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Saturday, January 14, 2017
Inaugurate The Resistance- Standing Rock leader speaks
Chase Iron Eyes, a key indigenous leader of the fight in Standing Rock against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, is speaking at “Inaugurate the Resistance” on January 21st in Washington DC, along with Kshama Sawant, Jill Stein and Chris Hedges. (Please share, like, and indicate you are going on the Facebook event page.)
Trump and the Republican Party support building the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the struggle will likely continue under the new administration. The corporations behind the project face the loss of billions if the pipeline is stopped indefinitely. But more importantly, a #NoDAPL victory would set a precedent that Big Oil does not want to let stand: that social movements can block corporate power and its insatiable thirst for profit. Please join us on Saturday, January 21st to discuss the lessons of the victory at Standing Rock for our movements from a leader in the struggle!
To ensure a seat at the event, you can purchase a ticket online now for only $10, and help us offset the $10,000 cost of the venue.
If you can't make it and are planning to watch the livestream or if you want to support us in building the resistance, we hope you will make a contribution of $10 or $25 to help make sure we're not left with debt from the event and are free to focus on organizing the resistance against Trump.
For January 20th, Trump’s inauguration day, Movement for the 99% along with Socialist Students have been feverishly working to organize student walkouts and demonstrations across the country. We are excited to report that we’ve gone from 13 cities with walkouts and protests organized to now 16 cities!
We are also thrilled to announce that Kshama Sawant will be joining Green Party Presidential candidate Jill Stein on January 20th to respond over livestream to Trump’s inauguration speech. This will be an opportunity for working people and youth to hear how the 99% can build a fighting resistance against Trump from day one of the new administration. We will let you know more details as they come in!
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