Dakota Access Pipeline to win US Army permit for completion – BBC News

The US Army has informed Congress that it will grant permission to complete the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline near tribal territory.

The notice comes a month after Donald Trump formally backed the project in one of his first acts as US president.

Thousands of predominantly Native American protesters have boycotted the $3.8bn (£3bn) pipeline’s construction in the state of North Dakota.

The Standing Rock Tribe vowed to fight the decision in court.

Trump backs Keystone XL and Dakota Access

Dakota Pipeline: What’s behind the controversy?

The 1,172 mile (1,886km), four-state project is almost finished except for a one-mile stretch under Lake Oahe in North Dakota, where demonstrators have set up protest encampments.

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EARTHRISE: The First Lunar Voyage

SpaceRip

Published on Dec 22, 2015

This stirring film recounts the flight many consider to be NASA’s most daring and important. Interviews with Apollo 8 astronauts, their wives, mission control staff, and journalists take viewers inside the high-stakes space race of the late 1960s to reveal how a bold decision by NASA administrators put a struggling Apollo program back on track and allowed America to reach the moon before the Soviets.

Uploaded under license from American Public TV.

Noam Chomsky Interview on NAFTA, Reagan,etc (1993)

TheEthanwashere

Published on Jul 17, 2012

Professor Chomsky analyzed President Clinton’s foreign policy. He criticized some aspects of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
12/10/93

Noam Chomsky on NAFTA

Chomsky’s Philosophy

Published on Jan 25, 2017

Chomsky on “The North American Free Trade Agreement”. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKrOt…

Noam Chomsky Tells Us Why The U S Supports Israel

Truth Juice

Published on Jan 14, 2017

Where The Kochs Are Influencing Trump The Most

The Big Picture RT

Published on Jan 24, 2017

Alex Kotch PhD, Investigative Journalist. The Koch brothers refused to support Trump in the election, but now it looks like the band of billionaires are ready to work together to screw the American people. Alex Kotch reported at Alternet that so far, fully one-third of the Trump team has ties to the Koch brothers. But where does it look like the Kochs are trying to influence Trump the most? The Koch Brothers are Smiling…

Who Are The Kochs & Why Did They Want To Help Trump Steal The Election?

Greg Palast

Published on Jan 24, 2017

Stealing an election ain’t cheap. I followed the dirty money that funds Crosscheck and found it was steeped in Koch oil.

Excerpt from The Best Democracy Money Can Buy — available to view worldwide from just $2.99: thebestdemocracymoneycanbuy.com/dvd-streaming/

American Experience New York Underground

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Published on Dec 13, 2016

Digging up the Boston Common | The Race Underground

AmericanExperiencePBS

Published on Feb 7, 2017

“You’re going to dig up the Boston Common?”
When it was announced that Boston’s new subway system would cut through the Boston Common — considered an almost a sacred place to Bostonians — the public immediately opposed the plan.
“The Race Underground” premieres on Tuesday, January 31 at 9/8c on PBS.