Yes Occupy is still active in MN.. some upcoming events 2/24 through 2/27 Tar Sands, Brother Ali
Occupy Mpls. has had open Potluck dinners and discussions every Wednesday evening for over a year. 6pm at 4200 Cedar Ave. S. Everyone welcome for these All Committees Meetings!
On 2/27, Nick of Rogue Media will show us how to make event pages and other social media skills-come early, before dinner at 5:15. Bring food to share if you can.
Tarsands pipe lines in Texas and Pipeline 67 in northern MN have been a focus for many occupiers.
An exciting new hour long video on the Blockade of the Texas Keystone XL construction can be found on Common Dreams: Blockadia Rising: voices of the Tarsands Blockade.
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2013/02/22
Information on Keystone XL, Texas farmers, and the protests and tree sits.
Monday there’s a chance to hear the science on sand fracking and other local mineral issues:
Monday, 2/25, 7 pm, May Day Books, 301 Cedar Ave. S. MINING MANIA IN WISCONSIN:FROM IRON ORE TO SILICA FRACK SAND. CARL SACK, GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ACTIVIST, free.
As in Minnesota, silica frack sand mines as well as processing mills have proliferated in Wisconsin since 2010, leaping from ten to 110 mines!
There is also the threat by Governor Scott Walker's reactionary administration to lift the state's moratorium on hard-rock, metallic sulfide mining. In addition, there is a new iron mine being proposed in the Penokee Range in northwestern Wisconsin.
Taconite extraction is not the benign activity it' long been claimed to be.
Carl Sack, who is a journalist in addition to being an environmentalist, will be speaking with power point about efforts on the part of the Ojibwe People & other grassroots activists to oppose these ecologically harmful enterprises.
TUESDAY, February 26,12:00 PM to 2:00 PM Room: 5 State Office Building , Chair: Rep. Melissa Hortman
The first hearing on the Solar Energy Jobs Act, in the House Energy Policy Committee.
TODAY: Honoring Black History Month: Soundtrack for a Revolution.
Sunday 2/24, 3:00pm until 6:00pm, Boneshaker Books, 2002 23rd Ave. S., Minneapolis
http://www.facebook.com/events/239681409502008/
Sunday Feb 24th, Occupy Minneapolis will host an afternoon of discussion and film at Boneshaker Books. An open forum around the Civil Rights movement will follow the showing of an amazing film, Soundtrack for a Revolution.
Wed., Feb. 27, 3-6pm, MARCH ON WELLS FARGO, by Occupy Homes. Gather at 3520 5th Ave S, and march on Wells Fargo in So.Mpls. Brother Ali will be performing: http://www.facebook.com/events/222979484508768/
3520 5th Ave. is the home where Jessica, a single mother of 4, is squatting! See this 2 min. video:
There will be also be an educational Symposium with a woman who helped found Idle No More, Jess Gordon,
March 22-23 on environmental issues. More info to follow.
Mother Earth Fest.org, Wellstone Center, West St. Paul, all day on Earth Day, April 20. Multicultural, focus on indigenous issues and mind/body connection.
Jerry Lopez is asking for help with organizing. They meet Wednesday evnings and Saturdays. Malia is a contact.
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