Clayton Dewey · @clayton
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The people of Ecuador just voted to end drilling in a 2.5 million acre section of the Amazon. The first referendum to ever do so.

Human rights lawyer Steven Donzinger correctly credits indigenous-led grassroots movements and democratic systems as the reason for this victory.

We can keep winning by referendum too. Part of that is defending and expanding democracy, which is why we need to and

theguardian.com/commentisfree/

#StopCopCity #supportpoliticalprisoners #climatejustice

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Hazel · @HazelWood
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