The Wet suwet en Fight Against New Pipeline Spreads Across Canada with Blockades Occupations

A major antipipeline struggle continues in Canada, where protests have broken out across the country in solidarity with Wetsuweten land defenders whose sovereign land in northern British Columbia was raided last week and over the weekend by Canadian police. Dozens were arrested in the dayslong raid of unceded indigenous territories, where hereditary chiefs have been in a protracted battle to protect their land from the construction of TransCanadas 400mile, 4. 7 billion Coastal GasLink pipeline. The raids took place about 700 miles north of Vancouver and sparked outrage across the country. In Ontario, a Mohawk solidarity protest has shut down the Canadian National Railway for days, halting travel for tens of thousands of passengers. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called for a quick resolution to the protests on Wednesday. In New York, protesters on Wednesday gathered for a sitin outside the United Nations headquarters in solidarity with Wetsuweten land defenders. For more, we go to