From the Open-Publishing Calendar
From the Open-Publishing Newswire
Indybay Feature
Forest Peace Alliance Trip Into the Mattole(fixed version)
As part of the out-of-court settlement from the David "Gypsy" Chain wrongful death civil suit, the Forest Peace Alliance was formed, intending to bring activists and PL workers & management together, in a non-confrontational atmosphere, to prevent further deaths and injuries, to talk about the issues, and come up with creative solutions.
Near the beginning of October, a group of ten activists, three PL reps, and a woman from Scotia, took a trip out into the Mattole, as part of the Forest Peace Alliance.
Early that morning, we met with the PL folks at the Scotia Inn, in the company-owned town of Scotia.
After our good morning greetings, we loaded up into PL suburbans and headed for the Mattole.
We had good conversations along the way, as we rode with one of the RPFs for the Mattole, and discussed our views on sustainability, Old Growth logging/preservation, clearcutting, herbicide use, corporate control of local businesses and lives, global politics, and private property.
The conversations were good, and an overall good vibration was present throughout the day.
Voices were heard, and heart were felt, I believe.
I feel that this was a very groundbreaking day, because it's not every day that forest defenders and big timber management go hang out together all day, especially in an area where much direct action has taken place, and continues to take place, and mutual understandings were kept in place, so that the relations could be kept good throughout the day.
This is the last thing that the big corporations want...the locals getting together, face to face, to REALLY talk about what is going on in our community.
I'm sure that the spirits of Gypsy and Judi Bari were out there with us that day, and I'm sure that their spirits were very pleased with what they saw and heard on that day.
Other events of the Forest Peace Alliance have included a dinner with PL workers & management & a Maxxam lawyer from Houston, a picnic with a few PL reps(it was a holiday, so many PL workers didn't make it), and roundtable meetings for the core Forest Peace Alliance committee.
We look forward to talking more with the local PL folks, and working towards a brighter future.
Sorry for the previous bloated pictures...I've got it down, now, I promise;)
Early that morning, we met with the PL folks at the Scotia Inn, in the company-owned town of Scotia.
After our good morning greetings, we loaded up into PL suburbans and headed for the Mattole.
We had good conversations along the way, as we rode with one of the RPFs for the Mattole, and discussed our views on sustainability, Old Growth logging/preservation, clearcutting, herbicide use, corporate control of local businesses and lives, global politics, and private property.
The conversations were good, and an overall good vibration was present throughout the day.
Voices were heard, and heart were felt, I believe.
I feel that this was a very groundbreaking day, because it's not every day that forest defenders and big timber management go hang out together all day, especially in an area where much direct action has taken place, and continues to take place, and mutual understandings were kept in place, so that the relations could be kept good throughout the day.
This is the last thing that the big corporations want...the locals getting together, face to face, to REALLY talk about what is going on in our community.
I'm sure that the spirits of Gypsy and Judi Bari were out there with us that day, and I'm sure that their spirits were very pleased with what they saw and heard on that day.
Other events of the Forest Peace Alliance have included a dinner with PL workers & management & a Maxxam lawyer from Houston, a picnic with a few PL reps(it was a holiday, so many PL workers didn't make it), and roundtable meetings for the core Forest Peace Alliance committee.
We look forward to talking more with the local PL folks, and working towards a brighter future.
Sorry for the previous bloated pictures...I've got it down, now, I promise;)
Add Your Comments
Latest Comments
Listed below are the latest comments about this post.
These comments are submitted anonymously by website visitors.
TITLE
AUTHOR
DATE
............
Mon, Oct 28, 2002 11:49PM
disgusting
Mon, Oct 28, 2002 6:14PM
disgusting
Mon, Oct 28, 2002 6:14PM
disgusting
Mon, Oct 28, 2002 6:14PM
disgusting
Mon, Oct 28, 2002 6:14PM
disgusting
Mon, Oct 28, 2002 6:14PM
disgusting
Mon, Oct 28, 2002 6:11PM
disgusting
Mon, Oct 28, 2002 6:11PM
disgusting
Mon, Oct 28, 2002 6:11PM
disgusting
Mon, Oct 28, 2002 6:11PM
We are 100% volunteer and depend on your participation to sustain our efforts!
Get Involved
If you'd like to help with maintaining or developing the website, contact us.
Publish
Publish your stories and upcoming events on Indybay.
Topics
More
Search Indybay's Archives
Advanced Search
►
▼
IMC Network