'President's visit to grovel for more oil shows that U.S. is perfectly happy to turn a blind eye to human rights atrocities and political repression if it suits U.S. business and geopolitical interests.'
Not to mention, our own federal and state governments in the U.S. routinely violate human rights in defense of Big Oil.documenting the systematic industry-funded effort to pass"critical infrastructure" laws in the states to criminalize peaceful protest against fossil fuel infrastructure. These laws are now on the books in 17 states—the original 13 states with these laws at the time our report was published haveHowever, this isn't only a problem of"red states" going rogue.
The U.S. Justice Department has shown no interest in investigating the proliferation of"critical infrastructure" laws and their threat to First Amendment rights. However, they have been more than eager to charge , a peaceful water protector at Standing Rock, with"terrorism"—charges that weren't brought against anyone in the violent fascist mob who participated in the coup attempt on January 6, 2021.
Evidently, the Trump-era DOJ felt encouraged to pursue terrorism charges in the Reznicek case because of a
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