any word of other more easterly caravans headed your way?

Sarah wrote:

Hey, bike enthusiasts!

I wanted to give y'all a heads-up about a bicycle caravan taking place in August 2008. The Neverwood Collective in Madison, Wisconsin is organizing a bike ride to St. Paul, Minnesota, arriving a few days ahead of the Republican National Convention protests! We're calling the ride the GrassRoutes Caravan, as we'll be hooking up with various grassroots organizations along our route, doing volunteer work and learning about regional struggles.

Madison is holding a counter-convention to the Republican and Democrat National Conventions. It's called the People's Networking Convention (PNC), and it's going down August 15-17th. The GrassRoutes Caravan will link the PNC to the RNC. Check out more about the PNC and the Caravan at:

www.infopnc.org -- People's Networking Convention www.pnc2rnc.org -- GrassRoutes Caravan

We're super-excited about the GrassRoutes Caravan! It's sort of a mix between the Democracy Uprising DNC2RNC march in 2004, work done by the SuperHeroes collective, cycle circuses everywhere, a mobile version of Burning Man, and everything in-between! We just published a zine about our vision -- find it to download online. We welcome any input, advice, or bike travel hints you may have.

I invite y'all, and yer bikes, to the Midwest this August for our mobile village of resistance! I hope to hear from you soon!

Sincerely, ~ Sarahtops of the Neverwood Collective Madison, Wisconsin

PS: Many thanks if you spread this message far and wide! _______________________________________________ Thethinktank mailing list Thethinktank@bikecollectives.org http://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o...

Hi from Denver, home of the National Democratic Party Convention. Is anyone is planning on coming here to use the Voice of the Pedal People to share a vision of peace with the candidates? If you are, lets have a picnic! We could gather at Confluence park or City Park, Or Washington (he used armed force against farmers!) Park. Or we could do a tour of all three with big bright peace signs. The last thing we had like this in Denver was the G8 summitt, and it was, well, lets just say that the streets were cleared of the usual "Anything Helps" sign corner fundraisers. So, use the buddy system, keep your camera ready, and lets have some fun for PEACE! Art

Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:40:05 -0600From: pete@fmbikeworkshop.orgTo: thethinktank@bikecollectives.orgCC: criticalmasspgh@topica.com; madisoncriticalmass@yahoogroups.comSubject: Re: [TheThinkTank] GrassRoutes [Bicycle] Caravan August!people, people...we'll work on patching together a northern alliance- anybody from the Canada side wanna ride with some lefties?from fargo...pete. On Jan 25, 2008 1:15 PM, Sarah thebestsarah@gmail.com wrote: Hey, bike enthusiasts!I wanted to give y'all a heads-up about a bicycle caravan taking placein August 2008. The Neverwood Collective in Madison, Wisconsin isorganizing a bike ride to St. Paul, Minnesota, arriving a few daysahead of the Republican National Convention protests! We're callingthe ride the GrassRoutes Caravan, as we'll be hooking up with variousgrassroots organizations along our route, doing volunteer work andlearning about regional struggles.Madison is holding a counter-convention to the Republican and DemocratNational Conventions. It's called the People's Networking Convention(PNC), and it's going down August 15-17th. The GrassRoutes Caravanwill link the PNC to the RNC. Check out more about the PNC and theCaravan at:www.infopnc.org -- People's Networking Conventionwww.pnc2rnc.org -- GrassRoutes CaravanWe're super-excited about the GrassRoutes Caravan! It's sort of a mixbetween the Democracy Uprising DNC2RNC march in 2004, work done by theSuperHeroes collective, cycle circuses everywhere, a mobile version ofBurning Man, and everything in-between! We just published a zineabout our vision -- find it to download online. We welcome any input,advice, or bike travel hints you may have.I invite y'all, and yer bikes, to the Midwest this August for ourmobile village of resistance! I hope to hear from you soon!Sincerely,~ Sarahtopsof the Neverwood CollectiveMadison, WisconsinPS: Many thanks if you spread this message far and wide!_______________________________________________Thethinktank mailing listThethinktank@bikecollectives.orghttp://lists.bikecollectives.org/listinfo.cgi/thethinktank-bikecollectives.o... Pete Rasmus Morsch701.866.0962Find the Fargo-Moorhead Community Bicycle Workshop at our New Site: www.fmbikeworkshop.org"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."-President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 16 April, 1953.