http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/10063/0 en http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca/story/solidarity-sudbury-interview-and-photos/19474 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_2235.jpg" alt="" title="For several days ending this past Sunday, a number of indigenous activists erected a teepee in Memorial Park in downtown Sudbury in solidarity with the people of Elsipogtog First Nation and in opposition to the practice of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. (Photo by Larson Heinonen)" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_2345.jpg" alt="" title="Wilmer Nogonosh was one of the organizers of the event. (Photo by Larson Heinonen)" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_2199.jpg" alt="" title="People putting up the teepee in Memorial Park. (Photo by Larson Heinonen)" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_2207.jpg" alt="" title="People putting up the teepee in Memorial Park. (Photo by Larson Heinonen)" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_2227_0.jpg" alt="" title="The teepee is up! (Photo by Larson Heinonen)" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_2228.jpg" alt="" title="For a number of the participants, this will be home for several days. (Photo by Larson Heinonen)" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_2352.jpg" alt="" title="Nogonosh checking on the wood for the fire that was kept burning during the entire stay in Memorial Park. (Photo by Larson Heinonen)" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>On a rainy Saturday afternoon, I took cover under the Gazeebo in Memorial Park and had a chat with Wilmer Noganosh. Wilmer and several First Nation friends of his have set up a Tee-Pee in the park to express Solidarity with Elsipogtog First Nation near Rexton, NB who are protesting fracking. You can visit Wilmer and his friends till Sunday and ask about fracking or any other Native Issue.</p> <p><a href="http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca/story/solidarity-sudbury-interview-and-photos/19474" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca/story/solidarity-sudbury-interview-and-photos/19474#comments Larson Heinonen Indigenous #ElsipogtogSolidarity sudbury Sun, 27 Oct 2013 22:20:35 +0000 grassrootssudburymedia 19474 at http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca/photo/photos-two-days-anti-poverty-and-anti-colonial-act/19379 <p>This past Friday and Saturday saw three major political mobilizations in Sudbury. This is a brief report and some images from each.</p> <p><strong>Friday afternoon</strong></p> <p><a href="http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca/photo/photos-two-days-anti-poverty-and-anti-colonial-act/19379" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca/photo/photos-two-days-anti-poverty-and-anti-colonial-act/19379#comments Scott Neigh Indigenous Poverty Solidarity #ElsipogtogSolidarity Raise The Rates S-CAP Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty sudbury Sun, 20 Oct 2013 03:43:21 +0000 scott.neigh 19379 at http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca