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Brigid January-February 2010 $4.50 US f! Canada

Globe Forest Direct Action CampR~portBack medic and legal roies, light backpacking, orien-

BY SIGAL teering, climbing, media outreach, ahd various What a way to spend Halloween. As I shoved direct action and forest defense skills.

a tarp into my pack and grabbed my rain jacket The sipping of, hot tea faded into the light for what promised to be an exceptionally soggy pitter-patter of raindrops echoing over the stint in the woods, I thought of all of the people leaves, and the woods welcomed the commence­who had made "other plans" for the weekend. ment of workshops. While several members of Masquerade balls, art openings, theme parties-:- my party scurried off to the climbing skills area but, I wondered, what could be more apposite for the ·morning, I sought shelter under a near­than facing something truly scary on Hallow- by tarp to brush up on my blockading skills. I een-the proposed logging of more than 220 had previous experience with this sort of direct acres of mature and old growth forest within a action in the streets, but after an hour of role-10 minute drive of my hometown? Right in my playing I realized what a different scenario for­backyard, the Forest Service plans to make over est defense presents, and how indispensable $100,000 from selling the Globe Forest to timber this exposure was. I have a much clearer picture con{panies, including trees 100-300 years old. Of of where one might find themselves if tl).ey were all 200 plus year-old forests in the US, only 1.92 to choose to protect a habitat from destruction. percent of them exist on the East Coast. And the In the afternoon, I learned how to respond to Forest Service is coming for them. I knew exactly injuries incurred in the wilderness. My friends_ where I wanted to be. learned wilderness survival skills, about the lo-

The direct action camp started on Friday eve- cal imperiled species, how t0 tie knots, and how ning, October 30, when about 40 people from all to use lpcal media outlets to spread . awareness . over North Carolina crunched their way through and gain support for actions. We each grew the leaves to set up camp in the Giobe Forest, with one another, became aware of the_ Earth right outside· Blowing Rock in the NC moun- around us, and learned countless requisite tains. My friends and I made our way. to the skills. I became more empowered to stand up for

&Uk.~~~~--~~WB~~~~~--~~~--WhatJ~ in and ~twhatlcannot~ a stone's throw of the forest. As we followed the sounds of laughter and the itinerant clouds of

---w-ood smoke to the camp's kitchen that morn­ing, the_ anticipation of community action and tl:te magical allure of the forest engulfed me. Smiling faces around the fire, pots and pans clinking and kitchen stirrings murmuring in the background ... hastened into introductions, averring snapshots of action and passions from around the state. We outlined ·the day's sched­ule, with workshops on the state of the move­ment around de.fense of the Globe, local ecology,

to see transpire. As the day drew to a close, the dampened bod­

ies found themselves huddled around the warmth of a campfire. People played guitars and sang. We shared stories, played stealth games (where we prac­ticed skills' learned from the day's workshops) and formed connections with th~ encroaching !light. It rained, and still, the woods sent a message to those lfhO had endeavored to assemble at this place and time: if not you, then wh<r-if not now, then when?

The cold hours under the stars crept by and at daybreak, more discussions of action, infrastruc-

Historic Globe

ture and roles gave way to carob-chip pancakes and walks in the woods. Perhaps, with these people, I might stand. Perhaps; in this place, we might prevent dest;ruction of an essential, · rare, mature and old-growth habitat. Protecting local biodiversity, sensitive species, soil, water sources · we would save an essential section of our ecosys­tem from a profit-seeking machine. Perhaps, all of thi~ would happen in my backyard. .

We said our goodbyes and parted, knowing that we'd be seeing each other again ... and soon. ·

International Round up ofAc'tions BY REDNECK OMNIBUS

i<\s politicians aD: over the world glide from city to city, bioregion to bioregion, in a seemitigly effort­less drive to ~xploit the ~rth and human and nonhuman residents, activists lock down. ·They set up cen­ters of dissent and resistance, and th~y ·refuis, to accept the interven­tion of the, alienated authorities. No matter where the global elite meet to decide the future, they find op­position to their re&ned and slick attempt to subjugate the planet.

Typically, opposition forms around the business conferences, World Trade Organization · (WTO) talks, and Group of 8 (G8) meetings to draw attenti~n to the devastation -that otherwise goes ignored by the media. The most famous interven­tion of this . sort occurred ten years ago; at the WTO protests in Seattle, where protesters from all over the world blockaded the convention and ·effectively shut down· the cor­porate, profit-driveh·talks .. To com­memorate that action, on November 30, 2009, activists collected their organizing power to interrupt the .

-flow of capital _in the global econ-otny. Refusing to wait for the poli­ticians to come to them; people organized in their own bioreglons, and shook the devious structure of ·global trade by its pillar-s. November 30 (deemed N30 by organizers) and, later, December 5 (D5), marked not only days for trade justice activists protesting the wro, but coexten- .

John Kerry, which outlined the cru­cial problems of-climate change and the need for political solutions that extend beyond corporate compro­mises and false solutions. The rally then peacefully laid down on the wet concrete and a mass "die-in" ensued, drawing public ·attention to ·the prospect of impending mass-

. e~tinction. Nobody was arrested in Bostori, and a wake-up call was serit to authorities that would be repeated in rural and urban locales across the US-only in other places, interac- · tion with the police woUld not go as smoothly.

Rising Tide Asheville rose up on Duke Energy, locking down to a 1.5 million pound generator being shipped to that coinp~y's Cliffside coal plant. Two protestors used lock­

sive days of · climate action-the boxes to prevent the moving of the latter having been called by Rising • generator as it sat atop its 300 foot Tide along with numerous non-· trailer, and activists hung a banner profits under the . moniker, "Mobi- from the monstrosity, itself, reading lizalion for Climate Justice" (MCJ). "Stop Cliffsid~. " Earth First!er and · As dawn broke over the eastern former Jou11)al short:termer, Attila seaboard of the US on N30, the Nemecz, put it simply: "Since politi­MCJ went into effect. Protestors ral- cians an~ corp6rations refuse to take lied in Boston at City Hall Square, . serious action to stop climate change, delivering 'an -open letter to Senator continued on pg. 9

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pr6duction-;{)n<::e_a yea,r. \ .Yit:Q. only · the mobilizations tJ:iat .have shap~Q.. · bitt~r t-wo·.oC us as cug~:ht ~long:terii!brs ·IJly_lite, th~ actiqns) u}d catp.paigns · ,it's ~been apparent>t:t?-at Drea~ :fue .:..~•tb.at , affi'np ·ror me. ~he importance crucial, and they ate ~~ - necessary as ":()f .. our ·r<iles ~s a people .who . will th~ work we . ' . . ~ -'--c~ . - rrot-~II'bo/~ t~e'. des~c;:tt~n qf ~1¥ . . vyhile ~to qmt~ue:, Ow hea~s ate_---:

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MAIN~ ~ARTH FIRST! DISRUPTS STAT~'S APPROVAL OF PLUM CR~Ef'S ,O~YELOPM~NT PLAN BY MAINE EF! .

On the first day of Fall, Maine Earth First! occupied the: Land Use · Regulatory Commission (LURC)'s meeting at the Ramada Inn in Ban­gor, Maine, in protest of the agency's planned approval of Plum Creek's controversial development proposal in the Moosehead Lake re~on. Six people were arrested for. disrupting the planne.d vote, which gave a green light to the largest development proposal in.Maine's history.

For the last five years, · the country's largest land holder has been courting LURC, a regulatory agency of the Department of Conser­vation, for a zoning change regarding more than 20,000 acres on and around Moosehead Lake. The zoning change process has ex­perienced an unprecedented rate of public participation. The vast . majority of Mainers are expressing strong disapproval for the plan. For example~ critics of the plan noted that LURC received more than 1, 700 comments in 2008 in opposition to a resort developineiJ.t on Lily Bay as part of the Plum Creek Concept Plan, ·where as only six ~omments expressed support.

In anticipation of a "yes" vote, four EF!ers rushed to the front of

the meeting room demanding a chance 'to have thelr own vote. The · audience, loo}<ed on, stunned as the four, .jolqed by others in the· .crqwd, railed against-the LURC comniissioners for failing to do the~r . job.:!lnd selli~g·out the'~tate~s resoti~ces and biodiversity to 'corporate interests instead. After-ref\l_s~ng to leave, they sat ~own an9 linked anns. While these ac:Hvists were ~ei~g forcefully re~oved and ax:-. rested by the Bango_! police, tw:!? others w~re arrestecf The. six-EF!ers were charged with disorderly:s<:onduc~. ancLtiesspassiJ?.g: All six._later pled not guilty and are se~~g a jury triaL . ~- _,_ .. ~ · , '_ . . ~ .

"Plum Creek has re;1lly put t}le 'Con' into conservation," sai<;l Ry£!n Clarke of Maine Earth First! "The hundreds of thousands of acres that Mai:qers believe will b~ ~onserved under this . plan are in real­ity still subject to harmful -extraction proje~s. Plum Creel(will still

· be able to make millions py !etainirtg their rights to spreaq sew~ge sludge, build roads, dear cut forests to plant genetically engineered

' trees;· extract gravel and build ·cell phone towers. This plan will do nothing for Maine peopl~ and' just line the pockets of corporate CEO·s from away." · .: ·

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ment and opening up the . 'floor for more discussion in future . issues. If seems ·

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are for a while now, and it stinks that the push that got me to do so ended up being this.

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follows the military indus­trial movable conclave, all together for the holiday sea­soil December 7-18, Anno Domini. The an.!lfchists are staying at Christiania.

The United States mili­tary cqmmand at the penta-

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part of the natural world. They have now stepped outside the bounds of what is "natural." Species that re~ain inside the bounds of nature are those that keep the Earth · and ecosystems balanced. However, humans no longer contribute to the balance and cycles of the Earth. We have tipped it, and we have been slowly tipping it farther and farther .over

d he· past 10,000-y,ears; since the. mventiori: of agrl~ulfure, we have been allowed to

, increase our numbers at an exponential rate. We have conquered this planet, and by doing .so; tipped the balance so far that :we are ' ·causing a massiY.e,o:extinc-

resented in the 'sticker (on the table) that read "Thank you for not breeding." I agreed that this sentiment

At the root, if everyone fol­lows suit with their parents'

· could be specifically ap­plied to lower-class folks and, in that application, could be the remnants of a white-centered ideology based on the ancient-but­still-detrimental culture of Social Darwinism and the practice of eugenics. I also explained that, on the other hand, I could see how this slogan could wake many people (regardless of class

· lifestyles and don't take the personal responsibility to af­fect their surroundings from an authentic understanding of their own relationship to the Earth, the results will be; negative no matter what the population_.count . .

With that in mind, I found that those stickers can be reformatted to read "Thank you for being."

-PROFANE STEPHANE,

SEA TILE

or race) out of the stupor Dear SFB, of socially-constructed Loved the latest ish ... breeding obligations and And I got feedback. mindless cons.Uillerism: Get First, Kristian Williams' married, buy a house, have article was great, but why a kid (or three), buy toys was there no bio'?· This and diapers and clothes and author .has written great other single-use products stuff; the Jourmil should for each kid on a daily basis, be flaunting it when we buy each kid their own car, get someone willing to use send them to college so they their name and lend their can get an academic degree reputation to the paper. It and be able to afford to rep- . helps balance out so many licate their parents' lifestyk · arti2les coming from pen­and breeding habits so that names and · pseudonyms; it they can have kids, etc. gives more legitimacy to his

But then, after O\lf con- powerful perspective and versation was over and I sat helps him promote his great down to read this article, :f books (such as Our Enemies was conv.inced that breeding in Blue, published by .Soft and population-do not have a Skull Press). 1:1 correlation with ecologi- Also, there were a few bad cal destruction. Rather, it is · typos in the "Approaches the irresponsible behavior to Informants" side bar on of the people (in all classes and races that 'is despicable and Be .• ~ ~on.~ .... .-..~ growth just makes it appear to be exacerbated enonnou<>ly. ----·-"·'1"<- .

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that loses . credibility fo~ . ism's .,, des~cti~n of ' the ~hoine to compgst_andfertil- . :. minor reasons. pl~et .. I -~ jt.,would ~e .· iZe :frui~ and nut trees, tli~t's · ,"~.:":; __ - . · _::

The Doon1sday Moun- better to have less flashy. ac~' . cool_:_,.fuqse soil ~ol-ganisms ':-~ : ~ . tain EF! comic · was cute, · tions that are · more on.pgi.ri.t ~ ~ would:be_j~!:~· 'happy)::7·' but. too damn ··big! ,-And it with biocentric il,ltentions. .,""·. -'No.W, · to~ be::sure; there ' / was way to sub-culttiral -to .· rn closing.,this.'reyiew, cri- is the. ~ate _,e~9~sy~t~~'j that- .. ·. be that close .to the front. I tique;::ri!nt ... I lpve ~e p~p_er- c..' htcks · a plefh6ra . ·6I' shit~, : ··; .· · love hav~ng comi~s inJiere, deeply· alld am:conVi!ittedto · eaters, but· I g1,1_a1:at)tee:_~Q!l .'~:-~> ~ .: but that one should havt<, the Jouma(~ success in: rep- that-any - ~Q!est' system Sfiat_ . ' --7 ·. been smaller and towards resenting arid groWing· ·the · h·as be~n recep.tly defended · · · that back (maybe near the drrect action environmen,. by b!ockaders i~ :: not. one book reviews or updates J. tal movement. I distribute · of those. , ., · ·

Finally, about Frontlines: a lot of thein. I want them Yours, :against stupidity; · . four out of ten list~gs _ to• be rekvant and inspiring . for. more shitting in . tl).e · were Animal Liberation . outside i:ifyo1mg punk al!af~ . woods, ap,d_. for an . eco-

. Front related. They could chist cir'<les.' logicai Ni_sion ·that encom.:. •· }' -' . _, •. have been CQndensed to . ..Jt)~· iwt 'lil~e I'I;Jl calling pas'ses.m~ie than trees ahd · ... C"'

one listing. Th~ Journal . ·for some massive change. futry ·thi~gi: "i._ . .- ; · .;._ -. · ··

should not b.e primary a · (Although, come to think of' . mouthpiece for animal lib- it, I did recep.tly g~t a sqange eration actions. They have fortune cookie telling ~e· their oWn outlets (pretty that a radical ecology put>U~ damn goo& ones).- To ·put it cation could 6e•relocatllig to . ~lm.:!tly, I "' am not inspir~d pty neck of the sub-tropics by ·hearing of s-al:iotag(( . in the fu{Ure ... weird, huh?) against small and ·n1e<ii.um , I j\!St ~ail.~ tQ s~~- lfS us; pll!' meat and leather business publication to the:fiille.st: -: . · owners in other countries. For·a worHl .without~-bor~­I'm not opposed to it; I just ders, prisons or feir ·.<)f.,. don't think it serves the butchering our own food,· · goals of the Journal ' welL -P ANAGIOTI TsOLKAS Here in cflorida, Seminoles and ·Florida Crackers have a cattle-ranching culture that predates factory farming and a larid ethic that 'we can . . learn a lot :from. Thest< short Frontlines _provide. no con­text about the so_uice of the

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.. , at tiyists,shiit do~ .the annual ' power stations and stop the ex- ture and storage, carbon offsets, ·-- · --~ ':,. co!JfeJeh~e~f.t,li~"<porifederation tension of ljeathrow·airport. In·. biofuels and nuclear power- ·

· Q.f_ -Europ~arL·Busmess:. in Brus- April, ·activists blocked streets . empraced by the EU . and to a · - tfte: · ·Wednes- · in London's. financial .district to · ·lesser degree by some of the more

and _tptoi.est ;.t:P.e EU emi~_sjoJ;ls .trad-. -.!Jlaip.stream green outfits as the '}rig sch~me. ' · - -- . _ maill strategies to tackle climate · · · Tnotigh .. it !as ted two hour~ change--::haye P,een (j~ounced l:>y ..., · before police lJSed pepper spray,.,_.,GJ~~~ ':~false solutionS.'~ ·

. to. disperse· some of the adiv- They also say that industri-"-'llu~cu,cAlarm;; .. isis and arrested 20, the October alized countries owe an "envi­

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minutes hefore' 9.:00-·am> EtJ .. : - :ffivesf:" lie idded: -"They· ~howcf officials-had lentthe . : . . . Into. ·the' :dieeting and de-

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BY .STORM

In the December edition of Environmen­tal Science . and Technology, Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning Prof~ssor Brian Stohe published a papet that suggests that policymakers need to address the influence of global deforestation and· urbanization on climate change, in addition to greenhouse gas emissions. A synopsis of this paper and the issues surrounding it appeared in an article in the November 11 issue of Sci­ence Daily entitled, "Reducing Greenhouse Gases May Not Be Enough To Slow Cli­mate Change." According to Stone's paper, though the international community met in Copenhagen in December tO craft a new framework for responding to anthropo­genic global heating, policymakers need to work to extensively broaden the range of management strategies beyond just green­house gas reductions alone.

Duh! There are EF!ers-at?d a few others­who have been talking about this for more than 20 year~ and they've experienced much frustration at the difficulty many people seem to have in understanding and incorporat'irig this issue into their worldviews and strate­gies. There are Indigenous peoples who have known this for centuries, often because they learned the lesson the hard way: the Mayan civilization clearcut and eroded ·itself right into the dark deplhs of humynity, as have others . .

. ' ""Across the US as a whole, approximately "s·o percent of the warming that has occurred since 1950 is due to land use changes (usually tn t]).e.form of clearing forest for crops or cit-

.. · ies) rattier than to the emission of greenhouse - ~e5,'~ s . es · · .- ·: s -·cme-r~ "Most large · US cities, incluchng- A-tlanta, are warming at more than twice the rate of the planet as .a whole,· a rate that is 1J10stly attributable . - . . ~ .

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wholesale clea~cuthng' of forests l'ln.d drain- ·aheady, where_ ~~ :many 'h~~- imd.'non­ing of wetlands by the -Egyptians, )G:te~k~, " humyn:creatures -ar~ homeless. - :. · ". · -Carthaginians and ~omans as they sh·oyeto · Twoyea!s 'ago; M:·ahie Eiuth'First! a~d ~a_- ··­expand their respective empires. The des~rt hve-:Forest Network-'Gulf of Maine :..partici­we see there today is far more extreme tha~ pated in several week,s ·.ot publis hearing's, -it would have been otherwise. sponsored by Maine's· Land · Use· Regula- ' ·

Current climate science research-both tory Commission . (U}RC) _:regarding this that of on-the-ground observation of cur­rent climate changea_s well as that projected by increasingly refined and sophisticated climate models-indic(ltes that what is hap­pening now and that which is to co~e will likely be . ~onsiderably worse -than: what has beeri· projected even in recent ·yea-rs: 'While most everyone in moderate, liberal, left, pro­gressive, and radikal circles are now jumping on the anti-emissions bandwagon (~Worthy ef{ort ,, to be sure), very ~ew-eveh in green activist .comin_untt~es:;-are_ tall<ii).g_abo_ut this ­othei facet,ofhu'iny'n:•causea global heating, . niuch less tackling it-' f. h~ndful g(.us:be~t our heads against the wail tfu,mpeting tl!is ' message continua1ly, and that's ·saying noth.­ing about Indigenous peoples' efforts (who · almost nobody else on Earth cares to listen to :anyway) regarding this. This · oversight · is particularly mind-boggling in ecocentric movements like ours-where we have people questioning ·Earth . First!'s overall _relevance . in the 21st Century (as if the other essential underpinnings of EF! pave somehow waned in-significance). · · · · · · · : · .,-~.

In · a _world where virtually 'nobody else is acknowledging.:_much · fess · grappllng with the role "of shabby land-use polfci'es in destabilizing · tne ~;;Earth_'s diinate:_it would seem that we--in EF! have ohr:work.

.. cut out for ~s . Our . ~dversa~ies . are . veiy· :, aware of this issue, however.· It is no acci- . dent .th,at..peo~le lik~ tV G~ore:_won't t~u(;fi it" wfth~ltf·foot.pc:>le. (caat alienaf~J' 0£ t~ special-interest cliques no.w, can we?) : It's no accident that this issue is so "overlooked'~ by _ .

. so many and:·thatthose : :extremely ~:<::oiitrbversial-.) project/ Rac\ikal scieni:i'sts:::-(ls: well _ 'as _ ·e:&Vironme_IitaljS'ts ' .brQ"ught ·' to .- tlie ·. table .. . l.-..

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-~S~J.IEt fire'' hax:@y ~·a:udiple -}:the~ey'ebrow~ of manY' people (inchtding ~in the .dicoph6ny 'that · ' LDRC offi.Ci9-ls) .-who "*~re~· l~gely uriaware · s the ·- "glo·bal 'chan.ge"· _of ~this.· trucia_l component ·to . tP:e ::Ciimate ·~: ~craze ~'nifs ' created. · Tli~ ~'equation: ~ ~r-u:Rc unally~ 'miide ,. its·'£aecisfon

· oil and · gas outfits at the beginning of thi§ AutuniP,-, and, af-who know their qark ·_ ter4 hrowiqg ,4s _a tll~b~l bo}?.e~ir;i · tlie'Jo.!m -'day l.s c_omil]:g to a close-.·,. of ·a .fo.otnote, . s~~tir}i·tha't t l(mate' might ari.o want ~!o gobble up - pe an issue; ruled in favor of Scum' Creep ·

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. before ·the -· LUJiairi_ - ~ on~Mops'eheact-·ta·l(e. -we: ar_~ 'appea;Iirig .-this . falis (h~~p. _- t'o · 'Appala-'" decision, and we're n_o( sto ppi_rtg tfiere :. too· ch~a -!~te1y? ·. ??w~ ab~tit . )riu~~J~ ~(st~~~ · ~ .::_) ...... ;)_' : . -_ . .:·.:~ :~~-::~-~; ~:·"::~~ ,-~~-

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, _ , _ .. _ .- . across-; > .· ~. -~ , . . i§ 'already ~:.J,a:ui_lchJp-g , .. cOntin~e . tp ·-..;pusl) .. tilE( ' ~~iU:J.ate/lfind:us;e . /. -to.· land·. U_Se cnange. A_s - ~ resu.it, >emis~iotJ.S '~cJ:aifus.'-tp_at .. ':gfotiaJ W~fming will take ()Ut . conne<;tfpn t() .t_he forefrqnt .as part of OUr , ·, :-' "

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· -~ re.ductiQn progp,!Iils~like -tli~'.cap:ap.d~trad¢ -;:.th,~se forests, so let's liquidate them now . , . . .. , . . .. . . . . :_,_- pro&tain ,_:under :}:b~§1ci~fi:!io~~:by·- fh.¢ us ·- ~efore it's ' to6iate~ " Even if they are ~ cpr~ _' !-·:sloWing: ~t:n~- rate of :forest~'- _-_.· -. . G5)II.gres~may ·not· stiffic1ently slo'\V' -C~iniate· reCti. the~e ~urrent ecosystem's will. serVe;-as -• -- :. · - · ... _- . . _ . .. . . · ., . . :. · - -~. · .·

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. / r,egeneratmg lost..:forests could-sxgmficantly Any questions?· ·. . ·· ·. · ·~ . ; . . . · . . ·",_ . _ _ -: -· '~: ,,_{_ > .~' • • ~- •• - --

_.:·: slf;rw\he ' p'!<;~--of _ g~obal h~~!ing.__ . , · , This article~was w,ritten·in'Maine, which-is ·the pace~·ofgloba}_ heating~:~ . :--:' :: , ... , A _ ~-o!fimon :- ~ikpnception -regafdin.g ·: li_o~e to-amon.g qtP,,erJ _Iiteresting _tl!j_ngs-:- -- ,~~ .· · _- · . . _ . _ _ · _ : · . · . · . .. :- , aath.IoJ??.g~nt'c·_ ~&Job~at ~li~atfng~ (~·t{c.I\ ~ ···. til:e_ l'arg~st .t;uidevelop~(iZ.:~I:ae~e~s~~iJ:?. the· :)f~or,ts.-Alqiig With·tl)edefep.s~_.9,.~ all ·rem~in-

. more .. accurate, termfnot6gy-:_ than globaL Lower 481 easf'oftli'e Mjssissippi. River. The ' ing . .:ecosy-sfem$ must come mass, w.fio,les'ale '-· - ' ·· ' ... -~, ..-..--':'- ·:< .. .. f ... ~"->-;· _-~ ~-"":'-: ,~. - ., '=" >1-r:f_- .... ,._.o: •• · ~: .... ~._ : ~.~ _ • ,...•- )· _- , .. ___ , -~-- • ~

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·.}heWoddTrade()rganization: Pirating the Planet The Global Free Logging Agreem~nt

The "accelerated tariff liberalization" in the SPS agreement 'is an attempt by the US ~ and Canada to remove remaining import taxes, I.mown as tariffs, on processed wood products in order to penetrate Asian. mar­kets. A study by the FOiest and Paper Asso- . ciatiori shows that reduction of tariffs would result in a three to four percent increase in global wood consumption (clearly their goal). Increased consumption means increased log­

making this a virtual "Global Free ~o~mn1g Agreement" (FLA). In Britain, the \~1:ro·Ouctlon · of non-trade measures into

· agreement could lead to the outlawing n 'til! tnr·,..,t protection schemes. The FSC pro­

the use of GE trees. while providing and international wood cer­

for the labeling of well-managed products. sinister FLA is being pushed by Mon-big timber, big oil with in-and investments · in hopes

it will produce planta-and thus make

commodity marketplace. ~> <>'.t;Qn ·•~

Agreement op Ag­: srp.~~l farms . against

effiCi4mt agnbusiilesses in both . non-industrialized parts ,

world, with disastrous consequences small-scale agriculture and rural commu­

nities. GE agriculture is especially pervasive iri so-called"third world" nations (with the niost So, regardless of how

,taJrm•ers decide to growr..'bi~­... ~:""· .. ~· ·. -. Fuftfu:e{ AOW

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nt~ has tb.~~ghdb"take: ~-· farmers to urt if they collect and use seed~ .

_toothef nations; see from its patented plant varieties-inducting· .· prlncip~e" . as crudar to state sovereignty. As GE seeds. Monsanto has opened more tha a result of this deadlock, biosafety protocol · autlwrity on food safety standards for the 475 such seed piracy cases nationwide · .£i:9'f?~bJy has 'go p10re tt:Iaria SO~?,Qfhanceof· world: Th~s agency pq_ses a signific~p~ thr~at This article oljginally appeared . . the EF! ]

-.being. enacted .. A US .Foqd_ and '.Drug Admin-;; ! o.'cons}lme! protections and-drastital.lylit.ll:., .;Sq_mha(n edition, Nevem.ber:-D'ecember, 1999. istration _{.FDAf_ 129Z rule prechi~es-.tiie FbA - its-consumers' right to ,. - " _"""ifiick issues o(tne EF!] i:ire available for $5 each.

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N30: International Roundup~£ Actions '•

continued from page 1 Firially, in'. Seattle, people frqm all ov~r detained outside: citizens must step in to shut down the .Northwest con~en~d in _Seaftle to attenq the Phoenix Con­coal plants." the P~ople's Sum1f1.Wff<:>~·Novemb~r_27:29 . . vention Cent.er

In New York City, an MCJ rally assembled Keynote speaker, Amy. Goodril~n, spoke ori . for . a brief . time, outside of Bank of America to protest the grassroots ergani~ers, a·nd._other wq{J<sb.qps b"4t man;:tged··tp bank's investment in false solutions (anti- convened covering issues from fmmig'ra- e.lude arrest up climate policy lobbying) and exploitation tion to employment and climate' change, . a workers' rainp. of natural resources (investment mountain On November 30, a contingent . o(protes- and onto the· light top removal, oil ·& gas e~ploration, etc). tors followed up the Sum_mit with demon- rail, proving Sher:­NASA climate scientist, Dr. James Hansen, strations against Bank of America and Chase · iff Arpaio's plans spoke on the "privatization of the atmo- Bank. At the latter location, two demonstra- fo.r a perfectly sphere" via cap and tr;tde to the rally, which tors performed an act of non-violent <;iyil surveilled society then chanted until a marching band broke disobedience, locking down to Chase Bank . are completely out, ieading the protest to its next destirta- ~ · ridiculol.is. · . tion, the Natural Resource Defense Council a On .the ' last day- 'of ·action, DS, , mor~ · (NRDC). At the NRDC building, protestors demos emerged around the w.oi_l<!. ~irsf, · acted out a street theater performance of in Portlapd;. an estimated . 700 peopl~ . activists chasing corporate . lobbyists, polit~- marched> or( Portland SJ:ate Un!versity . ~o . cians, as well as the NRDC's own prop1ot- demonstrate · their support for "~rning . ers of false solutions and the gnm reaper around the WTO." Teach-ins and ··house down the street: Briefly taking the street, the -. parties wer~ alSo · c.on_ducted in Tt,t~son, march of over a hundred like-minded activ- · Arizona, and other Cities t!iroughout: 1¢xas ists stood up to the police ranks, vans and and_ Minnesqta, · reflecting a shared vision ' motorcyclists present. A team · entered the betwe~n , <;l~mate ~nd trade ju.stice activ~ ' NRDC to engage officials in a discussion, but ·, ists. In London, England, 40,000 people" were prevented from climbing the stairs by as a crowd encouragingly chanted, '"Chase =-marched ·thrdugh · the streets in a :';Stop police. One dedicated protestor was arrested Bank, Climate Criminals!" Police arrested Climate :-Chaos1

' ·march, on 'necelllbei:· 7; for allegedly attempting to chain themselves the two, wrapping up the N30 actions in police arrest~d 31 ~emo~s~rators shutting to'. the front doors, but-the protest continued Seattle. As with the WTO actions in 1999, . down Chevron headquarters in San Ramon; undeterred for. soine time. . .. however, the first day was only the beginning, California, and act~<ms continued to mount

Further rallies took place throughout and resistance in the US was oply the tip of in preparation for the Copenhagen-Climate _ New England-in Portland and . Bangor, the iceberg. · .. · - · · Talks of COP15. · · · Maine and Burlington, Vermont-but the InlndiaonN30,over2,000vill~gerSmarched Midwest was not' to .. be outdone. In Chi- to-the Coca-<;:ola'plan_t ·in Mehicjgan:j, ·chan~­cago, zoo· climate ~cti;lsts thronged to the ing ''ShutDown Goca-Cola" arid "-C~ate]uS: financial dist:p.<;t, targeting the Chicago Climate tice Now!". As the worst drought in 40 years ExchaQge. Ap.gie Yiands, of )1ainforest Ac- rampages through lndia; ~-Cola's pOllu­tion Network (RAN) Chicago, .expbtined the · ti~IJ. of watE;!_ supplies ~~:U:~hou~ ~e s~bcon­relt~vance of · local action to interna,tional tinenfhave erirag~ man,y.~~~dlal Ma5ter, an struggles like the December 15 climate-talks orgahizer with the l{~y' ~omriit,mitf-orgamz~ . in Copenhagen: "From Chicago to Copen- ing group, Lok ~ti; ·· · "COca"Cola

no,we~rtttl. ~vu•va'u"~" are cashing ~ · _ ~ot to lit~rs

concern der to make a buck. Carbon trading institu- livelihoods. Coca-Cola must shut down." Per­~tions like the Chicago. Climate Exchange are force, Coca-Col;:t's f:).aims to ~ ~wa,ter.neu~al" .

privatizing the air we breathe and handing ·. in Mehdiganj have ~n P!'OY~Ii" 'inJ,iSleading" · . OV~r rig~t~ to the ;ltffiOSphere to the }Jigge~t and "impOSSible" by itSO~~st:upy. ~·:~:~ . "'"· I>cilluters; ··Gartion) Trading is a fraudulent · Much of the action~ of N9y~mbet 30 took

market that~_inten~ifies - sopiaT injustice;' does . ~_place in G~ne'va, · SWitzerpi,rjd, ... wher~ this . not red~e _eniisslq~~ jn a mean1rigful'way,.:-:::year's . WFO · Mlnistetfai:t!~hk place. Four ·_and acts as .a - dangerous_~ distraction --from "'thous~n'd non,-violent' m;arJ:!i:er~ - talli~d ~to · . t~~ r.eal climate ~qlu!f~ns-we urgently need. '!. -~-- demonstrate -thel(aiss~nt~g~iQ.st.t~e WTO~ . A "Battle of . Se<ttt!e'!-s~le'i-lockqown-'took , itieeting. Discussi_ori.s ~.morigthe;TH> ·mfuis­

_place, as 12 peopl~arrns..Jocked together ters inside ran in circles, :according to press through cement tubes-blockaded a central reports. Talks concentrated_ on the · '~D_oba

. intersection and shlit dowri~Chicago's finan- · round" ofJ alks .Witfi<fut a~tUallf ·engaging . ciaHecror for two ~rut ··ftouFs: 'b~fc;>re-beil'!g·~:: "' in them.)Fi' fact, all the engaging-was going

.reste~. "This is. a m.ess(lge·thaf we will not · on··outside .oLtli~ conf~te)i~, as_ roughly ·. al!ow of.fichtl~ and negotiators to forget fr<:>m 200 rioters . str!Iggled . agairistj >alic;e con­

hmh:in/'-Viands declared. "We will be· back ·trol, breaking windows, s~tti~g.'~ars ablaze, until.we ·areheard." -.· . . . . and desperately attemptipl.to disrupt t~e · · MCJ ·'Yest sprun,g J nto ac~ioh. in ·s~mi .... ·: elites in their quixoti~. q':l~st } ci 5onquer. -lar fashwn. After ca-reful and cautwus · the world. · : · ,: ._ ·~~ ~.t~ .; p!anning, .. ove'r. 300~ ~ctivists in Sari Frap -.· • _ .. At;tivists . i~ Canada_. pi.c;:k.e{ u~. t~?-e·. slack

. Cisco r~lhed at Just_ICe H_ermann Plaza :In . fqt_. the· n~xt .week, giviilg the public a few _ ;. th~ morning,_ and ·marched down Market refreshing reminders that Seattle was still !!"'-SJreet chanting "System...-Change nof, Cli- . a·,battlefield well into. December of 1.9.99.

m:'ate Change.!" The ~.crowd ·halfed outside - A 'c-onsistent stream of six successful sit-ins , o~ Bank " .· wl!~f~ two dozen · ac- , acros.s , ~h~ nation; _ w~g~q.;.:~gain~t, pol~ti­

~dans;· false ' solutions iJ'romoters '·· ana s Jft:r -sands a~vpc~;es~~·hi~h:~d th~ c;u~- · -try frqm November ZZ.J'Q . I)eceinb~r s. ·

· offices of. Cariadiar?Ji'nv-i(onrrient ~ MinisterJim ·Prentice, Labour Minister Ron(! Ambrose, Finane~ .. Minister -Jim _Flaherty, 1vHP.ister·Gary: J.;@n, Minister

· of Transport · infra.stnfG~tu;:'e ' ~:Rct~Coro­munities, John Baird;-~:ri.d tihally, Tory · .

· Me:r:nber' of Parliament, Andrew Saxton ~ ,.. '· ' '• . .. . '-'.;;.. - '

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ti~i~ts l9<;ked-'c;lownofo } ach · en!ran.ce .. Th~ _Mean Phoenix ·activ'ists di~.~pted .a. -protest ended· at ~:3Q pm,. but not before JP luneheori~- They.~~bbed · 23 activists h(ld-been arrested, . apd <! de.ar '· the addressed the · · · ·

- m_essage::-.had· beetj. ~ 's~ht to . the. establish-·;-,. with."chants . 'Iileni:· 0E: -t~e .urgency of .a~tiori- to ~O!J.tra~ _.~

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on Coal in West Virginia . · lhe, dates of .O<::tober 8 imd· Oc-12, . a mile long Senior . Citizens

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anest4::>_l_rl, West Virginia, _and. Energy's Mammoth mine

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. . _ . . _ authorities for. 15 - -HbiJi~,~~~ Polar ~eais Spearhe!ad Scottish_ - . years called. for the _

, Day: of~Actj.otf .: -- : .. • .... ". _ ..;_. - ~ ~- ':relocatioQ. of .20,0QO. ' · y.vhen'Rising Tipe _~allecri riati~nal ciai of· citiZ'er)s _ befor~-- ,the,~

}ocal-actioR'OJl Oqo~er 15, tQepolar, bears __ . popuj i;lrj:ey olt. ~ .:­_cam;e Jl} ~oic~ :-· ~-ea~i_v.~ tn~; 'c_liarge ag~i.J1§t _' . . -- . . > > . ?;' ~ c :. ': - . -> ._- " -~., _ ,' ~ ~-~

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Inhabitants of San Jose del Progreso who are affiliated with the Assembly of People United. for the Valley of Ocotlan in Defense

. of Narure arid Popular Autonomy got a boost from the Asamblea Popular de los Pueblos de Oaxaca (APPO), occupying the townhall (Palacio Municipal) on November 18 in _at­tempts to eVict the . :rp.unicipal president Osc1;1r Venancio M<qiinez Rivera. :Rivera sup­ports a mine roundly opposed by residents in the area. The next day, at nine in the morning, security guards a:rmed with sticks, ropes, and machetes gliarded the occupied towri hall, taking five councilors and seven municipal police as prisoners, capturing a

. municipal police vehicle, and demanding ·that Martinez Rivera resign his position. The rebels released all hostages safely and negoti­ated with police after ·hours of occupation.

Finally, IndigenQus Mayans ·blockaded a road leading to Cancun on November 27. Police arrested 200 ejidos (communal farmers) for their action, which drew at-

-tention . to the Mexican Government's neglectful failure to compensate small farmers for th_~ failure of this year's mon­soon season.

h()PI?le~s. B~l1;1r · qe~n;s ,, blocJ:<~P~.~-.:the, __ ~()~al _.;DP.~ .... ;'. ;-~· .. . , · . .-. . . . _ - .- .. _-::. BapJ<_ o~ S~otlqnd (RBS)=--"a Je~dmg fi:ganqer . , Aft~r ~~cent terror stnke.s · Cig'!mst Jnd1g- , _

.- -~:; 'j" ~;... ~ ()f o:J.lang gas--:-f9!~~ix~~ii:<! ajy~l(ho~rs. :]l!st,f en()us IJ.~ople ~yc paiarnilitarie~ _ ii_J." QctobeJ;f -··-::: . }~-; kidd!flg;fb}Y;eiJ,~ s.q~<;>~~- 'J'h,e __ a~i_vis!,~_ !n __ b~~I->·- ~~s~stap.se;,_ i:q the state blo_o,.,tE~d: in ·

:. " · · _ cc;>~fl!m_e~ -~~.!;·ag.,~d:_~~ge~ <?f!;cWi0::~'~ill~J~~~?'AI9;1;1Qq:_,:\~9tJz_~17~1 ,_{a~~~s ~!90¥ -· . . -~·obstrut!!'ng _tli_e pu):>l~c hl~ll'Y~Y ~1tp .a .n~!k ,.1.JJ'T .of_q~e :m <;;:!WlP5iS, ,Mepc~-gn Ar.fnt."~_ ·T -·{ _.

·-- · · m &tor-vehitle". (i.e~ a suin~s-e).}'hey·.forkei;i · 'The ·Emiliano Zapata Camp~sii_J.os' OrgaJ?.i,?a-., · over ·'less than $3Q. ea~ll . J?efore ":'goil!g ~0· -.. tion '(C?:~:Eo~)_clai.rns th~ttJI.ft {arm~ts o·s0ipie9 ..

picke!. the R~S br~nch qrol],nd ·tlie-corn~!: _ ;·~: : the buil~irig t<?::ge(t~re.~··P~tttical piiso~ers :. • .. . -_ .. ~ ~- . . '_ · .~ .. , ~- - ~ .. ahd tb bring ·attention to the need for !anq

More Scotti~h Actions .t\,gajrtst .Coal· · . -· '_ ·~ 1 rfght'f-iri 1l • ~..x!co's . poorest state::The police . _ _ <~~gnyniol)s~ ~~b9J.eui:S'Jiil!pgthemselv~('~~ _' c}alm, tli,~~ three ~fl!lpris<Jne<;l ~cti_v~sts pl~y~d. a_ ·

. __ . __ . _·, _- - · .grotip-2,f ~utq!l-@!Qo~~ l~~ppley le_rytj!leir-pJoveti · _ . tole 'ir, tl)¥ S~nal()a d~gsatt:~l, bu_t In~i~ttno~s. , -· , ..,., -~ - .--. -biru:::;no~k!7Y-~en~):les to .:tl}~:~u..s~ t?nJ ?-c:fobet : :groups __ tl~ tli~y, a:!~ actually iriJ.pot tal).t ac- ·

_ · · ·-i 'i /- -~Q, bieii'Ki~g two l1~~Vy._dri1Jin9,v~ltlc!~~ iJ.J:cgle _: . tivi~t_s. 1Jl.e o¢oip,!l_ti_on occurr~ll.Afi:e!.::<t ~eek, · · M~~~'Wiiodw~~-- 11!.~ sp:.llg&!~~agains_~-fu.e . of politjcal _aq.d socia!rnE!bili~ti~_p le,adj ?Y .

coal ~ter.e~~'--in. that areaisJ'g_~ O!,t!i~· ong<;>~I;l& : i:hre~ groups: j:~e .. ~c~p!lil~Jn!ty.f>f_f<!ith_ (~eb- ; camp(ligrf·ib.~Sco!}<,t.J!-d to~touf!op.t:th$._co~1:1i~ -· lo .<!teyente)-TzotzilJ \egion, Th~ Otp:er~am- .

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. _ . - __ _ ~ - : .-:· • • o.-- < grquJt.:a~(nil)d a."common _ pu'f-.,·_::!lli_g~~~-~::a~~p_e~~~~\fay;-:t~ ·,::~~: ;:~-~- ;;-~:.: .~-~ _'-:':-;;~; ear - lA : U ~ .--- pos~-~ese contacts are :keyfot A 'l~k·box, :is ·a ::st~l:-pjpe,~-:-gi.t , ~~· : .\i •:.';' >( : ~ - . - ~ _ __ " -: _ -- -. ~t :if~.- wM!-t~fy._: -~ .i~tnl"t9> atc.2Pt.~ :, ;-.t.O.l::J."'(J;';P¢..9pte,,:,~t.tttP.i-; i?iiJ~n,g_~ e;J.!~;~ ;~,~; ~:>:r;/;, .­

we live in a subdivision (not Dear Earth Animal Defender, -: .. plish i~ th~ not_·t~s~t~~ _ s.Jd~J~ sJ,~e:·'~~ ~--~e,!r_~s: ·;~ _·> < - 7 ~ _.,~ C a place to live if you value ani· I must say, your letter came as ~!!Jier~sa tlm~foq:~eUti9.1}~ :: tog~er. _wi~i;n; : ~(:-~~(k9ve. '> .:-_ •• <-~ ., . ; mals and the earth!). Behind a breath of fresh air on a crisp an<I'Cillingdty hall, and a time"· casing. "~~~.:.bOx~sLchave··· ~n: .•. ··. ' our house is· approximately winter's morning, but what's· a · for direct action. '-'-~- -- -.- - ,_::- -. -. ·"" u~ecf~ugh~l;l~-~~1-~:~l\""--;·:::- .--300 plus acres that was owned crisp winter's morning without The .fitst Jstep to a gooo:-old: -- Z~,- ~a~_se'''they ··~-:-~~~()_~· ... ~~-:·-" -.. -·- "'·' by Exxon and then sold to the ashes ofdevelopmentblow- fashionecf eco.:C~paigir is ~dis~>"' diffi¢U~t:.,.to:-?sa_w~~$ougll~~~h~. ;.:-., · : "< ·: ·-:-. some or other greedy develop- ing away in the wind. I must ad- semination, and nothtitg·show's U-locRs>or· exposed· ~liai.~~: ,:or .·· / ·, , ·: -· ers. The area is teeming with mit, if you want a lawyer, you're off the dignity of the Earth like course, thepi~ct,A:ctiy~ 1-!tihual _- -. -- ·- - _- - ·: . : wildlife, and I have been do- bar~g up the wro~g tree With a banner drop. Primitive writ- -- goes into--:more detail abOut .su- -;:.- -: -.--; . : ... ing . everything I ·can- to save · · me. I understand your com~it- ing is a plus; as you paint an 'per fock !>(1x~s; l~king. ci6wrrtci: ·- . . -.· -- >< this land. Presently, the land ment as much as I understand incendiary slogan··on .a patch~ · .cars, ind creating roid~IJ.l~c}ci, :·,_ --,_:--- ,_ is zoned for commercial de- your frustration, and my ad- work banner of ·-drop-cloths, All of that stuff ~ay work_- out' velopment, and the present vice is, if you haven't had luck bedsheets and other available for you in the fufure,.:-but-.:for owners are trying to get it finding lawyers yet, dump the recycled materials. · "Stop the now, lets-move on, to-·otir:final switched to residential as resi-. search for the starchea collars. Development" might turn S<>me step. If yo-i.t' want ,.t<?· .help _ wi~h · ::; : dents have been furious about Unless the big liberal groups are · heads, for instance, but the kids these . actions~ but·' arep'f :Sur~ ·-· - ··- .-. · the possibility of commercial ready to join you, it's not worth today love more catchy slogans: . - about locking down, (enie~ber~· - . development. ·I do not want the effort. It's tii:ne to get your Either way_, you will be rewar9ed that legal ~uppprt.and poli~e 1~-- ;

·..:. any ·development. So much of hands dirty! .fpr your small interruption of alscms an'tf m~a.cs: are cri.tdattQ::. --the land in this town is de· I'm assu~ing: -that, like· any - the ~ally milt·· · )'_our .sucCes_s~~ . _ ~: --~ ~~ -stroyed daily, and yet there good eco~defender, you've gone . . Make your pres_ence known to If yo~'ve , trle_d .• evetyt~!ng, - · '-' are so many empty stores. to the . _town . belli" meetings).;':.,~Jhe'~qev:eli:.pers: by· locking them and the -pup~ic : a~f· actiiig"· or~ :-But it is always about dollars, you've talked the subject/ 't.ip to -~ §uf:~fthei~ o\m office. If you : th~ state _ aint buyi!i_g· itl;co!lle ·~ as usual, and zero thought your friends until you're blue thirik $~ir office_ is too remote, find me· when you'r~ ready -~q; · · ~ __ ,_ ~-for the animals. I have writ- intheface,andbynow;you've .tiylocking'd9wrho-one;oftbeir · occup~_some -liii<lf'\~--:_-:-' ·_>'-· . -·~ ..... + -.

ten to attorneys-no one has probably resorted to tlie.compa- financial ,backers~ -N:ow,-.lets _an · J:!ea~- __ N'ed LUf/.d IJas }iem:. ii~' _:: : ~:- · ~-been prepared to help. This is ny of trees-who probably seem reach into our back · pockets- _ lrre~l~[ ciJllf_inrr''_i~ · the ,~F_!l for ·• · ::· __ ·.. . . . -something that needs full time much more understanding at and pull out our Earth First! Di- matzX;y__eafs;._and:tJu( :matefi'!t·'J;L ~ ~ _ ·, 'c~· "·}:-,

commitment, and I am unable this point. Surely, though, your teet Action Manual~ Skip past all ' the 'b'ook ·Ecodefensdargery. CQmes "··-_: -I: ·J_-

to give it 100 percent as I work dedication .has . amassed a list that stuff about affinity groups from, this space: It serves as a:{i:J:;_· . - _ . and do animal rights stuff as of contacts·who share your ~is- · -an4legal issues, and open up to rum for 'the-discussion of cre¢tive~- ~_;;.. :.-well. Do you know any en vi- sent-you may have even visit- page ·s 1:. here's the stuff ~hat'll and 'diverse . means to · effeCtiye1ji - . •-' · ~- - ·. ronmen tal attorneys willing ed the local infoshop and given help:you-plan your lock''down·. · , ~ef~tL:tJt__i Earth';_ N_e~th~~ -~~e~§FJ ~' , " -.. _;, _ .;;:- . -. to help-willing to stop the a talk there about this crisis, or -You ,can lock y0ur -~eck to· just movement nor·the·EFIJ 1iece$sarily"'- . ~-, destructio~? I have no idea put out a call to yotit area'for an about anythinl -"'.using Kryp~ -ineoim~ges anyone to-do thithing{ / · .~ ~- · - - "- , . where all the deer, raccoons, EF! group (hopefully;· if , there's tonite {)-locks. :con~ider. gefi!.n&_:.:.·-d_iscu:Ssetf·:·~n~-,,thi~ lpage/c. which~· ~ . ·_i, _, opossums, skunks and many not a band of rabble-rousers qr- your affinitY group· t9get~er to should not be legally:coiJstnied a~~ -. _ _. others will go when the devel- ganizing yet, you can put a fire"':,· .occupy the offi¢~'s lobby,-(or~:>'-_ anrtllfni othetJiia_n 'Jrninaless en:'?.:-: ... opers start their destruction. · under their, asses). Ideally, · you irig' fi' 'human ·octopus· oy lock: _ :'tflrf:(lirzmerz£ Please:' Writ_i_"tO.~'Neti:"·-, ; , ~- ·- " -Sincerely, have found several other folks ' ing each 9t:hers'' 'rie~ks together':':'f-_viii1heiF:! Tl£.ith }f.Wi tQjl::t{ps· o;j"' -:, ;_ - ~:.:_ "'--.Earth Animal Defender interested in supporting you, in a circle. If you ·have~ a little · ecodefense'.:;-,~~· "' : , .... ,_, ~ ·: ' ',:...':: -- _ ·- ,-

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AMP·Goai ·Piant Construction Canceled ' RNC "Milwaukee 3" Sentencing ... _ The piopps~d :cons~ruction o!~ ~A-:-Arn:~tl- --. -,,_'f~o . of th_e_ "Milwaukee . 3"_- ·g~fend~~t.~-:·:1, _,_~~a\:lla -~

can . M~]licipal Powe_r · (AMP), coal plant in we~e ~~menc~.d _ _pn _Novein:!Jer 1-P.:a.I!c;l~ ~lj~i~~ · ­Racine/ Ohio, was cancelled ' on November ,, tiha va'na and .Kah~h ·Meissner eacli gon .eVL fie:ratiu!e~s=fhr<)tiSJth;c•ut -tliie"e;~erifrig/:iDtq[te'5i'teis 25. The AMP Ohio, corl)6tate_;- offite·-fn: :co~ -_:efi years~ o(~prob~tion/:eigi}t1'h"o1frs · of. co~~ __ l<ept _ --~~cirlg," <;limbing . :: lumbus was ~he target of :the ~arth First! inunity servfce eachmonthfortwo· years; , ~-- ahd ·eri.foyiil_(J?~a artd~ot,:·,, .. __ . ___ -- ~~~f .. _. ·(,(c • • _ .--.

post~Round River.Rendezvous action on July $100 fin~ and an order to pay stand~rd co:gtt _ by supporters ~.who' were unable'::'to'"atteiid:~ :'' -. ·: - --­_7, 2008, w-\lere·· 100 -EF!ers ' assembled..-.()L.~:fee'~. AJthough thet~were fO:rtunat(d o avoid". 'Pollte~'.inad'e<threa:ts>hu ~·no.~ ifteit;;-were~-·- -_ - -- ~-~ --~ _, these: '16\ir lb~ked ~ d6w:it ~and: twb7~~t~I!q'e,d . ~sp~P.dW~ ci!l~; mo~e~Yime·m · jail;' dutiiig ·the m~de·· arld ·.Work Was · halted;"foi · fotir~'D,ours·:; . . - ., ,,---thefla,g polls out fr6Qt-deliverlng niessag- , hextsevenyea-~s, they.!~ll h~.ve to_-abi~~ by ~ Yisjt~j-vww.GA.TEwAY.si:Jcr<S)~R"G/i~for -· ~dClfpbnal~- _ __ _ • es via clfants, songs, banners and signs't :see_ _ restrictive . conq~~oiis, includiQg opt~iniP,g , upd~tes.: -_ .• , .' ':>:~-'':_·'~ -~>::'' .. · :>-4,F "-~ >!_~--:: .':'2.?:) · · ··" < ·:- --:' _ , . _ ... EF! f "September-Oct<;>ber 2008). Residents permission to_leaye Minnesota: ~d;i>cilti9~ .. ··L, . <;.,... ~~-_.·< _ -.• F ':\· -,: ·:;:. "-~--::"""_2*· ·:h- ·. 1

"' _·( J. '\ • • • - • ..- . • ¥ ::t ,· •. . - -:~ --- -- -. - . ~ __ , -· - -.. - - - -; .-- ~ ~ ... .r,_. . - ~ of Meigs County had. opposed _this _ prqje_ct -. patil~g in ~l!atever educational-or _v-ocatioi;iaf,::- O~):he~:f;~~ ,Aije$tS.:P.£·sllmffi'erYl OQ8 _-· . - . -s~~ce ~its . 'pt§P~s~l ;in _zoo~: guei,to )t~- ~e'g~ l~P:t9&!*m~~g:that)~!equ~~-td. :~s 'isJlswi~~~:~-~i.,~':]Ji~e':i~~ '~!?:~!~~d·-ef!nn~~i~nt!f9(~l:io~e-?,: : _' ~1ve effect~_ op. thetr health (f!:~~ the re_s_ult- .. felp~y c_~~es, p~A s .. ~e.I-~~ --~~~~3!~q t~,~~~0 ~ ~tfested-nt~ly~o·yeaf~ -Mc:> -in ~~uthefll 1~---.,'•' mg pollution) and .local .~lecyrtt rates. AMP 1_'he:JSS_u~ of~~e~tit:utiOW\;Vlll !-etp.am open 'f!?r- ·< _diana (se~·EF! J Septe'mber~Octeber 2008)'. Of - . _ and,its .m~mbers;decided to. c~hcelthe~-pl~s~';,.\i~=9af{ }ft/!;Jftrf· ?fJ'-:l_ . ._: :";~ <-. ·:·, ,-,): . .- '/:'~ ;::~'',: tiie'-elghtParresiees from the· June -20;~·zoo8<- --;_

· whe!J. w was deterpi_ne~ . e<?i!Squ<:tio~. costs _ ,t~Ju<!ge-' Terj sa. :Warner deCided-to-~d_ole. out tte~~it eviction, three ple~ded .guilt}; to · Ii}.i~-- :.- '\,.. -,.-would be _too higlr;_~haVil)g~ip.~r£ase~Jinhe:~ a-lengtpy prob'~tion cii?-~co.rnmunjty:s~r-yice- -; -demeane:rs, le~<tmg- to_ 'fail ·!4rie ~for.ofie pef-~,-c:-- .. -~; "' past six _m:pn!b~~.frqfu 'a!()Q!ld; $3 :billfoQ. to · inste~d of a jail senteilc~·because she t46ught\ -~- ·soii''(whose 'h\te felohle-s'Were'. reduc.<ed); tWo · ~: · ;, · . · -

more tli~_ H·'p~UJ6J.?. . . _ -. -. :_: ' -it.to he more ,u~efuLf6r re~al>~IitatiQh;- Wa.r--~-· were : acqhltted-:of 'mi~c;lem~a.tiqr~; 'afiotliei" - .; -,-~- '~'/'~~-" ;.- :·· -_ .:· -- -< · _ _ :- ner,-~t~t~c;ftljata-~j~ihent~nce'£()~ld'. be"co01~ . . :person'~ ctt~rge~ •were:df6pp.edf~orit:,Qf~otirt~'' ~ ''., , --. _ _

· · • ·_{:Oal· Slurry News . _ · · . · . ,i, _ _ ' , :" ·:' Plete~J.!elati~ely qui~Igy; ·wbil.e- aJQ_~g .prqba- · '·because' -th~tops,;,"f<frg6.f to:,sign·-·fiei{ ¥i'esl'-' -_ · ·>· J.::-·.) · . ' On May I l the us EQ'1foillnerttal _J19tec•:· tion ~th ext~ndedJiiperVisigrr,~ltproVi9e_~papers;- and, eil~~{;tflaii4p."NoYemo_er'-:-ied''-to'· , .. : .~ ·" ·· tion . AgeQcy (EPA) signed -:-an-' admillistrafive .C:.plenty::of p.jri~fc)r ~t.fiem . fo_,. seei'o-tl,_lg;.,_con~Ei~~;.:_:artother =a'cti:vist~s~convictlqn·'Qn :two~~inisde ... ' :;· · ·_ · -· -"' ,,_ r­

~ order _agr~ei~g. ·t~_ oversee the cieanup the:• _ quenc~~- oft.!t~it 'adi~n's; Wafiler's;a_uda~fty .' ili~ahors,~though;'one charge~.was cti-oppe& - ,_. ·.:':- ~ ~::: / _t(?~lc}:coal a_s!t 7 in .--~~o,an~ __ ~o~ilty,_· Tem:t~s-~ _ ·:t9 imply that_ ~?eiftg ~~-~~~cerateO }s ." ea.sy" js Th¢ fi~alarreste~ Wip~t-iast~gO tt? trial oil ~ _ -· _· . - \--~ see. -:;The TeA_Qes,s~~ .Valley,·Authotity, (1VA) :.~ unreal, -~ap~· lier d,ecisig~"t<;>~sente~ce;•Chris- .d anuary 8. -..· · -'-· ·,., .,_ - - ,.b0-•:;,.#. :;t-0', . ':. ··,:.- .•· :_" _ · was. Ye~p(fri~lbledodhe Decembei"l22, 2008; · 'tina and· Kafeil.· in "a ino_re vinaicotive:cJ!?-otio!J. --_ Of-Jhe-foij<s :wlio -were!cp-rest~d-.at th~June c: _ -- .. , -j: . · spill;, .in· which an· excess· of ~ve~rn:illion :cub~<: ·clearly:repre~ents wha~ :$e ~!j~~tice!{ "sy~fe~P: ~-:~d><:Ju1~.2098 -Ioc:kdo~n:~;.au;;ohmann -As; ,_ l-< _ . i -, , _ • -"

-..-.: y~ds of coal · slu~ ~ tlo':"~~ : int<Y·the: EII!oiy .. ·~}s' .. alr ~b~l!~?£:0~~r-?J~~~·~epple-'s~ve~ · -~d- :prra~! arid .• -Qo¥_s~cti'?iiJ (6ACJ;:-·!·! ··' ~ighed .; · :0'7,~~~:~' _ . . -_ River and ttte swreundirig-~owtttystde;~ de.,_ -' es~ablt~hmg, autliotity ov.~.r:1;hem. ,-;.--" ~ · c· plea ·agreements m A\lgti~t ~~009 ;-adniittmg- -- _ '- . -

stroying.several.!J. .. 9ines:(sei-E~!.fMarF~~Apiil )-, . - .·· '::->j :-.: ~~·:-.·"to:_;,: -· . -~" · : ::~"-- o · '-: · ; -;to ·; ~espa~s. ~w~J~ 6th~i-j c-I;iaf8..es, .~,fhd~$1~~'1':-:._~ :-~~ -·-._ · , 2009).-Smce :the orde_r w~s- stgned, the EPA (::tlrltish -~lu.mbta ~u~n.,t~W~t--Gat~- - ing c;;:c:opv,er~ion'. ~d ·resisting. ~airest, :->Were ·:··:"·_ , .. : · __ · -- -~ '

. .,:· app):oyed 'fVA's: plan: to r<fredge•· the E¢ory . way~~T~clilil'··F~_'!'ay~ :.-..~.!'~-~-c-~.~,~-:.r -~ 'dropped'J'cort -Maicli·29.) me mote:--~lldikel~-~-'''; .- -X Rjve£.a#d-ffansfeE tfie· ash< itO ·a' more - ,~ecd" ' --- ·~· In -}:ast VanQOUV:er. pn.I)eie.mbef 7, ,around :"' take-tJie,sanie i:Hea,:.otie~atiestee"is~·scheduled+ -~ "c' - -:'

. · . -logically:· frl~pdly'!i.r~~tl_ng:• p~a~~a>l~pdfill ·;; _5~_:t9~~ffoin,a€~Q.ssJb~'t~glon shmyedcup:f~:\~}.(oi:~ifprogr~ss ll~~g_q~Jattrt~~i~tarrd\Vill _ . -~-:Yo- - _

. in ~abatn.a• ~Beginning.~n. Aug(js_t;.:a' ~:;s '~ile~<. shutd~wn'-~ol);s,truc!lon'_ ~t .a :G<!~ew~(:si,te::·"--~BPtentiallfjgln ~6'o.ti:J:~i~.ir:l- triiU \oii M~rcll:.:~-~;,- J,.·:.,::·: ,.- sectio!J:_ o(:the . river has , p~ep. cl~se~ as"',~e- 5::J:!le Gafew<!:YIFtoje_ct is ~~$:10<'!J}J.li6n:_tree~ar~,;zs, . . -Tl:l~!~fs,-stilt ·a(l'i[.:ac_p~e~resticilJ;iiJ:igrotder ;c- .· ~'t ._. ;:._: ., --"' _ . '- ' slurcy>~is . _ reJ4ov~"if~~th :p.eary·--~q4iBpi_enfi:-~d po_rtr-expat'isle~~tl\~~: -~t~~pl~ee·.in~_ig~ _ · ·o~- aJl (oH11edo€kdown:¥:restee~:.¥t<ittr~y:are _;s · ·. ; :: -'!..~' ~ . only. to refo(.~te . it elsew.h~i,e.o.:~.~-.. , · ; , ; , ~: ·.~~;..,;;_~i!ous·~l<~:ild_s/Q.Q~es, :-famua!i'~:i.a:gd-~~ltll~f~-,.- · sull;ftgh~a iawsUiit,fiieqcl)y'JtiAG.. ' -~> .. - . : -

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> - -- · · , < · · • · · · working toward action. So that's why the source book was such a -· . ·~ BY-CONRTNEY· '. , . '· _;.. ~'h ~~-,-< .. ,; :~. ~ ",., ~ > . . . : _ , · .. : . major projec~ for us . . · ,, l[nsettling .Milin.esot.a-_(!JM) is a collective .in Minneapolis that.' So!De of the acti9n.s our group has taken-and these are things

· f~rn.le~--~~.t~e~. ~p~i~i~:Q.( 29<?-~.: yYe ~~r.~ ip~fi_a'I1X::.brough~~ toge~her tliaf<:an happen·an;y:Where-is what Waziyatawin, the leading voice -. b¥)lcl~ss~called,,_"pakpt~~ifecqlc;>niz~ti6n: Solidarity,_E;ducatiqn,.fqr_ iri ~helocal Dakota decoloriization movement, calls "truthtelling.".

, _ 'A}![es/}.!ltig~~:-~tJ!j~_.:}.;~t'~~,'Qff~~s- ~xpe!im~ntal_ Co!l~g~ "(E)\Cp), Waz~yatawin . describes truthtelling in her book, What Does Justice ·._, · At;~~js; po\~t we. .'!!~ cblilp!i~edpf p~ppl~ qf-European det_<;e.~t;,w~ Loo~;LJ~e?,, LiYingJustke Press; 2008. . , -_ - . work-to. suep_ortD(!.kota-:l~d ~tl}lggles ~OF lib~ration,, justice and de- 'Fort Snelltng, just. south" of Minneapolis, is a place of particular

·- • -ccolc;mfiatiP:n. ''."" · .. ·,, . '_. .. . . . ·· ._. ,:~ · ·' .. . · importance because it is a site where Dakota people were held in . ·,_ ·: _- sp:~~i; ~n,e ~Qfc;>ur 'mJtif\ pro)~c;ts ~as)e~n PU:~ting togefher,. '':J.Jn~ cc;m<;~ntration camp. It is also the location of a mass hanging of 38 · ~< ~,;·s~ttJiV:g Our~fves: '·fl.etJeGti_o_ns- :and .Resoiuces: 'f<;~r peconstru~tif.lg J?akpta men at the hands of colonial generals by order of then Presi­

.. .. ~'-,'·.; ~:<?~9ei~f M~..; :~,~.j .s.o:lirfe l)~()k th~~ i~c.luR~~- P:istoiy, ~{.l$lly~is,' · d.ent; ·Abraham Lincoln, in 1862. The Minnesota Historical Society · · . ·. · ' ·., ~pg_:p~r§yng_L Sj\-Y~Ril_.;;fff.erjtp!;ng ~r.<?:tp; ~,O,l~}~Pe cuJt~re a~d-~P~ . ~~qu~ntly .offers ~ol!rs ~t Fort Snelling, except that they won't use

. : , . + lon,ia)l,S~ ix_JtJ;rs~~Q9 -~-~Q::-?~!en~~ ,a:(lq~:spJr~tua~. Ci:p:p~q:p.riatio~: .. - . · · .. the term gencic~d~ iUld. don't mention it was a concentration • , · .. ~OpLhO£~: ~s;· for t~t -COJil_Rtl.~f! 'rorks to ... b.e,}an ac_t~ye . , .. c~mg .. The tour barely pays homage to the fact that

... · .;· refer.~nce. for tb?~~ .w:Q.? w,ant, ~o, m~rayel coloni~l , p~ople w~re hung .there_. A couple of times, UM . ·· · - ·· -~ ',,:7 m¥.r:!~li!!~-~ -an.~ th~ir subseque~~ institutions. ·. . went tO: -ask prodding · questions. Adding our

. ' . . · -. _UM -~1t sonti_n~~ toy~e it f<:>! these ex~c~ voices to the tour guide's, we provided the purpose~ . . . - , .. - . . factual information about what actually

_,- . -· ,t.JM advocates. thaf's.ociaitr£nsfor.ma- ·. took place there, and that, since Dakota >• tlon caP. ·oply 'take ':Pia.~e~i(SQme .. of .us . . people still live here and want their ._ - :: w~o}de!ltifr . ~~ s~tt~er:S1 get up an?. . -- land back, its return to the Dakota

get qut: of.tt~e.way, .so .to ~peak. .That .; would be a step toward justice. It is, d<?~~sri;t m~~n In~~P.~p""~~~-nieans of course,, rightfully theirs. A part of

. un,dt;JS.~~nW.ng:_:,:our . P{iv~!~g~J·,. It solidarity work is being vocal about alsQ:means having 'a_ ,relatfs>"nsliip · truth telling-or myth busting, if

.~th ogr· -p_iiVil~g~<and _·aperi- you will. What we have today is ing a'.' xjew di_aloiue .so 'we "can larg~Jy a society of people operat~ b.,.eft_e.~.- :kn_?~ ~ouE .. ~ol~,:; a'fl:d o.ui ing.from the basis of false histoiy

· pl~~e,s ~~~e o~ -'\~llis.;_conti~ent:.._. and false identity, a hallmark of · < UM s actiOns, come · frorn .. the. our successfully colonialized US

__ tind~r~tan4ing. th~L-;~_ !lre -h~re· culture. It enforces the idea that ' ··:·~~ -~~gi'qse - of g~poctde . 2-. :D.akuta - settJ_e.r$ pr:~ep>e~and the settler .

·. · _..._, .P.e0pl~,'aie. still d~splaced oii their ·state-:-is legitimate.

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. · 'land and· treated • as. ·substand~ud In Minneapolis, streets, neigh-. ~ ·.=- ~. :' ·;': ~ cltjz~hs;~o~ "':~orse._ Jb.;i~" reality borhoods and even stores all over

·: · · --- · d'd'esn't go·-away. Part · work the city are named after army gen-. · "" · i~ ,...h~qdenii,fy · - · .., erals-Ramsey, for example-many

- ;coloniar · · whom are responsible for the deaths

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~irthi~ _sort of Dakota. Some of us involved in Un-, h.1~whtte -, settling Minnesota plan . Of1 ~IIJ.l;>ar_king _

. ' -~ "':.:::;:-riofmalized . Q.f!~~-~£· process o_f _:reJ116Y.i.Ji~ t:q_ese names' ""~ · ~ ~ :~ ~:; ~'!1 ~:io_,lif 'fe'els_ . . . .... . . . . 'our, streets a]). d. other shared spaces . . . . : :-. · pecially 'when there is so · · · As settler-identifieo individuals we feel that

much to be done externally. StiU, it is fundamental we can do our best to Jearn the history:. as it was ex-. ;;... . . tg,-epa_ct ~fl.Q.~fpqn~J:ive justice land toj mow guq~la~e-, . . ·." ; - ~l ~: • f!erieQ.celll-and "W$!lr-.k:'t6-raise a~ai.eriess;w.il~-iiliit}D.~hseff ·

. ·.:.- -~c- , ~t:tn~r~voluti§JI~LY -~truggJes-;,ferj;&~~~e. ~p.d :decolgn!J:~0n,: ,1:1).~- . ~· 7'1 _ . . ;~til;l'isn!t.justice. ~F9rtfio~e ·in~hlved .init.JM, =lan<i'restofation i's

~- ::>:, _ ·· ,.~0Uda~_!l¥,., e<im:~1tio:U.:~!1a(~~m~ :.l)ut .oH~e:~iP,it}al E! CO class maqe -~ a ·p'ittt of our intentionafwoik to .be an ally in the Dakota Qyate's :.. ·-. ~hese poil'!tS Vety:C~ear."' ·-~·~_; .,.:. - · . ,· ~ ., .·· ' 7 ~-' ~- • effort to take back what was wrongfully stolen.from them. ,·' .

' · ~ -~·Solidarity' eduhtion iias ·come up in ou.r own Internal group During the Fall of 2009, much of our focus went into planning , structure. Part of our .gQiil <1s aspiring allies is to be very solid in- and organizing a fundraiser event called, An Eve of Reparations. So

,du.r own grpup's cul~re. Even .the· formation of. UM h.as be~n <! far .we have raised $2,00D that will go toward purchas·ifig land in . qiaj_9r Jll..l/lear_n~ng pt:ocess; : If. our,. qe_sir~ is . to be gqod ~ll~es _to .. : south¢rn Min:r;tesota for a Dakota-led land project, traditional wild - indigenous' communitfes,_then we m~st also be allfes lo ourselves · tice,aad sugar busll camps arid cultural center. The project will fo-

- . acrQss-class, gepder, race; a'niLige. Part -.of our soli4a~ity wo:r_k, the~, ctis c~~ pairing Dakota youth with elders in learning language and _. ;"' ·' al~-inclif:deu~ultiyating~positive _ s~ttlei; !d~n~it-ies anc(cre.at_ing a . .- oth_er tgdit!Qnallife-ways. , . ~

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:: · .sustainable .cu!tur.e . .of.-accQurlfCloility. For -me, .Ws_a balancing act , _We'ye been in cQntact with_ other local _groups who-share similar ' of c~all~ng~rrg\ a-ss\i_.w,ptl.~n( ~n'ci -thinking _c;i1kally _'whi\~ we ·make' . ct~sir~ (to_ ~~derst.and ~~ttler ,.p_:Hfll~ge -'and n1e iiieg!'tiiiiacy. of- the .

· · -- . ·:space-to .-learn anq ~ow;frprtLo<ur colJec~ive'ly:$q,_ciaJjzed ~ways of · . s~ttler and colonizer state. We are working to network and build • ·- - : ... • ' .to • ~ • ~~- -- - .....,..rl ..... -· .• -. -

. inter~~tiz:j.g With th~ histor-y, _(;ulture .anq_. peO}'>le- o'gr. ancestors .. ~·a bJO~d~r .moveme~t of suppor~ and-hopefplly, ,S9meday-:-ally-..; -.... ... .; • · - -~ ,_._ ~ ~- -\. . f ' . . ~ • -. . .... -· . . -.. - • ' . ,..

.of!pressed through colonization. _ -~'..,_,,;. ; -.-· ~ ,.._. , : ;::'"."' __ s.hip·. ,:::s~~aus~;-we f,~el; that you can't just claim ally~ship. Those .- -\ransforll\~tiori of'sc;>ci~ty.: doe_s~'t h~ppen;JJ~-~~:r(~P.~~a!~ng; ·-YS.'l~wanj to ,~~ .. ~n. ~lly tg'Jl!~s_t~dfii~. you, , . . · . . from the same base of i.\S_Su¥1ptions" th~t . w~re :lire;Q Jnto : .lls.~by -, -t:.'I)'.Un~eWJ'Q.g . Ourse\:Ves: ·~~efle·ctions ·and -Res~m:ce_s for Decon~­

.....;.. our capitalist colonia( sociew. Doing the intern~rwork :of::curr~>-= "itructing Cqlonial' 'Menta,_I_ity,'' s_ource book is" available oriline .derstand!ng (,iQ.d ~efin,i1J,g o~r 9wn irlerifities....:Oh()w o\,1r privi,leges' .. ;HTrP://TINYtjRL.COM/U)'ISEJI:LING-MN:BoOK,, of Which. tbe c·over art ap­

·. ai:l<;l _leairiec,i .ass\!mptions~play !J.Ut..c:_and then unie~rning a,nd dis- peai:s on- thiS_ p<i'g~~ cO.u~f~sy gf. a' rri'enilfe~- of Onsettlin&c Mil)n,S!:, -~ m_~qtiing them-;- is .e_isintiaL ':{1;jnforms the actions w_e take. We are ·sota. Email the eollectiveafi1nsettlirigmn,@gmaiLcom., .. - . .

. _ ; ._ .. : ·~ · ~- ·JJ,n.s~tlt{iJgJVJtnli~!iqt~i.,oiPts:~f'!:in(t~- · _ . , . ~U!lseJtliirg Min~es_ota . .sltare's 'these poinf~of unity to guide our a,f- {'_ te[aetfon~with 'this)and ]Jase : ;'i!lcl~ding !hose who"'. live oii_ ·u, are

·'- firt~ty''and activism: ~§ .... ·;~,""-"' .. : -, -. ;. <' ._ '> · .... ~ .. ' ;·.,: ·. ~rtghtfuH-y;,th0s~ oH9ep~~oJ:ii'Oy"qte and the Oceti Sal_mwin. · . . · '"1) _-All peogle not-indigenous to North A~erj.(:a- who .. art;·living on . ' 4) .p.s settlers · and non-Dakpta peQple acting ifl_:so!-fdarJ!Y,:: iUs ··

... . -..c~ . this co'ntine:flt-are se,ttle!s-(>Ifstolen~la,n:d. In pafttculat,~the'va_snand~:t· tittr:'r~sporisi]Jllity to·pioa¢tively 'challenge aiiq ~!sniafit_le : COlbnial-

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.- base ~s\u:i0tinding · tn.e confluence :o( tl;l_e.Mississippi and· Min~esota ,~ J~t- thought .and behi!vior _in the ·communities in -which we ic,ientify . . - . . p~ers; il tqe nomel.ai}d of' the' l.)akota Oyat~"':";'"tl'¢~o1!ig~ai-peopH~ e>f;· ::·~-~r-~dves to .. qe part. As::p.eopte: wit!J.in· co~Jl!unffies that ni~jntain ,

,_ · ,('· . tliis'land~ we.ackilpwleage·.that the st.ate bfMinFle'sota,.was 'found~d E9Ijq ~b'epefit, ffom colonizatiori;-·_we are·intimately positioned to do

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·_ ·"" · .. 2)· All sett}ers·do,nbt~benefit equally from th~ settler-colonial stat~; .. · be cl.<fiirred;bytlie peoJi>le wtth whom-they seek to alJy; We <;>~gan-t:?~ . - -~ ~- ~0l:1dld ~ll .settle.i:-s emi:grate~:Jiere of their ·own ·fi:ee wili'..'Spe<lifwally, •' (itif.solidat.ity.:-efforts .around direct com~unicat1on; ,,respol_!)iveness ' .

'/ .. ' We.see slavery,- heterd~patriarchy, whit~ Stl}'>remacy, ·inarketirnperial~ . .: ·Cfnd "atcouhtiil:>ility· t~ Dakota, p~ople fighting .fm;: decolanization: · ism .and capitalisFdass,cstnietures· as 'some·-of-the· priin!lrY tools ·oV .and liberation~. . ~<- ' • . . , . • . . L;. ;c: . . . .. • . · .r, _, "

- colonization. Th_ese phenomena divi'!e cqmmtifi:ities'an&deteimine,~ . · _-:-6) :We are coni¥litted ·to dismantling all s'yste:rps:·qfpp_P.re~sion, · ,. · · . people~' rel~tiv;e ·access td power; ·Tl;lex;~()re,,.,anti:;oppre~sion solioaf:' -, :Whether·. th'ey are ·found ~in institutional power strudur~s, 1p.te1per-. '-={ tY -lf~_!lveen ;settle~~_- coiifmti~ities; _i's p.ec~ssary :..forJlec~lonization ... " s&'Ifal irelatioiiships or wlthin~9ur-se!ves: Individually and .. ~-s ·a co_llet- . ~ ·"""' We:-W:e-rk.to~build anti-coloni<fl -nrov.ements :that aetivelyttomt>at all '· ti:y-e, we work compassionately to: support eaeh oth~f··through the~e·

- "'- - :.fOfm~ 9fi·0'}'>pre~ston:_j1;(f:--~ , > · .;:, -jt" ><_ ~ _-_" · .._,~~ :::.r" ~-; -~~ · p~o~e-sses. Pinfkip~t.ton in,-:-sti\tggle,_requires,-eaoh ofus:to~~gP.g~ i:r:r -, , . -·. i"C3)' ~We ~aekni>wledge l bat settlers-· are :not entitled:to ·live .. on thW : -o'0*' se,lidarity alfd 0ur own liber(!.ti<?n-tp ·be. (ltCciunNtbl~ fq_rJ·all , of

. land,,' We~acceptj;liat·de(foid!Jization"mearrs : tJ:iei'_revit~liZ(!.tion _of Da:. ·. ~out: 'priVjl~ges; ·While-also; s!ruggl!flg'.fpr Ubera~iori from~iilt~rna}iz~d ' kota· sav~relgnty, ,~~-~e~las ~n-ep~Lt<:fie~t!er '(l~infiii!t!on oflife,'lands :> ;~_-anq/6~·e;k'pe-~ence_d _gppressi<;>n: -We seek tq build Ci-I:~althy''<(\i,It\lre,pt- ·_ and. p~ople~ i:qpakot~ ~~rrit<?ries.. AU de~istoiis ~regarding _human in-_· _re~~st~nce, accountalJi!l~ '~nd .susteQance."';., ,.. _,,~· ~, ... :: -~;~·:o{~; •

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Dakota Land Siezed by the IRS The Dakota of Crow . Creek

·Reservation in Minnesota have occupied their land in defiance of a federal scheme to snatch it. - ., Owing $3 million in taxes, due to faulty advice from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Dakota had their land seized by the IRS and auctioned off for a portion of its real value. Developers are especially excited because thi_s land has prime wind-power potential, but the Dakota have other ideas! Call Tribal Chair­man Secretary, 'Carol :Quilt at (605) 245-2221, or visit HTIP:/ I WWW.PE1TI10NONllm.COM/CROWCREEK,

if you'd like to help the Dakota in their fight for their land.

rate media 20 years ago. Today it . remains ~ore commonly known to the public than the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) spill that happened in · December 2008

activists are a threat to tribal sov- _ obstacles. ;~rq_i!e ~- ~39 . p~rcent ereignty. -Shirley was working in of our natioqaf forests remain

--cahoots with coal thieves, such roadless, some 386,000 miles as Peabody Energy, in· e*change of roads exist and ·continue to for measly jobs ·and . ultimately allow pollutl.on and erosion to ­

for the waste and de- - threaten delicate animal and stniction of Navajo . plant SP.ecies~ : ~ -- , -;~ . _ land-land that is . '- - : - r.

being ·J?rotecte<! by·--· 'A ~~aiFcoe-~i~s~~? ·~~t}he ·· ·_ ·-the Indigenous com- Everydaypesp-uc~on _ · • _ munities that still '~ -The, .. Fotest- Serv!te- Legacy __ , · ·· thnve there. Coal Roads -~nfd .. ··Tiails:'F.::Remediaticm . mining will con tin- Initiative --·secured $90 . mil- -ue to-threaten sacred lion..,.-$50 .- million more than -- : :: · · "--- .,..., places ~ntil we make - last :ye_a( s bu,q_get:·_~The necw : > , . it stop. -i~ciease ln ft;ufdirig willJ~e used . - --- '

. to rebuild .. what the Busff:Adinin-·c The Unsustainable · is~at(§z:!)i~$i(destro)i _of qur -:: · West · , :_ · riatiohaJ.~foresl·roatls: WHdlands ·- : 2'

Government offi- . CPR, based.Qut-.of M1ssoti1a, MJ, .: ~-cials in the Las V~gas has bee_n-:;~oiki]lg : or.(.<J rpadsh" :-;

-Anti~Mining Organizer and Phoe.nix regions ·recovery plan; ari£,e'-sse1,1tial pro~ -- _ Murdered -of the West are look- graJJl tq ~help-pro .. te~ thfea~ened -

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On November 27, Mariano ing for sources of endangered safuion -and · clean -Abarca, one of the most promi- water and e l e c:. - drlnking·watet·fort:hotisands' of nent organizers in the resis- tricity to serve their - comili~i).iti¢5/a_~a~~ldJife t!_lat" ~ - -tance to miriirtg in Chiapas, ·; - ~- .energy-starveq, un- · .depend on large blocks-of intact=: - . - ~ Mexico was shot iri ~ront of sustainable citi~s . ,Los habita_t~!O""~];\}'Ytv~.-· · ·- .,._. •. · · his home. Previous to Abar- Angeles als.o j.Qiqs . ' --,.. · · - · . · · · · ca's _murdef, his life had b~en these cities in their ,; New -Roa'ds'Jor~GMOs ,_ :.:. _ threatened by employees"' of - (eight times larger than the Val- effort to privatize· an<! ~trrtop ~- -~ ... J.n4~iti;fi~JfZ~<'t ':'· ..:_ ·agric4Iture '-Blackfire, a Canadian mining dez spill)~ Almost eleven mi_l- olize tl)_e lap.d and__.r~~ources .,_is·;:c·(eeping ~-'further ... ~across- the ·. -­company that owns and oper- lion gallons of oil poqre4 from:-. ~-P-ere I_ndige~ou:(corrim~nitles:;,~ lands·; :_Jjiotec!I; ·industries _.afe ':- -~ ":; - . ates an open-pit barium mine. the rig after it hit a reef in _the- are- resisting development. The · · g~tting-=:--their-:: hands dirty With Local authorities supposedly Valdez Narrows in Alaska; The · Navajo · · Transmi,ssiort -. Proj~~:t, . - tlf~~ ,plebai;-F<J.o9 Security Act, ·

]:a otem - ea m the last ·Spill' l'rustee Ooun.cil -wlll- ot · ~]liclit lias --beeii>1n tnlf works -'"wliiCIFiS:-:s~.ifip:~s~d to double tlle·, ays of fiis life---=tlieu s oft-com-.:. tlefine"the sellnd a-s 1"eG0:Vered · foi "18. :years,,_ prQpiils~. a~ massiv.e ~rg--oOO.t-ai S~RQFt g_!v~n to_th

ings cost him his life and were until all species harmed by the extraction of resources, such as world's ·one billion suosistence . clearly in alliance with the pow- spill have returned. coal and natural gas from Navajo farmers. - Essentially, this would

erful mining company. Abarca territory. Another p~oj~Ct, ohe "' ·-_;:~ :~""_';. · · · - · was a part of a large opposition Bio-warfate-on ()ur Public that ha_s ~pep! two -dec_ad~s .Jn_. _- : , -i~,;;;: to mining in Chiapas. ·Last sum- LanM , . the m~kin!f, is a p~op,2_sal(n~ady~ · c / ' ~ .:..:~ , ~r;

<mer, Abarca and the Mexican ·The Oregon Bureau of Land ~ompl~ted'iri its~~ctozy)·for-La( --- :.~ , . ._..__ ~.::_-"' Network of People ·Affecte_q. .by ManageJ.Ilent (BLM)-is prop-osing Vegas ·tq q~:Jil~_i\y~!ei~~~~ts·_·. ·, .·• ··c.--__ "'"'~- :. -- '

Mining (REMA) blockaded ·a to increase -toxic herbiCide use to half 'of the-Sna:ke.,.Valley- m · _ ".::.-.:. ---highway to prevent Blackfire _ oh BLM public 'lahds i~i" Oregon the Great~Basin '-ctes~rt'<~ftrtah· · ,_ -;;, -- _,}/:f£, · trucks troni passage in i>r.otest rrorrf aBout 17;ooo acres ~herbl:. :- wateds on tht'i£Se~ ~h.er'e:ver~it ;__- ,: ·:. -.. :.-_ --:-.., ~~ --of the mining company's abuse · dde a year-- to almost tilree timet ~ari be ~rivatiie& . ·',.. _- ~--_: · ,__- · · .- · - -- - 1

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· of their water resources and_the · as much-45;ooo acres a, _-year; _ pollutioq that affects theircrops. in an effort to ceritronhvasive Bad' News :-N-u){es : ~C "'-'

REMA alSo· staged '.an-encamp_:- -·. plants: Most of: ... the herbicides In ~raceville, Iliinoi;, tritium.-ment last July in front of 'the · proposed for Uie-3-re 'l)ighly toxic . has b_een ~ r,ele~seg~,.._into . 'th~ · · .. Canadian Embassy in Mexico to native, non-targeted ·plants. · _ground_ for rngie, thiiif" . three . _ · ·.fJ? . _ _ _ . City. Since the World Bank- .They are known · years. Dur-ing--lhi~ .~1ID_-e- p~tiod, ~be 'a- ~'!.Y::.to glspose ofliF!warited . _

. si~ . ~i~io~: ga-~te~;:et.~~~~pis - _:a:~iahlguar-,:~~}:pluses_ ~:ey. --:Pos>; ... -~;.,: .. tntmm ha:s-: leakecr=-- mto' 1!h~ :ot'farmers-1 Wfnle Austna; France., .. -.._-~ -"- ~­

-. 'gre\);nd~a~te(~uj~-~-atmosphere . : ' Gree~e, }liingciJ:Y; · G;rrnany . ~ild . e -

_in ,Brac~vm~:~h:~ ·S~~~fcal ~is .• · ~u~em_5o~rg,bari tile cu!f!X,~tio~ .~·- . , heavily ! ra"drqacijve;:, thqugh _ Qf '_gei?-etically-- modified -,...(GM) -_- -the operators of .t:he Exelon ·food completely, and the :Euro- , reactor. ~l~i!Jl - _th,_a,t the 1e:Ieas~ · pean Vnien hpldS _so~p_~ of the_ · _ .~ does not p{)se "a -:-thre_a~t to "tije , ·' toughes( Ie'gislatiori-on GM craps " ''

·· env-ir_onm~pt ox: -pubii~Jiealth. - iri th~Jiorld, Turltey has passed __ · : It is~ ho~e\rer, a -r(!diat~on J:!.az-~- p_e~J~g,W~tio9 to allo}V, imports

·•: a!~!.:c'Yhen inha-l_ed_: or)iigeste~t ~ .andexporH ofQM crops;-a ,_con~·,_ ... viiJ<;>od pt -water,· or\cabsqr,bed ..,. tra2't •th~y-~ecently-: sigried Wi.tlf .,__ ·,-. thio~gh· tp.eskitif\,cF"~ - ""---~~,.2 ·'· .. .-tfie':-tJS: ::11-;:.,__:..·_'>' __ .-_ ·~ . .'. =, 0

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When·wm the Wilq be-Left In OtherGMO New~··· , : .. ·· ·_ . : ~ " RoadJ,ess , - · ;:. •. - ,, <' :. : ·. -]ust"for~~ tP.~, , r~tord, GM -sugar·

_ . QsSoil,5QI'Ia_tJ_ 'on, ~- __ .• ~at Wa~ ~hpe-fble WOSj::wide-. beets p.ave ·_ been. CO~er~ially~ -_manadated ':Mex~cb Mining . ~oll~a,~p_inants, and tJ;:te h~rbi~ ·,,. spr~ad __ campaign' tb~Q!Qtect. US,~ -J~~d;,-since ~Q06 and -~ently

~ Sector - Restruct_uring · Pr<?ject"· --~dde~- will ~ost -li:Kely . dam~ge· - -wild _spaces; ;,tpe. R_iadlt;ss·'Area -. pro!;iuc;_~.9~~per_celi~ of the -sug(lf- ~ , · 10 years . ago,_ a, . strong bpposi- , . foqd~ arid· threaten Wildlife':· .The :c .Conserv~tion Rt.fle .~s , once again . -gro\_\'n. -til lh,e'_ u__SJ .. '--'G.<!fldy -gi~fs .tiOI1 has de~elo'ped :in Chiapas. ' Blue _--Moun!ain Bl.o<!_iversity _on tlie :cboppirik'blOekd~. judge·."· Hershey-s ru1<tM:arsr~e the _rr!.aip" · · • - ,_. - , ' r -'- . · --- . - Project, among , many<otflel s, __. in Wy~m~fng; ·-jtist _.shy Qf r~tire~ . ' ·grbwerS:of the GM beets, brlf lliiS:

,.. Twenty Yea.-s~Aft~r -ExxQn ,;-' has been fighting the aLM.,~nd Iiien,t, ~·app'ears:.to 'tie .diste"gard- -collldcha,nge: _,\,judge-in Qilifqr::: :,'Val_~ezc:Spill ·<:"_ c;,: •-'~~- , .. ~ -~ ·. ~its ~ff£rts to 'poisort the:land;-,:.>; irtg th~ CJ.l\lcialtipping po~n~ our -. ni~ 1;\as fl;llec;ltlJ~t}lie Depart:nlent -

-ii-_ It!s been; ' 20"y ears . s!nce -the· · :·: , .. ,, -..;.- " · · _ •. ;; ·- :--c· · .'--::;:~: ;, __ . ' enviro'n:me.nt: i~ restipg~;qpol!. H~ · of .Agridll_Nre -approved. tbe ciop EJbcon:ya~dez . sp!!L~pd/ fulhre!. Trlbal .~vei.:nmen!Claims'·- • .. recently 'issued a-.-~e,ries ':>f -~1-· . tiefore-th~"Waia-~enYi!.oom~-:­

. co very ~~~ _p.,e~ b.e~n· I'~!~st~ted;··. That j\'e Are !he.kJ~h~at · '"';,- _ ings: ,again?t , ~be, __ <.;JJ:~te.pt_ .road; __ ~ iriliJa<:Ot stat~rr!-!_ilt:.te· assess hqw ~. _ ~ ~_n~ o~ :th~.m_o.st<g~y~~tati_ognat--: < -_ F~~~"P~e~1~ent :of tlie N~_vaJP~,. :I_es_~ ;_.~ta~tes, :'Xlhc_~~~c<l:n . only ;_ Mon~t~ R~~dup Re~dy s_\lg~I>:C~ . -ural 5!l~f!St~rs1 tll~ ~ott;Valde?: NatiO.t\_loe _.~h~ley, ·was tecentJ,y- · mean one-·thmg: --Big Industry ' ,.beets Will .-aff~·groupdwat~,~ soil'-- --; _" _

- spill was w~ll-c;:overeo by <;O,lp9.- .:--~quc;>teds~ting,tli!it'~ny.ironmenta,l .. is.ipte'rest.ed),p .;.a-, p_g_th free · of :. afidnativ~ -s~ctes. ~ ,- ."'"':- - -c-.; ~~--.· ~~ . .-,i;~\(:_,'7 ~~~:::; o-~, .· -' ... ~ -· "' ~- ~ . .• . : '":' ~ . '- -• --.4 , ---::>' ,..-_ :-o-: S';;, -'l":.:;_ - ,, '·~ -,, . , - - ·- , . - r. ~ -

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, Wheelfng ~the post-spri_ng storm sky . - · ·R"ilVens.and.magpies furl the black cape of

d'eath . Above an elkcarcass s:wollen grey in snow. Great bear grizzly !ee~i:tg · Hungry,:·de!t_an~ri.g scavenger Massive lik~ ~ng Kong .

. Traverses the hillsid.e . - With -flle swiftness of-an ocean-gone ship,

:. . Wirid haniesse\i to its back, · · ·. Then rolls hi~ the· snow · . - -· Eno~O.us}iaws -~las,hlng in the air,

. . . Ro.cks gid4fly back and forth . ·- _On the j9y of the elk's.life, • ···Tl).e late spring, '· • '

. r .. :Deep,·wetsnow ·-

And ~o~~ o~~r _., ~- ~! _ ~ The open -Janc:t

. . . ;- -~e~ ~gs_ ~~-- still-happen' "": .... · Completeiy . . :· ·

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.,··-~ oi.). ~d g~s companie~ from the U.S., Canada, Russia and .i . --: ·::p~niit-at:~~are <:ircling ~the Arctic like scave1,1gers circling

:.. ' ~- - a wou.Dded ani~al m.ticipating its death, exposing peQ"ol~~m riches 'h.i~herto bUrie~ beneath Arctic ice.

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. ·Mother E~rlh isn't dying at on:c.e/~ut as a diabetic, a part · · a~ a .time. The Arctic is the first to.:go, thus the vultures. },

J.\{other is dying from the greed of her children. • ' • • :'>. ~ '

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" ;, -~ s~ie'-"tlsts predict inundation of Pacific Islands, Bangladesh . and h.-~lfof Florida.· Killer droughts iD Africa. Drying rivers . · , in ~ndi_a;· China and Vietnam· due to disappeanng glacie~s·:"'' .. · . jn the· Himalayas. All a boon .for disaster capitalists. ~-., . . . .,;: . ' . - ..... .

-.-~ This · all _happens to the preter.ite, not the' chosen; m'the Calvil}is~~ COifOrate_ view. The c!_losen w~H:·be r~e!JP'ed to a

~"' ~~~ed- ·coinJ!itmity·~arded by Blackwater· SecUrity. The Valhilla ·

~-. ' for corporate wamors. _, :... ...

:- Th~--chc;t~e~ willliv~ on.wiih~ili~ appro,~al o£· th.~'~tlang;'God.' they believe in, and think he believes in them, while immigrants from 'the South cle1:mor at·the gate for work. Price evicted

- from the4: land by low priced com produced by agribusiness. . . . . .

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~ i~-~ ~.;_?Ote -~e:yerti$~ Q( J~hllCalvin liv_e§ 9n in every corporate ·._ . ""' "t - · .. •- '· · r' e ' ' • _ • ·-! ~ • ... ,.._,.. c.JI•..., ..... ~.i '! .• , ... ~· _;.:

,_-·~~-; · ~stntcture;~ ~t.:Js .tl!e _t!_rivutg f~~ce~f Ut~ rapacious 'cbrpor~te - ; : faith.amfpl;ill.osophy._-'lt.iS'.the'.real ghost'in -!he machine . .

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something calls us out of our houses toward a place. of deeper shadows, .

~thro~gh undulating mQonlit fields, past ,vul~.e ro~st in' eucalyptus,

. ' 'where root_s reach'in wet bla~k;soih .. ~nd this night again we stand . _· _ · by the creek that ran through childhood

. .:. , wltere !;larkt(ess is still alive, · " • '•-• ' ''I _;

. ·''! !"- .:- .. - ... ' }.. . . ·- ' -· . . ..... ~ .. ' ~ .- .•. ~ ;' .

. . :- :wl_l.e~e the~ waters of fear ~n~Jy.ye . _ _ .. _, .· --~ · .. - ,.

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·_· snake ftei.n:bling .throitg~ the~stre_antbed night, whe(e.l:>are limbs"ai'¢ arit~er dance~s._. . .· ~-=~~(.""".-. ·;,;::. -1

. and the st~r~ !ook back with bJ1ghl \)u~k-"'eyes,_ .. r' ,· ....

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.. :· so:iiu~f].ill\g_.ru~tl~s the lirtd_erbrus~>

I- K. · v · w·ta· s· k k- "'. ·h · . .. ,~-,; a .. _win __ ~d"1J..snes back,branches-.. .. .. · . .- , n~~ _,.~~- ~~ :· · .'~ y·· __ . · o~~~ . ·. :::· :,-_ :whilenf~re-sil~rttly:ib~it- Qwlwings _· fkn6:w yoiJ wild Skyko'nils~· Riv:er tknow you ;~--- :.:~ .the: <lew ~totes upits :b~_ess_in~s ~ x-: ~

. glacier~ melting,iD.the.warm sjning air'. ' ' . o·' •• '< •;.' ~"i.· and .you ~ rushing down the mc,un~a~ full ofsiiowm_elf · .....,..Kirk_.l:~p~n · roariJig an.d ~ha~g ~~e ground,, the granite boulders, · . , , :· . _ the granite mounlailis~ ;_ .. . . . .. :, . . :~ '· . -:: ~·4 ~~: - ~ • •. -~ •< <.: . ; . . ; ~.:r~ . ~ . ·~ ~ . . .. . . . · >: · ·: -. >~ , ··, ~ ~ .> -~- I~ow;whe~e you'"cmne from "-y-,rild skjk.~.riish ... . I knowif ou too my Wild SkykomiSh 1 ~ • -· ~~ep ~n~tii:t(~rqpoise heart oftraiislucent ice caves r: . -:: ,,/ .

. wide ~nd quiet iri a riu:iuntaiy mead.ow'. _foD9wing a Serp~·ntjrie traii througH the" graridfath~r bemlo~ks . fl.an~ed~b~ a million ti~y~flo~~~s ;,. _ .. :. _' -~asl .Car:p~~~yf!_i~y Ji~e.,rly ~JIP ·inus~~i.~ins · :·. -~ ·, · .. _" · 1

smgmg lD 'the ~aw'_P.,~~th .crystal.note~ ; gliStening, like jewels m the dew ·.:·: . ,_.. ,' murm~ring th~o.ugb -starry ~ight~· !' : . / ;: · ~ . • · \. · _. ~ -"_,-~ --... ~.,· ~- -· _ ~-' -~ ;- . · -~ ~ \ . . . . _____ i:" •• • ·:. _.

· ' ~ ·1 ioine. to yout'~!len_l'~ :do_ri·e·witb: the.,.rushing t.t~ffi(i, .~ · i~ , .. · the-clatter of machines, ~ .. e rougli,scream of.chaiD ·-saws; -":- ' ' the endless sJap sia·p sl;tppipg of my ~ind.owshie,l~ ';Wipe:f.s: .... < , •

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%he Ballad-of ·Macho. B 'Itt • ... - ·. . 3 -~ .;

he was looking for :a lady""j~gliiu; . ',·

- he had come up north' to· see . ~£there were any iadies·-

. ., ; for a ja~ar:_$uCh as he. . .··. · ·" '' ·" ~e had· cO'me up de~ert .cariyons,

: ~- • t._ ·· - · :apd sl!PP.~d~thr1<;)ug:tl desert ~draws; · ..... : ./_ ' h~_was'"young and liked-adventure, . .:: and nid tfme ori· his paws~ ·. ~· .,

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· -: "' byJ:light ail~ th.e stars h,e.hunted; . ~ he rested during the day; . . .

- ;.;··he knew how to keep well hidden; _ _ ,,- ·. otsothepapers -say: ·· .. <:-;.o::-~. yet a· stationary camera . · · - ~oo!5 his picture as. he pass¢q; :.

,E...,.· ~ ap.d)ll. the wildlife bi_olqmst_s said, .. "there's a jaguar h_eie_:_atla_st!". . Jor.,they kp.ew that dowpjn mexico the:fiiighry tats st1Wr9c'nned1 :,:-· .

·.and -they figurE!d i:hafa)i'zoiia -~ · .. · ·· ·wasn'ttliaJ differ~p.t fro~ :th~ir hQIIH~~. • . . s\ue, ther~ had. beet:l sighting~ ..

earlyin the-century- _, _ . but no one had seen one in a wbile,

__ , . 'tiJJ ~l<?ilg .came Mach() B.~ ·· _" ··; : .. _.c-'.-:;-/orJha~ was the n~e tp.~:y g~ve him­

. ·it's .silly,- arid that's•<l-fact.::..> · · . · · ,.. . ~ . ~ ""~

· -- yenhat .... ~as the rtain~itrey gave· him; · _ · _ · · . and they. coJ:Ildn't tak~ it back. · '

~· all the reporters lovedjt,.· .·.·; . · • -- _,~~ J-t~~r:"'·--~

. . the .wildlif~ bio_!9&sfs~!9.W:~.. · · so Ma~~o B~s-~~P.~!~ti~--~ ~~~ ·

just gr~w and gtew· an:a g~E!w. · · . . yet hu~ans also :~re· hunJers,

·.--, ·of a· grjm .~ni;l deagly{of!; -:·, . •. ~d sometimes .they .huiid9r science; .-

. ~->. · and ·sonie_tupeslhey. hUnt for sport_. . ~,..,,~. · ~-;::~ ~. · · · - _.. ;"-'·· ·· .:: the hunter .becomes the hunted, .

. -~--;-;.;. - . ' .. _., • -'- -~ >"' - and then~ caiualty; .... ·,. ,., ~ . ' . ·. . .. ·. _:. u, · ·, c - an~.-that,.,Qea~ frieJ!d.~, ;}~rii ahiid ~s :

~ . . . . ··- wn- ·h . tfft?Vf h ~B-·' > -·

···O·F(-~lH- E?;G' Rl~1:r_.·>-;~~~~~~h~.~1 .. t.~~ . , · . . · .. ; . -· .. --· . · .. ·. D'UiiE'~ ..... ostensibly 'forli!:>p.s;.. : _- _ · ·

tii~Uia~~-~~~Species Endangers Thd·r-·:itbilitf. ·to·hosp_t+'.~ _9. : ayp e io .catc:h~a ?e ''.,; ... . . ~t- t w: ell' .

BY GRIZZEMILY & S@sH@ Lakes region was reinstated on and $186 in Id~ho . Even though they .rela a qn tne plio -.."".s:.~.;-·

· July 1, after a laws~it challeng- th_e state gives, ~h~se a~~ing they negl.ected~~b sax_ th_~ bait was The gray wolf is an awesome ing th.e ruling :was . won. How~ · .:ct~~twes ~- very lqw. ~Qrie~ry . ~ fem,ale Ja~~r ~ phero~~· , . . _. . _

form of life that originated ever their ·.kfn -to· the ·•· west are · · value·' a --definite niotivation.,-for . __ ~fter months ~p~ mo~th~_ 8£:1"\u~ting , . . 300,000 years ago and survived not ~s fortunate. Although! only . the)i~~t~ (s--to gejlerat~ 'rev.e~u,e. .:for, a ~~m.al~ .. -T.~~~1:Y~Jch .. to.::fua~~; ' ·., . ' . ~'· -~ ..

the i~e age/ However, due to--the . 200 breeding wolv¢s exist i!J-the .~ Mon!an(}_.- colletteif;$325:~s~tfp,( . M~~ho ·B tliougbt~~Y;~m~~led_ ~JJe.:>.,·· _.­expansion of human popula- - Northern J~ockie~, ·Id~ho 'arid. thei~ sJate•'lkerise fund, "se\!i_p.g ' <t?d fell for the tre~chero~s - ~.a~_t, :...~- . .:'- . :-- ~ tion, gray wolves had all but dis- Montana have qf_fi.~ialJ.y initiated .~ . IS;qQ_O .. . . :wolf;liuriting ·. 'P,e_np~s . :·h~ approache~ the trap ~t.ho';l~ qu~ti9.n;~~

. appeared fro_m ·the .. US by 1974. a wide-scale; r~gfonal·wolfhunt. in_, their"" sb"drtened 'seas0a~ - A:f h~~ !101JilO!J-eswere~n_!li!J-g}'Vlld; ·'- -That year, . the Endangered Spe- . Idaho~ and . :Montana" ha:Ve _· l he,bigirinih g of. the Season;'-th"e ~ ~h-~ _tho~ght}le l).}id~fourid _a ma!e,. at Jast cies Act granted privileges to the set quotas ''!or -th~ nu~l;>er.:of 'Iq~'&;:FisJi_ a"'nd:--G.ftme_. Comir'ils-.. ~· _hacJ:, hi~ totally _b_e~2_1~~~~.,:.:..." _ '" .. gray wolf, and its population wolves ,to be shot as tr9p'hy· si?n ,~estimated th<i! 7(),000 ,R~f.~..;. ·he was"_ca:!lg~~-!'_ an~ Hl, !ll} I:?.~tal}~ ..

_ has. graduaUy-reG~>Vered. To.day, game, to , supposedly maiiag~ __ .mits would o.e sold :w.hidi would . h~ kil.ew he had"·,~a_d~ <rnu~take;"' -.· · _, .". -there are an . ·est!m~t~d . 4,0QO .• '? t~eir :p_opul~ti6ps~ .Neith~r- ~t~te . -bring in upwards \)f"$BOS!OOO.{- ~: .· yet no m~tt-~hiw mudi tie }Jia~~q ap d fo}lgh.~~ gray wolves thriving· in the West- takes into a!OCO,Ul\tt.ha:t't~e alpha,· ·~ TM · !_-a_t~st fomL o~ gray -~oJt __ fr.?m the. trap he };:oul~~t,bre~~·- , ' ~· . · :, ~ .

-ern Gte,(!t Lakes regiop;~ 1,300 in. animals_ within a pack are usual- the M~Xican gray=W:olf/exists~in ,. ~.Qey de,pde~}<?:, el:lt~'! ... nl~~d)ulll; -. the Rockies arid around 8,000 in ly the only ones\vhobreed, thu~· the ~S~0ut~western -states. oLNii.;_, ~hey .s~id he was .~ick ~f!'d: <?Jdr- ~- · ~--;. · .

· Ala~k~. Even sfi)l, the gray wolf is self -regulating their~ populati9n. :. Mexf~ci- ai).d.· kiion~:~· Itort{?:~tiy, · ~ ~hey _sai4Jt>cwas Jo! ~~s ~ ~:'W-· ?()O_d-'­. ~agile and threat~:O.ed by -J:!.umcw . Idaho: ,ext~nded -its.; wolf~hunt- · it is fortu_n~te:Jhey alie stifl::_I?'red ~ ~- -:~east~--t~~t wa~ :thef~to,!Y-;they t?ld, ..... mt~rvention. F.or t~is reason, ·--ing se~son three months longer , :ip.-aa,ptivi~ -hence _giVing them· .amer~~a s only.Jagu{f '~-·~ , .. , ,_ federill couits·-stnick- down .three: than \plann~d., _through . March ·. proi:ection;,iUnder :t:he anti~wolf ,- $ee_n m 30_-years, :e>r inQ!e:-:-:..: · · , .. - · atterilpts .. by the Bush adminis- . · 2010, •tq·· re~ch .its ·}qll~ quota .of il:dmi_nistration pf the.M~.xlcan ·j_ust another. casu~lty , ·

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tration to remove gray .w:olve~ . 220. This ,·extensiori 'could hav~ Wolf - Adaptive Management in (hehuma~s v~. ~ildlif:.wai , frog1 ~he en!ilang~r~l\l -sp.e!Zies !ist. . devas~(!tingly negative _ effects Oversight Committee (AMQC)t - ~9 w~en -y_ou ~r., eat1~~ yp~r <!_m_n~r, · ::.. ~ . . · - Fa.cfng- t()oth,.and7~ail •O:(>.pO- · on Id<!ho's wolf . popula..tion1 the_ .. pppulation has -dwindl~9.., -~~~--!t~terung ~Q...t1J.e~ ~pc_p;.S,1,9c!<,!!tws.,~ .. : -... ;.._.

,_ sitiol} troni ggwps"""li:ke ~w_e."flJ:a:: .. -""eonside.J;'l,ng?- m~ting _ s~as0il 'is- _ .fwni: l.OZ wolves !n .2606 'i:ci 52 .· and ym,1 'he~r all tJ~~~comm~nt~tors · "'- · · ',tional Resotr;ce:' J?,~f~n~e<Fund ·, ·P?!We~nJ~aNttary--imd.Apri-lt·C:ort- ·in~Jal11,l~uy: ~009. · Ou:tr~geq oye~ . :}~ll!~~ S~<?S1~~;~g m;':~_, !.!J~ :~e~s' .. · .. ; , _

and Defenders - ~f ~tlq~•tfe, · th~:, ·' yer_sely,~M.Qntam~'s·:;-quota ,-o£..'7 5 the•mishandling of the Mexi<:ari · :let y our mmd an~:-do~n-tp tp:e ~desert, . , . Bush . administrati?n - fai.fed·. ~~~~ 2n~_at:ly:· Ju!fillesl:--.t:\'V,~ ;:."'eek$ · :-~ifay-\yolf, c·0ns.erv:~tionists· tHe~ ·_.:no~~:le~s' ~l,d~ th~zi":i~·.o~gh_t to b~~- _-:- - . --.- . · th~ee tH!J.eS to grant 1ts cadre of pnor to the end· of their wolf~ suit . . On November-13, ia 'ah-QU:V . @d r~s~ly.ethat YO\! ~H~11 - yo~r. co~wor~ers ·ranchers .and· farmers •the right hi.uiting' season, causing it to.be of court· settlement, . the:US Fish .. , t.h~ sto!y. of_ Ma_c;l:Lo· ~~~': . '~" .: -:;-,_ _ .

~ tb hunt -dowri an_d mercilessly c;:lo_sed early. ln, additi~nto. per- and Wildlife Service r~possessed . -D F 1

_._,_ •... - --.;- •. c . . ~-. · , .. 1 ht. k f . 1 'tt d h . t ' . . . t 11 1' . . . u· . fr . AMOC ENNIS RITZINGER ' .. s aug erpa.e s. o ~ gray ·wo v.es., _m1 e un mgt:v!r ua y .HW!-:··::-.Juns Kt!9)1 ... om __ .· . :,:.:",~--:~ --- ,, · · ·

. In a fina..l act -~L~~wardly b~ck.: .less killing in I,daho; :,M9IJ._t~Iia _: _. ~: . .'f,R~.~¥.' _ ~~2iiseiv~tip~··. ·&f()\.!PS . M~cho B was the last~kno~ jaguar in the· US, un- -biting .. that any, wolf would .. and.Wyomip.g js excus~d if h.u~ Jikeltije ·.cen.tei" _fm 8ib!dgical · fil it .. was euthanized·iil March zoo9 ·to).lowing a : ·

· -snarl at, Busp pullei( a c~t ~an~. nian~·>f~ei' . themselve~ or tii_~ir '.- ))tyets~ty se·e· th~~Noye-mber· set: · _b_otcped captUre by the ~zona· Game·:imd Fish . run, one foot' out "of- the :d,oor iivestock-a£e~t:hieat~ne~. ' ..... :, ~ ~ ... tje·m_enf #If a :piVot~f s't'ep in tbe . . pep·~ent: D~pa~ent 9f_ficiNS bl~ed kioney of the White · Hous_e, . . d.elisting · Any .jerk- who want$ to win ··: right "difect1on" for the Mexican..:~. fa:U.!.lre ·due, to ol<;l. - age;~l:itit indep~den.t -forensfc . gray, WOlVeS -~?.~ ' mote time: i'n . a trophx_·for_having ra b~g g'Up · .. g;ray WOlft·a recoyer_y OU} he ~ay ~n1JsiS, )J?-diCa~ed ~a,9fie -~anquili~ing ~g ~ 2009; And wquldntt_, .yo~.I: kno.w . simply has -to go.to the Hsh .arid . · to'·rew'i'ldirig the species and fur; _ ,~tse m the captur_e procedufe lik~y le~ to ~e big . . h o' b . t . ~' ·••• l . . . . . . . . . . • . . -~ ' . ·• . . ·. • - . . . . . eat's death: The Center for BIOlogical Drvemty has

. 1~, t . e n~w . '1-ma{ <!ijnp.J).~S.tra, . Wlldhfe Depart~~nt t~ obtam , ther_ ere_~tmg pr_otectl?~s _uader sued the D~partment .to pt~ventany furt:h~ cap-

. t~Qn,. UQder the SeGfetar.y o~- t~e t~e-pr~P~t: ~~ermt~ ·~nd lt~ense to .•. the <: -Endanger~d. Spgc~es. · Act. . tur~ of jaguars ill tlie us1

and also· sued fue fed_eral-_ -· Intepor Ken S~{lZ~f ~}.~~<!-.er!~tp,· kill._ For '-testtlents ?f ea~h ·s_tat~, . In the ;, North.~rn _ R9c;.kies, _· .s,ev-. . ~government und~ ~e Ep.dal_lg~d-Sp~d~s Act to

upheld Bt!Sh!l atroct~1JS ,._ w:a,r ... the . fee fo! ah~tmg hcense t.s: . er<tijcgns~ryat_to_n gr~:mps·f"have . -·force development of a rei:overy .plan that wilT · agalnst.w~lves~,(~~e ~F! J .Ma~~ · arot,md. $)Q; a permit t<;> tak~ .a_ in~ : '0ngoing · law:suit,~ -putti_ng . ensur:that~a!l managelp,en'(~ed~ions_r~gard~ng

.• Ju!le;:2_9P2J~_ .; __ ·, .. -;~t.·". · . ; " wolf's., life is $19. ~~-~ontana al;td . pressure: 'on the courts' to __ rein? , th~ja~ar_ ~~ b.a.S~~n Ffi.-e besnvail~ol~ science: , _ · ~ Fedef<fl" ptot¢cti()n · 6nlie·~gr<!:y $-11.50~iP. Id,aho; tags Jor _non- , stat~ federal• .:P,:W~$:;tiPn .· Q the · _.R-Wfl~ St;T:fqglw,. G.On~ervAtion.-A~vocate..at the qenter -· "Wol'yes .jn~tlt~~W,e~_epL:,Gtej,t !"resitl~nt~--rcost $-3-SO in-Ntotnarta" ."\iy.Glves- in· this-region~ : _····~'·: . :(or Bfologu;al Dwerszty, reCJrjJhzyoemfor·ac,curacy .

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How Climate ~l~-s- ~urned into Mo.ckery BY Tmi INsANE. CUMAn PossE - · justification_, Then, plain~lothes

officers bEtgan to selectively December's Copenhagen cliinate con- arrest impO'itarit spoke-speople

feience failed before. it even started.-IIi like- Tadifd' Mueller of Glimate the weeks leading up t~ th~ .ev~nt, the "Justice Jk-t\1on (CJA)1 portending Africcm ·Group (Algeria, Nigeri~, Kenya, ·a systetfiatic campaign of media

· Ethiopi_a, Gabon, and South Africa) contrel up to an<:L including as-made the -..position-'of the global south sault9'0n intern,aiional reporters. a~solutely dear: a_ny dill!ate treatY· n!- Ami&st the corltintwus reign of

. quiring serious emiss~on~ ruts- wo'4l<l hullian rights . _abuse, Indyme-face- rejection UQless . wealthy natiorts_ ilia Denmark ·provided .• crucial 6ffer~d adequate -fin,ahcial- _c~mpen~a: _ ffOIJl the -·grouQd tion. Meanwhile, ·somewhere~ between ¥eajlwhile, the mains.tream •so,OOO-IOO;OOO:-demonsttatoh . ~oc:ked' spun . the loom of ihsider to -the city to prqtest the --false solu- - - - clowns secretly . . ' • f{iscourse, ignoring most of___the tions under"writing the <;onfe:fence. Also'kno'Wn ple1 police forced the prot_~~!e~s to kneel on frozen sttuggles1ntfi~stteets. _ - . ~''-~ · _;::.{;?_­·as the -Coilferehce of·Part:les(COPIS), ,The,:lsth _:paveiJlen~~~Q.ere many O,f;;t!!em:~waited for up to · Regardless, the' talk~ proved irreleva~t-iong Annual Climate Change Conference --that took:- eight _hours:: Many.oprotesters-·fainted, while others before the mAHistream media turned its .focus -place from Decemb~r- 11~18 _f:~I apa!l ;!ll".o~,~!· _-_ ha?~cfo_ rE7lie!e-:the~~:~t~e§~in-tb~lr clothes in the ~ fro.m the P!~~s. The ,politidans, scrambling ~e mos~ e~~arrassp1:g di_s~~<!~s of p~~_ce r~p~e~: _-- suo-zero, temperatures~,,_.;. ,- z .-,;.:~f~ ·to :Q.old eac11~ 6!l1er accountable,: p1gyed-out the s1on and political !J'lundelp].g m recent history.~In - AutJ:loiities held protesters without charges in far£.ical ·mas·q~racfe:0t d_einocracy. Meanwnile, spit_~ of th!:! foolishness within the ·Bell_a Centre, ·_cages_ within Specially <;:reated "climate _prisons," - the·Copenh~ge~ authorities continued to sil!:!nee

·where the -~alks tgek plase/protesters~c~uld ~qt . calledRetorV-ej and Valby, referred to by police as voices ~f dis·sero;t'. throug:trout' tbe process: de­shut downoCOPIS--and· neither could'tlfe Africari _ "'!4i:l.ntanamo Juni'or.'' There, police' met th!:! c~m- nying 15,000 de:~~gafes, civi~ sdbe!f represen·

· Group. COEIS failed becaus~ theaevl!loped wol:Ii:i_ p~airfts ,an.d cries of con~seci detainees With streams· tatives and jourric:ilisls legal a<£ess to the talks . r~_fuses to" share its w~alth for-: the _greater good 'of of pepper spray. After pepper spraying 'entire crowds by d~laying- appli€ationSAfrid_.tefusing valid-ae-

the Earth. - - · ·:'- - -<---- -: · .• - of -~~tain:ed pris?riers,. p~fice ~nt~red tJ:eir_ cages: _2~:u-....As-_ €l cl~i~_e:ri ~. · -e~-:.de'legate~ egan Two< coumcts, .in pa_!tlchlai:,_" ·ruVide<:f:th~, .c?~-- · push~d the detamees mto a comer, and remov~~~JeilFf~ers outside, 1t became mcreas-

fe!~nc:.-:-the. ~st i~ eco!.l?~$~~~l'th~~_i:9n~ i~ ___ !~~~r ~~t_er:to_ mak~ them_suffer for longer pef!<?-~iof_ ingly obVious that the only struggle that mat-- ~olog~c~: - Firs~, -p~~~:-~~ti~~~: e~nnC!L~~~Tci_;tp:- ~.-Jl:f!le,:· Rocksli~e,.a !fig~ Country Earth First!erl nd tered was in the streets, where people m~rched rmple~ent ~e pro~o_~~d tlii:Ii~te ' tie~f}': :wl'l~_h.'qut ·· Rmrnal: corx:espondent, wunted among thos7 ,who to reclaim . : · . · rootless elites. - " finan~ sup~ort, a:nd~~ecopd,_the -~cltp~ti_?J1,S:{e~_ _ f~ced arcan~ conditions and sentences, -i~c~ding On delegates

· fused to pr~Y:J-de fin~ulClal s_upi?ort uruess ~e poor . _weeks of' solitary confinement. · ·' · / a walk out on ~g~eed _ t?}ns~Jfiqe~~ erlii~M~:D:s· ~~Jt: .?~!I~5g:~ · :> In spite of ma~s arrests, prote,sts- ~rsisted. A No Bor~ ; ,,;_ the Centre as a "bike bloc" thi~ . postt,!on n~_ed J>.lac~~l,_" N~onu -Klem . ders demonstration cametogetfier, along with · ~fie·_ streets, and "blue" and "green"

. . obs.ef\'ed·the begmning of "<::linia!e st:fiJ~al_c~-d- . under the name~; "Stop the Production!" ' ·formed a "Reclaim the Power!" protest. · ' natio9s ,sacrifice -- Change . Not -~limate Ghange." Led . of marchers penetrated roadblocks

, fif!aDI~iall.:t:«~so~r<:es. · - ·· · Jike Via Campesin<!, · . and avoided their pepper spray and batons, mov-. on the Belle Cen_!re, - bloc"

-nations-namely, complaints to Kyoto Protocol tlre:EU>c-limate· ~- -................ ~··

- 'dfula!e;talk~, sit-in and fast, most out of th~ - convened' later at the People's Assembly for a

1iacked out originally agreed: upon. SO% rally against false solutions. . .cut in carbon emissions by 205'0 (based on 199<>. Further demonstrations, involving thousands levels), projecting a much slower start, with the of protesters, continued throughout the rest of

' EU ~oQc~cUng oply ~20-30 :percent in ~ ctits by the talks. Although minor acts of sabotage oc-.2Pl0; and~the US-insisting-on an exiguous four · curred over the week-m~st notably, attivists

~ percent cut over the next 10 years. Tfiese . iium~ gluel:l Chevron's office locks shut and spread red . be.rs prov¢d insulting t.o t!le};Troup _of 7} · (G i7) paint over the walls-nearly an of the protesters . poo~er nations~ wpic.h cip.eii.!¥-'St_atel;i intention~ - sliffere£1 for non-:_vi~~ent ~sse~Jlblies .

. · of cutting global emissions SOperc~rit-by 2,050. ' · DE,!spe~ate ~o r~a<=h ·an·agr~menFand save face, _ J1ie Copenh:agen. c_lil!!ate"_talks faile9 ·to meet President Obania· wiarigled with Chinese-"Prim~ any· kin0:~6f 'staiida!as; )Jeca)i:~e- the -US .. us~<;i .~- - Minister Wen, to come up Wtth a final proposa).~ nance ·<!s ~ev:erage~'to .swlng.:ti,ieir-end_ of tlie:.ba:f"' -The Obama-Wen p.roposil iii~cated:no ·standards

. ga1n. --Aithough dee:rt enii5sions cuts undermin~e for emissions -cuts, ·and inexplicably brought the the GS model of ~ ''ecorioi;Iiic _developmenf' US's-qffetof$100bWt<f!l'totinance the developing forced on the G77 through <;lebt, ~ilitariz~tion, wol:Td~'d'ewiqo $3tt~billion. In fact,- the proposal urbanizatiO.n and land transf6rffiation,' the GS' {6 says/ No Deal,--asshoT~s!" -~· a$ihila~ ·every single . fundamental.--pri~ctple seeme4 to expeCt developing-countries to juggle . . ric;ultQral prOduction-and commen:iaLtonstimption, ". of-COPlS. Obama1ed the Charge, celebrating-the e.~ological ailg ecr)fi~~c- e~p~£iations without - the G8 re~l<irly ignere,""protests drew~attention:-7C, proposal-as "unprecedent~;''-~d the mainstrearil: asking questloris.-J~~t, ~i!lcce}COPT~~uthoriied _ to th:e ~irrsufficiency 9f'the corporate striictures .- mediafollowed·swf, postirlg_-inst~_t reports ·of a only coq)or_ate· falSe·· wlutioi)s~ and-admitted ··an - e-ntertained· by CQ-PIS. A - strategy , of;separating - mii:aculm~s~dealitl_spite of 'the-fatt:=-$at only 30 "ineVitable:~ two-degree . centigrade i#creaS!:! _fu:. prot~:stefs .intoa m~ssive· "blue Qloek~~am:t ~~smaller, ~ oti( of _192 countries: had even re~d-the proposal. -global tempetaf!lr~J!£>~ the_~~~· it _ ~lr.~agy ex,· _<!gil~'g~_~t;t:-1JI~k'!-wentiljto eff~-Wf~ better.restJits.::. __ Fulning,oyer tl!e __ ~otal cjr<:umvep!io~ of _the ple­hibited ~ ,-orl< qt-c:'cJtmate-~.~~cfsm/' } O _which Ho~ev~r;the-tepressio!l:contilfued;-:as police maqe ~g:. - -- · harypr~§,"the'G'i'-7.::jained;_the·y_g~~s <>f~!:_im~te _ . UJ,e _--attempted . bril;>ery_. oiil~~-added< np_stration. -gressive< incursions. jht_9' ~hristian_ia, .a . squatted: '~fre~---- ~usf!e~cAction · ~d other-_ non-pr9ffi~ in protesf Prqtesters,· -desc~ndi_ilg - 0ri -ihe c_onfer~nce with . toWn" withm .to~nhagen; under-the coverof.night;~ agalhst the -pret~nd di~ate :agreement. Unable ch~ts H~eL "out_:d}ipat.e !s -P~t your _\?-u~iness/'_,- .breakihg through burning p~cades, shootihg teCl]' · to pass the prop6sal; the ~s~Ig9l_Y:~offtaaily 1{took aiu;l, "cl:im(lt~ just!ce _ now;'~ echoed:~~p_ncer11s · · g!lS In;t,9 ·surp:t;tsed crowds; dispersing rallies,-Jjlockihg" _note of the deai,:_:_airg_ ilie1a1KS'fnd~d. I~ spit~. of ·· that the. G8's lip .servi_ce a:'!:? aut ruts _in~ ~mi·ssions_· ~off erl~im~es 'arlit exj.t:S to~the _area,: utyeashjj)g police -· hea~"es like~"B:ei~!/~greed 'Amid Cpaps" and -"We only pay heed to a:systeJI} tl}at exP,ect~to~ fai_h-· ~ ·. , ' att;a~k, ~qgs)mg:searc:hing everyoni:aro!IJid :!fie-pe~~= have .a-Dea!<>_h -pu~te Chell!ge;'' tliere-is n~e -deal!--Police seuhe~tone~~arly, enforcing stri<it ·coiF rimeter;:By??*~~me:t:nirtg; -oJ>Tuesday, ~December 1s,:. · As protests ~apped tip,· -it-becaine clear that

trbi over-Be-rimar~~~borders:and;:iri Cepenha_:;. , ·dtib]?ed· ·~agriculttire actiOn day" .by-.e~ganizers,~ fhe,~" th~de~o~st{ation of popular-di&.~ept ip._ c_~p_en­. g~n, t_arg_etifig--street medics-:-for a~est~- dtWHi: cli!l1ate :priSqn~"hEid oye_~ 1}6oe_peQple~ · · ~;!'; ' ' · - -_ hag~n~ _e~posed both the: strengtps·-~d%w~~-

. . open_ing protests on~De_cembeJ-1~1. The next daf, As· Gopenhage_n· trailsf9rmed inte>~tl)e ·police state · nesses of mass mobilization. ~o de~l would have · Mobilfzati6n lor~Clitria,te Justice (MCJf rallies, so' ·famili~£ to :: seasoned·~-G8 -protesters,. -the "taiks stopped. the corporations£ and if anyone _sue-:

. al9ng.w_itb-a· D~_~embet; 12/ Interiiatforial_. Day- -within-t{re-_Belle ~entre; fell apart, Ehaiimilp of the~ ·. ceeded -g~yori~tn~- gov~r!m~:ht'GlJ,~aqe, th~:t>.ro­of Action deinqp:_sp-ation: ~q_5l a }<'lq(!<il for Cll-~- G~7:_del~gati_9Ii, Sudan~~e -_diplomat-,._Lumumba pi~~: testers __ exposed-.tept~ssiorcthlouga:""'~agr@geht'"" .mate Justice_demoq,stration,_ amassed upw<l!ds Ap1ng ~stated,~"it has·qecome clear~thaf the~panish"" Iilov~nt. bttildirrg. AsJ~ri;Fry/a iepres_en!ative · o1100,090: participants. FilJing the.sn~ets ,-witg . presideilcy~ip . t}iJ.e mo~t undemocratic _ fashion-is>-~ -of th~·shia~l Pacific: islancr•nat_ion o}Tuval~ puqt, ­bariners,.songs,. ~hd chantkthe-dem_onstra.1:ions advapcihg ·the interests-ofthe d~veloped tountrles "We:are extremelY disap}>oitiJed. I=hav!:! .. tlieJ~el­tumed into an ecstatic S.Oci'!lfqmvergen;ce~-With at the'expenSe'Of the balimce 0~ ooligapbnfbeftV:e~n ·'-""- ing of 'dread Vv~ _-ar~ ,<;>:rf ~e .f;itaffii: :and. s$!dng iriqigenou( le_adersJ n the fr~:mt-lihes:;)~<::_corqing · . developed and.devei6p_jrig·.countP,ei" ,:··~- ·_. ::.:: -- _ _, fast. tf·s ~time to'latinch- !fie:Iif~b.<:>~': ';;:.A h(fridigd to police, a_couple ofexuoerailt-maifherS"iillegedly --'? _ in -.t}le~- n:al..,_:days · o_Ld~'nlons_tra'tions, . marches :'_· tlif>USand people: m6bilizfng-Jor CO.P'iJ. 5~ teveals·

~ 'sri:ia~heo tWo.Wf:ndol\is of~ _D}lnk, w_ar-rant~ng-the." c:ontintiet:i .as-·tJ:le• af~os.pneri of repressie;)n_ ihteii-7~ ) lee'd-;for .. l!trategl_<; develo.pment ._of gr~afei' hl~a-: _ st,jdden·~rrest ofa nti$e,~_ itr~W,..seefld!i~:O~ th~ .:-:;:Sili~ij~~~~d~g::_ihDl-Yr bieyi:Ie -~(>_11~~, -_!!}e,;:CaEdY- -'stn.tclt.y,effoi milliqi!_S~IPQt~tQ· f~c!¥~_,po~~f-Jn

protest. Surrounding-over-~00.- in:notent peo_:. . Fa~oryr police~ col:Ifikated : two ·b_ieydes;:.,withbut~- every bw-region:· c; ---~cr-:..·A~4'-·:::.~-~ ~ , - . ~ ... -~ .... p.;."· ~ - ,.._ ~' (I ·::: ~-"-,::, - . -::_ ~~ l. -:,_ ..... ~ I . ~ <• , "" J ' •• ~ - -

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have stood up to protect their . ·with [violent.] acti~~," :·· sf~ "-7. ~~re~d:,t~~-- lll·e~ssage. ~n<I.· fit~~ss ' ~ ' , land health and _, communi- .Grace, who returned · to . the . the r,nedia·; the courts . and the - 'W _ ·.

The two rows of blasting holes ties ,from strip _miniq.g since t}i~ ::~5Valle_~ thi~j>aif;J':l"ey~~p:r _a~~-j.: i~~~e,~se~ 3.at_t~~t!oij ·-t~~·tJa.i.Sed · = :-" · -had a singular purpose: disman- mid•201h century; To Save the ;· playei:l a support rqle I:f1 ·:.W~ '- a,ctivistS ;J:e,ceive.". · · · _ · ~- _., tle the contours of Coal River Land arid the People, a group drill rig action."What we~'~e're : . .~~lEP.:vii?'iu~ental 'nuts] are

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Mountain; the last high eleva- opetating out ofthe.coalfields of ~ doing was Jllaking people !J.l9l'e . ~asr.t()p:~c{!gnize," qu~EpeqDon .... tion range in the Coal River Val- Ke~tucky, .led .a .gia~sroots fight comfortable s,o : t~at J?aY?.~ ~i~ '·:'>J;Ua~!<~~sh_~p, CEO o.fM~ssey En- · ~ , ley that hadn't been mined by agamst stnp mmmgm the 1960s the future there ::would ·oe •a~J~.., 0~ ergy-::-a:: :pJim(lry dnver of MTR •• mountaintop removal (MTR). ·· and; 1970s. Laying . down · in to be action:s. -We h~d .:thiil_gs: -~in>"Appalec!J.ia~athinom,pany's. =-· MTR is a detrimental form of front of a bulldozer set to strip like a sit-in and ma,.icn€,s;; J aige' ~ Friend's o(Amepca ralJy.thi~ ·past- · . mining that uses explosives her farm iri 1961, elderly Ken- . rallies, a lockdown in c Ricn-· Labor J:?ay. "·They're easyto ;tee- - fllfa to get to the coal beneath the . tuEk-ian QUie- "Widow" .Combs mond ~nd a clo'ckdown [~t Zeb· ognize because'th~y're the.,ortesc = surfat~ of mountains and re- - became one ·of the heroes of in Tennessee.'~ · f to equ'ii?,ment~Ii? -~-suits in flattened, ! hangmg - frp._JP..-

b<:men plateaus in : He .trh- .. e.~nt.ne~·e;l.:u~Sc··~I:·~ -• ... - . the place of peaks. , -,w -News .broke of ' .:_date.d, remiil.d- ~ blasting on· Coal :_· iil'g t~e ~ r,o:wd . e .River Mountain in _ they=-t~e --

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four oLus. set about ouf~ork. One activ-.

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a banner reading "Save Coal more information about this gan in February with a lockdown he said in a radio interview · ~ . . ~iv~r ¥Otmtain" across the history . of resistance, -refer . to:' <- otl~ C.O.ai.:l~iy~r:.'MoUiitain-, :!!,_p._d :_.a . :: yvith West Virginia MetwNews. ~ back of the machine. Then, we the Battle of Blair Mouri'tain, .~.,':r~Ui'a(th~-'~t~s~'~f'Matsh' f:~rk.::::}rhey're-involved- in-that .gro~tt o..· waited (and waited some more) United Mine Workers of:-Affi~r- :-;;__€_~·J::? .. Q)mpany .::in tht .;J l<:>.H9.W_;:f":.down. in Raleigh-County, .NoiJh _ to be. noti~~? by min~ s~curi_ty. . i!=a,. _the_ mine wars, l_fj~pian~e9;fb.e~~:W: · -:S~tft~l~th~~~,~;f!le~~h .. · ·.- ' ·Aaro!~a~;-~tf1$~(j~~~~d·ctp~-eco- .. ~ ·

By the time we -·were bemg" .,_Folk Sc,hool; etc. - - · -:;; · ::;.;~ ;;;4;'C:~~t~~en48 · ~'<;1:'iQI:lS:}R'·the'-C()a . . · ron.sts:-:We .,worry:-,t!].ey- JllaY . · driven off of the mountain: Many coalfi_e)d· '~.?!i ___ J s ·:;;~(~f~sout~~rrr;1Nes~Virgi;lji v;e ;beefi:.in here;·fo sabotage _.- ,..., < '"'·

ha~dcuffe~, toward the local _. Ji?hting MT~, - ·inc!~~~~;;, Qp~l ··~. ~b~tw_e~ll~~~!§~_t~~-r:~a.rf<t~<? ... e of our - ~achin_ery.'~ . :" >·~~ . J•l(li · , -·-- --:::"·.!.:'~ police statlork we had stoppe~ RIVerMountam;Watcp"smdom- muc]):,~~.c~AAen~_c;J.;~· ex<::~ ""--·-" ... Jalwarts: q~ilie WesLVugima llil' · · .. -~"' · ~ work on -Coal River -¥ountal.n's· itablei;}udy, J!orict~;:--hav~ b~en -.: st(?i:t]'i,'g~\M.g . · ~ij.~~,h,;wilsJmif~[k.:O::<:oal and energy-'industries have · ~ s. . _ '" - "zf;, Be~ Tree permit sitecfor almost · a(rested multiple tinies in., pio'-.C'ta:gt',~.:':Gi~~ ectedCtJiiA:QiRe~ -·# ·ken to fear ·mongering about ~ · . '-- ·· .~ ·' __ .,.. six hqurs and prevented blasting ~est. They ~ave_ als.?.::; ~-2~Jl:~~- . c · -~~h~~,i~·~th~;' visi~~,)~-fu:~€\:j,<•~nyiolent -d~Lte~i~te.rs .~,T{l~i~ :: -~,-~:' ~-;:..·:;; ---;: for the...:.day._~ose_f.e,w_.square .,,.:~n -legalr-poignant , aet~g.m_s: 'l :r,~fffs,ago.'' : -,_ ·· ·:F,·:S%'\.o:(_'· c·o~ments -follow m -t-heJoot- • · :: . : ·:""' ~ Jeet "of l~nd w~re./ or{ _this~-Barth{ ~~2,0.0<61 :f;(f , ~~ley ;~a~~i~£~~'1._:-,. ") m,violenC tivil re_~is~anc~ : i~ . s\ep~ of " increase~ . m~d_t~ ~- a:t~~ ·~: -. < :_),; ~ foraJo. nger penod of time. What ·. th. ~ <::oal Rl.Ve. r·.ValleyJ .!J ·:Wil;sh_· ,;,- -:.:~t ·the : core · ofcG(JZ:s .}?fl..~.- R~-~~(' ~' .. · t~ntiOn {I_'h~ .New xor~ ·~ 1_'nnes, . ·s-..... ... :.."·-,c ,?"· kills you stopsJor one~IJJ.omept," ... ington, DC, ·.to ask th~t_Marsh ,·srr(!tegy; ._ A diversity -of Jc,il?tlcs.:-~; Reuters, mdselocal news-o:utl:et_s), . :-- '· · · ~:

. ·my f~iend, Zoe, told me once, F.ork Elementary Scb~ot, which' -,'h,_~.;. l?:~~n.:~~~PJ.?Y~ct.,: :_If?,cJ~?m-i::~iArull!~ed ~l1p--_~~mmt1il~fy.",S.l!R:' , " · - , ~~~-=- ,_,:·<· · re-fernng to her ground-sup1>9rt , s1t~ und_er .. a ; sluqge < ,d'!~ a~d;:: dir.e€tcactlon, '--enaH:lrsqpe<:Jle~~ -t.:p0rt, a:r:1d .. a !Il~l10r, .,but mcr!~s" · ·,,_. , ·-(c:"">' :~"" -role iiJ: a treesit above a .sou~~irf'.: · -ne:x;t ·t.~ a coal proc~s:s'.lQ-g .J:l1l~I)t;,: ; J!ro,t_es t ~j~·-an<,t- . ; .:.-. _ ;.;.75:--,: .,_j~ - ,~ ,..p}g; ,-~_irt!J..u-e!}c~ _··. tD - · _ .• · .' .. -.-: West Virginia- MTR.-site ,_this -past \ ·be.· mo~e~ to a safe arfd~healtny ._ ·c.O,:~uci'Q::a:~~~-~~.: -~·AmftY§. ~,..- fi-.i~f,_ £.9.,P:,:l'6<t~~~~d j}~:; _ ·_ - · . ~ ·:: :-:·

•. ~:~~-1 .~ ~~~:o;n~~~:~=:~~C!!~·~~!tr~A:~~J~Z:ii~r~-~~·~~!~i~~:;:~ -:.· · _.,,~it _ ... _ ~~iii<i~ ;· · ~~~~a~~p:~~~~~~le - · ~, .. · · :cvi~_Pties;- but I think she's: Q..n, to--'c·~th_'·~ exlefisi~e :,~,_cornmunity' >in :prbperty-~de~ ·a: '. '-~;-~~-\~; --, ·. ' . : _· S:G~Z,_-~I!d~~Pt~- .. o • ·· -·~- c

-.. something_abo~t-~~gang Qt tree:- ,. 0rga!lizing,·~ reseatch-and- sus- ·. struction. :Some· . li~€t_~a~tiOll:- ~c'e_d-~n~g .,~:_<ra:I;- -c . __ ,..._._-. . buggers_- and momttainee_rs ·'cr~ ,-}:~in~d<~ effo.· rts':· tcnvards leg!sla-; . :g!:: ;ou: a c. tio~s:~;, · afQU_ -fl d-·h ete-~· ~-_:i :fi~fo, .c~~~Pi~g_~~ ·~ ·=·· ·; -.'. , . --' enoughtO·take on the:_coal;-com"- "', tlve .. change . . · , . .:· .- · ,_. ,·-· ~ -;;, ;r.:~;nduding . -a-,SlX~..., : ':. ~- ~ .. ;,_,;~, ··:· .... ··'. f '_,. · ' rha~e-:=-'. Ut'"J; On . :__ p~p(~$ .lilgwin'g up--...Appal~chia's : - :'Mountaip~,_,_ Jqsti~e , .iummer: ~A<tY ~treesit ' _aild: Jjeca'tfSe~tfi~~jf . .?: 2 ·' -;; '..; ~d_ = .>·· -. -:"" ., mguntclins, dumpmg the ·debns· ,":;(MJ~)Js~aP:dthe'f_gr.oup:-ct~aiCarect;·~~J;o¢k~rqWns -lo- - ::_c ·.··::-:.-.~::;s-": :t~'?.:':!-:;~:--: .. -""'- -'::;;';::~-~2--.' ,· in-_1:() valleys: and poisoning-head- - ~to .. gfrect~atfion a-!14CQ~J.!Itlility ~.' min~ Site equip.{ :'c t!e:-5~ .. 9.-~Sl~~r:.g ~t ~1}:'- ~ ~- · ·_; ·~: .... water streams th. a~ flow put_ acrc:;>ss ~org~?.'~~g- . ~g<!_~~st_. ~·>·MJS -.. ,~en_t, stop. ~<?!:!<,- longer~ tffari'a1F tt : ~ _- · -.~ __ , ,. _. s5a_ ; ,,_ N·- ,. - ·-" - · '~. : _ ·:·the eastern US. J -· ,~ · , :was Initially spurred ~m ,2005 by ;~duectly. e>thersr - . · -. -_ · ,, -, ., : "-- ·men·t;.ro "deeply ' _ · - <7-,;. - -.;::_''Alofof[locai] fo~uf!derstand;. Jhe death. of· JereiJ1Y· DavidSO:O.' _ 'ip·chid~ng. ··'th~ ~ US CQffibined.'! -.. .;._: >l00ted ' · l_'?cal -~ :- ' .. -• --c_~:.,. _ .. am~ !'espe~! - direcJ __ ~ttion ·mc;>re '- hr Jlyrock · ii).-;Ni!gihi~, -,af._ tl)e ,· -~Senior : ~9t~~~'J"\·. .. -- _ c __ , ._·-c, ·""'- - " <?i:gani~i~g:~ aiia --< t-; - . , -t.h~n' th~y :d~-~the}~t~gt ~-:qipQr- --. ti~e;- Joeat~9~P~-w~re _wo!!O'n'g~"Y-~\f~l~ t_<:>-~fin&~ ~scweW_as:,l>~~-~ _ strong_ ~oaH_~iQ~s figllti~g MTR _ ,.._ .. _ _ ~ tant legislative; ·regulatory an$1· · Wit{l mga,mzatio.ns: like ~atu~,;--:-~~er- drops, play a·valuable-role_t:~r:._ through a. myriad p;J c,::hanne)-s. ~ · -

· -~ .leg_al w~rk: - 1 J!?-i~K we-:,p~o~~d . ~~ ~~ ·F{rst!i:Y!~i~!ec~;~'~K_:c·atfra~il_lg- m~dia a~~ntion ~~ct· ·~ ~- Bt1t- I ~e_e,_~~~g_ding-·-~b~:~~q~t<< lfl/!llta: .•. ,_ -_ ~"' •· ·.Qqw_senous·we ar~ ·abquUhis, ·.: .-9uQ. ~pfi!-oth_ers_r:~f}<d Riyer. ~~~ ~-engagmg new_-parpnpan~s ,anfl': .what Zo/e_,.~~~~:t.Pa!£',<;>f-,1_Vl):a~;§ ' _!.::--~~~ ,"'. _ · -·-

. ~nd,people_·arou_nd · here : have . ley hell:raisers , _began ,_ liostin,g~-·- ·sup_p0rters-.. CGZ ~ctiyists do ~ot worthcJ.th_e -192-lft;' dates~~~fin.es.::~·D'· _- -_ ·_ :.:. ·resR,ect f.or .,:th~~'(. :sa. id ·~at - . the: travel.ing ~i~g~s· <;)f s~qe_nts,; ", '~~~ . th .. · _e "sc~n~~_-.. ~and'_t __ ne:Y~_.<!iffito=_·o:_·a·. nd pqte. nfi~Jifaillime.Js,~eiifg . :-.!! . -. - -·,;"LGurS:~~o~en~~rg-:- arr~: '?rgaq.~z~(·.-"'punks an~ actiVIsts thattramped ~ ! be '~op~n,: · ho9-~s_t ·and·.' fnendly'~.>.c ~ble .to ·pause'="""f(;m a few hours- , ;;; - - . -. . · :.,_-:·

:. '-with ~e~~C~a~¢ ~?r~~~; ~ro>: aGross AJ?-palac. hia: th~t:.~~~rneJ:;;. ~ .. WI .. :t.J;i_ ·e_Ye~on.e~ th-ey. · encoUE:t_er,:::: w , -~:-d~.~--.,- ~!I~"'"d~st~.uG~io~.:-~?f;~ , • . ·"' · (C.GZ) camprugn of ci\'il resistance ·. ~ Grace, :-a member, oJ_I\atu~K:~EH,:.>,"_, d_u.nng. an ~ctiom<: c , - - ' , ~ -. c __ mo.untam.~ When;we take· act'ion; ..::._, .....

-:to :_.~. '~Th;y >un~e~st~~:.di-.:~ ,, partiCip~t~d:{4}_'-:-_~e~~v~ry .-~fir.St:~f~ "",?w. P?sW·~rr· i~- t~~t ~w.e __ a.re/_:i~'f:~at _k.iJts::·l{s_;·sto~ss~(llf::ct'ii_:~ ar· --. _ -,I'~ ·:-::. :!~-aGtion- .. ¥ound ~ere, pec;:a11s~ ·. MJS,Hher;t -~stay:~_u-;;!n~the.:y~lley - ·9p~!Jg;:,cn9t!J:mg+~r.o_ng,-~'~e 'a_r.e "i-f.rrm:trten.t~·':;_-~:;.,1 ~:...; ?~r~~ • :~- ·. :""!'!,:.:':;: • · the~Y:~,~~n~~~~g ~f~?fige1 ~'rn.:~- fQ!~Iw~s\;tw.6~¥.~J.~s:._·;. 1'· - ~ :·- · < "~!~~-n'8 :- t~~ pr_d!e;!-_ ~~~m~~n·:;:~·: -~D:a .... _<J ::tiJ;_~-w~ite r. ~~:.t~;or~ , , -.. · .. 't :J : ... ,­:c~D:_ofius: cpmbmed~'Y:':"'- .. ':- . ~.~ ::i ~t_~t-.-H]&:;..b~g~.qn,mg , c;pmmu ... ,..,.:ti~s1{1i_·,~.s~I~_""~~:t~~~"J.\~~e~t-m~:- ga;n l_~e!~'q:a-se:d~ ·~o. lJ-t j?,f~~~.t~e _. · · ·. - ,_-. ·,-;-'Y:..._,, .

,;.~ ~Resista~<f_e 'i:: · :n':"'_;tpp~lacliiazf .. n~tt~m:emb~J'~ f/!'-W.eJe:?, "":r:afJ;}ljd '. , .re~ptfisiDiJity·-::f9Ifl _Qur- · ,actipns .·-e§ oa'lfi.e'lds _ u{f.'southerir~.. ·west ~. . , · ·• o • .. . .. ':·-.iff -·t,tad(tioti;:'can~ ni'outitciin .R~op ~ ·rour]'. a~.!ions.: . l,~w.oui~;,t>eHm¢E ' (allows -U:sl esto,-~to~ti~p;e_._~to'""~'y:irginia~ ~:K- :,~ - ,;-<' . - .•. _ s· ·. ·_ .. ~ <~-:~~-' ~~~~)~·-, . ., .:~>, -- •. . . ' "'"" ..,__ ' - ~ . - ,"- ~ . . ~-'< . t~~~- -;:..._ ~ : '~"""' .. - .. - - -<~~~- ,~""-',~ .·. -~: ';.:;,"';: : . ~-~ - ~ '-;:._' "~':'< >. -~ ;;~,· ~"

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" BY D~E~us .. W: 61F ·ANI?: MA~GOL,~ S~oqN . . : ': 'a'tatiop.;:n~-~- ch!lii:ness outside only increasing The Cai'Iiage .of D.ams ·· -·,;·~ - ..: _· · · .-· the coZiness iriSfde; and ~xcitedly scrawled

. Here in the East San FrancisC.o Bay, ·a quiet .·~the· expected conditions on ~ wfiite.Poard full storin ' rages· over· the propos~d building ·of .~· df the ·plan. Ari:ows~ ·a:non;y.rno11s:stiCk figures a new450-foot.talldam in our barely-wild ··and approximated distances all ·began to

• Mokelumm; river watershed. "Our" East ~ppear, while an old canvas sign was sliced . . Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) has · into appropriate sizes for the anticipated

announced plans·· to consider .this qan'l in ··ascent. Our ·graffiti artist tried their skillful . · anticipation-·of fut\!re . ,pepu)atj_on gi:bwth:. :~ hand at_,c,h:awing:legible letters, and to our

··-;; ; - The _dam .woulcpfo0~ mQt;e·L~li.an- two miles .. ;; g~::~at joy, 'produced. ·lovely composition of of p0pui~dree fl.o~~1g -_river! whkP.Js habk -· ·tat fo~ th~ CalifoFriia~. sj:>orte(lgJVl, ~foothill ­

. yell~w-le~ged frog , .a~.d gps!iaW'k,.;. a-n_d: a ·---~--~_""p~te!!ti~~ r.estorati~h , a~:~!~!· -~c~()~'~:;

. -salmon and steelhe·gd trout. "'5 ·:--:--< • ~-~- · - ... -· .... FH1shback t6. 1922-Tulare·''Courtty, -~he

- : . ""- -·._ last Ca)ifomi~ ~zzly b~ar,Jhe ·offidai_state - · _ · .animaJ: is.:extirpated. Today;· California· has

-:"".~~Io·st 95 percent of_ Jt~;;.,$'!lliu;n~.: ,~nd · wild : · ' · ':'> ":~hel'ie~.· Mall~; s~~i!r~s ~fl.n~i:.Wega farms~

. · :. · · /' ·-; ~ ".fst~adiiy ~mardi.,: on: ouf?teip.l@mg· Wilds as­. .' - -- . .::-: · a:Q~f:acieasingly.grav~ ~rivitoruiientalllter~cy · · - -slowly·:seeps into:-eur-cortsGioJisniss. ·:·.: · ~, ·

. 'f~e dams· physically hieck.the . .ftsh's!jout-· · ney to ,their> traditiqnak bree~g. groupd; but · rmcirly_ fi~li qon~t . ey~n · ma¥e'J(that fai -Jerty o· -Neuberger from· the· .California Sportfishing: ~Ailiance.~ 9-n :the ·.~tafe of ' salnlon)n the

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we felt, so we agreed to reground. We untied knots and passed bags down. As we took a last glance at Oakland from this -unlikely vantage point and tossed down · the canvas sighs, they caught the up-flowing wind in a jaunty little swing-convincing us momen­tarily that they we~e the o~el'l()oked sails of a great ship upon a vaste concrete-ocean.

During the public portion of the meeting that took place insi.de, about 70 people gave their allotted 3-tninute comments. There

trumpe~s-~ yellow~green~' Our tree-persori· were -people neighborhood organi-mission to "Promote · EnVi-' , ensui:ed.that the sign climbers were taught the zations; river protection alliances, . fishing

ronme:rital Responsibility and Sust~inabil- necessary skills, while our resourceful host groups, greywater collectives, engineers _and ity." Yet there is no se.rious support of the cut along plywood slash and prepared it to other concerned citizens who gave a myriad surging local w~ter movement ,;.,and its , hang. The ev~ning's pr~parations complete, of reasons why building a new dam was

_.gr_eyw'!ter, vainwater· .. and perma~ul_~ure ··· w:e_part~d~ays· toje-coriverge-pathe morning entirely unnecessary. The meeting · lasted strategies, whose--~wiclespread implemen- -· ·'ofnur plannegaction . . :. about 6 hours, the longest in EBMUD history . .

. "' ~atiori · coul9 Il1Qre..-than offse(the p.eed tor :.on Octobet_'13, -cpld; grey ra~r:r :.q.ad found The board ·dutifully · listened as we gave · . .; · · · 3· · -new, dams?I!-1si only.thrqughJo~alizing·pur •- us . ~gaifl inside With tea; we struggled with a our informed pleas, and then made the

· · -- : -... _ 1":c~Dmriuintty =-dependencies·. th~Lwe .. hiiv~~-a :·stul,ioom gromlp.et.kit, stepped in:tQ l!~esses, . decisio11 they wer_e goiil_g- fo :m!J.ke regard­. snowball's chance in' hell · at reversing . .this. · -,;and stuf:feQ. bags -with our. ~iio" "~d. "dams" les_~....;..to -in chide ,the dam. At leasUf ·they

-:·.::. ~ -: plagu~. of e<;osy'stem coll~ps_e. )t's. been saici signs, double -checkil)g th~t each ;Climber· ·a.o:a~cide to :go aheae with conshtictfon', 'it ·,~- --that CiUfoniia -wat~r,pro'j-ects 'c.o11sist ·of the - ha<:l£,their -appropriate sign so as not to .ar- ·wouldn't be 15 years from now, proyiding . '; _ :~~~st altered . -ecosyste~s . on.-~the -pla~et: ~t . r}vt:qn the pl11tfop:? an~ shput t£.;ti?:e wor.ld!. ·plet:tty...of _time • for~th~_ l.mportance of rivers · . 1s mcuml:>ent upon Cal~forn.15l to <!<Jm_!.t .the· -' "Dams:No.--1! We;:p1l~d m~o ~~ pl_~kup · truck ,to, corttagwusly sprout. .. . .

. errors ()four ways and implemeri.\ t:p.e world's and >made our wa¥:thr6\jgh'sl!eets'G~.'fa1Jing " ·~:Meanwhile, -tlie SWP .tnat pumps fr.esh largest ecosystem resurrection.; ·. fre~:h-_w;ater.Ad~arq'$ .. :-tfie 6mter.:of the .. Cfty:-:-·: water .. -from -:the San·~Francisco · Bay -Delta to

_. We"ar:d:Ved'~a~ourtd the corner, hopped out '-southern · California is- not_ only implicated · · a~d approached the· scene .of :3Q.or _!fO lively .'.in . the demise of the·-'1 Z6 threatened and

. ci_tizens· with-salmon-hats arid s!gp~; shouting endangered s,pecies of the bay, iLis':alse';the loudly ove,-the rain, hopingcr to_b~ heard. ·largest"single,user,of .eneigy in tnesta!e.'The .•

-:' \lye approached the enteran~e-oHhe .. EBMUE> ~: Edmonstqn ~ :flumpihgYPlant ,at ·the . base oJ ~-- ·_with a ladder" -.and··spmeone sho_uted; "!Hey ;J:he-Techahapi Mountains is--tne l~rgest,, and s' ~hat are you doing?" b~for~-ushering~(!Ii· .tbe ·bdasts~ .. that each ·of its fossil fuel. gli~ling .

· ;other' protesters in~1de; -~ausing . a.n :.unnec·es-~ p:umps-weighAOO tons and .stand· 6S-feet -t~l. · ·. ~c_rj:ycdivide ~ill_~ tl:I_e"Y(!iiKserit. ·upj·werit>the)ad~--"- !!:.';: .... ~:~. •.·. ':~.:_.;:,., . ~,; ;.;:;;1:-i:·~- -~-' '"~--~· · .. ~ .. -:,.,-;. ___,,., · ~ -::;der; •then-:'us andthe-~igns. ·Somihi:en iri suits;::,T.>am1;1 Cars -·';, ::,;,_ .. :,_,..,,,· .. ~ _,·;r£~""7':: --.

: •. - q~ickly -advan~ed::;below.:us" bu~ by'~tl:len we .-- From},.a. ·--~1-i~ate;:":~iit~t~~et;;·. perspect~ve, .· .. -~,{.-were all ffi:~ •way·;'t:ip, . which:J-re~aer~d-~.th,~r<)·pu.mping wa,te J;'":q'l·ay;tbe:;caJiforni~!s -la:~gest .

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· ~< • .. for a "Wild· and· ~cenic · River ·Designayi6n/'· · ~·,ea:c.P::.tool<-a~side o~ ,ouNioc~£ao,Fred,.·wooden .... _agai:r_~. \highways : are -bu..ilt ' :thrqugh poor: .-. '-:;whiCh WO}ll9;permanently prote~t .the ·river.{:-~d~sappro'v.al:}sfgp.·; ~'O-the.,.- sigris, -"bigger than .. c'c:jm{nuriitie~-r~- po,Ihi:ting ·tlie -:air' wi~h foul : · · . from being dammed. Our small grou.p_·pre;! \·,Ol1;rs,¢lves·, ~merg~d :from .our Mary Poppins<; .. , ga~~es.: .:.J:he:·C!utomobile~s. constan( assaalt­

pared for, battle .. l'he EBMUD Head.quar:teis :: :::s1:YJe backpacks ·and: we. made our ways·across ori._our senses_:_the':' noise; · :luQ.g-dqgging .. in: downtown Oakland proudly ~displays a .. :. the -beams of thfrbitilding's entfl}_nC'eway. .,;,: sm.<:>'ke·~an.<fYibrati.on.al.::arid ··psyc:hi~c polhi- : ·

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lS :feet al;>ove~the 'front entrance. · Thus, tn piGttlres were·, taken .. l)pr:-_team's ,:knowledge-: .tory.-disease, 'bqtodestroithe ·social:fabt ic.of . . -- ora~r-lq express,otit- dis<iontent over the pro-= ... abl_e'"',police '-?li~ison. reported ·tP:at the·5police ~- !1-eighb.o.rhopQ.s:--Tbe .suprem~ reign:~Hli~se _ ..

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_ _ · · .. <Us~la~, we,a},s~r.wrote --9~P-ine~~g~::aii. Bpg~t _' ~~~sign~:t,h~d;~~'~:P.":"HR t~~_r:~~l~llg~~~t?.l!,g~ .. ·~~~~~s~Fla~_:>: corp.pl~x ~P,.as;r-~~,u_e~_ri-g:?n\ _ . Acap1tal· lett~rs; given tfiat.th~r~ns . .;r~o t_!Ue.~,to~ ;.-;, atre.aqy;}-toA~~v:e.,~_ccornpl~she<J, . our: gp~l ·of .. Q,1Jr eco~qpgty:...::, ·'"'"""""--:'~- '"=''*_.,..., (ik... 7t,;':'~~,7;

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As bicyclists and pedestrians we often have to fight against the almost psychotic sense of entitlement that car drivers wield. In places like Copenhagen, . where lOO,OOO bicyclists commute to.workdaily, every day is "bike to work day." As the pre-COP15 clamor reached near fever pitches, we decided to sponsor a 3SO.org event by symboUcally inverting the carnage that car culture inflicts on our planet. We hatched a plan to annihilate a car in pub­lic, using nothing lfllOre than ·our bodies and a handful of sledgehammers. October 24 was . the perfect day to destroy an old pickup that

-had been polluting since 1982, in the name of the International Day of Climate Action.

All sorts of people came to ask what we were doing when they heard the calcu­lated, resounding hits. We explained our action, invited the:m to join us and almost everyone . did; Surprisingly unhindered by the presence of the law, women, men, girls and boys all happily smashed and pounded, and .the truck slowly became unrecognizable .· As it reached a satisfying state of disarray, we attached -rope to its raised front bumper and to five bicycles then started pUlliJ!g!

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. We pulled from South Berkeley t~ ·West--';:·ynmigrants;- ' fni.s.~~ted';·stude:r:t~s,. medicated· .,. ·· Oakland, occasionally stopping to s:wJ.tch · 4-.chi'ldr~n:,· he~~i(teac£~!s? ~lders, . alteinativ~-;-· . riders or explaiil our intentions _. to !>~f.tid;:·: · health cat:~ Fiactiti{)n_er~ and _<Usgruntled vet- .' died and amused passersby. Upon arriving · .. erans. A vast array-of people al)·bear ihE! brunt .. ;it the truck's temporary resting place in o(a dysfuilctional· g~vemment.\: . . . -West Oakland, a few kids came · over · to ·· As disparate groups, we make-lbinor modi- ­che.ck out the commotion. We explained fications~ :By. introducing affinity -between · why we demolished this specific car and previously non-communicating 'gr.oJiiJ.S,~we -: -. their immediate reaction w:as, ·"Can we? become_ a large body of concerne~ citizenS:,-- · ' · Can we?" Armed with the _appropriate tools, the greater number of people ~rgailized, ·the · they began to swing. As the sound echoed better our ch<mce at 'succ;eedl.ng. We . can · · \. down the street, three kids quickly became a . . s.uddenly become an .unlikely . ensemble, small army. After they had added the finish- span;ning mu!tltudes ' of outlooks · a!!d ing touches to this community masterpiece, backgrounds, which may make us able ~to . they reluctantly handed us the hammers · harness the ample .. strength of diversity and retreated. A couple days later, Pick n' · . and seep like wate_~-seeps throughsr'acks'. Pull came and towed the shadow of a trucl< On a map _of resi~t~nce .. there ar~ · ma:Q,y to be recycled. _ . dots of concentrated~-strength, -~hd .f_wop:-

I had never smashed an unwanted citi der if it isn't the vigorous drawing artd-.: · with strangers before-or any car for that redraw_ing ·.of· lines.J:>etween thqse . dots .,. _:'-":­matter-but a subtle, ephemeral union ·even the unexpected one_s:'"'"tl;lat wilLhelp sprouted from such shared catharsis. (Pll,ls, weave us into, a_IJ. _un!Jreakabl_~ net of_u_n- ~­it was just ptain olg -fun.) The word bearable migh~: · - , : · : " , :- -}-· ·~ "move~nent" startedJ 9 enter Jnto our con- Dial:Jlo EF! is a new group: Yl{u:ca'l..rcach_:th~m versation, and we began to wond~J;; how to at diabloearth[ir:st@km,ail;corn, .. a;q:.yi.;ftrlY1lo.P.tifgfl.:_S. , dimensionalize and span the gaps between of the October 17 action "visit.HITP://A'Bf.LOeAI:··-~~~ activists, tired workers, farmers, fishermen, qo,coM/KGO/VIDEO?ID=_706~187. · . = .

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on October 24, · p.undreds of thotis~Q<l~¥~t p~~ple~iri~ 1~hf~}f~.!:~; tttf~~~te:J~~slr~h'gijjg!i:p ~tv;~ti~fi i~rig~:~~c.<il} C:?~tinjt~ op· tfte: · · tries came together'in·an iritemationi).l day-of action ~ghlnSt:-:oliW.a~e-~ satp.e-path.¥thP~f'4i§~t~r: .-::'glc;;J?~l -W:~ijlg!ias ]i!~~p.e ~p~liUcab ; -­change: Organized by Bill' McKibben'so ~Sq';otg"the event, is b~eing <,~-~!iW:;.::~O~eY:e:rti:~"tbe,C01?~ ~.5:;t~~ks;;,.;'!ill?!i'l<~JYr!l~~e_ ,no Y-~~i~s~ · : ~ . reported as tpe: ~rgest and most widely-~oordi:riated · poljti~a,l ~ay, . ,c~I]:1~-¥~~ d!~LKYoJ?i: :~Qe Ri}>:suoW!!l!t, -~l'!<!~tli.$;::-~~~~Ii~Jl!m.::~~¥e!~ ~ ·. -~ · of action in;;:Q.istory. Rallies filled the streets of urban metrop.q}:l~es- -':i:opm,en.! Geals~':fh~se of us ·-'Yho·-ar¢:se~~o~o/~t~~g'to;:alte.r .. tlj~ ' ~- . around the world to demand action on climate change. Banners disastrous traje~t~ry _?findust_ri~l sodetiarfforc;¥;.f9_ask:Qtifs~JV.e~.~ . dropped from national monument~ on every continent, procl<$ning a the question, "What if?" _ · . ._. -~ ="'· "" .- ·. . ·" carbon cap of 350 parts per million (ppm) to be the_ new ma~~ate What if-in~_tead _ of w,astingyrecious time in the··tutile ga~.¢ 8!. , pf _ :rhe , P~Q )e • . ;\er· 1 p:qotps depict c_l_uste~s of eo' le _~lLaround, ; re. i' . tativ'e olitics~ ~ . ·e:}pget~ef;~ J\o:t,Jtt~l> ·c -~<>t!rii}J;·· ,:·' ,

' . · · """" · •"' • - .. ,_,.~ · · · .,-q W,te ""n?~a'F· · wglfiffi> -issue. In my home own of Boulder, Col , vasf,, · ntia-l ·for a<Jm · ieatien-cal Mass bike ride and joined hundreds of people in a trip to the endowed upon us by this tragic civilization-was used to empower reviled Valmont Coal Plan~, demanding an _end to co~l-fired power. peqpl~ -to particip_a~~- in;.~ire¢tly moclifying tne worlg aroun<;l ~pe:rp.? Still, ~hen I looked back across the seemingly ~ndless line of. cycling · Wh_atif3Sq_ P.ei:>pl$,;!-H~tea~'df)usrf.idfn&'bikd-'tp!6fi~l_l ~?9-~to_,~:;:_ -~~' · . _ . __ , __ protesters-the hundreds of individualsr many of whom had never Boulder,' were:-motivated to flisasseinble_every: vel'iicle.:;mnne roatl? · - .,. - -, ... _.

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this really the best way to iUJproa<;:h}~s issue? I:I!i'Y.~n'-t w.e }ried tJ?.i~· .·· <>fJ.-W.I)Jt:lg. ar6ut).~,~e caJ:>tfo~li<>!~g/!~~9f?signs;~~:to d~!}!Qlis~~ • ·:-· -_ --~ ;s bef?re? .What if all thesep:QP-le.- sh6_w~d.:up · to.parti~ip~te~.il!~?¥~£t;. ~eif -l<:>cal:~ul?e~ Wal-Mart inJav?r _o~ ·an· illbfl:Il _~~d~~? ~~at if Fl4t~· ·. -_ .y·" ,_ actiOn, rather than symbohc actiOnF;,. . ·. ._ .. [ ,,' . _· . friends and-netgh\)ors-"Callle to: -our;,defe~s~ w1th rqcks and bncks .: <:> · . _

The assuiriptioi]. ~ptit -forwa'Id by ·t.J1e-35Q;org c_agifiaigii _! 'aifd:;the ·" wneJ:! the.!>olice c'ctme'to stop usTWnat~if1iipe; hund_r_e1:ls'·oJ people'-'-' -· logical basis of displaying immense global supporr for this unifying gathered,_ not to· form -~- photo · opportunity ·in. qonf of the· White issue-is that, if the mobilized masses dm inspire enough allies in . House, but a ro~dblOckade in front of th~ c.oal plant? Wfiat if in Rio, ~.

- hJgh place-s-an-d-if politici<msana policy makers around the world we shut doWil industrial polluters.,.~or- in India, W!;:dJqv.:e out M!lln--:;-,. : ,\<\--:...:,.,:·~,;; ~"" could realize the imper<\tive .. threat of -global warming, .conscious . santo? What if'millibns of pedple- aiound'th.~ world(aml;'togetii~r!t_ :.. "' · ~ .. ::;,~~ ? polky wotild'f'neyita:blyrestilt.-In-realityr state-policy'has--ri:ever'been ~ dn one day i~ defense 'of' a_ 'dying pl~net-not to ask thE:-i'itnj9~~ . _ .. ~-¢}~. cr~ed: toward the end ~f reversing economic gro~h_:_which . is votuntaiily· hinaer. their -soun~es ·of ~w~_attl:_l, J)uf to =.<:iJ~:qi_aiitle.- \!fe -;; ·. -· necessary to_i:educe c_arpon emissio!ls·. Governments establish policy_ - lu~nlries that · are killing the ·Earth .. a:nct·-·us? , V\!l:iiit-<cif/flie~ Peopfe::>_]' .-

:.arqund the interests that comprise their subjective political reality. simultaneousl)i.dedicated their ~every~ rep1aining_ efforfto .. re·stot~":;,.? , ~- · · ;:; Big Business) s presumed to repres_~nt large chunk~ of !he pqpula- - ~he~·conditions tfrat--allows .th-e ~ar!h. a_rra~:~~:,to· tl'!~iye~:.;wh.atr'if:-~- ·:-1 tion, as .'the.:-etr~ployef' (Ore ensl~ver) and :"~_ervie~ "provider": .Of.tfhe · we~orgailized «ql!_rsel~es, ·pot :Unqei,-J he"'uifibteJl.<\ .b.ann{!r) ff cel~b"-""" . -. . -

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masses, so ·the corporations will al\\T,ays be the loudest voices' in t:qe ·.rity ac~!vist_si;,_bJtf'·ouf·of a umfiea u)lqer~t].D.diilg-tlia,L~e cann,ot?r' _roofu. thus, govermrient is nothing niore -than._a tool of a corp9'rate ". -- ~qritirtue..t{iis~ w-.i'y~: o'ftlife? y,vhat jf we.re)e~jid th~ J<iil<!cy·aii8,false_· '~ • realm in ·a13 aiJing_ world_ economy r~liant uporl:.Ch:!:3lP - ~!le~gy,'"~~a:I)~: : ... s~J~tipJ!s of r:~p~e~~Iit~tive, _a~tt;l:tP,i~t{iJ.ian;govemnie~t;: anci resol\red. :~ ~ort;atiqn.-_ and~:!!J.~ustria} ·RJ:~:>ducqo~ :C- . . · ·- :·' ·. '.~-:_~- ·. '\'- - ~o act on oeb~lf - ~toursel:v~,~ia.JJ.(f to"_~tan.d in ~<?gqa~~ty: :wtt~ ,i;

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since been7he_sifant to i<?i_n global~dirir!lte talks (largely :'becati~e~the~,c: .. wQula nev.er h.a:ve"done thKihad4F,.t{roUg · t lpe -€~_: _ .·· _igrr~W: _ ,_ -'·=-,_ ,- ..ii·:,.: ,- _ ._ riclf ex;pect ·deyeloped tom:ltries to . p_ayJor. their}rr~parabie' d<mi: ' c~mpletely m!sd.irected· .. eff~it. In ?many;_~ ways~ tqe :·qec~rit~alized:~< ·-"~ -. -,~. ~_j~~ :-~- -­age of 'the -ecosphere). Jh~r~ i~. no' :feason tq expect anythtng but organizing. a_nd ·impressive attendance .wa.§ _.the mostd1Ilpressi¥e .:;': · ,_ ~,, - · ~Q1e .?f :the' ~atp.e frpW:''t~!i.f·~~~iop~~~~c~({~life-::-:false solutio~s, . :_m_~~si~~st~op to_;I:r~ppel_lJn:Boul~~~j_n ~earS( The powerful~fomi<.tf"~ :

, ~;:om~~tments· of m<:o!lseqY:ential .sum.s of moner:Jo~ard r~earc_h ~f·Prc;_:>Yiged by·35~.0IKshowed partictpant~_:_and power:;hold~rs--:-tha~ ) and development o( :'c!eart~r: forms of energy~ conct:rrrept~with · · we'hav!!:the_ pot~ntial to otgal}ize .oft a.-scale thafthe worlq.,has :n:-ever,:a. the~perpetl:tal .destru~fiop. :Of.mountai~-rang~~. _ delfrJ:uttinguf.fot::·.-: ·seen. 'IL Rroved; a_t least t"6 -;~orne ·d'egree, .that we, are . rei"CiY,~art&&L . .. , . ·' e"s~s; - pU:mpipg: deadly·•ch¢ihi_cals .into ';tne\ air ;!:qq~(Uirt'if>lng~.waste . willirig:to work togethef.to ·suipass expec{atiqns, .defY~99!'1-tr{Y:egjJ:C. -- .':c ~.!:::"'c-.:~"'' . IritbAthe oceanS: ~ >. ~ : ~- '·' ~ '"< _' ·. ·--·~ .'-J '":,: :'- · .. : :"_ ~ n~rnis <1?~ create .~ better :World: Most iinp.&itantly;:it foxg~~aiehV$~:~··:~;::'':~~ · -,~ >i}j~- ' .. · ]lie objective of the October 24 Int,emational 'Day of ActiQil.waS'i ''" and.connections that can be uqlized toward greater ends. ··. "'.1", ·~,--,~~ .:."'";.. :- .":-

·- to:XeiteJ~te theonumb~r "350':-a·nunibeithat eyenJames~ Hanson, What: s,hould--"follnw, however, is art hone'st 'dil!Jogu-e ~ as· to~~~ · -·climate stie< tist a~ ·origina~or of the :3SO~ppm earQ'bn'dioJ9-de cap,: "Wb.f!'tper. '6u( desired goals · are-:: truly' atta.{nable througp- -SY~'" 1f

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"An -~nijre cgeneratipri has:-P.3.s5ed 'Sirice nu- · · iQ.fluenced. bY: nuclear money. or just plain ally, the gover~ment decided that just one . de~ cpQ\ver· has f?eeil seriO\lsly· considere_!i lying. The realities ofnuclear power are not · site-Yucca Mountain-would be studied

in Aqi~ijca~- N~w-.,.f_~e¢5 .. ~~~ now on utility. a D.Iatter of opinion-the subject is not up and considered. bOatct,s,_:.,_and.·ne:W-{epo_rteJ,'S'··are cov~rll)g' th~ .for debate.· Clear scientific and historical Yucca Mountain sits squarely on Western energy-~a.t .. Aft_er s~>" ffi.uch time, a .pc¢i~~ - fa~t-,-demon-strate · t~at there is absolutely Shosh_one tribal land, adjacent to the

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_ SOO;Q(;)Qjears or so. Coupled with that sci- gests that Indigenous peoples will continue S 12 billion later, the site has been aban­el_ltifi'c r~~lity; the gross history ,and cuh ".to .bear the. brunt of nuclear hazard. P.ublic doned as a potential permanent storage ren~,pr~ctiees·involvingNative Aptericans Citizen's Nuclear Information & Research facility. Matthew L. Wald, writing for Sci­in , -\lt!lni!Jin, .. mining and . waste storage Service explains, in a report entitle(:l. 11Ra- entific · American magazine, cautions that

· provi~es op.e ofthe most glaring and on- dioactive Racism: The History of Targeting -just because Yucca Mountain has been · ,• goipg_ ~xanipl~s· of.environmental racism Native Am_erican. ComD.Iunities wfth_ High- abandoned for the moment, that does not

· iihUpit~d S~tes ~histocy~ ~)tJs .cri~!satJhat~· -~ve}2;,Afomic · Waste ·t>umps;'' "Uranium mean it is off the table. thi~~/'riud'~r :renaissance"cbe . resisted" and ,'·:' miries we~e, ·and _c_piltinue t()_ be, on Nayajo -"Yucca cpuld.always come back. 'Thirty­reftJ.secfbef<;)re anothefreactoi: goes online. ; lanQs tttroughouf the-.G~arits Mil)e_raf'}l¢lt ' nine<sta:tes ··have"~high~level. waste-either

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Mineral Belt?These adverse targets are home to peo­ple who have become "invisible" popula­tions-the Goshutes, the Utes, the Western Shoshone, the Mescalero Apaches.

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tions used to track U.S. Surface on Temperature fail to meet the they 'JOn't t>e detained in some earth. What is this, a science Nati~nal Weather ~~rvice's own th~ historic_ Y.O.-~~nch in Texas. , · b~J!t{>~Y.~t~ly.~o~e?·: IJl!P!~ ;' -;f~~-ti£!1 no¥~ _ ~... _ _ . ~, .. ;", . · · requuements. Positioned next Pnor to this declSlon,. Y.O. was_ . ..,.-p!JSOn;_ , torfured:>tand. -moy~_<Lto _,· · .. -·: ~. ·. ·-:<_,·' _4 ·:~ ~-- .

to e?'haust fans, sur.iounded • breeding end~ng~~ed·._~Sci~~~f?;;/:rf~J!!ajl)~:@p.;_;,~E;~~~~p~ . ·· ' ~:.¥9~:"( J-a:{<~~e. ~o~~~ - . by asphalt-and sj~at~d - amid~t J:!~m~d, P!~-~"" antetqpe_s~~~ildt. b~fo~e ~ b_e~~g~e:~~€"Qtect:i. \-L ~O,pt . · e~4ld~buf : :-·J ~= t:Q.e . c_oncrete-heated envjtons· of .~D-~fna -cgazell~s·:to_ ·be h\lntf,d\ i~ · . . wo~~t - ~v~n qe) p,t(;rpw · · the· ihner-city, most weatiler~ sta- -.. captivity, :'at the :pr1~e-6f. $;s>3QO'- th~ ·milit~r-y~s _.orand;hew:.,; . ~-pat:netic :.to' R6cl18'm P'-ngieng, '· tions' are, like the plaJlet ·itself, . a_~ heaq. These kinds .of, ~~hunt-. . ray." Not tnis ~time; !t·le~V:~; .. 'kttf?; s'Q-~~ll'e~~:'Jy~g~e· _wom)P.'' ­artificially heated by urban devel- · irig ranches II . exist perfectly le- . · · ~: · ·. · ·. ~---~- : ,., .. : ;·~ - of C~mb9dia, . who·; ~merged· ;in ' qpment. If you can't trust the gally in · 40 U.S: states;· where. Qper~Jion P~uasoJ tQ the .' · 2Q07-attei' fs:yea~~)n the ~fd,

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move!llertt has. modeted itself ·. don to ~nviron~ental N:ews of z~o9 .. We. slJ.q;g;!d-a~~JJe~'f~(fuJJilr(~· t~~ ste~it~n'ff i~~-~~rf~~t!):'~IJ~H _, ·: :~\L--i·: on the three Rs, but what do the Weu~ was mt~oduced by . _· ~Ith ,t_l!es~ ._g~e~t ~ !<l_~a~~;.-2:<;.~~~!;-~ ·- · ~~,?.,9~~f.:'?~l?~!li,e!!.7~ft~:_-:;. ~ .··' .. ~ ·_.,~:.-c..;:. , you do ·wnen the paradoxes Mayor M!chael -BlQombe.rg .ef r- Ip.g "'a_n.-enormous algae ,blo.onu: .ears,:-slle ·.re{ll~e.s , to-learn ;., :"...:,.-,. ·:;~·-, --.::-.. . really- start becoming obnox- N~w York City,· who lia~ re:~:~~itr>}.iii11i~~ ~rn1dJf~~, ,"pt~'~iie''-:'\?'9~~;: _ a'f.?.guak~;:>sRea}C:·~pr ··'e# 1ic~· '~ -,~~- :·:<,- ' ious? . T<!_ke for exaii_lpl~; :the decided to capture and -gas 2;000 ;pu~~ping; m?l).e --pollution·)~t9 'c, H~r f~the( has ·explained, '~Her · - · Dwe_llbox: a house made ouf r~sident Can~da Gt;~~, _.:<~hey the:-$ky !o ptovi'de ~etter slfade ~ condition looks W()rse .than: the of recycled _shipping cpritain- · supposedly present ~ clear and from the sui),_ and replaCing ·time we bro\lght - .h~r from the . .,-ers. Ifyou want to know.·how pr~sent _danger~ to national se- · trees with synthetic carbon jungle.She;always ·wantsto.fal~£- ·;;c.-~-~' a -~ commodity . authentically cwlcy. No, ~~riously, th~se "ter- _di()xi'cte . converting . machines. .. _ .. .d.ff. :h~~ s.:lothes <grd crawLQa~R ~- < ~- ~ ' : feels·,· t_ry living _lik~ 6rie; in the . ro~ist" geese are .in da.nger :of . ,:But.w.:hat .~bou_fEF/ f's .. neighl:>or~ . · to thej ungle." · . · · _· -~ ·

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Carrie Eeldtnan and ScoWDeM.uth are·_aetj.v- v ·- ':' .-·- , __ . _

ists ,.(rom Ni'tzneapolis}_A1_inrie5f)tp1 wlip were ·-·Prior:toappe<mng before tjle grarid jurY, C~e and.Scott prepared statements regarding the subpoena~d- tii a:"foaeraJ gra,ndjuty irzves.tigating _ repression-they aretacing: - ~ - · . - " · . . anim9z' rights ,vandiilism-'from.2004. ·They.-botk' •' · _,""'" were-jJUfin)piZ.: -'Cqme!s§Hlfbe!ni-heldprz-c:tvil <"-- .--~·-~-------------------.._...,. ____ ....,.

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_ · W.,as·fjroj;'peJ£ a~{~e VfE.S.-!fJd~cted.forcon~piracy urzd.~r th,e Animi!~ii_terp~seTer,rcyj:sfrz ~~t~S~Qtt ;.;;}\

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~oday I have _my second appearance before a federal grand jury that~ is "investigat'ing animal rights actions that occurred at the University q~ I'owq. iD_,- 2004. Last month-after being subpoenaed

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- :,on-- Nof em:ber t7, Carrie :Feldman and _ .- scott 'De:Muth r~fused 'to testifi:in1front ,bf

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:.a gr~an<qu;ty i~ Davenport, "Iowa, and were _found to be ,in contempt .. of court. They

.wei:~,-iJi!mediately handcii"ff~d . and hauled c0f(;.l?¥·V~ Mar~hp1!~- ,·}\ccord_ipg. to Distri~t ~ ··JiidgE!;John]il,rvey/;who presided over the -_ q:~nJ:ell)pt P,eariilgs; both wlllj~main incar­·cerated'untii-they agree to ·t~stify. The state ·.can-lock 'them for the dtmitfon· of the

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._. g,iand jury and plead my F:i fth AmenqmE?nt _right to remain silent . . · ... '" T0qa'y, that right ·will be sidestepP-ed with technical legal , .;-. "p"i:otecti6ns" that have litt_le or n·o substant-ive_ value. I

·-:~.:"o.wil,Lo"nce ·again -be put in front of a grand, jury with no ' l-awyer present in the room, and once again they will attempt to coerce me_ to testify. . . · _ _

.. '-'The prosecutor has filed to grant me immunity. I do not need ., .,. :i;:J!.U11)..inity:: ttom. prosecution for a crime that I · was not involved _. · in and ' hay e ~6 - relation to. This will not change my decision

to , refu§le to cooperate with the grand jury. I stand here today in ; solidari-ty_ with everyone who has stood up to . resist ·the exploitation of the environment and animals, the rep'ression of the state, and the abuses .of the justice system.

In anticipationJ ot: my refusal to cooperate, the court has s.:;:heduled a contempt hea-ring for today at .ten o'clock. And ~hey're ·right. I do feel contempt for a justice system that prosecutes people for property damage that is done in defense

. of' --life, while real violence ,is com:nitted at the hands of ~ _vi--vi~ectorsi-0the ._ police and the , military on · a daily basis.

I fee} cont_empt ;J:or .. the _federal agents that would use these proseCl,l:tions as · a prete_xt to 'investigate aboveground movements and activis~s. like jlle, with no apparent grounds other than my

:i;ct · lie-f's .and legal · activities • . I will not help · them to ,-'" and ~I- will---not · let t ·hem violate my rights and privacy.

· · may ~be .taken . to jc;i.l for -up to eleven 11\0nths, solely :~ a.~~ Ilfbr~!:~st~9...,:ag~i;nst ,.,i:m.t):Jls~=itti,!=-_:i;.on_, th~t . I . bel~ eve

,..,...rr.n·r ,,. ' q.nd ··obsolete·. · I have: 'not--beEHl · accused ~f -any crime·; ·- So 1et -me •-ask -you-.this, Clifford . Cronk:, is , i-t worth it to· you? Is it worth it to you when my friend's eight-year-old sobs, wondering if her mother could be going to jail next? Is it worth it, Tom Reinwart? .Is it worth it to you when my elderly grandma

"; is without .- a ... caretaker? r"s t .his what you. work for, Melissa -•·. HE3ndribks_on?-"-Is it _ wor.th it to tear an innocent 20-year-old

- woman ·_away from everyone that she loves and cares for? Is this - · justice?

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~oday , whatever I face,- i those men faced. , Right now,

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actions were at b~st. District "'· Judge Jarvey dismissed out-of~hand argu­

ments ·offered by both <;::arrie and _Scott's · contin.ued on the-next page

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_ , . _ ly' good. I am glad to ~see so maqy -.peop-le ~£rom ·so :01: tJ~e -- ~comm]lnit·ie~- I am a .~ Pa-rt of ·h_ere to .support me ,today. ~ -.par.-t 'of ,a comm1,1riity;.-l)le.arfS w.e hE!lP each. other .. We support . _

· each.:otner; we . .- strengtheri ·-each other;·: an<:i someti,mes, we must make · sacrifiCes fOr eacfi- other. ,_ -c ., _ ~, _·: • · ,.· •• . 1 ~ •

.Grand· juries started as . an -~important ·part - of o:u:t "jus.tice system · to prevent over-reaching prosecuting _powers. Howeve~, : _ t ·his proce~~ has been used "historic al-ly against polftic~il movements-. ,_ In -tli.e

-·',c;ontext. of · ·t his hiS'tory, _!Y19St recen.t ,l:f: i n the ' Greeri Scare/' when ~-- investigative techniques o f law. enforcement have been 1halted by·-

.: the _ :si 1_~nc·e of ;po·lit ical rriovemeFlts, grand jui:ies have been used , · · as·: a·' tactic .to. intiml.date our ·comrtmnit'ies ·'and- as an •attempt _. to

·"' \:pergej~t-e-§1!]:-'file!:ly' ·frOm ' lifov~ment 'merribers .. ThiS is an abuse '' df a · -<,e~_ns_:tr inu'l;;i1-~na:'l:,Iy~~and~:~eq p ros:ess· by using it :as .an investigat.fye

- t9ol:;:-;_rat~er. than 1ts ,1n:tE!nde? purpose,- -, o • • _ • _ _ - :;, .,,,.... __ _ Grand -JUn.es can be very d1sempo~er1ng · for us .. all-, and'-- _ · ...

·especially 'fo_r "\thos·e targeted-·by them.-. We . fa.ce questioning · without- . legal co]mse i- '~pr.esene or ·-a right _to remain · silent'·. - We::can be ~·-v.- '2 _,,

. thre9,tened, -coerc,ed and jailed. Howeyer, no- pun~shnien_!: . Gould.!b~e·;t: .. ~ ·. worse thap -S\.Ji+e.r{'de r "il).g :·our ·values,,.- and t,his decision~-.-.,_; ,rTJ:'ie"ther _ >

we -~o_oger-at·e';i'!?':ri -r-~si§'t::-1 ;is c· the,;one ~-th±r1g._-- w.~ , . as .irdi v:idu5:fs , · tiave· c_ontroT of. in'-: thiS . .:: j35r 6.cess . , Lu<;;kily, __.thi;s :_is· .tne·:cho±ce that , · a_),lo:~Ol "· p:~,e~e._::,SJra;rd jur}~s\:f:§il~S~p:_e~~ ,~9,*(:) _,~±.1>:~.-;-; ~~ . , .,: '

>Our " w1L L1-ngness- t ·o coope:~;aj:,e~_arrd -.. to"' be. ,complacent-; _ ·our- _ .. Wi lcii?fgne~slc~t0~ b'e::• i n nmlda ee>a ¥a nd'c:-t'O:""l5e _ -sca~red., not . onl i ::se.rve s _ ,; -~9 ~-egi:tiJ!i~ z~·;r~if1?J : j:>roce_edings ,_ "but it ~~:so· . ef!!powers _ tJ;~e _tactics;--

·- of 's .ta~t~ ·'_5 eltfe..,sS,J!QP.''t"Hpw.e.ve J;' , ,--~he;n;• we ':!:':! 1IJd1y1duals:::-wJ:.th the .c·.··. . sJ::r::engtn_ ang'; _backing bf our CO\fU'l\_uni-tie.s;·_ are no_ lo[fger afraiq .

:.· of- t;neiJ:-:.--punfshmer'ft~choose ·t .o resist fthis--· process .-and · ref_use'~''' ,'~­·'· to · c6ol?_e·~~te,;J · ~e qisempowe'!' "th:i:ts tactic a~c;l. -g.:~V:e st.rrngtl:n ·.to ,oi:lt :-.J,_ ·~·comm.un1-t1es, We r:,eturn · the ,,_ strengt,h tl).at,- _;~:_s g1ve_n t;o iUS .• · ~ _,.

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counsel, regarding the need for them to remain free. For instance, Carri~ is the care­taker of her ailing grandmother, and Scott -is currently a graduate student w~ose intel- ·· lectual and professional integrity would be irreparably damaged by participating in a sealed. investigation. In response, the judge ' simply read verbatim the ·legal language about contempt charges and then ordered the two taken into custody immediately.

For his part, US Attorney Cliff Cronk ignored . the calls that flooded his office on Monday demanding that the subpoe­nas be quashed, and that Carrie and Scott be allowed to continue their lives. Then he went substantially further down the rabbit hole: in CaJrie's case, in particu­lar, his arguments and implications were egregiously over-the-top. Cross-examining <::;arrie's father, for instance, Cronk cynically implied that the elderly grandmother she cares for .was a sort of pawn in an elaborate ruse · to avoid incarceration. · He suggested . that a shirt Carrie had been photographed -wearing, in which the letters "L" and "F" were visible, was evidence of "membership" in eithe'r the ALF or ELF. He even cited the fact that she has a white rat companion ani­mal as eviJ:lence of something suggestive. It would all be a rather inspired piece of satire if he were kidding, but as Carrie and Scott

· are currently incarcerated, it's unfortunately clear that he is riot. ·

The community members who attended the morning's rally, as well as those who publiely gathered in support from Min­neapolis to Dallas, :rx, aren't lal_fghing, , They have vowed tq mount -pressure on J

Cronk's office, demanding Carrie!s and,--.:: Scott's immediate-release. Since the gnind· jury grocess gleans mticl\ of its power · from its secrecy, supporters intend to draw attention to the Orwellian proceed-

. ings Carrie and Scott are facing.

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continued from page 25 . _ of a sweat lodge. Yotphould have stuck :wi~h ~Qur f~ux~Asian sy:rt1-' _, - ~ of the Great Spirit, we now sweat every week. yYeP,rayhar.d_and;suf- b~ls ?n .yoii~ .x:~pl!fa~eg _te:gee:· 1t:-l~a~J~_now:~~-kn~~ ~o ~e':er _u~e:: -~ -~ -] ' : fer in a good way. · · · - ' .- :j · :. - . pl_astic:If.y~.u're no_f.~:fi~ b~he,y.~!,II} karina new, yo'! Will 'Q~, m.~hi~,. , f ./'.

When People abuse these ways it gives reasons for the govem~ent. _ lif~ OJ tl)~ pex!) -pr~y <::re~tor h1un'Qles YOl;l -aS well. . : ' ' , -_ "- .. -._:, to once again question our ways and start harassing us and-our spirt- -· . To ' all ~e peopl~ seeking <i' highercep.scio:q_sness' or a spiritflal~.~~- _ ~1"'- '­

tual beliefs. They start conjuring up rhetorical questions in regards to path: please, do not let this incident, scare youaway-(tom :Wh~t you .. ~ · · - : .-: the liability issues they would face if someone were to get hurt orif a are searcl)ing for. The sweat lodge may very w~ll p~' Wh(lt yo~~ ~pi_t!.t,.· -~;n. fatality were to happen in a lodge behind the walls. Ray has not only . needs. I only ask tha,t before you juinp.._out there>-and .trust-someone '_ · ,M · broken the hearts and trust of many people, but he has jeopardiz~d to b~ your spiritu(!l -advisor, take the time t~,.c;;l!ec~tl:!~fr~redentiais: -. ...... all the hard work, blood, sweat, tears and sacrifice that Native Arperi- Ta~e great . cal,ltion of tb.ose wh? claim, to :t>e an;~ipet1 dt ,profes~ ' ~~ · can people have gone through to get us what we have. . _ sional in the realm of spirituality. Ahv~ys r~meil)ber, just because . ., _,- ·_, ,_

'Also, as an "expert" of these·ways, Ray would have known that tra- someone has some fancy sounding Native Ainerican na~e such as , ~ • ­ditionally you do not mix men and women in a lodge together., If "Two Bulls" or "Four Feathers," it doesn'.t me~ th~t ~hey '!r~ l~git. _ - ~ . women sweat, they have their own lodge. Even if women do sweat Be very skeptical of thos.e <;hargiAg standa:r:d ~a,tes to · ge~ cl9ser to with men it is forbidden for women to enter a lodge or even be around God. Creator doesn't charge rates 'for 'his love. Respect. Qur sacred . -.-,.+ sacred items while on their moon. For someone to be charging ap- ways. This is _9ur_ way of life and anyon_e wit~--a _good heat!;6Uole .:- .,-·--~ · proximately $10,000 a head, I feel Ray would not have told women and compassiOn 1s 'Yelcome to walk d_own_th1~ path;; ', · ~;i ·· ' . _ •· • ' .

this because it could have potentially cost him $10,000 or more. Now, I ask anyone who .reads this Jo-' t~k(·a-;feij moments to . t) .-My reasoning for writing this is not solely to <;hastise Ray or Paul ack:riowledg~ and pray for these· people who- 16.sttheirJives,~andJor __ · i -1/i\

Michael Hamilton, owner of Angel Valley Retreat Center. Indeed, those who were traum~tiz~d in all ·this. ·Pray for ~heir loved ones; · -~\1 ~ _ I do write out of anger and hurt, for it breaks my heart when I see their children, for them to-understand that this:was more than an - 111111!!!!1

people abuse these ways, but I also write for the sake of others who accident---:-it's spiritual. Pray for- ~ur spw!_ti_al),l,e,ople,_ our Eiqer;,:'our . ~ may be seeking a spiritual path. I want people to krtow this tragedy youth, our sick, ,oRr women ~lld-oJ!r ,~}¢0!S<;':l'-r~y for Mother. -Earj:h. · n is spiritual. It wasn't because anyone was unhealthy. Another reason - and pra~ t.o _{:~f,i~~Joi,.:fo~rgi~en~~s and~idan~e. ']:.astly; pJ;~s~ pJ~Y _ ·-- « .• -I'm writing this is because no one besides the media seems to be foqhe pn~ope_r~· wlio sweat and suffe! I? the.,s\Veat.lpgge-,c~remo,~. __ -~, talking about this and it needs to be addressed. nies behind the · walls. -.w~ !ll<i-Y:-.have : ~~g~ som~o{_Disfake~ in-our . -,""

My message in all of this, for "motivational speaker" James Arthur loves-no one is perfect. W~'re ·an in he!e fdr._a reason ]?,ut w~Jre_pcit .. · ...... · Ray: you have upset Creator and the spirits and in time Creator will - all bad people. Thel:>r.Qth~rs in the :N~~iv~ --~!Jtericartc!r~les ,s~:at ~ <L ~ . '. ~ . · deal with you accordingly, that's for sure. You cannot frivolously ~nd su:fer for th~ peo]:>le, ~or .the ear~h;-::f~!-il~l;:J:,~l~t~~,ns ,:~!ld- tt>- .:;': ."!' · ·. . play with sacred ways. Now ·· ... . help better ' th_e-:rp.selve~ : We.-'fp~ay _-1' -\tit# ' ·. , you and many others will fQr, ~ho .. ~~ involv~-1 inJ ?e. Qctgper~-t:_;_"-Q"' , . _ .: reap the . consequences for 8 trag¢dy. :Ol!r he~rts and~p-~~yers .I'!Vfil\ -:~-< _.__ your actions. You should go out to you a~d youdamthes;~I_ ~~--have stuck with being a personally have shed many tears ~~- • · • _ _ ·-motivational speaker. I pray oyer ~this- - - - . -- . :-. _ - -: Creator will humble you.

Paul Mitchell Ham,ilton:. you are just as guiltY of play: ing with sacred ceremonies -and ceremonigt stru~tures. You are:. living on sacred · land and you're making a mockery of these Indig, enous ways. If you don't

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. -BY -BETH R. ]ACOBS ' the increasing streams of water that run by I'd hoped to at least count the rings, but they Over the ·past decade, everywhere Within the fence. A few houses aroun,d here have came at 8 a.m. I ran out the door in my paja­

fi.ft}r ·miles of where· I· five has become almost . been destroyed due to improper drainage mas and bare feet, hair a mess, to ask if they · -completely deforested':-roads · widened; from developers. The county said the 'tree could wait, but they just started right in,

endless developmeht~ ·and: parcels of l;md · was out of their jurisdiction=-this tiny ten- and I didn't put up a fight. It had measured . sold, stripped and j'qst-left bare. The town year-old was cut 'down to. widen a driveway. twelve feet around and about forty feet high. ha~ nev'~r _been obstnleted Jn its ceaseless · Oh, to be in Westchester, New York where There are pictures of my family near it from

· destruction of.marshland, .where more con- orie can be fined for cutting down'atree. my childhood, and this pa'st weekend it was crete is laid for more condominiums and .Within a week <;>f. my complaint I got a call, taken. Now it will be a good ten degrees hot­over . priced houses, drlvin£ tip . property' "There is a limb on a tree in your yard which ter in . .the 'summer, and with new buildings

. taxes ··and leaving the po~ice - statiotf com- is breaking off and needs to be removed ... "- in the school yard (built on a marsh), I fear plainlng abo~t const~tly lfaving to answer ·~omeone c~lled the county. A rainstorm our homes' foundation will be eaten away their private alarm ·systems. I assume th~re · had' knocked pieces into the road. (Several by rain that will have no place else to go. is some sort of kickback goi:ag on because times I ran but _and removed much larger The change in eminent domain laws has

· -there~ is · no other way .. of getting authoii- .. sections of ·this oldster before.) Then it made it so one can see the landscape ties settle· for higlJ.er traffic .and taxes and got worse-the county wanted the entire ·being destroyed daily. There have been a few floodingin the streets, yards and basements thing gone or our homeowners' insurance groups fighting this, but with little success. caused by this overdevelopment. - would be notified, and we would not be One intersection where land was stripped

I called the county about a month ago, as covered for it. Two experts refused to sign hasn't even been sold yet. It just stands bare a neighbor was. cutting down a young -tree. papers saying they could save it. And this of its former thicket, causing flooding as the With huge· ·.flood lights in ' the school yard past Saturday the county came and took rain washes right over it'into the busy street. behinq ·us we-Iiee_d all the trees we can get it. It was possibly dangerous, but with New Yor~ has been cited as one of the most to bJock the · glare at night~ to absorb the cert~fied_ arborists who also advertise tree horrible, if not the worst, abuser of eminent

.. . . .. re11_1oval, I Wonder. what could've domain in the country. be~n done. Another road intersecting was widened so ·. That phone call makes me feel much it is now dangerous when rain falls . .

, so responsible and worried. The Driving on it this past Saturday, there ·was county lnO'!ecJ: the road over in a heron I'd seen 'across the river, and I saw front of my home a few years ago it again about twenty miles away'. Myheart on the side which the tree was rot- began to hurt-a builder, also· an assem-

. ting .. I assumed the roots couldn't blyman, was bulldozing its home-oh, my. spread out. All around the capital I constantly see the homeless herons, dead ·region ro~d~ in upstate New York coyotes, and must, with increased frequency, . . m~re trees· are· -rotting the same decide if water is too deep to drive through.

,. o_n the side facing the streets. In an area where men wear camouflage, tree was ·-rut down: irt an ·ho.u{ · ha~e_gun racks and }?uniper st~ck~rs ofJemale its stu~p g!'QU"Q.<;l-i·il~ less .t1m~. ._ sUheuettes wit}:{ deer heads,.a harid painted was 'the final straw. . ·- - . . . 'sign stands tesfam~nt to th~ 'tarnage: '1There

_ The m o rning th ey cam e fo r the w ill soo n be n o m o re ope n spaces ." I'm gla d ~ sturp.p, I ~aseq over the edge of the I'm not a tree or heron or coyot_e, but what " siiik~ana kflew .. sem~kdnd@t-puifer 1,. ae~sthis ·ni~antqilhe? - c. . , • . - ·

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