FYI for those of you in the mid-west. I don't know who exactly is organizing
the event (has anyone else heard about this?), but the fact that they've got
David Brower to come and speak sounds encouraging.
Kevin
Kevin Webb
Food Circles Networking Project
Department of Rural Sociology
University of Missouri-Columbia
105 Sociology
Columbia, MO 65211
(573) 882-3776
[573] 882=1473 (fax)
webbk@missouri.edu
On the web at: http://www.foodcircles.missouri.edu
HEY EVERYONE!!! PLEASE READ AND PARTICIPATE IF YOU CAN-
THIS IS AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE WHO HOLD THE POWER TO HEAR FROM
US!!
National Jobs & Environmental Day of Action -- Earth in the Balance
Travel to Des Moines, Iowa -- Wednesday, January 12, 2000
Special Guest: David Brower
Members of organized labor, environmental groups, clergy, farmers,indigenous
peoples, small businesses, recyclers, students, elected officials, party
activists, and more, are converging in Iowa home of the nation's first
presidential contest -- to demand that the presidential candidates begin
addressing the most pressing issues of our time -- PROTECTING THE PLANET AND
OUR LIVELIHOODS! An unprecedented
alliance of labor/environmental/religious/indigenous/farm leaders recently
came together in Seattle to protest the undemocratic WTO and its assault on
farmers, workers and the environment. Some of these same leaders and
organizations are now planning a major PEACEFUL
DEMONSTRATION in Des Moines, Iowa, for WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12. The
demonstration will be held near Vice President Al Gore's Campaign
Headquarters in downtown
Des Moines. After the rally, demonstrators will caravan to the campaign
headquarters of other candidates. This is a nonpartisan event, and we will
be addressing all the major candidates competing in Iowa, Democrat
and Republican.
Our message to the candidates is simple: not enough is being done by our
government to protect small family farms, workers and the environment.
We want a contract with the presidential candidates to set our nation on a
sustainable path that protects locally-owned businesses, family farmers
and the environment. These issues are not receiving the attention they
deserve in the presidential campaign, and we demand a national dialogue.
Any and all organizations and activists committed to this goal are welcome.
Bundle up for the cold weather (the event will be held outside), and bring
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and energy and ideas.
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politics still thrives, and where the candidates must respond to the
will of the voters. This is a rare opportunity for us to send a powerful
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