[Nettime-bold] Pacific Northwest forests

["Dimitri Devyatkin" <devyatkin@earthlink.net>]

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+ACI-Pickaxe+ACI- is a film about saving the ancient forests
of the Pacific Northwest through kick ass community
direct action and courage. See standoffs with federal
agents, loggers and a TEAR JERKER OF A jail riot -
takes place in the Willamatte forest and in Eugene
oregon. Please support this film - people need to see
it as the Bush administration prepares to destroy
what's left of our last beauty and great wild places.
Please support FRONT LINE forest defense+ACE- THANK YOU
FOR YOUR HELP IN GETTING THE WORD OUT+ACEAIQ- See press
Release about the film below+ACEAIQAh-

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DATE: April 3, 2001

CONTACT: Warcry at 212/696-6437


ACTIVIST DIRECTOR TIM REAM PREMIERES NEW MOVIE
+ACI-PickAxe+ACI- AND RALLIES LOCAL CITIZENS TO DEFEND
NATIONAL FORESTS


The Forest Defense Tour 2001 comes to New York City
this Friday as part of its 40-city national spring
tour. Forest and film activist Tim Ream will premiere
his documentary feature +ACI-PickAxe+ACI- on Friday April 6th
at 8PM at The Walker Stage at 56 Walker Street and on
Saturday April 7th at 1PM at the Wetlands at 161
Hudson Street. +ACI-PickAxe+ACI- is the amazing story of a
year-long citizen blockade of a forest road to protect
a 9,000 acre old growth forest from clearcut logging.
Mr. Ream, who also figures prominently in the action
on screen, will speak about current forest defense
actions after the film. +ACI-Less than five percent of the
original forests in the continental US remain intact,+ACI-
said Ream. +ACI-and unless people stand up against
government and corporate abuse on our public lands,
little forest ecosystem may soon remain.+ACI-

This story of the citizen action to save Oregon's
Warner Creek gained national attention after becoming
the longest road blockade in US history. On-screen
action includes mass arrests, Mr. Ream's 75 day hunger
strike and an incredible jail riot that brings the
efforts to protect the forest to a powerful
conclusion. Earth First+ACE- activists count the Warner
Creek campaign as the standard for successful forest
direct action.

Mr. Ream started his career in defending the
environment working for the United States
Environmental Protection Agency. In time it became
clear that it would take an even more committed stand
to defend threatened habitat. Mr. Ream then took to
the woods to defend our last threatened forests on the
ground. In addition, to Warner Creek and the 75 day
hunger strike at the Eugene, Oregon Federal Building,
Mr. Ream is veteran of numerous tree sits including
the incredible campaign at Washington's Watch
Mountain, actions in the California Redwoods and
directed and produced RIP WTO N30 during the actions
that shut down the World Trade Organization in Seattle
in 1999.

Mr. Ream is now available for print and radio
interviews by phone. Television interviews and
editorial board meetings can be arranged for the day
of the screening. Audio and video B-roll from the film
are also available. Page Mr. Ream at 206/516 3715.

The New York Independent Media center will show
+ACI-Pickaxe+ACI- at 56 Walker Street on Friday April 6th at
8PM and it will be screened again at Wetlands on
Saturday April 7th at 1PM. For more information
locally, please call 212/696-6437.

Remember things are only going to get far worst with
the Bush administration - so we need EVERYONE to get
involved and spread the word+ACE- For our future, and for
the wild forests+ACE-



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