No to Keystone XL pipeline!
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On March 2, over a thousand people protested the Key stone XL Pipeline in Washington DC. Starting from George town University, where last summer Obama made his first noncommittal comments on the controversial project, the demonstrators marched to the White House. A black tarp was laid down as a mock oil spill, and demonstrators lay down on the street. Many zip-tied themselves to the White House fence. Together, 398 people were arrested for en gaging in the mass civil disobedience.
4 SOCIALIST ACTION MARCH 2014 Alberta’s oil sands to Gulf Coast refineries. According to Oil Change International, emissions from tar sands extraction are between 3.2 and 4.5 times higher than equivalent emis sions from conventional oil drilling in North America.
The crowd was made up mainly of students and young people. A contingent from the “System Change, Not Climate Change” coalition was present, raising the important point that that capitalism, with its unsustainable drive for profits and incessant demands for growth, will never be sustain able.
Protesters carried banners that read, “Obama: stop this pipeline or the people will,” and “We did not vote for KXL.” Protesters chanted, “the people are rising, no more com promising!”
Only sustained mass action will push Obama to deny the completion of the pipeline. Demonstrations such as this one need to be supported by all working people. To achieve success, we must build a climate justice movement inde pendent of the two capitalist parties. No to tar sands oil! No to the pipelines! n