MO/Midwest

For the past year, we have inhabited an occupied space in conflict with the prevailing logic of capitalism: everything that can be desired is for sale (nothing escapes the realm of the commodity); in order to survive one must exchange commodities for their representation in the form of currency; one’s daily experience, the sum of life itself, is nothing more than a good to be sold on the open market. That space and the lives we have come to know and to love are being directly threatened by those who have chosen to base their livelihoods on exploitation, fear, and the destruction of life.

In this issue:

- letter from the editors about media/independent media
-breaking news stories about
• the tree sit eviction,
• Bloomington torch march,
• retaliatory actions across Indiana,
-action reports on:
• home demos,
• solidarity demos,
-updates on
• the nature walks on the route,
• the community barbq,
-opinion pieces about
• the flooding in Indiana,
• a response to allegations of violence in office demos.
-I-69 Listening project interview
-Critical thought piece on the future of the ‘anti-globalization movement.

While the food supply situation has skated along a knife edge so far
this year, with higher prices and many countries experiencing food
riots, widespread famine did not take hold. In an incredible move, the Japanese quietly eased rice shortages
by releasing portions of their imported rice stockpiles—from giant
warehouses in Tokyo—into the system; a welcome but one off blip in the
big picture. What happens next time?

On the evening of Monday, May 19th, the newly formed River City Animal Defense League (ADL) and friends made our public debut. We took to the neighborhoods, and more specifically the houses of executives and contractors of Gohmann Asphalt and Construction, Inc. Gohmann Asphalt and Construction, Inc. is a disgusting company that has decided to proceed with business in the construction of Interstate-69 (I-69) which is the North American Free Trade Agreement's (NAFTA) superhighway.

MARCH MAY FIRST - MARCHA PRIMERO DE MAYO
For the Rights of Immigrants and All Workers

We Demand:

In Ward 2, anti-eminent domain abuse challenger Jerel Poor defeated
incumbent John Brazeal by a margin of 67% to 33%. In Ward 1, Matthew
Hay—who has publicly opposed private-to-private transfers of land
through eminent domain— won with 78% of the vote.

“The election results in Arnold and other jurisdictions around the
state emphasize that Missourians are fed up with eminent domain
abuse,” said Ron Calzone, chairman of Missouri Citizens for Property
Rights. “It's important to understand, though, that most of these

Press Release

For Immediate Release: April 10, 2008

National BDS Conference in Chicago, May 9-11

Calling All Anti-Authoritarian / Anarchist People of Color (APOC) to caucus, network and organize at the Bash Back! Convergence.

On, Saturday, April 5th at the Bash Back! Convergence in Chicago, IL there will be a People of Color caucus. The proposed starting time for the caucus is at 11:00AM (during lunch).

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. (AP) Affirmative action foe Ward Connerly on Thursday brought his long-running campaign to Truman State University, where an overflow crowd alternately mocked and cheered his efforts in support of a November ballot initiative that would ban consideration of race in public hiring and college admissions.

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Connerly drew his biggest applause of the night after briefly losing his composure responding to an audience member's interruption.

''Lady, would you please just shut up?'' he said.