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“The Standing Rock I knew was not a mystical place with a uniform perspective. It was a complex place—an experiment in love, hope, courage, and solidarity.â€
Kelly Hayes | Oct 23, 2017
United fronts aren’t about unity. They’re about survival. We have a lot of wounds to heal if we’re going to act in solidarity against what’s trying to kill us.
Kelly Hayes | Aug 13, 2017
The president spoke in complete sentences and praised a fallen soldier, and now, for some people, the world is less chaotic. Trump is upping his game, and we as resisters aren’t ready.
Kelly Hayes | Mar 3, 2017
We have survived this nation-state’s will for us because we are a fire that their water cannons cannot extinguish.
Kelly Hayes | Nov 30, 2016
Our people will continue to resist in and beyond this moment, as this is but one front in the wars being waged against us.
Kelly Hayes | Nov 26, 2016
Yes, everyone should be talking about climate change. But we deserve to survive because our lives are worth defending in their own right — not simply because “this affects us all.â€
Kelly Hayes | Oct 29, 2016
The illusion of victory is a dangerous thing. We could undo what we have built at Standing Rock, this unprecedented act of Native American collective resistance.
Kelly Hayes | Sep 10, 2016