Nationwide campaign urges grassroots organizations to engage in direct action in their communities.
from the Vancouver Observer
"After years of attempting to fight for their rights through the Canadian legal system, First Nations across the country are denouncing the courts in favour of a season of direct action.
"Idle No More and Defenders of the Land have partnered to spearhead the Summer of Sovereignty, a campaign designed to encourage direct action and civil disobedience at the grassroots level
"The kick-off comes on the heels of another failed court challenge, this time a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada not to hear the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation’s constitutional challenge of Shell Oil’s Jackpine Mine expansion. …"
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