This country has always been against free speech and activism. Both parties join to retaliate against any voice to power. Steven Donziger not getting a pardon from Biden was a clear example of this.
we saw a SLAPP lawsuit here in Canmore, Alberta silence the local community in favour of a politically connected luxury home developer - the result will be the destruction of critical Grizzly Bear habitat in a supremely environmentally sensitive region - science & protest was muted by big money
Okay but is the same jury going to find oil companies liable for billions of dollars more on everything from directly contributing to climate change to affecting public and environmental health to disrupting indigenous livelihoods *and activists*, PLUS everything in between?
Also the pipeline has been operating since 2017 and Greenpeace was only tangentially involved in the protest but of course they want to shut them down.
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if they stomp out one org, 10 more pop up in its place - protests and actions will have to be more organic, pun intended
Also the pipeline has been operating since 2017 and Greenpeace was only tangentially involved in the protest but of course they want to shut them down.
I feel like we are in for very tumultuous times.