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Gary Wassaykeesic speaks into a microphone. He's wearing a black hoodie and there is a Mohawk flag behind him.

Land Defender criminalized for solidarity with Wet’suwet’en

CPT Turtle Island Solidarity Network March 3, 2022

Toronto police target and intimidate Indigenous Land Defenders, surveilling and traumatizing them for months after events.

Police stand in front of Convoy protestors who hold flags that say F*UCK TRUDEAU

The Freedom Convoy happened, what comes next?

CPT Turtle Island Solidarity Network February 21, 2022

In response to the ‘Freedom Convoy,’ CPT offers tangible action items to confront rising white supremacy, racist policing, and far-reaching emergency legislation in Canada.

No CO2 piplines protest outside government building

CPT joins movement against carbon pipelines

CPT Turtle Island Solidarity Network February 9, 2022

Indigenous and farming communities in Iowa come together to resist as corporate groups rush to jam through Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) pipelines.

A school bus covered in snow at a blockade in Wet'suwet'en

The persistence of Wet’suwet’en Water Protectors

CPT Turtle Island Solidarity Network February 2, 2022

Land defenders and water protectors faithfully uphold their responsibilities to future generations while the government criminalizes them and favours the pipeline company.

A woman in dark clothing facing three police wearing facie mask during an eviction from a small cottage

How human life depends on land defence

Emily Green February 2, 2022

When the Wet’suwet’en talk of land defence, it is so much more than simply defending their home.

construction netting is drawn across the entryway to a home. On the netting is a sign that reads TC ENERGY: no trespassing on Wet'suwet'en land.

Wet’suwet’en supporters ‘bring the message home,’ build construction site on pipeline executives’ front lawns

CPT Turtle Island Solidarity Network January 24, 2022

For immediate release Media Contacts:World BEYOND War – 647-769-2472, canada@worldbeyondwar.orgCommunity Peacemaker Teams – 647-339-0991, canada@cpt.org Toronto, Ontario, Canada — This morning, Toronto supporters of the Wet’suwet’en land

An image of a river flowing down the center, flanked by dense pine forest and a bright blue sky with lots of cloud cover.

Prayers for Peacemakers 22 December 2021 Turtle Island Solidarity Network

CPT Turtle Island Solidarity Network December 22, 2021

Pray that the solidarity actions happening across the country this week will have an impact

An RCMP officer invades Wet'suwet'en territory, walking around the blockade of logs as two supporters look on.

“Settler life is pretty good isn’t it”

David Janzen December 6, 2021

I witnessed how the law, our government, and industry continue to reinforce colonization.

A scar of deforestation runs through dense forests into the distance, where snowcapped mountains are visitable against an overcast sky.

From the mountains to the mud with Wet’suwet’en land defenders

Esther Townshend November 14, 2021

For now, the Wedzin Kwa runs clear. Its waters are safe to drink and support recovering populations of sockeye, Chinook and Coho salmon. Grizzly bears and black bears fish from its banks, as do the Wet’suwet’en people.