{"id":293065,"date":"2017-02-03T06:43:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T05:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/absolutely-violation-of-our-democracy-jill-stein-encourages-dapl-travel-ban-protests-video\/"},"modified":"2017-02-03T06:43:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T05:43:00","slug":"absolutely-violation-of-our-democracy-jill-stein-encourages-dapl-travel-ban-protests-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/absolutely-violation-of-our-democracy-jill-stein-encourages-dapl-travel-ban-protests-video\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Absolutely violation of our democracy\u2019: Jill Stein encourages DAPL &amp; travel ban protests (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Green Party leader Dr. Jill Stein has called for more demonstrations, saying democracy is \u201cunder attack\u201d from President Donald Trump\u2019s US entry ban on citizens of seven Muslim-majority nations and easing of requirements for oil pipeline construction.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The progressive activist joined RT America\u2019s Ashlee Banks to give her take on the latest developments concerning the Dakota Access Pipeline, as well as Trump\u2019s controversial immigration order.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis is democracy that\u2019s under attack. This is our rights to peacefully protest, which are under assault. This is the water protectors who are standing up for the [Missouri River] water supply [that] up to 17 million Americans depend on,\u201d<\/em> Stein said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jje_BsAO214\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s absolutely a violation of human rights, of our water rights, of our climate, and of our democracy,\u201d<\/em> she stressed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"arcticle__read-more read-more\">\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"read-more__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/376113-police-raid-new-dakota-camp\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"read-more__cover\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.com\/files\/2017.02\/thumbnail\/589367d3c361883d2c8b45eb.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9\u00a0Sacred Stone Camp\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>Stein hopes that, with public pressure, a judge will stop the DAPL permit process.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI really urge people, if you are able-bodied, go there and stand with Standing Rock. This executive order to expedite the permitting of this illegal and dangerous pipeline is very much a violation of basic treaty rights and my hope and assumption is that this will be denied in a court of law,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0she said.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the Army Corps of Engineers study, which is yet to be concluded, Stein said the agency <em>\u201cshould proceed in consultation with the indigenous people who are protected by treaty to be consulted and to permit, to agree to, whatever development plans are going to take place on their historic land.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Stein reminded viewers that there is still a chance to make their voices heard at public hearings on the pipeline.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis is an opportunity for all of us to stand up and say, \u2018this is the water supply, this is the climate, this is our democracy and human rights that all of us depend on,\u2019\u201d<\/em> she said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"arcticle__read-more read-more\">\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"read-more__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/375428-trump-aclu-muslim-ban-stay\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"read-more__cover\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.com\/files\/2017.01\/thumbnail\/588d5e22c461888b028b45e1.jpg\" alt=\"Protestors rally during a demonstration against the new immigration ban issued by President Donald Trump at John F. Kennedy International Airport on January 28, 2017 in New York City \u00a9 Stephanie Keith\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>Stein is also a big supporter of nationwide protests against Trump\u2019s recent executive order that prohibits people with passports from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen from coming to the US, saying it is a return to the <em>\u201cMuslim ban\u201d<\/em> that Trump promised on the campaign trail, but later backpedaled on.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThere are exceptions carved out here for the countries that Donald Trump has business with, his aspirations in Saudi Arabia, his golf courses in United Arab Emirates,\u201d<\/em> she said.<\/p>\n<p>Stein rejected the administration\u2019s line that refugees and immigrants from the countries on the ban list who have already gone through the vetting process could still pose a national security threat. Instead, she sees the travel restriction as a propagandistic gift to Islamic State [formerly ISIS\/ISIL].<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIn fact, the real danger to US security is being orchestrated right now by the Trump administration, who are playing right into the hands of terrorists by validating their belief that this country is very much opposed to Muslims and the Muslim faith,\u201d<\/em> she told RT.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bmENT22NIDQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/376147-jill-stein-dakota-access-executive-order\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Green Party leader Dr. Jill Stein has called for more demonstrations, saying democracy is \u201cunder attack\u201d from President Donald Trump\u2019s US entry ban on citizens of seven Muslim-majority nations and easing of requirements for oil pipeline construction. The progressive activist joined RT America\u2019s Ashlee Banks to give her take on the latest developments concerning the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":293066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-293065","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}