Friday Five: Raging against the Machine
“I’m next, you’re next, we’re next,” read a meme widely spread throughout Iran in opposition to death sentences of three young men who joined antigovernment protests in November.
Illustration by Kathy Kyle Bonomini
By Kathy Kyle, Co-Founder of Ampliagroup
This week’s Friday Five focuses on the use of social media as a tool to voice dissent. Curated by Amplia Group Co-Founder, Darren Katz.
1 )) According to Reuters, Native American tribes oppose temporary Dakota Access oil line stay order. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia granted Dakota Access an administrative stay on Tuesday while it considers whether the line, long opposed by local tribes and environmental activists, should be shut to address permitting issues dating to 2017. Tuesday’s ruling, meant to be short term in nature, means Energy Transfer LP can keep oil flowing through the 570,000-barrel-per-day pipeline, which runs from North Dakota’s oil production fields to Midwest and Gulf Coast refineries.
On July 6, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered the line shut and emptied by early August. The D.C. court ruled the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated federal environmental law by allowing Energy Transfer to build a portion of the line beneath South Dakota’s Lake Oahe, a crucial drinking-water source for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe without a thorough environmental study.
2 )) According to the New York Times, Iranians from all walks of life have joined together on social media to send a message to the government: Stop the executions: “I’m next, you’re next, we’re next.”
The online campaign, which took place on Tuesday, has generated widespread coverage in the media due to its scope and the breadth of its support. The campaign was in response to the judiciary’s earlier announcement that upheld the death sentences of three young men who had joined antigovernment protests in November.
3 )) The Guardian reports on how the local council and community in Bristol responds to guerilla installation of civil rights leader in place of Colston statue.
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4 )) Black At Accounts: How students are using social media to address racism on American university campuses.
5 )) How Trolls fight Trolls - with more trolls of course. A story of Chinese internet trolls and why it matters.
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