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They brought a missile launcher and machine gun to Standing Rock

Posted on January 18, 2017 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Back in December, I detailed how the law enforcement at Standing Rock is coming from the reddest counties in the nation, and that they are using the conflict as an opportunity to test their new US military equipment.  Now it seems they’ve … Continue reading →

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Time for pressure: What you can do for Standing Rock now

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Shit is going down and now is the time for the general public to apply meaningful pressure. WHAT HAPPENED THESE LAST FEW DAYS Sunday night (November 20), local law enforcement deliberately doused unarmed non-violent people with water cannons in 25F … Continue reading →

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Upside-Down Flags, Standing Rock, and the Dakota Access Pipeline Protest: Background and Basic Facts

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Stephen Carr Hampton

Here are the basic facts.  There’s an oil boom in North Dakota in a region called the Bakken oil fields, which produces high quality oil, so pure that some workers up there have put unrefined Bakken crude oil straight into … Continue reading →

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