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This is the beginning of the healing from the addiction – the addiction to oil, the addiction to consumerism, the addiction to that lifestyle which leaves you strung out, feeling miserable and lonely. There is more work to be done. - Doug Good Feather

The Water Protectors from Standing Rock lead the LA Climate March. 

Standing Rock and the Water Protectors lead the way. 

Climate March

Keeva and I went to the #climatemarch today. It was fantastic. The most amazing thing...the #waterprotectors . You know this group of native Americans from the #nodapl protests in #standingrock. There were thousands of people marching for the same thing, all in unity, all doing our thing. But when the Standing Rock group arrived, things were real. I looked down at the end of the march, our destination at a refinery, and saw the Standing Rock group face to face with the security of Tesoro refinery. I said to Keeva, "This is a march, THAT is a protest." She said, "Do you want to go?" "Yes." She said, "Let's go." As we made our way to the front, we were pretty far back, the Standing Rock group were returning. Thousands parted instantly to make room and let them through. Their intensity was palpable. I suddenly realized that I was there to show support, the Water Protectors were there fighting for their lives. It was different game, one with real stakes. We've become so used to corporations taking away our rights, feeding us misinformation, making us think something absurd is actually normal, that we aren't even sure how to fight or what to fight for. We spend our time fighting each other over stupid, trivial, nonsense. The Water Protectors were on another level o reality. It was impressive. They made their presence known and many thousands of people could tell that there is even more at stake than our bottled water society can comprehend. It was a good day. This was my fourth march and seeing people in massive numbers rally together in a positive, yet powerful way, is encouraging.