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Roadless Summer
by roadless summer Friday, Mar. 18, 2005 at 9:19 AM

Call for a Roadless Summer against I-69 and Neoliberal
Globalization
Indiana, May-August 2005

North America's economic planners have re-prioritized
the construction of I-69, the NAFTA superhighway.
Connecting Canada, the United States, and Mexico, the
highway would serve to increase the flow of goods
complicit with the expansion of "free" trade. The
effects of this highway are both local and global.

I-69 will directly connect to the highways of the Plan
Puebla Panama. This scheme is certain to devastate
much of Central America, both socially and
environmentally. The construction of this highway
system will also destroy communities and lands in the
United States. In Indiana, thousands of acres of
protected national and state forest will be cut down
to make way for the highway. Hundreds of acres of
fragile and irreplaceable wetlands will be drained and
bulldozed. It will eliminate precious habitat for
populous species as well as endangered ones such as
the Indiana bat. The construction of this highway will
evict over 150 families from their homes and the
destroy farms that they have worked for generations.
All of this wreckage will be wrought so that
multinational corporations can save 4,500 trucking
hours each day as they transport goods through- and
jobs out- of Indiana.

We will defend our communities. In solidarity with
Indiana’s farmer-led resistance, which has delayed
this highway for more than a decade, we will strike a
blow against "free" trade. Roadless Summer WILL stop
the construction of I-69.

A network is in place in Indiana to support the
struggle that is going to take place from May through
August 2005 and beyond. We need people to join us in
this fight, people who will support a wide range of
actions with their energy, ideas and commitment.

I-69 is one integral link in a global chain of
exploitation. By breaking this link, we take one
definitive step toward the destruction of the chain.

roadblockef@yahoo.com

http://www.roadless-summer.org
(under construction- check back soon for a schedule
for consultas, actions, etc.)

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