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"When we talk about … the massive flooding that's happening in places like Southeastern Africa, we can connect it to the oil production in the United States," says @nick_w_estes. He adds that climate catastrophe "affects indigenous communities first and foremost." https://t.co/aJDGrP3iCu — PolitiTweet.org

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Nick Estes (@nick_w_estes) of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe links the Green New Deal to resistance at Standing Rock. "The United States, along with countries like Canada, drilled their way out of the Great Recession — largely at the expense of indigenous lands," he says. https://t.co/z6yyZ5GtGR — PolitiTweet.org