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Assault rifles, arrest over 100 people gathering for a peaceful march to oppose construction of the 3. 8 billion Dakota Access pipeline and protect a sacred site from destruction. Well go to the standoff at Standing Rock for an update from activist and journalist Sacheen Seitcham. And the ongoing standoff and the pipeline protest. Because i have 40,000 people watching. Everybody knows you have the vehicles surrounded. If youre watching amy that is actor Shailene Woodley. We will speak to her about her arrest and strip searching for protesting the north Dakota Access pipeline. And we will go to deia schlosber , the awardwinning documentary film acre and producer who was arrested on october 11 while reporting on a, change protest Climate Change protest. She is charged with three felonies and faces 45 years in jail. We will also speak to our colleague, filmmaker josh fox. His latest piece, the arrest of journalists and filmmakers covering the dakota pipeline is a threat to democracy and the planet. Died at theen has age of 76. He spent decades shaping movements against war and for social justice. At the end of the vietnam war, people walked away. Campuses shut down. The military was described by marine colonels and military history as being on the verge of collapse. They walked away. The counterculture walked away. We all walk away. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In north dakota, Police Arrested over 100 people this weekend who gathered for a peaceful march opposing construction of the 3. 8 billion Dakota Access pipeline. The demonstrators, who call themselves protectors not protesters, were arrested after they were confronted by police in riot gear, carrying assault rifles. They say they Police Pepper sprayed them and then arrested them en masse. This is footage from the sacred stone camp. You are all under arrest. Youre under arrest. [indiscernible] do not be afraid. hey amy those arrested face charges ranging from engaging in a riot, reckless endangerment, criminal trespass, assaulting an officer, and resisting arrest. Organizers also say police fired rubber bullets at drones the water protectors were using to Document Police activity. We will go to north dakota after the headlines to speak with tara houska of honor the earth and Sacheen Seitcham of the west Coast Women Warriors Media collective. We will also speak to Shailene Woodley, who was arrested during a protest during the pipeline after Indigenous Peoples day and with deia schlosber, a filmmaker charged with three felonies and facing 45 years in jail for filming another pipeline protests elsewhere in the dakota. In pennsylvania, authorities have lifted a warning to customers to limit water use after a pipeline rupture on friday spilled 55,000 gallons of gasoline into the susquehanna river. They said it would continue to monitor water poverty. In iraq, turkish troops fired artillery on isis positions around mosul as iraqi forces and kurdish a peshmerga advanced into the suburbs of the city. The presence of some 2000 turkish troops near mosul has angered many iraqis, as well as iraqs military, which is denying turkeys claims of participation. The fighting came as ash carter traveled to iraq he promised steppedup air support for the fight. Meanwhile, the United Nations Childrens Fund is warning as many as 1. 5 Million People may be affected by the fight to recapture mosul, half of them children. And humanitarian workers say some 200,000 people may need shelter during the offensive. A u. S. A federal court has ruled that no one, not even the president of the United States, has the power to declare torture legal. Fridays unanimous ruling by a panel of judges on the Fourth Circuit court of appeals reinstates a lawsuit against the military contractor caci. The suit charges caci directed and participated in torture at the abu ghraib prison in iraq in 2004, where it was hired by the u. S. To provide interrogation services. Four iraqi men say they were subjected to extreme temperatures, electric shocks, broken bones, death threats, and sexual abuse. The California National guard is attempting to claw back reenlistment bonuses paid out to nearly 10,000 soldiers at the height of the iraq and afghanistan wars. The Los Angeles Times reports the bonuses were worth at least 15,000 per soldier, with many receiving thousands more in student loan repayments. The pentagon says an audit showed the soldiers received the bonuses, although they should have been deemed ineligible. Those refusing to repay the bonuses face interest charges, wage garnishments, and tax liens. Many of the veterans affected suffered combat injuries. In syria, heavy fighting has resumed in aleppo after a threeday ceasefire ended with the United Nations saying it was unable to evacuate any of the besieged citys sick and wounded. Russia and syria announced the humanitarian pause last week, but u. N. Humanitarian affairs spokesman jens laerke said aid workers were unable to reach those in need. Medical evacuations of sick theured people could necessary conditions were not in place to ensure safe, secure, and voluntary evacuations of sick and critically wounded people and their families. Amy russian and syrian officials said rebels prevented civilians from leaving aleppo during the break in fighting, accusing them of taking human shields. In france, hundreds of Police Officers have begun clearing the refugee camp in calais known as the jungle ahead of its planned demolition. The first of nearly 7000 camp residents boarded buses monday morning bound for Refugee Centers elsewhere in france. The camp has been home to refugees from iraq, afghanistan, syria, sudan, somalia, and other wartorn regions who are seeking to reach england by crossing through the channel tunnel. Overnight on sunday, some residents and their supporters protested, setting fire to portable toilets. Police responded with volleys of tear gas canisters. An activist said many fear theyll be deported to another european country or sent home. May be about half, maybe a bit less, will leave of their own accord. The rest, they will leave in the buses there compelled to. Over 2000 people have left in the last few weeks. In this weekend, there are lots of People Living for paris leaving for paris. Amy british authorities said they were working to resettle some of the camps 1300 unaccompanied children, but many advocates for the refugees fear minors are being swept up on buses and shipped elsewhere in france. In media news, at t has agreed to purchase time warner for 85 billion. If approved by federal antitrust regulators, the merger would give at t control over warner bros. Film and television studios, along with cnn, tnt, hbo, and many other brands. Critics warn of further limits to competition and higher prices for customers. The merger could also allow at t to give preferential treatment to streaming video from time warners companies, which would violate the principles of net neutrality. On the campaign trail, a spokesperson for Hillary Clinton said the proposed merger raises questions and concerns. Donald Trumps Campaign took a harder line, saying in a statement donald trump will break up the new media conglomerate oligopolies that have gained enormous control over our information. In election News Donald Trump , arrived in florida on sunday for a threeday trip. Trump likely needs to win floridas 29 Electoral College votes in order to have any hope of winning the white house. At a rally in naples, trump blasted polls showing hes doing poorly among women voters. Mr. Trump i really think those polls are very inaccurate when it comes to women. I think we are doing better with women than with men, frankly. So we are setting records with men, but i want to set records with women. And i hate to tell the men this, but if i could swap, i would swap you out so fast. Amy trumps comments came after another woman came forward saturday accusing trump of inappropriate sexual behavior. Adult film star Jessica Drake says trump grabbed her in a hug and kissed her without permission and later offered her 10,000 and use of his private jet if she would join trump for dinner in his suite. Drake is the 11th woman to accuse trump of unwanted sexual advances since an access Hollywood Tape surfaced showing trump boasted of sexually assaulting women. Meanwhile, a new Reuters Ipsos poll shows that half of Republican Voters would reject the results of the president ial election if Hillary Clinton wins. The poultry after the final president ial debate where donald trump refused to say if you would accept the root the election results. Wikileaks continues to release emails from the account of john podesta, the chair of Hillary Clintons president ial campaign. One set of emails revealed Hillary Clinton secured a 12 million donation to the Clinton Global Initiative in 2015 from the king of morocco on the condition that she speak at an event in marekesh. Bill and Chelsea Clinton ultimately spoke in Hillary Clintons place. The donation came as clinton prepared to announce her candidacy. On sunday, clinton was asked whether the donation amounted to a paytoplay scheme. Mrs. Clinton as a than i think we should all be concerned about what the russians are trying to do to our election and using wikileaks very blatantly to try to influence the outcome of the election. Amy major websites across the internet were unavailable to millions of users on friday as a massive cyberattack shut down such popular destinations as paypal, netflix, twitter, reddit, and spotify. The attack employed thousands of web cameras, dvrs, and other internetenabled household devices which were infected by malware. Internet Security Experts have long warned that devices on the socalled internet of things are poorly protected, and pose a major security risk. In venezuela, supporters of president Nicholas Maduro briefly stormed the National Assembly on sunday, interrupting opposition lawmakers pushing for maduros removal from office. About 100 progovernment activists pushed their way past Security Guards and onto the floor, halting an emergency session of parliament for about 45 minutes. Opponents of president maduro and his socialist party were left furious on thursday when courts blocked a National Referendum on removing maduro. Lawmakers passed a largely symbolic resolution calling for the International Community to help restore democracy by any means necessary. Each side accused the other of fomenting a coup. This is venezuelan ruling party deputy, hector rodriguez. They have made us waste time today in a crude attempt to stage a coup, like in brazil, honduras. In venezuela, we do not have the conditions for them to stage a coup. This as they are leading to a massive shortage ensued and eight. In Washington State, police shot and killed a pregnant mother of three inside her home on the Muckleshoot Indian reservation friday night. 23yearold renee davis died after a pair of king county sheriffs deputies opened fire on her. In a statement, the Sheriffs Department said davis was armed with a handgun. Davis foster sister said police were conducting a Wellness Check after receiving a report that davis was suicidal. A recent investigation by in these times magazine found that native americans were more likely to be killed by police th any other group, including other group in the United States. Go to democracynow. Org for our extended interview. Protests against racial oppression and Police Brutality continued during the playing of the National Anthem at Sports Events around the country over the weekend. San francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick appeared at a Postgame Press conference sunday wearing a black Panthers Party tshirt, building on the movement he sparked. At an nba preseason game in miami on friday, social worker Denasia Lawrence took a knee and unbuttoned her jacket to reveal a black lives matter tshirt as she performed the starspangled banner. In a statement on facebook, lawrence wrote right now, were seeing a war on black brown bodies were being unjustly killed and overly criminalized. And tom hayden, who spent decades shaping movements against war and for social justice has died at the age of , 76. Tom hayden was the principal author of the port huron statement, the founding document of students for a Democratic Society known as sds. The statement advocated for participatory democracy and helped launch the Student Movement of the 1960s. In 1968, hayden became one of the socalled chicago 8 and was convicted of crossing state lines to start a riot after he helped organize protests against the vietnam war outside the Democratic National convention. Speaking to democracy now last year, hayden described the extraordinary growth of the Antiwar Movement he helped lead during the 1960s. The first march in april 1965 sds, which was then a small Campus Network that have been based on Civil Rights Institute of power, and we were surprised that 25,000 people came. Largestt was the antiwar march in American History according to historians. Within three or four years, you would have a halfmillion marching on both coasts, so one million, not once, but several times a year, you would have a revolt in the armed forces by gis who were throwing medals over the white house fence and who were in mutiny. You would have 4 million ,tudents caught up in protests shutting down whole campuses by the spring of 1970. Amy tom hayden passed away in santa monica on sunday after a lengthy illness, after suffering from a stroke over a year ago. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We begin todays show in north dakota with the ongoing standoff at Standing Rock, where thousands of native americans representing more than 200 tribes from across the americas are resisting the construction of the 3. 8 billion Dakota Access pipeline which is slated to carry oil from north dakotas bakken oilfields, through south dakota, iowa, and into illinois. On saturday, over 100 people, who call themselves protectors not protesters, were arrested on a peaceful march after they were confronted by police in riot gear carrying assault rifles. They say Police Pepper sprayed them and then arrested them en masse. This is footage from the sacred stone camp. You are all under arrest. Stand together. Do not be afraid. Hey amy organizers also say police discharged rubber bullets to shoot down drones the water protectors were using to document the police activity. In response to saturdays protest, Morton County sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier said today illustrates what we have been saying for weeks, that this protest is not peaceful or lawful, this was intentionally coordinated and planned by agitators with the specific intent to engage in illegal activities. Those arrested face charges including riot reckless , endangerment, crand resisting. On sunday, hundreds of water protectors erected a new frontline camp of several structures and tepees directly on the proposed path of the Dakota Access pipeline. The new frontline camp is just to the east of north dakota state highway 1806 across from the site where on september 3, over labor day weekend, Dakota Access Security Guards unleashed pepper spray and dogs against native americans trying to protect a sacred tribal Burial Ground from destruction. The water protectors also erected three road blockades that stopped traffic for hours on highway 1806, to the north and the south of the main resistance camp, and along county road 134. The group cited an 1851 treaty, which they say makes the entire area unceded Sovereign Land under the control of the sioux. The blockades were dismantled late sunday. For more we are joined by two guests. Sacheen seitcham is an activist and journalist with west Coast Women Warriors Media cooperative. She was arrested on saturday along with more than 100 other water protectors and journalists at a construction site for the Dakota Access pipeline in north dakota. Tara houska, National Campaigns director for honor the earth. She is ojibwe from couchiching first nation. We welcome you both to democracy now lets first go to sacheen. You were arrested saturday. Can you take us through this day . What happened on saturday . What happened on saturday was completely uncalled for out of the realm of any understanding with those people who exist [indiscernible] lockedly, we came to a lot do n down. We were trying to stop the pipeline. We wanted to meet with them [indiscernible] basically, they had little like dune buggies. They were following us. More and more police came. We had to avoid them by running down the field into a gully and crossing [indiscernible] least six ton at eight police cars and many officers. So we kept walking so we could meet our objective, you know, to prevent the pipeline from being siteson ancient burial where ancestors are laying. Amy sacheen . At this point, there been roughly 200 of us we are walking in the fields with banners. Singing. There was a lot of prayer. There was a lot of smudging going on sweetgrass and sage and tobacco. Uspolice rolled up beside and basically said, youre all trespassing and you are all under arrest. So we kept going because at this point, we knew it was too important what we were doing. We must continue to protect the sacred water, the sacred ground. So we kept walking. [indiscernible] lethal assault rifles. Rubber bullets can also be fatal. They had their batons out. Mace and aarrying threatening manner. As we want walked, they cut open the fence to come at us. They started yelling and running toward us. Instilling fear in people. We tried to create a sense of organization where we were asking people, please, stay calm , group together. If this point they started grabbing people, throwing them off to the side. A young woman who is trying to protect a child in the march, they smacked her in the ribs with a baton and broke it. That is how forceful they were. Amy how were you arrested . I was arrested, basically, the cops tried to tell us to go and i was arrested. Ok, were going to leave. You have asked us to leave. We started walking away. As we walked, the police came through to the front and they surrounded us at the back. We were arrested for inciting a riot and criminal trespass. People do you believe have been arrested so far . We see the estimates between 87, around there, that the Sheriffs Office is saying upwards of cnn is reporting 127. The camp is reporting 140. Im going to go with the camp plus estimate camps estimate. No idea what to do with us. They were completely disorganized. Garaged as end up in the. Amy what were you charged with . And engagingpass in a riot. Amy were you ever brought to the jail . Yes, i was. Amy worry stripsearched . Yes, i was made to disrobe. They were very disorganized at this point and i wasnt treated basically the other the way other women were. They basically just made me disrobe if it micros back on. At that point, there were a lot of other women who said they were stripsearched. They were forced to cough and be treated in that manner. Amy how long were you help . I got to the jail roughly around maybe 2 00 in the afternoon. I was released at 7 00 a. M. Yesterday morning. Amy Sacheen Seitcham, thank you for being with us. Sacheen is a member of the west Coast Women Warriors Media cooperative. She was arrested on saturday along with scores of other people, protesters and journalists at a construction site for the Dakota Access pipeline in north dakota. When we come back, we will speak to tara houska about the overall time we call the Dakota Access pipeline. The plan is the pipeline accelerating construction. Then we will speak with Shailene Woodley, the actress who went to the Dakota Access pipeline protests. She was arrested. She was strip searched like so many others. Stay with us. [music break] amy this is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We continue our coverage of the standoff at Standing Rock with tara houska National Campaigns , director for honor the earth. She is ojibwe from couchiching first nation. She has been in north dakota for quite some time now. It seems this week and an acceleration the building of the Dakota Access pipeline as well as the protests of the water protectors and also journalists, with numbers ranging from 87 to 140 people arrested this weekend. Tara, what do you know is happening, the numbers, but also is the Dakota Access pipeline we would like to put this question to them but we were not able to get them on the show is it exhilarating, the construction right now . Are they trying to race towards deadline to get this pipeline built . As soon as the court looked at the socalled 20 mile buffer was full themt ahead. They have been doing everything they can, constructing on weekends, constructing long hours with massive crews to get this pipeline into the ground. Probably, i mean, another tactic to pressure the final the army corps permit under the water crossings are all under review right now, so im sure theyre looking to get as much of the pipeline in the ground as they possibly can up to the army corps crossings. Another pressure point. Amy what happened exactly this weekend . Why this acceleration also of the arrests . The sheriffs telling the story of these escalated behaviors and agitators. I found a very interesting Morton County, their press contact, actually stated instead that although the protesters peacefully dispersed, what they were doing was still illegal so the Sheriffs Office characterizing it both as a riot, people praying is a riot, increasing numbers of arrests while at the same time acknowledging people are peacefully dispersing when asked to leave. So it is kind of like two conflicting stories. Thk threooking tscare folks off to get this pipelin to ground, to do anything it takeso get the pipeline into the ground, including massive arrests and open violations of i mean, using mace on people for absolutely no reason. Some of the video shows there was no way the officer was threatened, actually grabbing and missing them. Amy right after sheriff kirchmeier was clear, saying five people, more than five people, is a riot. Can you respond to this . It seems the charges have escalated. The beginning, it was Disorderly Conduct and criminal trespass and now it is riots. I think theyre looking like i said, i think theyre looking to scare folks off and drain resources. There is a legal fund that has been collected off peoples goodwill donations to support the direct action the direct actions against Dakota Access to stop the construction. And now with these escalated charges, they can increase the amount of bail for each individual arrested, claiming people praying and drumming is somehow a riot is ludicrous. The cr prosecutor could even bring that and prove that in a court of law, i know one of the lockdowns that happened in the last week, there were only four people there but that doesnt even make the statutory requirement of their socalled riot, yet they were still charged with inciting a riot. Four people doesnt seem like a riot to me, nor does a group of peaceful native americans praying and smudging one another. Amy a want to ask about the honor the earth, the Indigenous Environmental Network and others sent to the army corps of engineer on october 10. What does this letter say . It goes through the various violations in issues that are present within the permitting it iss, in particular, very, very important that people know that on september 3, which is the date of the dog attacks, have been identified the day prior by the tribe. Submittedone out and a supplemental brief and said here are the exact Sacred Places that are not being considered on your pipeline route. Here are several of them. Him submitted that a 5 00 on a friday. The following day, Dakota Access skipped over 20 miles ahead to bulldoze those sites will stop in the National Historic preservation act section 110k states, if the company intentionally destroys or disrupts Sacred Places, that the permit cannot be issued. That the army corps cannot issued these permits. His project cannot be approved that is exactly what happened here. Thisso what happens at point . Today, what is happening, for example . And where does this all go from here . Folks are continuing you mentioned the construction of the frontline in camming growing, people putting in cam at growing. People putting up teepees and structures for living directly on the pipeline route. They are miles away. Dakota access is moving at an incredible pace to try to get this pipeline into the ground. I think the interactions will continue between water protectors and police will stop therell continue to be resistance, people putting their actual bodies on the line. This is such a larger issue. We are fighting for future generations, fighting for the protection of water for 17 Million People that live along the missouri river. I think the court cases are continuing. There is a long process for that. Really, the army corps of engineers makes the answer. Where is this review process . Are you going to uphold the National Historic preservation act and acknowledged the Dakota Access intentionally destroyed these sites and cancel these permits, cancel these water permits . This is not a legal pipeline. There was never in Environmental Impact statement. That is not in the Public Interest all stop Dakota Access prophets did not come over the safety and wellbeing of the people. Amy tara houska, thank you for being with us of honor the earth, ojibwe from couchiching first nation. Are north dakota authorities are north dakota authorities waging a war against the publics right to know about the ongoing Standing Rock pipeline protests . Earlier this month, they charged documentary filmmaker deia schlosberg with three felonies for filming an act of civil disobedience in which climate activists manually turned off the safety valves to stop the flow of Tar Sands Oil through pipelines spanning the u. S. And canada. These were separate actions from dapl. The actions took place in minnesota, montana, north dakota, and Washington State. Deia schlosber was the producer of josh foxs recent documentary how to let go of the world and love all the things climate cant change. She was filming the action at a valve station owned by transcanada in walhalla, north dakota. She was arrested along with the activists and her footage was confiscated. Then she was charged with a class a felony and 2 class c felonies which combined, carry a 45year maximum sentence. Meanwhile, on october 10, Indigenous Peoples day, at least 27 people including, hollywood actress Shailene Woodley, were arrested blockading Dakota Access pipeline construction at two separate work sites. Footage of woodleys arrest was streamed live to roughly 40,000 viewers on her facebook page. Youre going to be placed under arrest for criminal trespass. 40,000 people are watching. So Everybody Knows we were going to our vehicle, which they had all surrounded by waiting with giant guns so they can arrest me because they knew this would happen. I hope youre watching, Mainstream Media. Amy that was activist and actress Shailene Woodley. She is known for the divergent series and the fault in our stars. Abouts an Snowden Edward Snowden and appeared in secret life of the american teenager. Can you talk about what happened to you . This was right after Indigenous Peoples day, columbus day . It was on into this Indigenous Peoples day. I happen to be in town. I had gotten back the night before Indigenous Peoples day and there was a sunrise ceremony , a sunrise prayer. Everyone woke up at 6 00 a. M. And gathered at the river to pray, which is how Standing Rock starts. Theyre all of these dialogues and narratives about riots. It is so grounded in ceremony and prayer, i cant stress that enough. Everyone got up and pray. The night before, coincidentally, right after the president ial debate when the whole world is focused on donald trump and Hillary Clinton, u. S. Court of appeals said decided deny the whole. A peaceful action was put in place that i participated in. We all went down to this certain area i could not give you the exact landmarks because i had never been there before. People decided to bring attention to the day and the cause. I was not one of those people. I was participating in a peaceful protest and peaceful protection, along with roughly 300 people, including my mother. I was standing exactly how all of the rest of these 300 people were standing and doing with these other people were doing, which was praying, chanting, singing. After about two or 3, 4 my timing is off, but after quite a few hours of doing this, once the people had chosen to be arrested were detained and sent safely away, we all left. The cops were leaving, so we all peacefully left. As i was pulling up, walking up to my rv in the back of the line of the protesters cars the were not a lot of people around my mom was with me and a few friends, there was a group of cops waiting for me as well as a tank. I mean, a take. That is so crazy to say. There is a tank, a war tank and then like a swat car tank. They grabbed my arm and asked if i was Shailene Woodley and i said yes. They told me to wait and eventually they decided to come back and arrest me. Amy so were you the only person outside of those who were willing to get arrested i mean, there were several hundred others like you there in support, but left when you were told to you are the allinone arrested . Yes. Amy did they say why . I mean, i was charged with criminal trespass and engaging in a riot. They did not say why. Because comment saying im Shailene Woodley, people may be know who i am. I was, like you said, Facebook Live streaming while i was getting arrested, but before that, i had been Live Streaming for two plus hours and had over 40,000 people at that time of my time of arrest watching. The prior to that, in an out of 30,000 to 50,000 people, give or take. It was creating a lot of momentum outside a Standing Rock. As we all know, there has been a media blackout about what is going on. It is up to people like you, amy, and you are doing so bravely and graciously, People Like Us on the ground with our Facebook Live streams and you brave warriors who are being arrested to bring attention to this cause because no one is talking about it. It is time for that to stop. It is not acceptable that there are tanks in north dakota facing elders and children protectors of clean water. This is something that is a big issue and we cannot lay idle anymore about it. Amy what happened next . Your brought to the mandan jail . Morton county yes, mandan jail. We were stripsearched. Amy your charged with lowlevel misdemeanors and you were stripsearched . Undressed had to get in front of someone amy youre by yourself . With regards . Yes, watching. And prove that we had nothing in our bodies. Toldhen from there we were to put on an orange jumpsuit while being watched. And then in a Holding Chamber with a group of other women. I have to say, i was the first person who got released that day on bail. My mom happened to be there. It freaked her out a lot. There were a lot of women who i got to know in that chamber who had to stay overnight. And spend a lot more time in jail than i did was to i think it is really important and i think it is pitiful that we talk eias, butrrest and d there are a lot of people out there that dont have the sport i have because of my name. We all need to be supporting them just as much as youre paying attention to the issues were here to talk about because those are our brothers and sisters on the line who are sacrificing so much of their livelihood in order to stand in solidarity with this movement. Amy you did not just go in on that date, on Indigenous Peoples day, you have been going back to north dakota now for many, many months. Why is the Dakota Access pipeline standoff so important to you . Concerned about this close to 4 billion pipeline being built . There are a lot of reasons to be aware of this pipeline will stop one is Climate Change, as we all know, everything will time will out of a pipeline to be built or another fracking well to be built, we are endorsing the fossil fuel industry and only prolonging the time it is going to take to switch to renewable energy. But something that is important about this movement in particular is the fact that it is not only happening outside and on the Standing Rock sioux reservation, but indigenous timee most of the Indigenous People come a marginalized communities, are the first affected because there is a certain veil of silence to run over these communities when these pipelines go through. 11 people dont pay attention. 45 minutes south of l. A. , there is the Largest Oil Refinery west of the mississippi yet those People Living in Beverly Hills and santa monica, we dont know about it. Predominately if you look at the different communities and the people who live there, yet ask yourself, is that coincidence or is the reason for that . That is what were seeing a Standing Rock. A lot of people dont realize this, but for the first time in history, before colonization, native american tribes, a lot of them were at war with one another and did not get along. For the first time in history, these different tribes and nonnative allies are coming together to heal the past and move forward in solidarity for future generations, and that is a historical moment. This will be in history books. Things are changing and it is because people are letting go of a lot of pain and a lot of suffering that has existed for so many years. And we cannot it is our civic and civil responsibility, especially me as a nonnative, to recognize what my ancestors and what i refuse to continue to let happen to native americans in this country. Amy i was again with a Security Guard speaking with a Security Guard who is in north dakota protecting the pipeline. One of the things he said to me, especially what happened september 3 when the Security Guards unleashed the dogs on the water protectors, he said, yeah, to understand why these protesters are angry . Themid, we have dogs bite and that is on top of killing them for 200 years. I get it. I get it. Shailene woodley, thank you so much for being with us. Were also going to talk about the people who were there documenting what is going on. Shaving was arrested on columbus ene was arrested on columbus day, Indigenous Peoples car as she was going to her. Police had yet to leave the property. Were joined in los angeles by video streaming by deia awardwinning documentary filmmaker and producer. On october 11, she was arrested while reporting on a climatechange protest in walhalla, north dakota. Charged with three felonies, facing 45 years in prison if convicted. Thewith us, josh fox, arrest of journalists and filmmakers covering the dakota pipeline is a threat to democracy and the planet. His previous documentaries include gasland, which first exposed the harms of the fracking industry. He also made gasland 2, which aired on hbo. Deia, describe what happened to you. Working as11, i was a reporter as i have done for years and years and years, as i were doingnd when we made the film. People takinging a stand, people on the front. Ines activists across four states that have plan to turn the emergency shutoff outs on the five pipelines [indiscernible] democracynow. Or i was documenting this occurrence outside walhalla, as you said. I was filming the action. At no point, trespassed, broken or destroyed any property. I had nothing to do with the planning of the event. I was there to document it. I think it is essential for filmmakers to go where the Mainstream Media is not. Theres a major hole in the andrage of Climate Change people that are already dealing with the consequences of Climate Change of people fighting Climate Change. I take that responsibility very seriously. Amy so when did the police come . The police came after doing theactivist action, michael, called the company at of time to say he was going to shut off the valve to give them ample time to take any emergency precautions. And then he turned the valve and meanwhile the comfy notified local Police Company notified local police. After the valve was closed, they came in about 15 minutes. I had my camera set up on a tripod on a public road. They told me i was arrested were being for being an accessory point ime, it which was brought to the local jail. I figured things would just have to clear up once they realized amy so they charge do with three felonies echo what were the felonies . To the property, conspiracy to theft of service, and conspiracy of interfering with the public structure. Amy and you face 45 years in jail . What is your comment on this . What is my amy what do say about this . It is absolutely outrageous. Do for a living, what i have done for years and years. Theres actually no ground for these charges. Amy i want to bring in your colleague josh fox, the awardwinning filmmaker along with you, of how to let go of the world and love all the things climate cant change, and also made gasland, and wrote gasland 2. You also wrote the arrest of , journalists and filmmakers covering the dakota pipeline is a threat to democracy and the planet. We have worked in the amazon together. Ofe seen deia trek past some the most Dangerous Things in the world. In making this film, never did i ever think the biggest threat to her life or her livelihood would be the United States government and our police force. What worries me the most is that we have two really disturbing patterns at work. One, pipelines. We have pipelines being put in all across the United States of america. Of course, we stand with Standing Rock against the Dakota Access. Deia working to report on activists doing an action against tar sands pipelines. They crisscrossed the u. S. Because we are in a new regime of fossil fuel develop it because of frack oil and gas. I could go on and on. There is a plan to build 300 new frack gassed power plants in the u. S. And that will require thousands upon power thousands upon thousands of pipeline. These battles will escalate because nobody wants those through their property. The second part of this is brutal repression of the media will stop would you, amy goodman, shailene and deia have experienced. I would add in addition, two other reporters that were. Rrested alongside of deia one Washington State and our cameraman was just given charges in the mail in minnesota. These people are not accessories to the crime. They are the media. This is the First Amendment constitutionally protected what i worry about is in the most brutally repressive regimes throughout history, one of the first things those to radical desk its do is espots is to make sure theres a lockdown on things they do not want reported. His swat teams to the work you been doing, amy, for decades that it is clear the Mainstream Media will not report on Standing Rock. They will not report on the pipeline battle. It is infuriating and it advocation of duty to watch the kardashians and other nonsense which is called news when we have revolts happening all across the u. S. , not just in Standing Rock and north dakota, but in new york state and florida and West Virginia in seattle. There is a very active movement against fossil fuels because people dont want fossil fuels anymore. Therefore, they have to suppress the reporting on it. It makes me terrified for the future of our profession. We need to be able to operate as documentarians and independent media that are allowed to bring the stories to the public that is constitutionally protected. We would never have been able to make our filpening in other countries where we were reporting africa, china, peru, ecuador. Deep to the heart of what we need to do to not only inspire people with stories about climate activists, but to make them aware of all of the dangers of this fossil fuel expansion. Amy we have to bring in our second break. We will be back. Josh fox, deia schlosber. Shailene woodley, thank you for being with us. [music break] amy amy vietnam by phil ochs. We end todays show with an extended address by tom hayden, who spent decades shaping movements against war and for social justice, and has died at the age of 76. Tom hayden was the principal author of the port huron statement, the founding document of students for a Democratic Society, or sds. The statement advocated for participatory democracy and helped launch the Student Movement of the 1960s. In 1968, hayden became one of the socalled chicago 8 and was convicted of crossing state lines to start a riot after he helped organize protests against the vietnam war outside the Democratic National convention. Were going to turn to a clip of tom hayden now. Forget that never of course it was the vietnamese resistance and their sacrifice that led to our awakening along with Civil Rights Movement at home. It began with handfuls of young people, black students who let freedom rides, citizens, the student nonviolent corn any committee was the first resist the war. ,ulian bonds was sitting here was rejected after being elected to the georgia legislature. Mohammed ali was stripped of his boxing titles. They also began with the Vietnam Committee in berkeley growing out of teachins, sds, to call the first march. The draft resistance. There had never been a peaceful one like the one in 1965 that arose out of the Civil Rights Movement and came just weeks after selma. At least 29 would die at the hands of police while demonstrating for peace. Introduce Luis Rodriguez and Rosalie A Munoz from the chicano moratorium, where four died, including gustav montes, lynn ward, jose diaz. Juanalazar was an early gonzalez. A great reporter for the Los Angeles Times who served as a journalist in vietnam before he started critical reporting on the streets of los angeles. And he was shot by the sheriffs deputies. Amy that is tom hayden remembering the people who came before him. We will remember tom hayden tomorrow on democracy now , who died at the age of 76. To see his speeches and interviews, go to democracynow. Org. 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