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CALL TO ACTION

Why Are Military Industrial Complexes Bad for Maine?
Traditionally, Maine’s largest employer has been manufacturing jobs,
but the advent of multinational trade agreements, such as NAFTA and the World
Trade Organization, has given these employers the opportunity the outsource
these jobs overseas or destroy unionization attempts with threats to move
factories to Mexico. As a result, most unionized jobs in Maine are directly
linked to munitions production for the Armed Forces. This ride is a chance
for Mainers to constructively say NO! to War Profiteering, NO! to Oil
Addiction, NO! to Exported Jobs, NO! to U.S. Empire and YES! to Good Jobs,
YES! to Clean Energy, YES! to Unions, YES! to Community and YES! to Peace!

Where, Why, What?

FIRST STOP: BATH IRON WORKS
-Owned by General Dynamics, weapons manufacturer
-April 17 marked launching of new AEGIS-class Destroyer, with payload
of 56 Tomahawk Cruise Missiles, each with destructive power of a nuclear bomb
-Rally at 8 AM

SECOND STOP: BRUNSWICK NAVAL AIR STATION
-Defends Maine’s coastal waters from "attack"
-Needlessly wastes precious fossil fuels and pollutes the air and water
-Rally with local folks at 9am in the park

THIRD STOP: PORTLAND NBC OFFICES
-Biased, pro-war stance evident in reporting
-Owned by General Electric, owner of Westinghouse, weapons manufacturer
-Protest outside offices at 1 30 PM will feature a fake news
broadcast and guerrilla theater

FOURTH STOP: SACO GENERAL DYNAMICS PLANT
-General Dynamics is a chief supplier of Armerican arms
-15 non-violent protesters arrest 4/15/03 for blocking entrance to
base and demanding that their tax dollars be spent on education instead of
subsidizing murder
-Rally at 4 PM featuring a chalking

FIFTH (AND LAST!) STOP: KENNEBUNKPORT, BUSH’S SUMMER HOME
-Need we say more?
-Estimated arrival at 7 PM, action to follow after featuring a BOO-IN
and radical cheerleading

We invite cyclists, activists, cycling activists, and all others to come and
voice your opposition to the economic and militaristic patriarchy of the
United States and the presence of military-industrial complexes in Maine. We
will provide a biodiesel support vehicle, free medical care, food and water,
and a TON OF FUN! We are looking for thru- or partway riders, drivers, media
workers, places to stay in Bath and Kennebunkport, snacks, bike experts
willing to aid others, bike tools, and local volunteers. We invite and
encourage autonomous affinity groups to plan actions at each stop.