<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear friends:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Dianne and I participated in the current protection stand by the Standing Rock Tribe at Cannon Ball. N. Dakota ( and Now over 280 tribes globally) to stop the oil</div><div class="">pipeline under construction beginning at the reservation lands near the Missouri river. The proposed pipeline is 60% completed but 20 miles of sacred land have been halted by the Justice</div><div class="">Dept ( Obama) court decision on Sept <a href="http://9.at/" class="">9</a>.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">What follows is our reflections on what’s happening at Standing Rock and how you may choose to involve yourself if so moved. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There are 3 PDF’s below: Salvatore Caruso & Dianne Greenwald reflections from our participation there; followed by a just published article by Bill McKibbin in Yes magazine that </div><div class="">focuses on this event and the broader implications.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""></div></body></html>