Author
thatcher
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Script, about 4 minutes. I can cut a bit more.
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Intro with (sitin)
Around 4000 people gathered at the Us/Canadain border, at the Peace
ARch
park straddling the border, in a peaceful, sucessful rally with
groups
from all over the Pacific northwest.
Emily 0'Reily is an organizer from Seattle Central Community College
Daryl Halair of the local Lummi tribe.
Dan Rowe, is a Lakota and a Prof. from Fairhaven Collge in Bellingham
Though many peope at the park dislike all free trade agreements, and
many labor want fair trade agreements, a few others had a different
view
of free trade, including _____ ______, a former Canadian provincial
legislator.
Police shut down the border to allow the main march to through the
peace arch.
(drums)
when deomstrators tried to leaflet cars, the police shut the border.
garth Mullins of the group, Mobilization for global justice:
Later non-labor activists occupied the border road through the park
after pushing
their way in and out of both US and Canadian customs.
pushback
After a few hours of sitting, the police slowly moved in to take back
the border road.
The sit-in was on the Canadinan side and 6 Canadians were arrested by
a group of
about 20 police. 100 more ran in to push back the 150 people
rallying in support
of the arrested demonstrators. The border was shut down for about
six hours.
For IMC Radio News, I'm Thatcher Collins in Bellingham (or Blaine).
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Which city fo you want?
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Thatcher