ROADBLOCK ROADSHOW 2007!!!
There is a terrible concrete monster yearning to burst forth from
its slumber. It will be a leviathan feeding on corrupt construction contracts, sweatshops, hydroelectric dams, big-box stores, and resource extraction. It's shit will be free trade, environmental devastation, and human suffering.

It is named I-69. While it currently sleeping between Canada's industrial heartland and Indianapolis, it is dreaming of the coming day (fast approaching in 2008) that it can grow, devastating all of the land between central Indiana and the Texas-Mexico border. There it will connect with the horrifying infrastructure projects of the Plan Puebla Panama.

In order to slay this beast, people are organizing up and down the middle of the United States, as well as across Central America. As I-69 approaches the point of construction in our state, we want to begin the vital work of developing networks of resistance with other communities threatened by this road's projected route. From Bloomington, IN to Central Texas, we want to talk about this road and resistance to it, share inspiration with other activists, as well as spread knowledge of direct action and diy skills.

We want to build the kind of lasting ties that will sustain us all through a successful campaign to shut down the insane plans to let the I-69 monster hatch and reproduce. In this, we are inspired by resistance to the PPP in Central America, the self-organization of farmers along the route all ready underway and by Earth First!'s long history of successful fights to slay the road monster. We are also motivated by the knowledge that we can't afford to fail- the cost will be too high: the destruction of tens of thousands of acres of forests, wetlands, and farms; increased oil consumption at a time when we are facing catastrophic climate change; and the elimination of hundreds of human communities along with the further
spread of suburban sprawl, convenience stores, and retail giants.

Features of the roadshow will include:
Plays!
Music!
Slideshows!
Puppets!
Skillshares!

Please get in touch with us ASAP if you'd like to host the roadshow
in your town. We need to confirm our dates quickly and we can also
send along posters and other promotional materials.
Contact:  roadblockef@yahoo.com

Dates:
Bloomington, IN- February 13
Louisville, KY- February 14
Lexington, KY-February 15
Memphis, TN-February 16
Little Rock, AK- February 17
Texarkana, AK-February 18
Shreveport, LA- February 19
Houston, TX- February 20
Corpus Christi, TX- February 21
San Antonio, TX- February 22
and possibly
Tulsa, OK - February 28
Lawrence, KS -March 1
St. Louis, MO - March 2

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