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Proceeds from fundraising concert will go to Nez Perce tribal members arrested in megaloads protest.
Area protestors captured national headlines in August by obstructing megaload shipments through the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest bound for the Canadian tar sands. A parade and benefit concert on Friday in Moscow will support and aid those arrested.
“We want to express our appreciation and show our solidarity with the Nez Perce people who worked so hard,” says Jeanne McHale, a member of Wild Idaho Rising Tide and Friends of the Clearwater, two of four Moscow-based environmental groups sponsoring the event.
Several Moscow environmentalists joined tribal members in protesting the use of a wild portion of U.S. Highway 12 as an industrial corridor. Twenty-eight Nez Perce tribal members were charged on September 12 with public nuisance infractions, after last month’s protests against an Omega Morgan megaload shipment traveling through the Nez Perce Reservation. Those arrested included eight members of the Nez Perce Tribal Executive Committee. Funds raised will go toward the protest, travel, and legal efforts and expenses of those arrested.
“Moscow has become something of a sacrifice zone for Highway 12. When things did not go well there, loads came through Moscow,” McHale, a board member of Friends of the Clearwater, says of past protests against megaloads in the area. Continue reading
Benefit Concert for Nez Perce Megaload Protesters
At 7 pm on Friday, September 20, four Moscow conservation and activist groups are co-hosting a benefit concert at the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Palouse, 420 East Second Street in Moscow, Idaho. The event seeks to raise appreciation, solidarity, and funds for the protest, travel, and legal efforts and expenses of arrested Nimiipuu (Nez Perce) anti-megaload activists. Starting at 6:30 pm after the weekly peace vigil, the Moscow Volunteer Peace Band will lead a parade, perhaps joined by Nimiipuu drummers, gathering participants from Friendship Square through downtown to the church. The festivities open with original, politically-charged music by Jeanne McHale and assorted singers, including megaload songs and an audience performance of the Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) anthem, The Tide is Rising. Nez Perce speakers will next describe their megaload resistance, and tribal drummers will share songs and chances to partake in round dances. The local bands Galactic Tofu Farmers and Undiscovered Country will play original Americana and folk rock music to activate hearts, minds, and feet until 11 pm. Throughout the evening, the co-sponsors will offer free snacks and inexpensive beer, wine, and non-alcoholic drinks provided by Mikey’s Greek Gyros and the Wine Company of Moscow. Wild Idaho Rising Tide, Friends of the Clearwater, Palouse Environmental Sustainability Coalition, and Palouse Group of the Sierra Club welcome everyone to contribute voluntary five dollar or more donations for admission and courageous, arrested Nimiipuu allies. Continue reading
Climate Justice Forum: J.P. Kemmick 9-9-13
The Monday, September 9, Climate Justice Forum radio program hosted by Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) welcomes J.P. Kemmick of Coal Export Action in Missoula, describing the planned actions and rallies of the September Showdown Against Coal Export on September 15 and 16 in Helena, Montana. J.P. also discusses the Northwest coal export issue and resistance to coal extraction and transportation in Montana. Broadcast on progressive, volunteer, community station KRFP Radio Free Moscow every Monday between 7:30 and 9:30 pm PDT live at 92.5 FM and online, the show covers continent-wide dirty energy developments and climate activism news, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as his KRFP DJ.
Climate Justice Forum: Herb Goodwin 9-2-13
The Monday, September 2, Climate Justice Forum radio program hosted by Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) welcomes Herb Goodwin, an Occupy Bellingham and anti-coal export activist who participated in the indigenous-led Moccasins on the Ground direct action training camp near Whitehall, Montana, on August 23 to 25. In an interview recorded when he visited Moscow, Herb talks about the western Washington coal export resistance movement and the street and court experiences of the Bellingham 12, who formed an “octopus” to blockade Bellingham train tracks on December 12, 2011, the first coal export direct action in the Northwest. Broadcast on progressive, volunteer, community station KRFP Radio Free Moscow every Monday between 7:30 and 9:30 pm PDT live at 92.5 FM and online, the show covers continent-wide dirty energy developments and climate activism news, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as his KRFP DJ.
Climate Justice Forum: Brooklyn Baptiste & Justin Ellenbecker 8-26-13
The Monday, August 26, Climate Justice Forum radio program hosted by Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) welcomes two regional activists who participated in the indigenous-led Moccasins on the Ground direct action training camp near Whitehall, Montana, on August 23 to 25. We are honored to hear Brooklyn Baptiste tell the epic story of the four-night Nez Perce Tribe blockade on August 5 through 8 of an Alberta tar sands evaporator on Highway 12 in Idaho, as well as updates about a related federal court injunction hearing. Justin Ellenbecker of various social and environmental justice organizations in Spokane also describes Moccasins on the Ground and local coal/shale oil export resistance and media attention, the broadened Gateway Pacific coal terminal analysis, and upcoming scoping hearings about a proposed Longview coal port. Broadcast on progressive, volunteer, community station KRFP Radio Free Moscow every Monday between 7:30 and 9:30 pm PDT live at 92.5 FM and online, the show covers continent-wide dirty energy developments and climate activism news, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as his KRFP DJ.
Climate Justice Forum: Meredith Moffett, Elrae Potts, & Debra White Plume 8-19-13
The Monday, August 19, Climate Justice Forum radio program hosted by Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) welcomes three female indigenous activists of the Lakota and Nez Perce tribes. Meredith Moffett discusses the August 5 to 8 Nez Perce blockades of tar sands equipment on Highway 12 in Idaho, and Elrae Potts describes the August 12 protest of the same module and convoy in Missoula as well as the upcoming Moccasins on the Ground (MOG) direct action training camp near Butte on August 23 through 25. WIRT is also honored to feature a recorded interview with Debra White Plume, who led a Lakota megaload blockade in March 2012 and coordinates MOG camps and Keystone XL pipeline resistance in South Dakota. Broadcast on progressive, volunteer, community station KRFP Radio Free Moscow every Monday between 7:30 and 9:30 pm PDT live at 92.5 FM and online, the show covers continent-wide dirty energy developments and climate activism news, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as his KRFP DJ.
Climate Justice Forum: Mary Ullrich 7-29-13
The Monday, July 29, Climate Justice Forum radio program hosted by Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) welcomes Mary Ullrich of the Paradise Ridge Defense Coalition board. Mary discusses how the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) tried to control public opinion by presenting false information in its guide to the draft environmental impact statement for the Highway 95 Thorn Creek to Moscow reconstruction project. She also updates listeners on the current status of ITD and federal review and response to public comments and document revisions. Broadcast on progressive, volunteer, community station KRFP Radio Free Moscow every Monday between 7:30 and 9:30 pm PDT live at 92.5 FM and online, the show covers continent-wide dirty energy developments and climate activism news, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as his KRFP DJ.
Climate Justice Forum: Chris Nerison 7-15-13
The Monday, July 15, Climate Justice Forum radio program hosted by Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) welcomes small business owner and lifelong activist Chris Nerison of Spokane Moves to Amend the Constitution (SMAC). Chris has been advancing the Clean and Fair Elections ordinance that is currently facing an injunction lawsuit by a group of business interests. This qualified and approved city ballot initiative would prohibit corporate lobbying, involvement in initiatives, donations to city candidates, and communications between corporations and the city beyond open forums. Broadcast on progressive, volunteer, community station KRFP Radio Free Moscow every Monday between 7:30 and 9:30 pm PDT live at 92.5 FM and online, the show covers continent-wide dirty energy developments and climate activism news, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as his KRFP DJ.
Climate Justice Forum: David Osborn 6-17-13
The Monday, June 17, Climate Justice Forum radio program hosted by Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) welcomes David Osborn of Portland Rising Tide, a climate activist who compiles and creates the Rising Tide North America newsletter every month. David talks on the show about upcoming summer actions and expanding resistance to fossil fuel export corridors traversing Northwest lands and waters, carrying Alberta tar sands, Bakken shale oil, liquefied natural gas, and coal to regional and Asian markets. Roy Zimmerman’s recently premiered song about WIRT, commissioned by Tom Hansen, The Tide is Rising, also airs. Broadcast on progressive, volunteer, community station KRFP Radio Free Moscow every Monday between 7:30 and 9:30 pm PDT live at 92.5 FM and online, the show covers continent-wide dirty energy developments and climate activism news, thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as his KRFP DJ.



