Participants in the Toxic Tour carry a Pipeline Dragon through a tour of the worst climate, mining and tar sands perpetrators in the city. (photo Christian Peña)
The Toxic Tour was a great event!
400-500 People showed up to demonstrate against the total failure of the G8/G20 to address toxic mining and tar sands, and the complicity of the Canadian government in the destruction of water, the poisoning of people, the killing of activists, and the takeover of indigenous land all of which are an integral part of the extractive industries. Speakers included Naty Atz Sunuc an indigenous Maya-Kaqchickel woman from Guatemala on mining and climate change, Sakura Saunders from ProtestBarrick.net. The event ended with a rousing performance by “test their logik”.
It featured kick-ass home made floats, protest clowns,
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These are just teasers, check out more photos of the Toxic Tour by Christian Peña and Ben Powless