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Feral Press |
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2006-07-03 |
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ITEM OVERVIEW
On August 10th, 1998, a group of people put themselves in the path of a proposed reroute of a highway in South Minneapolis, MN. What began as direct action turned into a 16 month long occupation of Government land by American citizens. Why did this happen? This book is a compilation of stories from over 70 people who worked to keep Trunk Highway 55 in its existing corridor, and to preserve land and houses from being take for the reroute. Young and old, Native and non-native, from many different racial, political and religious backgrounds, we hear from participants in one of the strongest citizen alliances of our time. Newspaper articles and citizen testimony document the years leading up to the occupation. Personal stories, artwork and poetry outline the days, weeks, and months of the occupation, relating everything from daily chores to treesits. Legal documents and testimony from lobbyists detail the journey through the courts and legislature. More than 60 pages of photographs and artwork give insight into the lives of the people who lived this story. At over 400 pages, this book is a true people's history of a struggle that captured the hearts and lives of thousands of people, and relate the events and emotions of the longest urban land occupation in U.S. history.
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