In November, activists and locals began blockading the project in Cochise County, placing their bodies between heavy machinery and the wilderness area facing imminent destruction. Blockaders impeded further placement of shipping containers for weeks:
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Blockaders Halt Border Wall Construction in Southern Arizona - UNICORN RIOT
Cochise County, AZ – Seventeen feet above the ground, towering over the native Sonoran grasses and oak saplings of the surrounding bajadas, a group of young people stretched out languidly in the sun, chatting and laughing and playing guitar. In a line to their east, the double-stacked shipping containers beneath them stretched out for over […]
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An interesting observation from a political scientist on CBC-BC is the Emergencies Act allows the federal government to sue organizers of occupations like this for the costs of response and mitigation.
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