August 2012 archive

MONTANA NO COAL EXPORT ACTION DAY 5

Marcia, Mark, Karen and Larry are there and thus far have not been arrested.  Marcia’s report as of Friday is that they have met many great folks, are learning a lot, march and chant each day . Further, that the action is mainly symbolic at this point as decisions have been made about mining the coal.   They are …

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They’re off to Montana

A caravan of 2 Bellingham Occupy members have left for Montana to support the Coal action planned in Helena from the 13th to the 20th.  You can find more information about this action at the following link http://coalexportaction.org/ To view an agenda for the weeks events go to the following URL:  http://coalexportaction.org/agenda/ Occupy Bellingham would like …

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#OB INFORMATION TENT DAY 3

On Friday from 1:00 to 3:30 5 members of Occupy Bellingham “occupied” our new tent for the third day on the Bellingham Library lawn (NW corner opposite County courthouse).  It was an energizing experience.  It felt good to have a presence of Occupy Bellingham again.  As with the first week we received some donations, gave out …

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TAR SANDS ACTION

A few of us heard a presentation by Deep Green Risistance at the Co-Op connections on August 1.  #OB voted to support their actions as stated in this piece to stop the Tar Sands pipeline from crossing unceded indigenous land and reaching the sea terminal in British Columbia.  The following is from their web site www.deepgreenresistance.org …

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