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Our way or the highway : inside the Minnehaha Free State
Title:
Our way or the highway : inside the Minnehaha Free State
ISBN:
9780816639052
Publication Information:
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2002.
Physical Description:
xi, 231 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
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Summary:
"Construction plans for the reroute of Highway 55 through south Minneapolis sparked an environmental movement that pitted activists against public authorities in one of the most dramatic episodes in the city's history... [A] diverse coalition of Native Americans, neighborhood residents, and young anarchists banded together to try to stop the highway expansion. Beginning in 1998, this group sustained protests for more than a year and eventually faced [a] show of force by law enforcement. Through her detailed account of this struggle, Losure explores the roles of ecoanarchism and grassroots activism in the age of globalization."--p. [4] of cover
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