by Justine Teba Edited by N. Lira-Pérez On Wednesday, December 5, members of The Red Nation, Pueblo Action Alliance, Dine and Pueblo community leaders, and the Coalition to Protect Greater … Continue reading “Native Lands are Under Attack, Fight Back!”: A Reflection on the Dec. 5 BLM Protests
A Battle in a War: The People Stop Corporate Oil & Gas Law at Sandoval Co.
by The Red Nation As we continue actively organizing for a world free of settler colonial violence, it’s important we acknowledge the precedent-setting victories belonging to all people who come together … Continue reading A Battle in a War: The People Stop Corporate Oil & Gas Law at Sandoval Co.
The People Say “No!” to Dirty Fracking Water
by Nicolás Cruz More than forty people gathered in Santa Fe on Friday, November 16 for a press conference held by The Red Nation Santa Fe and Albuquerque chapters alongside … Continue reading The People Say “No!” to Dirty Fracking Water
The Caravans: A Report from Tijuana
by Sarah Knopp It is important to understand the political context of the caravans arriving in Tijuana; they should be seen as a collective political response. Although it vacillates from … Continue reading The Caravans: A Report from Tijuana
Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium Trinity Site Demonstration
On October 6 2018, protestors gathered at Stallion Gate, 17 miles outside of Trinity Site or “Ground Zero” where the atomic bomb was first tested on July 16, 1945. Every … Continue reading Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium Trinity Site Demonstration
The Red Nation-Gallup: One Year of Struggle
It has been over a year now since the Gallup Freedom Council of The Red Nation was formed. Continuing the work of activists and comrades that came before us, we … Continue reading The Red Nation-Gallup: One Year of Struggle
No More Water for Fracking! Resource Colonialism in New Mexico and the Production of Contaminated Water
In the high desert of the Southwest, water is a precious resource that is sacred to Indigenous peoples. Water is also the lifeblood of the fracking industry. To drill for oil and gas reserves, millions of gallons are needed. Water has to be stolen from Indigenous peoples, and water that is contaminated by fracking fluids also pollutes vital freshwater sources such as aquifers and rivers. Industry experts call this “produced water,” which is a nice way to say dirty frack water.
This November 15 and 16 at Hotel Santa Fe Hacienda and Spa, officials from the state, the EPA (the Environmental Protection Agency), and the Department of Interior will gather with representatives from the oil and gas industry, produced water companies, and private equity, legal, and infrastructure experts to “clarify the existing regulatory and permitting frameworks related to the way produced water from oil and gas extraction can be reused, recycled, and renewed for other purposes (NM Produced Water Conference events website).” Put another way, they will rewrite regulations in order to guzzle up the region’s scarce and sacred fresh water resources and will “re-introduce” produced water into the hydrologic cycle. This means that water used for hydraulic fracturing (fracking) that is contaminated with brine, toxic medals, and radioactivity will be dumped into fragile watersheds.
“The Struggle Does Not End Here”: The Fight to Protect Greater Chaco Continues
by Kayleigh Kewageshig As of yesterday, the March 8, 2018 sale of 25 land parcels in the Greater Chaco Landscape has been CANCELED, pending cultural impact assessments of parcels in … Continue reading “The Struggle Does Not End Here”: The Fight to Protect Greater Chaco Continues
Greater Chaco Is Not for Sale! Stop Trump’s Colonial Land Grab
by The Red Nation Trump’s war on the planet and Indigenous peoples has now turned to the San Juan Basin, the Greater Chaco Region, and its Diné residents as another … Continue reading Greater Chaco Is Not for Sale! Stop Trump’s Colonial Land Grab
Santa Fe Refuses to Stand Up Against Racism, Instead Chooses to Brutalize Native People
URGENT: People need legal support. Please consider donating to help those arrested here. UPDATE: Jennifer Marley has been released. By The Red Nation On Friday, September 8, approximately two hundred … Continue reading Santa Fe Refuses to Stand Up Against Racism, Instead Chooses to Brutalize Native People