Rising_Tide-Vancouver_Coast_Salish_Territories 18446 at http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca