by Max Wilbert | Feb 21, 2021 | Reflection
On January 15th, my friend Will Falk and I launched a protest on the slopes of the Montana Mountains (Northern Paiute / Western Shoshone territory) here in northern Nevada, aiming to stop a proposed $1.3 billion open-pit lithium mine that would rip open this wild...
by Max Wilbert | Feb 11, 2021 | Reflection, Resistance Updates
What would happen if Lithium Americas (and every other mining company, and every other extractive industry) sincerely asked the land and the beings who reside there, “Can we blow up your home? Can we turn it into dust? Can we bathe the soil in sulfuric acid? Can...
by Max Wilbert | Feb 10, 2021 | Project updates
Listen to an interview with Max and Judy Eddy from Audible Cafe: Today’s show features my conversation with Max Wilbert, one of the activists occupying Thacker Pass, Nevada, up in the northern-central part of the state, to protest a proposed lithium mine...
by Max Wilbert | Feb 8, 2021 | Interview
On Jan. 20th, Max Wilbert joined First Voices Indigenous Radio with host Tiokasin Ghosthorse to discuss the Lithium Americas greenwashed mining proposal for Thacker Pass and the protest camp that has now stood for 25 days on the...
by Max Wilbert | Feb 4, 2021 | Reflection
Standing on the broad northern saddle of Thacker Pass, I look across the land. The sagebrush ocean rolls away to the east, a gentle expanse of shrub steppe leading towards the snowcapped Santa Rosa-Paradise Peak wilderness, rising to 9700 feet in the distance. My eyes...
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