Indigenous anti-pipeline protestors face renewed threats in Canada and other stories

Today we look at new threats facing Wet’suwet’en water protectors in Canada, the killing of a Palestinian man by Israeli forces in the West Bank, and more

January 06, 2022 by Peoples Dispatch

In today’s episode of the Daily Round-up we take a look at renewed threats against Indigenous water protectors resisting the Coastal GasLink pipeline project on the unceded Wet’suwet’en territory in Canada; the killing of a Palestinian man during a raid by Israeli forces on the Balata refugee camp in the Occupied West Bank; the acquittal of 4 anti-racism protestors- the ‘Colston 4’- in a case related to the tearing down of a racist statue during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in the UK; and the ongoing strike by thousands of rural child care or Anganwadi workers in the Indian state of Haryana to demand better wages and recognition as government workers.