[ISO] This Saturday 7PM: Watch Party "There's Something in the Water" + Take action against COVID & for Wet'suwet'en + Book Club #4 on Apr 14 & more!

Tue Mar 31 18:34:25 PDT 2020

Hello everyone, 

I hope you are all healthy and safe and keeping virtually connected even
while physically distancing. 

Speaking of being virtually connected, we have 2 online events coming
up! 

But first: 

TAKE ACTION AGAIN ONLINE IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE WET'SUWET'EN

I'm sure you've heard that the RCMP is still escorting CGL workers
everyday onto Wet'suwet'en territory despite having no consent from the
nation, putting the local communities at risk of COVID-19 infection as
CGL's 400-man camp is still in operation, bringing in countless pieces
of pipe. 

We've updated information and ways to take action on our page and will
continue to do so as new needs and calls to action emerge. Please take
action now and share. Thank you! 

https://indigenoussolidarityottawa.wordpress.com/2020/01/25/keep-up-the-pressure/

ONLINE WATCH PARTY: THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE WATER

Saturday April 4th at 7PM. Join us for our second film night… Social
distancing style! We will be watching the documentary "There's Something
in the Water" directed by Ellen Page and Ian Daniel. A film on
environmental racism in so-called "Nova Scotia". 

We will be using Netflix party to host the screening and will facilitate
a short discussion after the film. This is a free event and everyone is
welcome to attend from the comfort of your home and PJ's! We will post
the URL link to the party in the Facebook event near the time of the
film night: https://www.facebook.com/events/594294164507654/ 

Webpage:
https://indigenoussolidarityottawa.wordpress.com/2020/03/31/watch-party-theres-something-in-the-water/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/indigsol/status/1245011547014991877 

Please share widely and invite your friends! 

RECONCILIATION BOOK CLUB 4 - UNSETTLING CANADA

Tuesday April 14th at 7PM. Join ISO and Climate Justice Ottawa to
discuss "Unsettling Canada - A National Wake-Up Call" by Arthur Manuel.
You can find some free excerpts and where to buy the book in the
Facebook event below 

At this virtual book club meeting we'll watch a few portions of Pam
Palmater's discussion of the book and then have our own discussion about
it. If you did not have time to read the book, we encourage you to still
attend the discussion to learn more about the book, it's content and the
issues it covers. This event is based on Pam Palmater's Reconciliation
Book Club Series. The event will be in English but questions in French
are welcome. 

A zoom link will be posted closer to the date on the Facebook event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/772715976585387/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/indigsol/status/1243968024564174849 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/B-SxjMjlb44/ 

Please share widely and invite your friends!

OTHER ONLINE EVENTS 

We also often share great events organized by other groups in our
Facebook Events section so check that out too at
https://www.facebook.com/pg/indigsol/events/ 

Unist'ot'en Solidarity Brigade Emailing List 

Please check out the Unist'ot'en Solidarity Brigade latest update on
their excellent emailing list below. 

To subscribe to their emailing list, go to: https://unistoten.camp/ 

Thank you, take good care of yourself and the people around you, and see
you online! 

- Indigenous Solidarity Ottawa 

KKR Communications Blockade today!  

 As people around the world are taking social distancing measures to
keep their communities safe Coastal Gas Link and the RCMP continue to
bring in workers from all over Canada during a pandemic putting both
workers and entire northern communities with limited medical staff at
grave risk. 

At the same time the the oil and gas industry are mobilizing to get
government bailouts as the crash in oil prices has made much of their
production unprofitable and made the economics of projects like LNG
Canada even more dubious. 

Many investors have already pulled away from CGL, but KKR an American
investment firm has stated plans to buy 65% of the Coastal GasLink
pipeline.

Today Rising Tide North America has organized a digital communications
blockade to flood KKR executives with calls, emails, and tweets, and
demand they back away from financing such a destructive and risky
project. 

Read the full call out from RTNA below, take the actions today, and
please share this with others!  

Today is the day. The #ShutDownKKR day of online action. Join us! 

Here's the scoop. 

Over the past five years, TC Energy (formally Trans Canada) has tried to
build the Coastal GasLink pipeline on Wet'suwet'en land, defiantly
ignoring assertions from the hereditary chiefs of their rights and title
and their lack of consent for the project. 

The Coastal GasLink pipeline threatens Wet'suwet'en land, water, air,
and people.

KKR has plans to purchase 65% of the Coastal GasLink pipeline with
Alberta Investment Management Corp (AIMCo). It's is a US-based private
equity firm with an atrocious record of putting profits over employees,
people, and the environment. 

If we #ShutDownKKR, we can stop the financing of the Coastal GasLink
Pipeline -- but we need to mobilize online together right now. 

Here's what you can do to join the KKR communications blockade TODAY and
#ShutDownKKR: 

 	* Email KKR today by using our easy messaging tool by clicking here.
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 	* Call KKR by dialing 1-888-593-5407 and following the instructions
you hear from us. Need some talking points for your call? No problemo.
See below.
 	* Tweet at @KKR_Co and tell them just how awful they are for ignoring
Wet'suwet'en concerns about their rights, the climate, land air and
water. Need some tweet inspiration? See below!

Why is this important right now? Well, this fight got even worse last
week. 

Despite the COVID-19 crisis, TC Energy is still going ahead with Coastal
GasLink pipeline construction and sending more workers and federal
police officers onto Wet'suwet'en territories, putting communities at
even more risk. Billionaire oil and gas CEOs see the COVID-19 crisis as
an opportunity to push through whatever they can when the world is
looking the other way. 

KKR must be held accountable for ignoring the Wet'suwet'en hereditary
chiefs, putting Indigenous land and people at risk, endangering
Indigenous women by building man camps along the route, and fueling the
climate crisis. Thanks for taking action online today and let us know
how it goes by replying this to email!

Vanessa and the rest of Rising Tide North America 

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#ShutDownKKR Sample Tweets 

 	* Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs are being removed from their land so
@TCEnergy can build the Coastal GasLink pipeline, despite having rights
and title to the land since time immemorial! @KKR_Co, is it typically
your policy to invest in Indigenous rights violations..? #ShutDownKKR
 	* Hey @KKR_Co, your Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG)
Responsible Investment Policy, and commitment to the @UN_SDG goals
doesn't seem to fit with kicking the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs off
their territory by investing in @CoastalGasLink's pipeline. Care to
explain? #KKRGlobalImpact
 	* . at KKR_Co, what in heck do you think you are doing funding the
Coastal GasLink pipeline? Terminate your pending purchase with @TCEnergy
and respect the land rights of the Wet'suwet'en Nation!

 #ShutDownKKR Call Script
"Hello KKR, I am calling to demand you respect Indigenous rights and the
Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs, and drop the risky Coastal GasLink
pipeline immediately. The Coastal GasLink project would lock us into
decades of increased fracked gas, disregarding the lack of consent by
Wet'suwet'en community and the impacts to climate, air, water and the
risks posed to indigenous women by man camps built along the route." 

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-- 
Love and Solidarity,
ISO - Indigenous Solidarity Ottawa (formerly IPSMO)
On stolen land that must be returned to the Algonquin Nation
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indigenoussolidarityottawa.wordpress.com
facebook.com/indigsol
Twitter: @indigsol
Instagram: @indigenoussolidarityottawa
indigsol at riseup.net 

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https://facebook.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0103e92dff58215fc5fc7ac79&id=c656eea9e8&e=1021920937
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https://facebook.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0103e92dff58215fc5fc7ac79&id=186e9fa820&e=1021920937
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https://facebook.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0103e92dff58215fc5fc7ac79&id=8bcb09046a&e=1021920937
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https://facebook.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0103e92dff58215fc5fc7ac79&id=b601798abc&e=1021920937
[5] http://mail.riseup.net/./#NOP
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