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Earth First Nonviolent Civil Disobedience Training for Int'l Day of Action for Climate, 11/07/09
In the lead-up to the N30 International Day of Action for Climate Justice, several trainings and planning meetings have been held and more are scheduled. On November 1st, there was a planning spokescouncil meeting in San Francisco. On November 7th, Earth First held a direct action skillshare at the Lake Merritt gazebo in Oakland. Several dozen people attended the skillshare on a beautiful Saturday afternoon at the lake.
Trainings included non-violent direct action training, making and using lockboxes, climbing with ropes, know your rights, self-defense, urban permaculture, street medic skills, and wheat pasting. Free vegan food was provided for everyone who attended. In the evening, a "Live-free-as-the-world-burns-cabaret" was held at Mama Buzz on Telegraph with several bands including the Brass Liberation Orchestra.
On Monday, November 16th, there will be a follow-up spokescouncil meeting from 6-8pm at the offices of Communities for a Better Environment at 1440 Broadway, Suite 701, in Oakland.
On Saturday, November 20th, at Station 40 at 3030b 16th Street in San Francisco, there will be another non-violent civil disobedience training, a teach-in, and a spokescouncil meeting from 1pm to 6pm.
On November 30th, the 10-year anniversary of activists shutting down the WTO in Seattle, Act for Climate Justice is calling for mass nonviolent civil disobedience and protest to help prevent climate catastrophe.
N30 action event announcement:
On Monday, November 16th, there will be a follow-up spokescouncil meeting from 6-8pm at the offices of Communities for a Better Environment at 1440 Broadway, Suite 701, in Oakland.
On Saturday, November 20th, at Station 40 at 3030b 16th Street in San Francisco, there will be another non-violent civil disobedience training, a teach-in, and a spokescouncil meeting from 1pm to 6pm.
On November 30th, the 10-year anniversary of activists shutting down the WTO in Seattle, Act for Climate Justice is calling for mass nonviolent civil disobedience and protest to help prevent climate catastrophe.
N30 action event announcement:
For more information:
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/11/1...
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