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Raise Your Voice ”“ Mother Earth knows
BY PETER MOLENAAR Editor”'s note: This article was written before the August 14th primary election. Our Franklin Avenue follows an old Dakota path to what were bountiful waters to the near west of us. Today we take this path to 2104 Stevens Avenue to find the headquarters of MN350, an organization which resists the forces of climate change. MN350 has worked to establish relations with the tribal bands further north. Unity with the peoples whose bond with water runs deep, is earnestly sought. Minnesota”'s water is under the threat of Polymet. Are there politicians who would endorse a 500-year threat to our well-being: the threat of arsenic and mercury contamination of the watershed which feeds Lake Superior? Under the banner of “national security” and a handful of “good jobs” lasting a mere 20 years, indeed there are. Editor”'s note: Subsequent to this writing, Tim Walz and Peggy Flanagan have won the primary election. Note: I suggest we [...]
