[rad-green] 350.org and other activists to Shut Down Chase Branches Across Seattle in solidarity with Wet’su wet’en Nation

https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2020/01/09/activists-shut-down-chase-branches-across-seattle-song
For Immediate Release
Thursday, January 9, 2020
Contact:

Alec Connon, (206) 258-9176

Elana Sulakshana, (703) 589-0040
350 Seattle <https://350seattle.org/>





Activists to Shut Down Chase Branches Across Seattle With Song

Demonstration in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en Nation’s struggle for
sovereignty.

Seattle, WA - 350 Seattle is organizing a protest on Friday, January 10 at
Chase branches across Seattle and the Consulate General of Canada, in
solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en Nation. This week marks a critical
juncture in the Wet’suwet’en struggle against Coastal GasLink, the
multibillion-dollar fossil fuel corporation trying to ram a massive fracked
gas pipeline through unceded Wet’suwet’en territory without consent.

On New Year's Eve, the British Columbia Supreme Court granted an injunction
against members of the Wet’suwet’en nation who have been stewarding and
protecting their traditional territories, located 18 hours north of Seattle
in northern British Columbia. Following the court ruling, Wet’suwet’en
Hereditary Chiefs, representing the five clans of the Wet’suwet’en Nation,
served an eviction notice to Coastal GasLink and ordered the fossil fuel
corporation off of their lands immediately.

“Coastal GasLink has violated the Wet’suwet’en law of trespass, and has
bulldozed through our territories, destroyed our archaeological sites, and
occupied our land with industrial man-camps,” wrote members of the
Wet’suwet’en in a press release
<http://trackmyemails.org/a4332018b94912cd3c2d0fcc5cec9247/fd6c45876167bef333e6483bfcccf934/7ac81a3795232bdc90c965cfbeb3080f.html>
.

The Wet’suwet’en struggle has been in the spotlight this past month,
following an explosive Guardian investigation revealing that the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police were making preparations to to shoot Wet’suwet’en
land defenders
<http://trackmyemails.org/a4332018b94912cd3c2d0fcc5cec9247/fd6c45876167bef333e6483bfcccf934/6861fcf8ac3acfe30a66832af3c8b7c8.html>
that
stood in the way of Coastal GasLink one year ago.

In response to the imminent threat of yet another militarized raid, the
Wet’suwent’en Nation have called for people across the globe to stand with
them and organize actions in their communities this week. Heeding the call,
350 Seattle will be disrupting business at several branches of one Coastal
GasLink’s largest funders: JPMorgan Chase, as well as at the Consulate
General of Canada on Friday.

WHAT: Let Justice Echo at Chase: Wet’suwet’en Solidarity Action
<http://trackmyemails.org/a4332018b94912cd3c2d0fcc5cec9247/fd6c45876167bef333e6483bfcccf934/f43b8119826aac3aee005dd96f248a86.html>

WHEN: Friday, Jan 10th, 10am - 1pm

WHERE: The action will begin at the Statue of Lenin in Fremont at 10am

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Protesters will be available for interviews before and
after the event.

PHOTOS: Contact Alec ([email protected]) for high-resolution photos after
the event.

This protest is occurring on the same day as a coalition of over nearly two
dozen national organizations—including the Sierra Club, 350.org
<http://trackmyemails.org/a4332018b94912cd3c2d0fcc5cec9247/fd6c45876167bef333e6483bfcccf934/b14de5cc2783cc1340620be47a19c40d.html>,
Rainforest Action Network, The YEARS Project, and Union of Concerned
Scientists—is launching a major new campaign, Stop the Money Pipeline
<http://trackmyemails.org/a4332018b94912cd3c2d0fcc5cec9247/fd6c45876167bef333e6483bfcccf934/fcc2b3d182ffc396a77ce3fa1e471df8.html>,
targeting the financial sector’s funding of climate chaos.

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