Fwd: A war on solidarity’ Jess mention in “The criminalizing of protest and dissent has a long history in America” Feb 3, 2026 the Guardian
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From: Frank Cordaro <frank....@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Feb 3, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Subject: A war on solidarity’ Jess mention in “The criminalizing of protest and dissent has a long history in America” Feb 3, 2026 the Guardian
To: Catholic Worker <catholicw...@gmail.com>, Catholic Worker Roundtable <catholi...@substack.com>
A war on solidarity’
According to Nick Estes, a historian at the University of Minnesota and enrolled member of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe who has written and co-edited multiple books on the Standing Rock protests against the Dakota Access pipeline, the shooting and killing of white people on the streets of Minneapolis is “a war on solidarity”. “White supremacy is meant to control white people first and foremost,” he said. “So if they’re not complying with the status quo, and they’re trying to defend immigrant neighbors, I see this as retaliation [against them for that].”
He pointed to Jessica Reznicek, a Catholic Worker and climate activist who was sentenced to eight years in prison, fined $3m and labeled a domestic terrorist in 2021 for damaging the Dakota Access pipeline using a pipe welder (no people were harmed). Meanwhile, “no January 6 protester got terrorism enhancement charges or sentencing”, Estes said, despite multiple fatalities resulting from the attack on the US Capitol. “I think that largely has to do with the fact that [Reznicek] was in alliance with Indigenous water protectors.”
From https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/03/criminalizing-protest-dissent-histor.
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