forum: free trades kills jobs, enviro & food

kari k, 17.09.2004 - 09:51
Current trade agreements benefit global corportations at the expense of our jobs, our environment, our food security and our democracy.
Medford / Southern Oregon events to spur grassroots action!
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Senator Smith Lies

o2 collective, 15.09.2004 - 15:17
Calls Needed to Stop a Salvage Logging Rider

On September 15, Senator Gordon Smith (R-OR) threatened to eliminate all environmental law pertaining to logging in the Biscuit Fire area. In an attempt to intimidate environmentalists days before court-ordered mediation with the timber industry, Smith has vowed to push through a salvage logging rider which would force the destruction of 19,000 acres of ancient forest.

To justify his thwarting of the law, Smith claims that environmental lawsuits have stopped all logging and reforestation work in the Biscuit area. Smith's lies are easily disproved. For example, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals record clearly shows that only a handful of sales have been legally enjoined, 47 million board-feet of timber out of a total of 372 mmbf proposed.
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UNITED WE FAST

JUSTICE, 10.09.2004 - 19:53
Advocating for the rights and full integration of immigrant students

UNITED WE FAST

SUPPORT THE FAST TO PASS THE DREAM ACT

September 12th to 23th 2004

in Medford, Eugene, Salem, Woodburn, Cornelius, Portland

MEDFORD: Join Unete on September 12, 1:00pm for a rally at Vogel park to support immigrant youth and the United We Dream Campaign.

THis will be in conjunction with the beginning of the National United We Dream Campaign in support of the Dream Act/Student Adjustment Act S1545/HR 1684. The Dream Act/Student Adjustment Acts are bipartisan bills that would remove barriers to education and provide a path toward legal residency for US raised immigrant students who lack legal immigration status. These bills provide a lifeline to immigrant students who without fault find themselves in limbo, with no hope of realizing their dreams of higher education and work.

then...

Mass Rally September 23, 2004, 3:00pm at Senator Gordon Smith's
office (World Trade Center, 2nd and Salmon St) in Downtown Portland,
Oregon.
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Biscuit Survives the Summer

Tim Ream, 06.09.2004 - 14:45
It is hard to imagine but as Labor Day passes, not a single tree in the 500,000 acre Biscuit area has fallen under the extreme Bush Biscuit logging project. The campaign is fraught with peril and damage has been done, but this is a time to breathe a sigh of relief and celebrate a job well done so far and a forest well into its third year of natural recovery.

The most diverse National Forest in the American West still faces the largest timber sale in modern history, but the rivers, rare plants and serpentine forests of the Biscuit will remain largely intact for another winter.
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Old Fashioned Labor Day Picnic

Southern Oregon Central Labor Council, 31.08.2004 - 21:08
The Southern Oregon Central Labor Council (SOCLC) will be hosting an old fashioned Labor Day Picnic - this Sept. 6 Labor Day 2004.

We invite ALL Workers in Southern Oregon, union or not, to come celebrate the day that honors ALL the Working People of America...

"Let's join our union friends for a great Labor Day Picnic, labor music, mixing with candidates and old fashioned fun." -Rich Rohde, Oregon Action.
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Local RNC Solidarity Actions in Medford

rogue imc volunteer, 30.08.2004 - 11:11
Citizens for Peace and Justice (CPJ) invites you to "Light Up the Sky" tonight, August 30 at 8:45 pm at Hawthorne Park in Medford. In solidarity with the protesters in NYC, bring a flashlight and your friends for a silent vigil.

FOX/FARCE NEWS ShutUpAthon
Tuesday, August 31 at 12:30 pm at 820 Crater Lake Ave in Medford at the KMVU-TV Fox Channel 26.
 http://www.rogueimc.org/en/2004/08/3124.shtml

PantsOnFire-Mobile Coming to Medford
Sunday, September 5 at 7:00 pm at Hawthorne Park
 http://www.rogueimc.org/en/2004/08/3128.shtml
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Hundreds of Thousands Flood the Streets in NYC to Greet Republicans

rogue imc volunteer, 29.08.2004 - 16:26
RadioFreeAshland.org streaming audio from New York City and the Republican National Convention.
 http://www.radiofreeashland.org/

Radio Free Ashland will be relaying the broadcast from a-noise.
 http://radio.socialtechnology.net/.
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Earth First! ACTION Rendezvous Aug 27-30

Cascadia Earth First!, 24.08.2004 - 23:39

Cascadia's forest defenders are converging in the Siskiyou National Forest in Southern Oregon again this weekend to launch a renewed campaign in defense of the massive Biscuit timber sale. The Biscuit timber sale has been the subject of massive public outry and protests. This weekend's Earth First! "Action Rendezvous" will take place near the endangered Indi timber sale, which was the site of a road blockade last month that was forcefully evicted by Forest Service law enforcement.

The weekend event will feature trainings and action planning - activists have been invited and encouraged to plan for a longer stay to help in defending the Biscuit! Food and camping spots will be available for all. Directions to the camp are now available (click on read more), and Cascadia RiSiNG! EcoDefense is coordinating carpools from Portland.

Contact info: 541-482-2640 / ef@cascadiarising.org or 503-493-7495 / action__at__cascadiarising.org

BACKGROUND: O2 Collective | KS Wild | Siskiyou Project

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THE MIAMI MODEL screens in Ashland & Klamath Falls

ftaaimc.org video working group, 22.08.2004 - 12:25
In November, 2003, trade ministers from 34 countries met in Miami, Florida,to negotiate the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). The FTAA threatens to devastate workers, the environment, and public services like health care, education, and water, and to destroy indigenous rights and cultural diversity across North, Central, and South America.

Thousands of union members, environmentalists, feminists, anarchists, students, farm workers, media activists, and human rights activists who gathered in Miami to struggle against the FTAA were brutally attacked with rubber bullets, pepper spray, electric guns and shock batons, embedded reporters and information warfare, all coordinated by the new United States Department of Homeland Security.

A new 90 minute documentary, what the media didn't tell you.

Ashland, Oregon Screening
August 25th 2004, 7:30 pm; Meese Auditorium at SOU, corner Siskiyou and Wightman (across from 7-11)
Local Southern Oregon University Sponsors: International Studies Dept., The Media Collective, SEIU 503#084 union workers, Economics Club

Klamath Falls, Oregon Screening
August 27th 2004, 7:00 pm, Klamath County Courthouse, basement room,
Local Sponsor: Klamath Basin Peace Forum
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Kerry Fever Hits the Valley

sapsucker, 13.08.2004 - 15:25
As I drove into the searing heat of Central Point yesterday, past the assorted anti-abortionists and pro-war militarists lining the streets, I predicted many people would suffer exhaustion and fever in the livestock arena-turned political stumping ground.
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