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Olympia, WA: Train Tracks Sabotaged To Stop Fracking Equipment [April 21st, 2017]
Earth First Journal (Left Wing Rag Bragging About Pouring Concrete On Train Tracks ^ | April 21st, 2017 | Puget Sound Anarchists

Posted on 12/18/2017 11:34:05 AM PST by Enlightened1

Early in the morning of April 20th we poured concrete on the train tracks that lead out of the Port of Olympia to block any trains from using the tracks. We took precautions to notify BNSF (the train company) – we called them and we used wires to send a signal that the tracks were blocked. We did this not to avoid damaging a train, nothing would bring bigger grins to our faces, but to avoid the risk of injuring railway workers.

This action was done to disrupt the movement of trains carrying proppants used in natural gas fracturing. These train tracks are part of a system of pipelines, fracking wells, mines, clearcuts, control centers, fiberoptics, dams, highways and factories that cover the planet and are physical manifestations of a process that is destroying the ecosystems, cultures, and inhabitants everywhere. Behind this network of infrastructure there are politicians, CEOs and bureaucrats who have private security, cops, prison guards, non-profit directors, PR consultants and the legacy of 500 years of colonization to back them up. We oppose all of these manifestations, infrastructural, personal and ideological. We blocked the train tracks because we want to blockade the entire web of domination that is slowly killing us.

We were inspired to take this action by acts of resistance taking place across turtle island and the world, particularly the fierce indigenous resistance of water protectors against the Dakota Access Pipe Line, the encampment blocking a train full of fracking material on these same tracks in Olympia this past November, and the clandestine attacks against pipelines in Florida, South Dakota and Iowa.

We also were emboldened by the spirit of all those who have risen against the white supremacist police in Furguson, Baltimore, Oakland and elsewhere, as well as by the

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: amtrak; anarchists; antifa; concrete; domesticterrorism; dupont; lookwhohatescops; olympia; propertyrights; rail; saboteurs; tracks; train; waroncops; washington; wildspeculation
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To: 2CAVTrooper

OK, after we find out all of their contacts.


121 posted on 12/18/2017 2:50:14 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Bodleian_Girl

Thanks for explaining this how to.

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122 posted on 12/18/2017 3:38:10 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Build Kate's wall! Keep illegals and illegal murderers/criminals out of America! MAGA! SLAP ACT!!)
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To: Grampa Dave

You are very welcome!


123 posted on 12/18/2017 4:55:53 PM PST by Bodleian_Girl
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To: RetiredArmy

A new sport for Antifa terrorist: Dodge Miniball....


124 posted on 12/18/2017 5:37:36 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: outofsalt

Just give them to Clark:

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125 posted on 12/18/2017 8:37:27 PM PST by 2CAVTrooper (Democrats... BETRAYING America since 1828.)
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