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October 6th, 2008
nabatista
 | 03:31 pm - Let's Trap Mayor Tooley and Relocate Her!
Everglades Earth First! Statement to the Broward County Commission, Oct.
7th 2008
On September 25th, 2008, the Coconut Creek City Commission unanimously decided that 40 acres of pristine rockland tropical hardwood hammocks on the NW corner of Atlantic Blvd. & Lyons Rd. will be zoned for a Lowe's hardware store and shopping complex, also known as "Cocomar Plaza". This development stretches into Margate past the canal, where a Kohl's store and shopping complex is proposed to be built.
Not only would this proposed rezoning be an affront to the few remaining wild spaces left in Broward County, but it would also be killing large numbers of endangered animals, native South Florida plants, and possibly be building over pre-historic human remains, of which several nearby have been uncoverd by Broward County archaeologists. Other concerns expressed by community residents include: increased noise, light pollution, crime, urban sprawl, flooding, and increased carbon emissions. This proposed zoning is also seen as unnecessary since there are half a dozen Lowe's or Kohl's within several miles of the proposed site, with the nearest Lowe's being 3 miles away.
These concerns were made obvious to the commissioners and other residents of South Florida through public protests, interviews with media, and compelling speeches made at each commission meeting. The efforts were many and inspiring to see, yet Coconut Creek Mayor Becky Tooley and her commissioner croneys showed who they really worked for by bowing to the wishes of the greedy profit-driven corporations. They simply told us that the land was zoned for commercial development years ago. They said "you should have been there.
Too bad if you weren't!"
Well, Mayor Tool, I mean Tooley, sometimes people have busy lives and do not have these ideas brought to their attention. Even if they did, the point is that the people who have elected this commission want this land to be preserved, and this commission was elected to serve the people of the community, not corporations represented by folks like Dennis Mele.
This has all transpired against the concerns of the residents of the surrounding area, with 100% of those attending the City Commission meetings (excluding developers) opposing development by a show of hands. It was these concerned residents that Everglades Earth First! took note of when first getting involved in July of this year. It was these concerned residents that evoked such passion for their community, their kids, and their natural environment. It was these concerned residents that packed the Planning and Zoning and City Commission meetings, organized petitions and public rallies, and showed that they knew quite a bit about why we need to save what's left of our wild spaces.
It is time that the commission acts like it works for the community, and finds a way to reverse the commercial zoning of this land. Some may think this fight ended with the Khol's ribbon-cutting hosted by none other than Tooley herself, but it has only just begun. Everglades Earth First!, in solidarity with the people of Coconut Creek and Margate, will not allow this pristine and precious piece of our natural environment to be massacred. The destruction of this land will bring nothing but embarrassment to the cities of Coconut Creek and Margate if it is followed through with.
At a time when environmental issues are more prominent than ever, with the looming threat of global warming and the extinction of over 100 plant and animal species every day, we cannot sacrifice any more. This and the threat that this development poses to the safety of children and property value in a time of economic instability are reason enough to stop this proposed development.
If the county and the city politicians wish to ignore their own constituents, we will plan more and larger protests with more media coverage. We will hold public events and presentations to help folks see the deep need for this land. We will tell everyone we can from surrounding communities and around the country.
And most importantly, we will show No Compromise in Defense of Mother Earth!
EF! YouTube video on Coconut Creek Massacre:
http://www. youtube. com/watch?v=IbkmPKbGrCs
Everglades Earth First!
www. evergladesearthfirst. org
evergladesearthfirst@lists.riseup.net
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October 1st, 2008
idiolatry
 | 12:54 pm - Miami Walk for Farm Animals
Hey guys,
I don't normally ask for this but I'm asking this one time. I'm participating in the Walk for Farm Animals on Sunday, Oct. 5th and although I already gave my donation, the site allows you to do some fund raising. This walk is a fund raiser for the nonprofit organization Farm Sanctuary. Here's a little more info on them:
Farm Sanctuary is a national, non-profit animal protection organization. Each year we rescue, rehabilitate and provide lifelong care for hundreds of animals rescued from factory farms, stockyards and slaughterhouses. In addition to operating the shelters, we work to gain legal protection for animals used in food production and to raise public awareness about factory farm cruelty and cruelty-free alternatives.
I think we all agree that animals of all kinds should be treated humanely. Watch this video and see if you agree:
Please donate! Even $1 is a contribution towards helping these animals in need!!
TO DONATE, PLEASE GO TO THIS SITE: http://www.firstgiving.com/priscillagomez
Thank you!!!
PS. If you feel this is inappropriate for the community, let me know and I will delete it.
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September 18th, 2008
September 17th, 2008
pikake
 | 12:58 pm - Call in day TODAY, 9/17/08
Hey everyone - I am just passing this message along for some friends. Sorry if we're in several of the same groups and you see this a couple of times because I cross-posted it all over the place. This is pretty important though. . . If even 1/3 of the members of this group convinced 2 other people to call in, that would be a significant enough number of phone calls to stall this horrible bill in its tracks. Please please please pass it on - post it in your journal, other communities, and email it to all of your list serves. The nuclear industry in the U.S is proposing more than 30 new reactors - with an estimated cost of 6.2-12 BILLION USD per reactor. (SOURCE: nirs.org/neconomics/nuclearsubsidies2008.pdf ) Not only is Nuclear power is a FALSE solution to the issue of global climate change, but it's intrinsically tied to the nuclear arms industry. For inspiration on viable solutions, check out www.kilowattours.org/As a resident of a gulf state, I also hope that folks will oppose off-shore drilling. BUT... the mainstream media is devoting NO attention to the nuclear aspect of this bill, which is quite frankly frightening. Not too much of a surprise, though - considering that many of the more common outlets are owned by General Electric, which is the most profitable nuclear arms manufacturer in the world. (SOURCES: www.commondreams.org/views05/0403-25.htm , www.corpwatch.org/article.php , and www.freepress.net/ownership/chart/main ) Thanks! <3 ** From the Nuclear Information and Resource Service... **
GANG OF 10 BILL:
BIGGEST GIVEAWAY TO NUCLEAR POWER INDUSTRY EVER
NATIONAL CALL-IN DAY: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 This is it. In the mainstream media, the Gang of 10 (actually, now it's the Gang of 20) energy bill is all about offshore oil drilling. And, to be sure, there's lots of that in the bill, which is expected to come up in the Senate late next week. But the bill would also be the biggest giveaway to the nuclear power industry ever.
Unlimited loan guarantees for construction of new atomic reactors. That's right, unlimited. As much money—hundreds of billions of dollars--as everyone in the nuclear industry wants, when it wants, for as long as it wants.
I'm sure I don't need to tell you how that would absolutely destroy our ability to effectively address the climate crisis and what a disaster that would be for our economy, for our nation, for our planet.
How do these Senators think they can get away with this? Because they're not hearing from enough of us, often enough. They think this is a popular stand. We all need to stand up now and be counted. That's why NIRS, Physicians for Social Responsibility and other national groups are putting out the word for a National Call-In Day to the Senate on Wednesday, September 17. We need at least 10,000 phone calls to the Senate on Wednesday. We need the phones there to be ringing non-stop from dawn to dusk. Will you help?
Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121
*Please call both of your Senators that day with a very simple message: Take taxpayer loan guarantees for nuclear power out of the Gang of 20 energy bill. (note: the bill does not yet have a number. It's called the New Energy Reform Act of 2008, but everyone will know what you are talking about if you just say 'Gang of 20 energy bill.')
*Please forward this Alert to any and all of your mailing lists.
*Please print this Alert and take it to any public meetings and gather places you go to between now and Wednesday. Post it at food co-ops and other central locations.
*Please talk to your friends and colleagues, congregations this Sunday, PTAs next week. Spread the word.
*If you want to e-mail your Senators, please do (you can do so from this link; NIRS' new e-mail-from- our-Alerts set-up still has some bugs,so we can't quite offer that yet). But also call! It is important to keep those phones ringing all day long!
*Call even if you think your Senator(s) are hopeless. Everyone walking in the halls of the Senate should hear phones ringing everywhere,all day long.
We can't let the nuclear industry get away with this. All that can stop it now are your actions. If we all just sit back and wait for someone else to take action, we will lose. If we all make those two calls—one to each Senator, and ask each of our friends and colleagues to make those two calls, we can show the Senate what the American people really think. And we can win.
It is up to each of us. It's that simple, and that stark. Please take five minutes to make two phone calls Wednesday. And please drop us an e-mail and let us know you called (we'll be looking for 10,000e-mails in our inbox by Thursday morning!).
Thank you for all that you do.
Michael Mariotte
Executive Director
Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS)
nirsnet@nirs.org
http://www.nirs.org
301-270-6477
September 12, 2008
P.S. For those who want more information: You can read a Physicians for Social Responsibility analysis of the nuclear provisions in the Gang of 20 energy bill here. The bill includes not just loan guarantees, but also more 'risk insurance' for new nukes, construction of a reprocessing plant, and much more.
You can read a longer article on the issue I wrote for DailyKos here.
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September 2nd, 2008
fiend_in_wein
 | 03:39 pm - How you can help folks who have been arrested at the RNC
Arrest tally from Ramsey County Sheriff's Office as of 10:30 p.m. last night: 284 total; 130 felonies; 51 gross misdemeanors; 103 misdemeanors.
Many arrestees are being held without booking in the Ramsey Cty jail. Not in the system yet, told no info & they won't see judges until Wed.
Though some people have been cited and released, the majority are still being held in jail. We’ve gotten many reports that people are not getting proper medical attention, are being refused their medication, and/or have been separated from the rest of the group.
Also, there are also many felony charges, which allow the state to hold the protesters for a longer period of time. Felony charges have historically been used as scare tactics against activists, and there is much less precedent for them to hold up in court. More often, these bogus charges are simply used to keep protesters off the streets and as a way to oppress and silence people.
Please show your support and solidarity by calling the jail at 651.266.9350 and demand that people are given proper medical attention, are given access to their medication, and are not separated from the larger group! Also, demand that arrestees’ charges are dropped and that they are released immediately! You can also call the Ramsey County Sheriff’s office at 651.487.5149 or the St. Paul Mayor’s office at 651.266.8510, as well your city council member, state representatives, etc.
Calls from jail to Cold Snap Legal Collective have been blocked - please call the jail - 651-266-9350 - and demand that they allow free calls to 651-356-8635
Check Cold Snap Legal Collective for the most up to date information.
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August 14th, 2008
mihail_litvinov
 | 01:33 pm
THE CAPITAL OF SOUTH OSSETIA IS WIPED OFF THE POLITICAL MAP
The day of August 8 has put a final and irreversible end to the claims of Georgia for this territory. This obvious fact just has to be recognized officially. Today, Moscow possesses an unquestionable moral right for declaring South Ossetia and Abkhazia as territories of Russia. The will of the peoples, expressed earlier at the public referendums, is to be satisfied, as well as their natural desire to be protected by a strong nation.
Saakashvili spent the whole term of his presidency provoking Russia for physical response – to his verbal humiliating statements, to the capture and interrogation of officers of the Russian peacekeeping contingent by his henchmen, to the selection of an alternative government of South Ossetia etc. Thus, when Georgian aircrafts and artillery were systematically bombing living quarters and hospitals of Tskhinval, the center of the breakaway South Ossetia, and killing injured peacekeepers, he was just doing his job. He was doing what he was instructed to do by his US employers. Tskhinvali, as the center of the unrecognized state of South Ossetia, does not exists any longer. What does exist is the Russian city of Tskhinval.
http://www.win.ru/war/463.phtml
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August 11th, 2008
ben_ramman
| 02:43 pm - Video
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ben_ramman
| 02:42 pm - Georgia
Hi, this video is directed to an American public and the rest of civilized Western world. I am a Russian citizen, I live in United States for a long time, for over 10 years. I happened to be in Russia now and I caught all this "action" that's taking place in South Ossetia, a region in Georgia. I never posted on youtube, but I couldn't hold myself from doing it now. I had to do this.
My message to American public is meant as a wake up call. American and other Western media especially CNN is feeding you complete horse shit! Russia did not invade and did not attack Georgia. It was a response to a horrible war crime committed by Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili, this irresponsible man who just can't stand Russia, hates us, and will kiss America's and Europe's ass just to get a chance to join NATO and European Union. America has always supported Georgian "democracy" and I suspect actually that it was America who instigated Georgia to commit this crime.... on the first day of Olympics! How ironic is that? But please don't take this allegation too close heartedly, my point is not about whether or not U.S. government had any role in this, my point is to give you truth about what really happened Thursday night
So again, Russia did not invade or attack Georgia, as your media outlets are saying.
A brief geography and history lesson. South Ossetia is a very small region about 40 miles by 40 miles in the northern Georgia. It's population is around 70000 people. It borders with Russia. Today, many of the residents of South Ossetia are Russian citizens holding Russian passports, it's our people. South Ossetia had claimed independence from Georgia in 1992. Obviously it was never recognized by any international organizations. In 2006, they held an election where 99% of the voters supported independence from Georgia, and the turn out rate was 95%, it was monitored by a team of 34 international observers from the West. It still was not recognized by the world. As an analogy I would like to bring Kosovo situation, Serbian region in the south that was illegally snatched from Serbia and made into an independent country. Please look it up on Wikipedia and see how similar this situation is. How ironic is that America never supported Southern Ossetia same way it supported Kosovo. Obviously, it was made to show Russia how unfriendly the rest of the world is towards us.
Thursday night, Georgian military started an attack against South Ossetia. It was yesterday. They shelled the main city of Tshinkvali. They killed over a 1000 people. The excuse was to "restore the constitutional order in the region". BULLSHIT! This attack was an attempt to commit "ethnic cleansing", it was an act of genocide. They shelled civilian houses, schools, hospitals, without any warning. They also captured several villages near Tshinkvali. Reports say that they attempt to kill anyone of the Ossetian nationality. It was a pure act of Genocide. Wake up!
Russia couldn't watch this atrocity happening to its own citizens. We had no choice but to bring in our military into the region and protect our people. Whatever happens next the world needs to know, that the cause of this conflict is Georgia and its president. Before you accept what your media tells you, before you get fired up by McCains irresponsible allegations and comments, try remember all the lies that American media had always fed you, try to read news from other media outlets, not russian, but other parts of the world, other than U.S. or U.K.'s media.
America needs to wake up and stop doing what it's doing. Stop seeing an enemy in Russia. Stop using countries like Georgia, Ukraine, Poland, Latvia, Estonia who are basically acting like prostitutes of U.S. government in their public acts of hatred towards Russia.
And finally need to say, Mr. SSHAshvili that's how we like to call him. S.SH.A stands for U.S.A in Russian. Mr. SSHAshvili will pay for what happened yesterday.
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August 7th, 2008
fiend_in_wein
| 05:26 pm
If there are any folks in Tallahassee interested in helping put together a Barter Fair/Swap Meet/Flea Market...
Planning meeting + Potluck. August 20th. 7pm. Email brokencompassring@yahoo.com for location info.
We're planning a day to swap, sell, trade, and give away!
Zines, Books, Records, Tapes, CD's , Clothes, Crafts, Food, Art, Etc.
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July 29th, 2008
itsgrimupnorth
 | 06:40 pm - New radical community for finding friends.
Hello, I apologize if this is a repetitive post in your f-lists, but please bear with me as I announce the following:
![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) add_a_radical (Livejournal Radical Networking Community) Is a newborn community in which its purpose is to link individuals together with common interests in the political spectrum--in particular the radical and revolutionary edges of the table. I created this community in the hopes of making new friends with similar views; as well as having the chance to meet different people who have varying experiences in life--I feel everyone should have a priority in their life that demands for them to speak their mind, and exercise freedom of expression and 'out of the box' thinking. I feel that most of the "Add_me" communities meant for meeting new writers on livejournal are somewhat lacking in these uniting interests, and thus, have felt obliged to create such a community as this one.
Hopefully this community will prove useful as a resource for activists and thinkers to meet new friends with common interests.
Thank you for taking the time to read your invitation to the LRNC!
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July 18th, 2008
limelight_lude
 | 01:12 pm - SATURDAY!!!: HUGE RUMMAGE SALE - DOWNTOWN ORLANDO - Support a great cause!
Don't miss this mega sale!
9 am kicks off the fun.
Dozens of families have donated to this mega sale event to benefit the Florida School of Holistic Living
Lots of Furniture, including appliances like stoves and coffee makers, tables, dressers, filing cabinets, and much more
Electronics including dvd players
Lots of books, cds, dvds, vhs, and tons of VINYL
Lots of clothing, plus kids clothing and brand new shoes
Household items, and much more! All priced to SELL!
At FL School of Holistic Living and Evolve
604 N Thornton Avenue, Orlando
Corner of Thornton and Concord, one block SW of Mills and Colonial
2 doors south of Dandelion Communitea Cafe
See you there!!
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July 3rd, 2008
teenage_trash77
 | 05:48 pm
3rd Annual South Florida Radical Activist Conference
Winter 2008, location TBA( Once I find out more information I'll let you all know)
Calling All: anarchist, anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist, ecological, feminist, animal liberation, anti-racist, anti-fascist, transgendered, queer, youth liberation, prisoner support, indigenous, unionist, independent media, herbalist, organic gardening, anti-gentrification, anti-war, and anti-colonialist activists, artists, individuals, and collectives in the state of Florida.
We are looking for people who would like to give a workshop, presentation or skillshare! Our intention is for this year's SFRAC to be an opportunity for radicals in South Florida to have fun, pick up some interesting literature, take part in relevant workshops, meet new people or meet up with old friends, network, enjoy delicious food, and look back at the past year and talk about: "where do we go from here?"
So far, our idea is for a two day SFRAC, including an evening event of live music, art, and performances, a Really Really Free Market, o'douvres and homemade drinks, and then a day of workshops and film showings.
If you'd be interested in giving a workshop, setting up a table, performing music or art, know of a free venue to hold SFRAC at, or if you have any other concerns or creative ideas to add, please get in touch with the Improvised Action Collective at improvisedaction@riseup.net
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manillafolder
| 02:06 am - Everglades earth first alleycat race!!
in mid february 27 Earth First! activists were arrested in an action trying to stop the construction of the west county energy center a natural gas power plant that will emit tons of greenhouse gases and waste billions of gallons of water a year after months and months of court dates and trial theres still alot of legal debts that remain unsolved so come out ride your bike and help support the Earth First! arrestees there might even be something in it for you!!!
read more about the Action and earth first! here:
http://www. risingtidenorthamerica. org/wordpress/2008/02/19/blockade-shuts-down-south-florida-power-plant-construction-27-arrested/
http://www. earthfirstjournal. org/article. php?id=361&PHPSESSID=50858e59f48f54e0d6e07d457bfdf301
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April 28th, 2008
pikake
| 11:13 pm - Who wants to go to camp?
You are invited to:
Mountain Justice Summer Camp
May 17 - 23
Harlan County, Kentucky
Our 2008 Mountain Justice Summer camp will be at the base of beautiful
Pine Mountain, with an old-growth forest and incredible hiking just
above the camp - plus live mountain music, great food, films, workshops
on coal mining and Appalachian culture, skills training, and plenty of
time for fun and relaxing.
Best of all, the camp is extremely low-cost, only $20 plus $10 per
night. There are
cabins with bunk beds, plus tent spaces, a beautiful
lake, awesome mountain views, and some of the best people you will ever
meet anywhere (sorry - no dogs this year).
Register now at
http://www.mountainjusticesummer.org
Go to the website to see pictures of the camp and some photos of our
camp last year in Tennessee. This is our 4th annual camp, and we think
this is going to be the biggest and best camp we have ever had, with
well-known speakers like Kentucky author Silas House, Kayford Mountain
Keeper Larry Gibson, Teri Blanton of Kentuckians for the Commonwealth,
Ed Wiley from Rock Creek, West Virginia, plus many local Harlan County
residents and coal miners who are concerned about mountaintop removal
mining.
Music includes: Nashville's Jake Leg Stompers, folksingers Micheal and
Carrie Kline, Here's to the Long Haul, Jeremy Dotson, CD Collins, Danny
Dollinger from Austin Texas, and much more!
During the week we will have community service projects, including
innoculating Hemlock trees at Camp Blanton against Hemlock Wooly
Adelgid, plus forest ecology and plant identification hikes, tree
climbing, The Maze, Sand Cave, Knobby Rock - this is going to be an
awesome week so we hope to see you there!
Please note: Sorry, no dogs at MJS Camp this year. There are plenty of
camp dogs around, so you will have canine company even if you have to
leave your best friend at home.
Here is our current schedule (subject to changes)
Concurrent workshops are designated by
a slash
*** Sat May 17
8:00 Breakfast
9:00 Morning Circle & Welcome to Mountain Justice Summer!
10:30 Mountaintop Removal with Vernon Haltom, Coal River Mountain
Watch, Whitesville WV / Conflict Resolution /Legal Workshop- Chris
Irwin, United Mountain Defense
12:00 Lunch
1:00 MTR 101 - Vernon Haltom (repeat) / Community Organizing
2:30 Appalshop's "Coal Bucket Outlaw" with Roy Crawford / Appalachian
Regional Reforestation Initiative - Sadie Heck
4:00 Free time / Shadow Theater - Georgia Matt
6:00 Dinner - Speaker: Dr. Tom Barnes slide show "Pine Mountain"
(tent.)
7:00 Live Music
9:00 Film "Harlan County USA" (Academy Award winning documentary)
introduced by Dr. Lynda Ann Ewen, author of "Which Side Are You On? The
Brookside Mine Strike in Harlan County KY"
11:00 Quiet Time
*** Sunday May 18
8:00 Breakfast
9:00 Morning Circle - Welcome to Harlan
County - Teri Blanton,
Kentuckians for the Commonwealth
10:30 Dayhoit walking tour w/Teri Blanton/ Church Service - Sage Russo,
Christians for the Mountains / Appalachian Cultural Sensitivity - Dr.
Lynda Ann Ewen
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Working with the Media - Viv Stockman, Ohio Valley Environmental
Coalition, Dana Kuhnline of SEAC, Vernon Haltom CRMW/ Art & Activism -
Sarah Haltom, Coal River Mountain Watch
2:30 Deep Ecology & Bioregionalism - john johnson/ Water Testing/
Climate Justice
4:00 Free Time / Making Kim Che - Patty D and Erin M. / Theater
Performances - Steph Pistello
6:00 Dinner - Coalfield Citizens Panel with Harlan and Letcher County
residents
7:00 Live Music
9:00 Film "Coal Miners Daughter"
11:00 Quiet Time
*** Monday May 19
8:00 Breakfast
9:00 Morning Circle
10:30 Coal Mining 101 - with Harlan County miners / Active Listening
- Georgia
Matt
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Hiking Blanton Forest - Kyle Napier, Ky State Nature Preserves
Commission / Beehive Collective presentation / Tree Climbing - Hilary
Hosta
2:30 Listening Projects / Field Water testing / MTR site tour
4:00 Free Time
6:00 Dinner - Speaker: Larry Gibson, Kayford Mountain Keeper
7:00 Live Music
9:00 Film Kentucky Premiere! "Burning the Future: Coal in America" with
filmmaker David Novack from New York City
11:00 Quiet Time
*** Tuesday May 20
8:00 Breakfast
9:00 Morning Circle
10:30 Non Violent Direct Action - Hilary Hosta, Matt Leonard, James
Brady / Anti-Oppression
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Kentucky author Silas
House ("Clays Quilt", "The Coal Tattoo")/
Butch Turk skills training / Tree Climbing - Hilary Hosta
2:30 History of Opposition to Surface Mining - Chad Montrie, Univ.
of Mass-Lowell ("To Save the Land and People") / Beehive Collective
workshop
4:00 Free Time
6:00 Dinner - Speaker: Ed Wiley (invited)
7:00 Live Music - Public Outcry (hopefully)
9:00 Film "Mountaintop Removal" w/ filmmaker Mike O' Connell (winner of
Reel Current Award, Nashville Film Festival awarded by Vice President
Al Gore)
11:00 Quiet Time
*** Wednesday May 21
8:00 Breakfast
9:00 Benham, KY Coal Mining Museum field trip / Making Art with Sarah
Haltom, Coal River Mountain
Watch
10:30 Composting toilets/ "Listening for a Change - Oral Histoy and
Appalachian Heritage" w/ folksingers Michael and Carrie Kline/ Archery
/ DIY workshops
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Water testing - Dick Shore/ De-escalation Techniques - Doc /
Primitive Skills - Kris D. / Tree Climbing - Hilary and Chris Irwin/
Other DIY workshops
2:30 SMCRA and Citizens Rights - Gerogia Matt / Appalachian Community
Economics - Randal / Belly Dancing - Sarah Haltom / DIY workshops
4:00 Free Time
6:00 Dinner - Dick Shore as John Muir
7:00 Live Music - Folksingers Michael and Carrie Kline
9:00 Films Appalshops' "Stranger With a Camera" and "Thoughts in the
Presence of Fear" w/ Herb E. Smith
11:00 Quiet Time
*** Thursday May 22
8:00 Breakfast
9:00 Morning Circle & State
Breakouts
10:30 Nukes Are Not the Answer - Mary Olson, NIRS / Environmental
Philosophy - Charlee Tidrick
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Bank of America/Citi Campaign - Scott Parkin, Matt Leonard
Rainforest Action Network and Hilary Hosta / Legal Workshop (repeat)-
Chris Irwin, United Mountain Defense / Hiking/ Forest Ecology and Plant
Identification - john johnson
2:30 Campus Organizing
4:00 Free Time
6:00 Dinner - Speaker: Kentucky Author Bruce Hopkins "Sacred Ground"
7:00 Music - Poetry night - Talent Show
9:00 Films Appalshops "Its Hard to Tell the Singer from the Song"
(Hazel Dickens) and "Dreadful Memories" (Sara Ogan Gunning)
11:00 Quiet Time
*** Friday May 23
8:00 Breakfast
9:00 Closing Circle
10:30 MJS Meeting
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Take down and head to Heartwood Forest Council in Ohio!
Please register now at
http://www.mountainjusticesummer.org
Hope to see you all there!
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idiolatry
 | 06:53 pm - Veg*n Community for Floridians!
Hey Everyone,
I hope this is allowed (and if it's not, let me know so I may delete it). I have just started a new community called sunshine_veg for those of us living in the state of Florida looking for a more local vegetarian/vegan community. I've made it in hopes of finding and lending support to other individuals in the Florida area who have either already become vegetarian/vegan or are looking for more information in order to become veg*n. Whether you live in Pensacola or Key West, you are MORE than welcome to join the community so long as you are a Floridian with an active interest in veg*nism!
Positive veg*ns only, troublemakers need not apply.
Hope you all join and tell your friends! Spread the word so we can make this community great! :)
ADD sunshine_veg!!!
Cross-posted to a few places.
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April 11th, 2008
tactical_music
| 06:23 pm - That club underneath where Maude's is
This is just a heads up about three of the nights now running at Club Wise Guys Remix in Gainesville (101 SE 2nd Pl., underneath the Sun Center).
Fridays: Under the Sun (Goth/Industrial/Electro/Dark Alternative), 10-2, 18+ $3
All beer and well drinks are half off until 11!
Saturdays: Back to the Eighties (80s! Duh.) 10-2, 18+ $3 ($5 for under 21), feat. DJ Donna (Durty Nelly's longtime favorite)
And new this week...
Sundays: Velvet (a night for lesbian and bisexual women), 8-11, 18+ NO COVER, cheap drinks, sponsored by Girls Night Out
 
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March 30th, 2008
jaclynemily
| 09:42 pm - radical conference
All Power to the Imagination! Conference on Radical Theory and Practice
New College of Florida
Sarasota, Florida
April 4-6th
All Power to the Imagination! is a 3-day conference that will bring activists, academics, undergraduate/graduate students, and grassroots organizers together for a weekend of listening, networking, sharing, and organizing. We will discuss ideas, tactics, experiences, and skills as well as theories, scholarship, and research to develop our radical vision for the present and future. There will be a keynote speech by black radical activist and former Black Panther member Ashanti Alston as well as a performance of Howard Zinn's play Marx in Soho. Workshop/presentation topics at the conference include: feminism, environmentalism, student movements, social movements, anti-racism, community organizing, labor, political art, radical pedagogy, community radio, political philosophy, and more!
For more info and a comprehensive list of presentations, visit:
http://theoryandpracticeconference.wordpress.com/
For a tentative copy of the schedule, visit:
http://students.ncf.edu/jacqueline.wang/apischedule.pdf
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