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style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Tribune article today (text below) includes view of
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Megaloads, protests are expected tonight in Moscow
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style="FONT-SIZE: 7.7pt">By David Johnson of the Tribune | Posted: Thursday,
October 6, 2011 12:00 am </FONT></FONT></STRONG></P>
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face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7.7pt">MOSCOW - More megaloads are scheduled
to pass through here tonight and more protests are expected.</FONT></FONT></P>
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style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px; MARGIN: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7.7pt">Meanwhile, the genesis, status and
future of demonstrations appears to be more a product of spontaneity than
planning.</FONT></FONT></P>
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face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7.7pt">Helen Yost, spokeswoman for Wild Idaho
Rising Tide, likened her group's organizing efforts to "throwing a party." Those
attending protests, she said, are people with deep concerns and the right to
express themselves according to individual conscience.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7.7pt">Police Chief David Duke on Wednesday
described the continuing demonstrations as an unpredictable challenge for
police.</FONT></FONT></P></DIV>
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style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px; MARGIN: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7.7pt">"We have a mixed group of supporters,
protesters and then those who are curious," Duke said. "As these loads continue,
protesters who come out mostly stay on the sidewalk and are civil. But there are
individuals within these groups that we are concerned with and we'll have to
address if they do take action."</FONT></FONT></P></DIV>
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face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7.7pt">The oversized shipments of Imperial
Oil/ExxonMobil are infrastructure components destined for Canadian oil fields in
Alberta.</FONT></FONT></P></DIV>
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face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7.7pt">Initial protests were geared to
traffic and safety issues, but have expanded to include a much wider
environmental debate about oil extraction methods and climate
change.</FONT></FONT></P></DIV>
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style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px; MARGIN: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7.7pt">Global and local aspects of the
controversy have attracted researchers at Washington State
University.</FONT></FONT></P></DIV>
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style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px; MARGIN: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7.7pt">They said the demonstrations, while
relatively small, could have a major effect by attracting media attention and
fueling public discourse about fossil fuel use and climate
change.</FONT></FONT></P></DIV>
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face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7.7pt">"The megaload protesters in Moscow are
currently a small group, but they represent thousands who will be impacted by
the tar sands development," said T.V. Reed, a WSU professor of American studies
and author of "The Art of Protest."</FONT></FONT></P></DIV>
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style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px; MARGIN: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7.7pt">"The protests raise the large issue of
environmental justice, the ways in which harm to the environment falls unequally
on the poor and less powerful," Reed said.</FONT></FONT></P></DIV>
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face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7.7pt">Noel Sturgeon, a professor of women's
studies at WSU who's currently in New York City studying the "Occupy Wall
Street" demonstrations, said she's also observing the megaload protests with a
similar academic perspective.</FONT></FONT></P></DIV>
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style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px; MARGIN: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7.7pt">"Forty to 50 people willing to go out
and protest in a town the size of Moscow is actually a lot," Sturgeon said. "It
speaks to the importance of the issue for residents. Two hundred people is very
impressive." At least one demonstration attracted that many
protesters.</FONT></FONT></P></DIV>
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style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px; MARGIN: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7.7pt">Six people were arrested during the
first demonstration in July when police said they tried to stop the loads by
occupying the streets. Four pleaded guilty to reduced misdemeanor charges and
misdemeanor cases against two others are pending.</FONT></FONT></P></DIV>
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style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px; MARGIN: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7.7pt">"The last two loads, we've removed
(three) people from the street," Duke said. "But after removing them they've
complied, so no arrests were done."</FONT></FONT></P></DIV>
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face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7.7pt">Yost said Wild Idaho Rising Tide is a
direct action group that will make its point by maintaining a nonviolent
physical presence when the loads come through town. So far, the vast majority of
people, demonstrating both for and against the loads, have remained on sidewalks
when police close Washington Street intersections as the shipments move through
town.</FONT></FONT></P></DIV>
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face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7.7pt">"But if people feel so moved to take
stronger action, then we certainly encourage that," Yost said, "but we don't
necessarily plan it in advance. Let's put it that way."</FONT></FONT></P></DIV>
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style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px; MARGIN: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7.7pt">Civil disobedience, such as attempting
to occupy streets against police orders, Sturgeon said, is a traditional protest
strategy. "In direct action movements, that is, using strategies of protests and
civil disobedience, those willing to put themselves out there are usually the
tip of an iceberg of support," Sturgeon said.</FONT></FONT></P></DIV>
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style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px; MARGIN: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7.7pt">Yost also said police have cooperated
and been professional during the demonstrations, even though she and other
demonstrators don't agree with closing the streets as the megaloads pass
through.</FONT></FONT></P></DIV>
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style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px; MARGIN: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7.7pt">"We don't see walking out into the
crosswalks to temporarily stop these loads as being anything but nonviolent,"
she said.</FONT></FONT></P></DIV>
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style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 10px; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px; MARGIN: 0px; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline"><FONT
face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7.7pt">Authorities have said the closure of
crosswalks is to help ensure against people being hurt.</FONT></FONT></P></DIV>
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face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7.7pt">Yost said the continued demonstrations
and potential disruptions must be kept in perspective. "Certainly, we see this
entire venture (tar sands development) as being violent," she said, "in terms of
the oil companies and the effect they're going to have on climate change and
what effect that's going to have on the entire globe."</FONT></FONT></P></DIV>
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face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7.7pt">Duke said he has requested all
oversized loads come through town at a specified time and day so demonstrations
can be more easily monitored and contained if necessary.</FONT></FONT></P></DIV>
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