I had no clue about connect between Wellstone and the Crookston
powerline sabatage until the other day -after the plane crash, I saw
University History Prof Hy Berman on Almanac telling about it and telling
about Wellstone as being the main charactor behind dynamiting the towers and
that
That is not what Hy Berman said at all. He said that Paul was involved in
protesting the powerline - a very different thing than sabotage. Many protested
without doing any damage to property, Paul was one of them.
Beth Lareau
lurker, Little Canada
James E. Jacobsen wrote:
I had no
In 1978-79 while part of a state wide organizing campaign for Minnesota COACT, I met
Wellstone and the core group of the powerline protesters. My impression was that
Wellstone was absolutely opposed to using violence as a way to stop the powerlines. In
fact the vast majority of the protesters I
strip mines with wind-energy farms financed with
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The word sabatage wasn't used but the implication was very much that
Wellstone was the 'head of the operation'. Perpich had sent Berman to talk
to Wellstone -their both being proffs- to get him to quit with it and when
Wellstone said 'no way', Perpich was upset. They wouldn't have had
Folks, I should've jumped on this earlier. Wellstone and the powerline
protests are not a Minneapolis issue. Let's end this discussion thread.
David Brauer
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on 11/7/02 10:21 AM, James E. Jacobsen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The word sabatage wasn't used but the implication
Reference Wellstone and the Hy Berman statement on Almanac, the
power line protesters were tying explosives to one leg of the power towers,
it was shown on news, the destruction. They said it cost $240,000 each
tower destroyed. I think the way they stopped it was to order the highway
: James E. Jacobsen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: [Mpls] good news bad news
The word sabatage wasn't used but the implication was very much that
Wellstone was the 'head of the operation'. Perpich had sent Berman to talk
to Wellstone
The only time I am aware that Wellstone ever was arrested was when folks went
in to foreclose on a bank in Paynesville in the mid to late 80s (?) over
FMHA foreclosures on farms.
tom taylor
NE MPLS
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, 2002 4:11 PM
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The only time I am aware that Wellstone ever was arrested was when folks
went
in to foreclose on a bank in Paynesville in the mid to late 80s (?) over
FMHA foreclosures on farms.
tom taylor
NE MPLS
I will say about the election that I used to be a strong
Democrat. When living on the West Bank and a student, I was a member of the
PAC and participated in several DFL campaign activities.
But then like most of the student crowd, I was looking to move
on, I wanted to buy a
James E. Jacobsen wrote:
I will say about the election that I used to be a strong
Democrat. When living on the West Bank and a student, I was a member of the
PAC and participated in several DFL campaign activities.
But then like most of the student crowd, I was looking to
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