Saturday Sept. 3rd: Final Sit-in and Rally

News — admin September 2, 2011 at 2:03 pm

This Saturday, the first Tar Sands Action will conclude with a final sit-in at the White House. The sit-in will convene at the normal time, 10 AM at Lafayette Square Park, just in front of the White House.

We expect Saturday’s sit-in to be the largest yet. Because of our increased size, arrests have been taking several hours, and the sit-in should last until late afternoon – perhaps as late as 4 pm. Please come prepared for a long stay in the sun.

Also on Saturday, the Sierra Club, 350.org and Interfaith Power and Light will be leading a rally against the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline at Lafayette Square Park that begins at 12 Noon.

This rally is organized separately from the sit-in, and is open to anyone who wants to send a message to President Obama about Keystone XL – if you cannot risk arrest, or have already been arrested once in this action, this is your opportunity to step up and get involved.

The rally will feature Bill McKibben, Naomi Klein, and Michael Marx with music from Joe Uehlein. We will be composing aerial art with our bodies, coodinated by Daniel Dancer – please bring a black shirt and a water bottle for this part of the rally.

See you tomorrow!

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  • Joy Barth

    This is a most necessary action and I thank all who are participating. We need to speak up for our planet that we hve abused to the extent that it is sick and is rebelling. How deep do we want to bury ourselves in irresponsibility? It has been going on far too long for which their is piles of evidence. Why do we not listen to our scientists and only think of our comforts and $$$$$$$. We are in the process of all these collapsing also.
    President would be doing our nation and the world a great favor to deny this permit and continue to go forward in positive environmental practices.
    Sincerely,
    Sister Joy Barth

  • Toorican3

    why dont you guys take a day off, so all the Police Officers that have been forced to make these arrest can spend the holiday weekend with their family !!

  • Brenda

    Global warming never takes a day off, and it causes a lot more problems for those police officers and their families than missing a holiday ever could.

  • Peter Adamski, Alberta Canada

    Whatever your position on global warming, state it clearly. Some day your children and grandchildren will want to know what you did about the problem at a time when the world had a chance to do something about it.

  • ShakaBuku

    You presuppose that the officers making such arrests would’ve ordinarily been off-duty, but there’s no evidence for that. Moreover, that’s their job. It comes with the territory, and the Capitol Police are quite used to public demonstrations.

    No one should feel free to “take a day off” with an issue of this primacy and impact. Convenience isn’t a priority for people whose lives are at stake.

  • http://twitter.com/wittier Ken Danieli
  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Leslie-Tetrault/1022955137 Leslie Tetrault

    you are all great examples of American’s

  • Toorican3

    To Chakbuku: I didn”t know the Capitol Police were leaving their post at the Capitol to come make arrest at the White House ???

  • Miram

    Obama Abandons EPA Smog Regulations

    “The White House announced Friday that it is shelving a major planned EPA regulation that would have tightened smog standards, dealing a huge blow to environmentalists that had pushed the Obama administration to resist industry pressure to abandon the regulation.

    President Obama announced that the rule is being shelved in a statement that says the White House is wary of imposing regulatory burdens during the economic recovery.”

    http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/09/02/obama-epa-smog-regulations/#.TmFe6QrEJ3w.twitter

  • Steph

    I donated my hard-earned money, invested my time, persuaded my friends, knocked on doors for this man in 2008.

    And this is how he repays me? By removing new smog regulations?

    Never again. He fooled us and made a fool of me.

  • Rosemary

    I believe that global warming is the greatest threat facing us, The effects of it are heartbreaking, and they all around us, every day. Whatever I can do, I will do to get the word out.


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