Save the Redwoods/Boycott the Gap
Boycott the Gap: Chainsaws! And Clearcuts! And Greed! OH MY!!!
Posted by Mary Bull (chalicenew@earthlink.net)
Tuesday, September 19, 2000
Forest Defenders & Social Justice Activists Around the Globe!
The Gap Fishers--with their 12.5 billion dollars--had been confident that
they could crush all opposition to their liquidation of the redwood forest
in Mendocino and Sonoma Counties: They have bought the silence of many
non-profits, they have put enormous resources into a greenwashing campaign,
they even may succeed in buying green-label certification, while mercilessly
escalating logging, including 5 ILLEGAL PLANS (I reconned one of them
yesterday) and a 547-ACRE CLEARCUT ("seed tree removal"--the final phase of
a two phase clearcut, which removes all the remaining big trees!) JUST
FILED...
******BUT THEY ARE LOSING THIS BATTLE!!!*****
GAP STOCK value has been PLUMMETING -- by 50% since April alone! -- and
POWERFUL ALLIES continue to join us: PUBLIC MEDIA CENTER -- the
brilliant, progressive ad company that designed and wrote our Fisher
deforestation ad gratis; A SPECIAL FRIEND who paid for the second run of the
ad (yesterday); BONNIE RAITT, who came out publicly against the Gap
at our Forest Rally in L.A. on Aug 14, AND WE, Of Course -- the ever growing
number of GRASSROOTS ACTIVISTS WHO CANNOT BE BOUGHT
& WHO WILL NOT STAND BY AND WATCH OUR FORESTS DIE!!!
The Fishers are pulling out all the stops to stop us now! They did not like
the New York Times ad we ran August 15 -- it caused DON FISHER to write a
long greenwash letter to all Gap employees on August 16 -- the first
time to our knowledge that he has openly admitted his investment in the
logging venture. There have been threats, and letters, and phone calls...
OUR RESPONSE??? ESCALATE!!! Now is the time to INCREASE THE PRESSURE on the
Fishers to do the right thing: Put this forestland into a conservation land
trust, Pay their workers a living wage!
The SECOND AD came out yesterday. Further, We are calling on All ACTIVISTS
on our Net to join us in SOLIDARITY ACTIONS against the GAP on the weekend
of Oct 1, and on all Northern California Forest Defenders to join us for our
WIZARD of SACTO action in SF & Sacramento on Tuesday, Oct 3, part of a 3-day
"Governor For Sale" Forest Rally in Sacto (details below)! There are also
OTHER URGENT SITUATIONS that require a call or letter, and some wonderful
upcoming events and actions... In this newsletter and call-to-action:
-ACTION: Oct 1, SF & Internat'l: CLOSE THE GAP: Gap Rally & March!!!***
-ACTION: Oct 2--4, Sacto: "Governor for Sale" 3-DAY FOREST RALLY!!!***
-ACTION: Oct 3, SF & Sacto: WE'RE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD!!!****
-ACT NOW: Stop the Eviction: Colombia/Oxy Petroleum Give U'Wa 7 Days!
-ACT NOW: Stop PL Logging Ancient Doug Fir in the Mattole!
-ACT NOW: Support CA Anti-WTO Bills!
-ACT NOW: Stop Inhuman Cruelty to Prisoners in PA!
-ACT NOW: Demand Sanctions on Japan for Killing Whales!
-ACT NOW: Stop Indigenous Displacement Due to Stripmining in Kenya!
-Action: Sep 20, Sunnyvale: Gore Rally: Birddogging, Anyone?!
-Action: Sep 20--23, SF: Reclaim Our Airwaves: NAB Convention Protests!!!
-Action: Sep 26, International: Prague Solidarity Actions!!!
-Other Important Actions and Events:
---Sep 19, 21, Marin, SF: Oppose Genetic Engineering - Strategy Sessions!
---Sep 28, Berkeley: Forest Teach-in with Darryl Cherney & Friends!
---Sep 29--Oct 1: Exploring California: Trip to the Redwoods!
---Oct 3, SF: Challenging White Supremacy Workshop!
---Oct 7: International Day of Protest Against the Militarization of Space!
---Oct 7, SF: Mumia Teach-in!
---Oct 22, National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality!
---Ongoing, SF: Stop Excessive Pet Restrictions in SF!
***NEWS FLASH: California Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
(CalPEERs) issued a 21-page report two weeks ago basically indicting Gray
Davis for selling out the environment and environmental law for campaign
contributions from Big Timber. The excerpts from the report that were
printed in the Press Democrat were truly damning.***
***NEWS FLASH: Despite superhuman effort -- especially on the part of
Forests Forever -- CA Forestry Reform Bill AB 717 DID NOT PASS! the Next
Step? A state-wide California Initiative??? Stand By for More on This!***
***NEWS FLASH: However, THOUSANDS managed to SHUT DOWN the World Economic
Forum in Melbourne on Sep 11!!! SHADES OF SEATTLE: HIP HIP HURRAY!!!!***
***NEWS FLASH: A Tragic First for the 20th/21st Century: A Primate Has Just
Gone Extinct.****
(Contact me for details on any of the news items above.)
CLOSE THE GAP: Gap Rally, March, and Vigil !!!
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Sun, Oct 1, SF & Internat'l. "Close the Gap... between rich and poor and in
our sacred redwood forests!" Gap Rally, March, & Vigil! This escalation of
the Gap Campaign, addressing both the deforestation and sweatshop issues, is
being spearheaded by the student anti-corporate activist group STARC and
bottomlined by Jonah Zern. THREE CHEERS FOR STARC!!!!
***GAPTIVISTS around the country are urged to do SOLIDARITY ACTIONS (please
email me and we will post your action at the gapsucks web site)!!!***
In San Francisco: 1 PM, Gap flagship, Powell and Market. Rally with music,
speakers, street theater, and a religious ceremony, related to the Jewish
High Holy Days of Atonement. 5 PM, March to the GAP headquarters at One
Harrison Street for more speakers, drumming and dancing, and to deliver
demands to the GAP and hold a Vigil. (On Sep 30, we'll have a day of puppet
and banner making. time and place TBA.)
***Many Environmental, Labor, and Human Rights Groups are endorsing this
action. To endorse e-mail closethegap@gofairtrade.net with your affinity
group's or organization's name, e-mail, address and phone number.***
"Governor for Sale" 3-DAY FOREST RALLY!!!
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This three-day rally uniting Sierra Forest (anti-SPI) activists and North
Coast Redwood Forest activists is being bottomlined by Darryl
Cherney/Environmentally Sound Promotions and coincides with Board of
Deforestation hearings. Contact Darryl for specifics ensopro@asis.com! See
below for our part in the rally ;-)
WE'RE OFF TO CONFRONT THE WIZARD!!!
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Tues, Oct 3, 10 AM (tentative), SF, & 12:30 PM (tentative), Sacto: YES! At
long last we are going to drop this MEDIA BOMB in GRAY DAVIS'S LAP!!! It's
happening DAY TWO --Tuesday, Oct 3 -- of the three-day "GOVERNOR FOR SALE"
FOREST RALLY spearheaded by Darryl Cherney/Environmentally Sound Promotions
(see above). The WIZARD ACTION will be Tuesday's centerpiece. Like its
inspiration, THIS ACTION PROMISES TO BE A CLASSIC!!!!
DOROTHY (and her little fish COHO), SCARECROW, LION, & TIN MAN will start in
SF with a 10 AM press conference on the State Building Steps at Van Ness and
McAllister; then head down the yellow-brick-freeway for Sacramento to impart
a HEART, some COURAGE, and a BRAIN to Wizard Davis (and if THAT doesn't
work, they're bringing along a huge SACK O' CASH on a flatbed truck)!
***WE NEED MUNCHKINS and other characters!!! Work Session this Thursday
(9/21) afternoon/evening. Call to help 415-731-7924--or just SHOW UP at the
actions with green tights and redwood saplings attached to your shoes -- see
Scott for the saplings PlantTrees@aol.com !!!***
Stop the Eviction: Colombia/Oxy Petroleum Give U'Wa 7 Days!
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Last week, the Colombian Government gave the U'wa seven days to leave
their ancestral homeland so that Occidental Petroleum can drill for oil
there. PLEASE call Al Gore (his dad was VP of Oxy and Gore owns between .5 &
1 million $$ worth of stock) and TELL HIM TO INTERVENE (615-340-2000) and/or
fax President Pastrana at the Colombian Embassy in D.C. (202-232-8643).
Contact Patrick or Lauren at RAN if you plan to organize an action for the
U'wa in your community: 1-800-989-RAIN organize@ran.org
***THIS JUST IN: Bay Area Activists can protest at a Gore Rally (Gore will
be attending) in Sunnyvale tomorrow! 7:30 AM Lakewood Park, Sunnyvale CA. if
you are planning something or want to coordinate carpools, please contact
Rainforest Action Network - 415-398-4404 and talk to Fern!***
Stop PL Logging Ancient Doug Fir in the Mattole!
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From EPIC: " Headwaters Deal 'Sacrifice Zone' Clearcutting Imminent.
Maxxam/Pacific Lumber (PL) intends to begin clearcutting the second largest
intact stand of contiguous lowland old-growth Douglas Fir in California -
Rainbow Ridge in the Mattole River watershed of the Lost Coast. This logging
will fragment 3,000 acres of ancient forests by clearcutting 250 acres in 29
units spread throughout the North Fork Mattole basin. This is the first of
the so-called "sacrifice zones" in which PL is allowed, under the terms of
the Headwaters Deal Habitat Conservation Plan to ignore the Endangered
Species Act (ESA)...."
You can either politely tell our bought Governor that this illegal travesty
MUST STOP (voice: 916-445-6131 Fax: 916-445-4633), citing THPs 1-98-260,
1-99-475, 1-00-020, 1-00-031, 1-00-218, and 1-00-342, OR you can join
activists in the woods (Mattole Forest Defenders: 707-441-3828)!
Support CA Anti-WTO Bills!
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The following bills passed the state legislature. Please contact Davis and
ask him to sign them into law (fax 916.445.4633 or
gray.davis@governor.ca.gov ); cc Senator Tom Hayden (fax 916.324.4823 or
annabella_blue@yahoo.com) :
SB 1516 - This bill is intended to provide greater information to the public
and the Legislature of the ongoing and often adverse impacts of trade
agreements negotiated by the US Government on California environmental laws
and regulations. It requires the State Secretary for Environmental
Protection and the Secretary of the State Resources Agency to review and
assess existing and proposed trade agreements for the legislature and the
public on a regular and consistent basis.
SB 1566 - This bill is similar to SB 1516 in that it requires the Director
of Industrial Relations to review and assess any existing or proposed trade
agreement that would adversely affect California laws and regulations
governing wages, working conditions and workplace health and safety for the
legislature and the public.
SB 1888 - Existing law prohibits state agency procurement contracts that use
equipment, materials or supplies produced by forced labor, convict labor or
indentured labor. SB 1888 would require the prohibition to include abusive
forms of child labor or sweatshop labor.
Stop Inhuman Cruelty to Prisoners in PA!
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A plea for help from Craig Williams on death row at SCI Greene in
Waynesburg, PA:
>TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: We capital cases at SCI Greene stand 45 strong on a
hunger strike that has been going on since 8/24/00. We are prepared to go
out of here in body bags unless they force-feed us to stay alive. We are on
strike to disclose the punitive policies here when we broke no rule or
regulations. We are forced under "hole" status when we don't have a
misconduct. The restrictive policy that we are under is for inmates who
break the rules.
>We seek your assistance by flooding the Governor's office, Secretary Horn's
office with phone calls or faxes requesting that they meet with us to
resolve this issue. We demand our own policy for capital cases so we won't
be harassed and oppressed by the prison administration. We request total
access to our property, to be placed in our cell. We request one legal phone
call per week. We request disposable inserts for our food trays so we won't
be forced to eat off the surface of those filthy dirty trays... We seek the
removal of Major Hussette; Unit Manager Keith Warman; Sgt. Haywood; C.O. 1
Melmsky; and C.O. 1 Matthews. These are the individuals who led us to
hunger-strike.
Contact: Gov. Tom Ridge, 225 Main Capitol Bldg., Harrisburg, PA 17120; Dept.
of Corrections Secretary Martin F. Horn, P.O. Box 598, Camp Hill, PA
17001-0598, (717) 975-4860; Senator Shirley Kitchen, Senate Box 203003, Main
Capitol Bldg, Harrisburg, PA 17120; House of Representatives Hon. Harold
James office, 1423 Point Breeze Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19146; Jere Krakuff,
Esq., 1705 Allegheny Bldg., 424 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15219, (412)
232-0276; Ernest D. Preate, Jr., Esq., 507 Linden Street, Suite 600,
Scranton, PA 18503, (346-3816).
Demand Sanctions on Japan for Killing Whales!
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From SEA SHEPHERD INTERNATIONAL:
PRESIDENT CLINTON: WIN THIS ONE FOR THE WHALES.
U.S. must defy WTO threat and sanction Japan. Secretary of Commerce Norman
Mineta's decision yesterday (9/13) to clear the way for President Clinton to
embargo Japanese fishery products in response to Japan's expanding
"research" whale hunt has put the Clinton Administration in a
fish-or-cut-bait position. Japan has threatened to file a complaint against
the U.S. at the World Trade Organization should Clinton levy trade
sanctions....
Urge Clinton to do the right thing: Levy Sanctions!!!!: Voice mail:
202-456-1414 Fax: 202-456-2461 More info: (360) 370-5500
http://www.seashepherd.org seashepherd@s...
Stop Indigenous Displacement Due to Stripmining in Kenya!
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Evidently a Canadian mining company called Tiomin is relocating indigenous
people so that the company can strip-mine the area for titanium. Check out
the following URL for the details and to sign a petition protesting this:
http://www.manitese.it/boycott/campagne/26_00eng.htm
Sunnyvale: Gore Rally: Birddogging, Anyone?!
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You are personally invited to attend a rally for the next President of
the United States, AL GORE this Wednesday, September 20th! The rally
will be at Lakewood Park (Silverlake Drive near Lakehaven – off the
Lawrence Expressway east of Hwy. 101). The gates will open at 7:30 a.m.
and the program will begin at 8:00 a.m. Admission is free and open to the
public. For further details: steve@atwork.org (408) 445-9500. For security
reasons, please do not bring chairs, bags or signs of any kind.
***If you are planning something or want to coordinate carpools please
contact Rainforest Action Network - 415-398-4404 and talk to Fern.***
Reclaim Our Airwaves: NAB Convention Protests!!!
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From Media Alliance, Here's the line-up of events protesting the
privatization and corporatization of our air waves during the National
Association of Broadcasters Convention here in SF this week:
--Weds, Sep 20. 12 Noon - 4PM, SF. Join California NOW to raise awareness of
the impact the media has on women and girls. Moscone Center, 700 Howard St.
(between 3rd and 4th).
--Weds, Sep 20--21, 11 AM--10PM, Berkeley. Micropower Convention, Free Radio
Berkeley, 2547 8th St., Unit 24. Info: 510-549-0732
--Thurs, Sep 21, 8:30 AM, SF. Media Democracy Press Conference and Speak
Out. Moscone Center, 700 Howard St. (between 3rd and 4th).
--Thurs, Sep 21, & PM, SF. The NAB, Union Busting, Censorship & Labor. Panel
Discussion speakers include Normon Solomon, nationally syndicated media
critic, Dick Meister, labor journalist, Annie Long, president of SF
AFTRA-SAG; Richard Edmonson of SF Liberation Radio. 214 12th St (at Howard).
--Thurs, Sep 21, 8PM, SF. Reception at A.K. Press, 8 PM Meet you fellow
media activists, booze, shmooze, and share info about upcoming events. 22
Shotwell (at 14th St).
--Thurs, Sep 21, 7:30PM, Berkeley. Micropower Celebration Party, Speakers,
music, and the "Free Radio" video. Unitarian Fellowship, 1924 Cedar St (at
Bonita), Berkeley
--Fri, Sep 22, 7 AM - 12 midnight. Direct Action! Take non-violent direct
action! For training and more information, go to the Convergence Center.
--Fri, Sep 22, 10 AM--6PM, SF. Micropower Broadcasting Counter-Convention
Workshops, New College, 777 Valencia St (between 18th and 19th).
--Fri, Sep 22, 7PM-9PM, SF. Radio: For the NAB or for the Public Interest?
$5. Panel discussion on the effect of NAB on the radio industry, media
consolidation, and diversity of media ownership and programming. Golden Gate
University Auditorium, 536 Mission St., 2nd Floor.
--Fri, Sep 22, 10 PM, SF. Punk Rock for Free Speech, $5. Shotwell and Murder
Takes No Holiday wilol perform live, videos by Whispered Media. Benefit for
the San Francisco Independent Media Center! Kimo's, 1351 Polk St.
--Sat, Sep 23, 10 AM - 4 PM, SF. Micropower Broadcasting War Council, New
College, 777 Valencia St.
--Sat, Sep 23, 2 PM, SF. Pre-rally music jam & info and Rally (at 4PM).
United nations Plaza with speakers, music, and performances. Readings by
Michelle Tea and others. UN Plaza, Market St between 7th and 8th.
--Sat, Sep 23, 5:30 PM, SF. March to Union Square, 5:30 PM. Creative props
and art welcome!
--Sat, Sep 23, 6:30 PM, SF. Independent Musicians Concert. Spoken word by
Jello Biafra. Union Square at Geary and O'Farrell -- just a block away from
the hotel where the NAB will present their Radio Awards. Past Marconi Award
winners include Dr. Laura, Howard Stern, and Rush Limbaugh.
>Contact Media Alliance for more details ma@igc.org, 814 Mission St., Suite
205 San Francisco, CA 94103, (415) 546-6334 www.mediademocracynow.org
End Corporate Rule: Prague Solidarity Actions!!!
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Sep 26, SF, Berkeley, LA. We're planning solidarity actions in California as
20,000 people shut down the IMF/World Bank meetings in Prague (they are
flooding into the country now!!!).
SF. Currently the plan is to rally at 4:30 at Citibank (at One Sansome, near
Market), the financiers of much of the global destruction and injustice we
are witnessing, as well as local red-lining and prejudice. Then on Sep 27,
rally at City Hall at 10 AM to protest the new HUD rulings re immigrants'
housing rights locally. For more info contact Martha at
Berkeley. Reclaim the Street Party, Protest, CRITICAL MASS! Gather at 6PM at
Berkeley BART, then march or bike to the Street Party. More info:
510-594-4002 http://www.xinet.com/rts sts_eastbay@yahoo.com
Los Angeles. Check out http://www.labridge.com/change-links/s26/index.html
e-mail: lac4j@aol.com hotline: (213)389-5011.
Elsewhere. Check out the Jobs with Justice web page for a list of
events being organized near you and information on how to organize your
own event at http://www.jwj.org/s26.
Oppose Genetic Engineering - Strategy Sessions!!!
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Sep, 19, Marin. Potluck get-together to discuss local grassroots action to
oppose Genetic Engineering, and catalyze the transition to a healthy and
sustainable food and agriculture system. Marin Social Justice Center. 1000
Sir Frances Drake Blvd. More info: Cami Loft 415-454-2724
gefreemarin@yahoo.com
Sep 21, 6:45--8:30 PM, SF. Similar potluck and discussion. Rainbow Grocery -
1745 Folsom (at 13th in the Mission). Please check in at the cheese counter
at the back of the store. More info: Simon Harris (415) 643-9592
sf@purefood.org
Forest Teach-in with Darryl Cherney & Friends!
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Sep 28, 7:30 PM Berkeley. An evening of music and forest talks with Darryl
Cherney and friends. Unitarian Church. 1924 Cedar St at Bonita. Contact
Cherney for more info: ensopro@asis.com
Exploring California: Trip to the Redwoods!
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Sep 29--Oct 1. Join Global Exchange and Redwood Mary for a magical and
enlightening trip to the redwoods! Visiting the Redwood Forests with
Exploring California allows you to experience the Redwoods from an inside
perspective. You will not be a passive tourist, but an active participant
on this experiential learning tour. We focus on trips that allow people to
make connections with individuals and organizations in order to bring about
a solidarity network. In this way we are determined to do follow-up work
with participants who become involved in the issues they learn about on our
trips.
The cost of this trip is $300 all expenses paid. This includes roundtrip
transportation from San Francisco, California, group accommodations, reading
materials, three meals a day and snacks, guides, qualified trip leaders and
a full itinerary. Exact Itineraries will become available closer to actual
date of departure. Scholarships are available.
For more info, contact Xiomara Castro at Global Exchange
xiomara@globalexchange.org
Challenging White Supremacy Workshop!
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Oct 3--Nov 14, SF. Sharon Martinas is conducting this workshop for ending
racism in the movement against global capitalism. Tues evenings,
6:30--9:30PM, Oct 3--Nov 14 (6 weeks). Call 415-647-0921 or email
cws@igc.org
International Day of Protest Against the Militarization of Space!
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Oct 7, Internat'l. Day of Protest Against Militarization of Space. Rally, 1
PM, Vigil and optional CD, 3 PM. Vandenberg AFB, CA. Greenpeace will provide
a bus from the Bay Area if there is enough interest (leaving 8 AM, Oct 7).
Info: 510-496-6012. Info about actions in other regions: 352-337-9274.
***PEACE ON EARTH---AND IN SPACE!!!****
Mumia Teach-in!
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Oct 7, SF: Mumia Teach-in. If you're not going to Vandenberg, this sounds
really great: Angela Davis and others will be at Mission High School (18th
and Dolores) at 7:30.
National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality!
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Oct 22. IFCO/Oct 22 urges people everywhere to demonstrate against police
brutality on October 22. email Oct22@unstoppable.com and check out
http://www.unstoppable.com.
Ongoing, SF: Stop Excessive Pet Restrictions in SF!
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DOG & DEMOCRACY LOVERS UNITE!!! WHILE YOU WEREN'T LOOKING...
the SF Dept of Wreck the Parks has been attempting to drastically restrict
off-leash dog use of our parks. They brought in Elizabeth Goldstein, a New
Yorker who managed to pen up all the dogs in Manhattan, to do the same thing
in our fair city. WE SAY, this ain't New York, Lady, this is San Francisco!
Give us more gardeners and enforce existing dog refuse laws: Don't penalize
the 99% for the errant ways of the 1%. More info: info@sfdog.org
415-339-7461.
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Whew! See you in the Streets!!!
Mary Bull
Save the Redwoods/Boycott the Gap Campaign
252 Frederick Street, San Francisco, CA 94117
chalicenew@earthlink.net 415-731-7924 http://www.gapsucks.org
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Other Contacts/Information Sources:
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Mary Pjerrou, Redwood Coast Watersheds Alliance
707-877-3405 pirohuck@mcn.org www.elksoft.com/gwa
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Mark Hilovsky, Builders Action Network
415-550-6850 mhilo@aol.com
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Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters
510-835-6303 Listserve listproc@envirolink.org
(message text = Subscribe BACHlist,
followed by email address, then name)
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Info on Gap Sweatshops:
http://www.globalexchange.org
leila@globalexchange.org
"God bless the Ground! I shall walk softly there..."
FOR REDWOODS AND WORKERS:
BOYCOTT THE GAP, BANANA REPUBLIC, & OLD NAVY!!!
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