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Crossing the Line: Civil Disobedience
March 10, 1999
From a long-running newspaper strike in Detroit, to anti-logging protest in the Northwest, activists are putting their causes and bodies on the line and risking arrest to make a point. Often media coverage of such events, be it blocking delivery trucks with a human chain or refusing to unload cargo from freighters, lacks sufficient context; activists may appear impetuous or quixotic to someone who isn't aware of the sequence of events that led them to civil disobedience. On this program, we take a look at the use of civil disobedience as an organizing tactic.
Featuring:
Robert Lalicker, Steelworkers Local 7945; Kim Marks, Earth First!; Jerome Scott, Project South.
For more information:
Steelworkers Local 7945
1263 East D
Takoma, WA 98400
253-272-4798; fax: 253-272-2751
Earth First! Journal
P.O.Box 1415
Eugene, OR 97440
541-344-8004; fax: 541-344-7688; earthfirst@igc.org
www.enviroweb.org/ef/
Project South
9 Gammon Ave.
Atlanta, GA 30315
404-622-0602; fax: 404-622-7992;
projectsouth@igc.apc.org
www.peacenet.org/projectsouth/
Project South Washington Area Affiliate
6617 Millwood Rd.
Bethesda, MD 20817-6057
301-320-4534; fax: 301-320-4534;
wkatfishman@igc.apc.org