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Lancaster Against Pipelines: Mass Action on Pipeline Path—December 9, Columbia
December 9, 2017 @ 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
From Lancaster Against Pipelines (http://www.wearelancastercounty.org/):
Five more Lancastrians were arrested, including one minor, for doing the only thing legislators, courts, and regulators have left for us: civil disobedience. Our brave five neighbors stopped construction on Martic Heights drive by sitting in front of a working backhoe.
They join the Lakewood 3, the Chapel 23, and the Quilt 6, who were arrested over the past several weeks for peacefully defending the forests and farmland that Lancaster County prizes.
So long as Williams continues to desecrate our county, we will continue to resist.
Join us on December 9 for a mass action in the path of the pipeline.
Date & Time: Saturday, December 9 at 9:30 AM
Meeting Place: The Outdoor Chapel, 3939 Laurel Run, Columbia, PA 17512
These arrests bring the total number to thirty-seven. These actions, these numbers show the commitment of community members to make real sacrifices for what they believe in.
We need your help. DONATE to our legal defense fund today! Our movement is gaining strength weekly, but that means our legal fees are rising, too. Support our brave neighbors who are committed to defending this county, no matter the cost.
Donate to our Legal Defense Fund here.
Hundreds of Williams’s out-of-state workers and shadowy security crews have invaded our home, trenched our fields, and defiled our rights. And for what? So their shareholders can make more money and increase domestic gas prices by exporting whatever the Atlantic Sunrise delivers for them.
This is being done on our backs. We will be left in the wake of this destruction when the workers and security crews go home. When our land and water and air are polluted, when our rights to property and justice are destroyed. For the profit of a corporation based in Oklahoma.
Today also demonstrated a new tenor in police treatment. Protestors were given citations without warning. The police have clearly forgotten that they work for us, cajoled by a billion dollar corporation, just like our legislators, into doing their dirty work for them.
It’s shameful. And we will not be quiet because we cannot be quiet. This project is unjust and we are united in standing for our rights, homes and liberties.
Join us. Together we can stop this pipeline.