#frackedgas

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#UNCLAIMED #FRACKEDGAS #KEEPITCLEAN #SEPTICA

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#NOTCUTE #SEPTICA #FRACKEDGAS #AQUIFERS #PROPRIETARYCHEMICALS #UNDERCURRENTS #EVERYWHERE

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#Repost @awakenedconsciouscollective I AM disgusted by what my eyes see. #MortonCountySheriffsDepartment is INSANELY dishonest. I watched on live stream ALL OF these events. The protestors are being hosed with fire hoses mixed with mace. They are being sprayed with the water they are protecting. This is humiliation, we need to honor our peace treaties. They are UNARMED! Call the numbers. Help me. These people need you NOW. For F*CKS SAKE THEY ARE PROTECTING YOUR MOTHERF*CKING WATER! State Capitol message Centre : call these punks up NOW!!! 1-888-635-3447 or 701-328-3373 THESE are the local news stations. 🌞☀️️ LETS ILLUMINATE THE DARKNESS!!! I need people to call and express their outrage, we have to be heard. Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. I'm trying my best for solutions. 📸 CALL THEM NOW 📸 #KVLYTV: 701-237-5211 or 800-450-5844 Toll Free #KXJBTV: 701-282-0444 or 866-716-2274 Toll Free "ask them why they aren't reporting the news, ask them why they are silent during a genocide." Right now a legislator can be reached at the State Capitol through '#ContactMyLegislator' or by leaving a message with the legislative telephone message Centre at : 1-888-635-3447 or 701-328-3373 (localtoNorthDakota). Please call [phone] to voice your outrage. We all have a choice whether or not we will stand in the face of tyranny, to be the voice of the voiceless, to never surrender and defend our families. #FrackedGas creates a unique problem with water supplies, as the injected water and wastewater supplies become tainted as a result of this process. The very transporting of these gases is a public safety hazard. The public needs to come together on this shit. I wanna see standing rock posts on pages, we have to defend the few remaining protectors of #TurtleIsland. I cannot do this for you. Walk out of class. Withdraw your money from the banks. One bank has withdrawn its 115 million dollar investment because of public outcry We can do this to all of them. Silently withdraw your money from the banks, over 500 of my followers now have done this. #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #NoDa

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@Regrann from @3rdeyeopener - I AM disgusted by what my eyes see. #MortonCountySheriffsDepartment is INSANELY dishonest. I watched on live stream ALL OF these events. The protestors are being hosed with fire hoses mixed with mace. They are being sprayed with the water they are protecting. This is humiliation, we need to honor our peace treaties. They are UNARMED! Call the numbers. Help me. These people need you NOW. For FUCKS SAKE THEY ARE PROTECTING YOUR MOTHERFUCKING WATER! State Capitol message Centre : call these punks up NOW!!! 1-888-635-3447 or 701-328-3373 THESE are the local news stations. 🌞☀️️ LETS ILLUMINATE THE DARKNESS!!! I need people to call and express their outrage, we have to be heard. Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. I'm trying my best for solutions. 📸 CALL THEM NOW 📸 #KVLYTV: 701-237-5211 or 800-450-5844 Toll Free #KXJBTV: 701-282-0444 or 866-716-2274 Toll Free "ask them why they aren't reporting the news, ask them why they are silent during a genocide." Right now a legislator can be reached at the State Capitol through '#ContactMyLegislator' or by leaving a message with the legislative telephone message Centre at : 1-888-635-3447 or 701-328-3373 (localtoNorthDakota). Please call [phone] to voice your outrage. We all have a choice whether or not we will stand in the face of tyranny, to be the voice of the voiceless, to never surrender and defend our families. #FrackedGas creates a unique problem with water supplies, as the injected water and wastewater supplies become tainted as a result of this process. The very transporting of these gases is a public safety hazard. The public needs to come together on this shit. I wanna see standing rock posts on pages, we have to defend the few remaining protectors of #TurtleIsland. I cannot do this for you. Walk out of class. Withdraw your money from the banks. One bank has withdrawn its 115 million dollar investment because of public outcry We can do this to all of them. Silently withdraw your money from the banks, over 500 of my followers now have done this. #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #NoDapl #HelpMe #Please #CallingForBackup #Regrann

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#Repost @3rdeyeopener with @repostapp ・・・ State Capitol message Centre : 1-888-635-3447 or 701-328-3373 THESE are the local news stations. 🌞☀️️ LETS ILLUMINATE THE DARKNESS!!! I need people to call and express their outrage, we have to be heard. Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. I'm trying my best for solutions. 📸 CALL THEM NOW 📸 #KVLYTV: 701-237-5211 or 800-450-5844 Toll Free #KXJBTV: 701-282-0444 or 866-716-2274 Toll Free "ask them why they aren't reporting the news, ask them why they are silent during a genocide." Right now a legislator can be reached at the State Capitol through '#ContactMyLegislator' or by leaving a message with the legislative telephone message Centre at : 1-888-635-3447 or 701-328-3373 (localtoNorthDakota). Please call [phone] to voice your outrage. We all have a choice whether or not we will stand in the face of tyranny, to be the voice of the voiceless, to never surrender and defend our families. #FrackedGas creates a unique problem with water supplies, as the injected water and wastewater supplies become tainted as a result of this process. The very transporting of these gases is a public safety hazard. The public needs to come together on this shit. I wanna see standing rock posts on pages, we have to defend the few remaining protectors of #TurtleIsland. I cannot do this for you. Walk out of class. Withdraw your money from the banks. One bank has withdrawn its 115 million dollar investment because of public outcry We can do this to all of them. Silently withdraw your money from the banks, over 500 of my followers now have done this. #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #NoDapl #HelpMe #Please #CallingForBackup #yoga

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Video: Tsimshians Confront Frack Gas Surveyors from subMedia.tv Yesterday subMedia.tv witnessed the fierce spirit of the Tsimshian people and their supporters as they faced off with the RCMP, Prince Rupert Port Authority and Petronas LNG workers.

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Meme Slinger Profile: Nick Katkevich

As part of the continuing Meme Slinger Profile Series we've been doing, I am truly delighted to have a chance to spotlight my friend and colleague Nick Katkevich. Nick's work has been instrumental in lifting up much of the grassroots climate justice and anti-fracking movements over the last couple years - work that by its selfless nature often goes very unsung. In this interview, I'm especially grateful for Nick's thoughts on why the fracked gas fight is so critical, why and when memes matter, and advice for staying outside 'the social media box.'  

Where’s your home-home, and where you do you call home now? 

I’m originally from Bristol, Rhode Island - a town founded on land that was stolen from the Wampanoag’s through violent force. I currently reside in Providence.

What are the campaigns and all-out efforts for a brighter future that you’re working on right now? What’s going down in your home place of Rhode Island? There are a lot of things happening. In Massachusetts with Mothers Out Front, we’re pressuring the Governor to sign an executive order that would ban any new fossil fuel infrastructure in the State. 

In Rhode Island with FANG, we are organizing in a rural community against the expansion of gas-compressor station that is part of a major pipeline expansion. We’re also trying to pull together a big national mobilization against the fracked-gas industry, more details about that soon.

Why would you say you’re drawn to fracking - both strategically and personally? There is a massive coal plant near my parents house, after a long campaign, it was announced that the plant will close by 2017. Coal plants are closing across New England, but unfortunately fracked-gas is being used to replace coal in the energy system. The expansion of fracked-gas infrastructure is happening rapidly, we need to fight it now.

Nick, you’ve led or continue to lead the social media efforts for a number of diverse climate justice campaigns - from Fearless Summer, to the global TckTckTck alliance, to the national fracked-gas campaign FANG, to Mothers Out Front, and so on. What is it about the promise of social media and storytelling that excites you - that fuels you to fill this role? Why do you return to the meme slinging bat as often as you do? 

Meme slinging allows one to tell a story in a short, impactful way that can be seen by tens of thousands of people. Sharing these stories can inspire others to take action, let others freedom fighters know that they are not alone and allow us to bypass traditional media.

The powers that be want us to feel alone and isolated. Social media, despite it’s extreme limitations, can help create a sense of solidarity and comradeship. When you do an action and then the meme about it is shared 500 times, that feels good right?

While you’ve taken the lead on a number of digital fronts: you also keep your head above the social media waters with a number of real world organizing projects - building the FANG alliance (Fighting Against Natural Gas), leading Kingian Nonviolence workshops, etc. What advice would you give to organizers who have an aptitude for social media but also want to act and interact as full organizers in this work?

I think being a meme slinger and an on the ground organizer can be a great combination. One word of advice is to break through the box of being defined solely as an “online organizer”. This box can be a dangerous thing.

If you are great at social media, that means you are probably a good communicator, writer, artist, have a pulse of the movement and much more. Don’t get stuck in the “online organizer” box - and friends, if you want to bring a “meme slinger” onto your campaign, please ask how else they would like to help out beyond social media.

What’s a favorite recent campaign or event you worked on, and how did memes, social media, and/or storytelling interact to help turn people offline and into the streets? 

In May we did an online mobilization for Mothers Out Front as part of an effort to secure a meeting with Governor Deval Patrick. Using social media and email blasts, we were able to cause quite a bit of stir online and urged people to call the Governor’s office. Hundreds of people made phone calls, and the following Monday the Governor’s office called us and said they were ready to meet.  

What are some things you get up to when you’re not busy meme-slinging?

When I’m not meme-slinging, I’m almost always organizing. But, when I have free time I play basketball, try to be a buddhist, listen to hip-hop and spend time with my partner Sherrie’Anne Andre and Paz, my chihuahua-son.

Are you currently looking for freelance projects?

Sure!

How can folks find you via facebook, twitter, instagram, your website, etc?

Website: facebook.com/LetsFANG

Facebook: facebook.com/nicky.thekat

Twitter: @NickyTheKat

Instagram: @NickyTheKat13

Some recent examples of Nick Katkevich’s work:

Having a good photographer friend can make meme slinging much easier - big shout out to Pia Ward for rolling with me so often!

I was standing there as the week long #RejectAndProtect mobilization was winding down in front of the White House. Casey Camp-Horinek made what was the last statement of the day, luckily I was able to caption a quick photo of what was a very powerful moment.

FANG Life!

Thanks Nick for an amazing interview! Check out more Meme Slinger Profiles in this series at GreenMemes.org and on WearePowerShift.org.