Earth First! Roadshow in Minneapolis May 18-19

Co-sponsored by the Friends of the RNC8

May 18 and 19th Walker Church 3104 16th Ave S. Minneapolis.

A two-day visit by the EF! Roadshow crew will be a great opportunity for Twin Citians to get out of the streets and into the forests! Because of the work done around the Minnehaha Free State/Highway 55 campaign,Earth First! played a huge role a decade ago in getting people radicalized and "skilled up" to engage in wider struggles. From tree-sits and lock-downs, to occupations and throwing pies, EF! widened the paying field for many engaged in struggles around the city, and made U-Locks and climbing gear fly off the shelves. It's only gotten worse in those 10 years, so let's dust off those harnesses and see where the next decade takes us.

Childcare will be available. Please email us at twincitiesearthfirst at hushmail.com to let us know ages of your little rebels and when you are coming.

Monday May 18th 6:30 meal

7pm-9pm History of EF! nationally and locally, updates from the road, maybe a short film or two, and a discussion of local issues, including the current battle against a Canadian oil pipeline being fought in Northen Minnesota on the Leech Lake reservation and how we can help.

Tuesday May 19

Tuesday 5 -10pm Workshops, Workshops, Workshops!

Useful skills for the forest or the cities. Anti-opression, Blockading, the Green Scare, Consensus and Facilitation, Native Solidarity, and more.

Be sure to check the TC-IMC calendar for exact workshop schedule.

From the Roadshow Crew-

The Earth First! Roadshow will be crossing the country this spring with the goal of renewing a grassroots ecological direct action movement in the U.S. We are looking to network and collaborate with groups, such as yours, with the intent of bridging gaps of age and experience that exist in the environmental movement and inspiring people to join the frontlines of the fight for the Earth in some new and exciting ways.

Although Earth First! has been involved in a wide array of issues, we have always rooted ourselves in the defense of the wild. And the battleground for wild ecosystems has changed in some very substantial ways over the past few years. The global acceptance of human-induced climate change has blazed a trail for promoting deep and lasting social changes with unprecedented urgency. There’s a critical moment in front of us, the window between being too lazy and too late, where people are becoming inspired to stand up for the planet and recognize our connection to it.

While Earth First! has been promoting immediate urgent action since its inception 28 years ago, this past September even Al Gore started promoting civil disobedience for the environment. But those of us paying attention to the bigger picture see that the pending ecological collapse demands a broader reaction than just blocking a few new coal plants. The greed and arrogance that resulted in fossil fuel driving climate change has also manifested in so many other destructive ways that can’t be ignored. The call that Gore made, for “young people blocking bulldozers” must be applied to much more than just coal plants and more than just young people. We need to defend every intact ecosystem and begin the process of restoring whats been destroyed; its going to take all of us giving it all we got.

And that’s why the Earth First! Roadshow is coming through.. We will be presenting a theatrical history of EF!, offering trainings for safe and strategic direct actions/civil disobedience. and making eco-action irresistible!

For more info on the roadshow, contact the EF! Roadshow planning collective directly at:
earthfirstroadshow@gmail.com, (330)423-1823
www.earthfirstroadshow.wordpress.com