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

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

Please foreward!