Emails Show North Dakota Budget Bureaucracy Behind #NoDAPL Policing

Bismarck, ND – Emails acquired by Unicorn Riot via public records request to the North Dakota Office of Budget and Management allow a small glimpse into the behind-the-scenes working of the state government around the date of a permitted protest rally against the Dakota Access…

Water Protectors Shut Down Five Tar Sands Pipelines in US Simultaneously

Early this morning, five water protectors successfully shut down five pipelines across the northern United States that were delivering tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada. The action was in support of the call for International Days of Prayer and Action for Standing Rock.
The individuals…

Iowa Water Protectors Blockade DAPL Drill Site Twice in 24 Hours

Lee County, IA – During two different direct actions on October 8th, water protectors blocked an access road leading to a Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) construction site where a horizontal directional drill is being used to bore under the Mississippi River.

Early in the afternoon,…

6 Arrested in Iowa #NoDAPL Action, Including Unicorn Riot Journalist

Sandusky, IA – Six people, including a Unicorn Riot journalist, were arrested during a direct action that halted construction crews for hours from boring underneath the Mississippi River to lay the Dakota Access Pipeline.
 

Mississippi Stand – Lee County, IA October 7th, 2016 from…

Controversial Mural Elicits Condemnation, Community Backlash

Minneapolis, MN – Since the University of Minnesota (UMN) Twin Cities’ 2016 Paint The Bridge event, one particular panel on the Washington Avenue bridge has sparked significant controversy.
The annual Paint The Bridge event is open to all student groups officially registered with the UMN.…

“Toxic Tour,” Governor Debate Disruption, Water Protectors in Court

Morton County, ND – On Monday, October 3rd, a large group of water protectors left their encampment to visit several Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) construction sites.

Following the #NoDapl #ToxicTour as water protectors pray at construction sites to stop pipeline construction. pic.twitter.com/tNaEktsjQu
— UNICORN RIOT…

Caravan of Water Protectors Stops Work at DAPL Site

North Dakota – On Tuesday, September 27, a contingent of over 100 water protectors from the Red Warrior, Oceti Sakowin, and Sacred Stone camps entered a Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) work site to stop construction and conduct prayer ceremonies.
Video posted to Facebook by the…

Water Protectors Plant Trees on DAPL Construction Site

Cannon Ball, ND – This morning more than 100 water protectors entered a Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) construction site.
A live video posted to Facebook shows a crowd gathered in an area where land had been cleared. Welded sections of pipe were laid out on…

Solecast 29 w/ Abby Martin on The Empire

Solecast 29 consists of an extensive conversation with Abby Martin.

Abby is the host of The Empire Files on Telesur and former host of RT’s “Breaking The Set.”  The Empire Files is a thorough examination of US imperialism, its corporations, its attrocities at home, and…

Water Protectors Disrupt North Dakota Petroleum Council Annual Meeting

Minot, ND – A group of water protectors interrupted the North Dakota Petroleum Council’s annual meeting which was taking place at the Holiday Inn Riverside on September 21st. The meeting was a who’s-who of the Bakken shale fracking boom, the producers of the oil that…