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Now Posting As-It-Happens

Due to the recent upsurge in anti-infrastructure actions and related news (just take a look at the last few weeks’ worth of posts, below!), we are shifting to a less regular posting schedule. Rather than compiling stories and posting them once per week, we will now be posting news as we learn about it. Check [...]

New Posts Thursday Nights

In our ongoing attempt to figure out the best regular posting schedule for The Lowdown, we’re going to give Thursdays a try for the next couple of weeks. This means new posts will appear some time before Friday morning. Thanks for bearing with us!
Want to know when we’ve posted to the site without visiting the [...]

New Posts Now on Tuesdays

Hi, folks. We’re going to try out a new posting schedule: posting on Tuesday afternoons, rather than Sunday nights (or occasionally Monday) as we have been. So new Lowdown posts should be online by Tuesday nights. We will still be posting once per week.
If this new posting schedule does not work out and we decide [...]

Fact Sheets Are Online!

Visit our Fact Sheet page and take a look at articles on how infrastructure relates to issues including labor, migration, the environment, indigenous sovereignty, global warming, latin american solidarity, imperialism and free trade. Also includes a Root Force Strategy primer for progressives and an article on what the system is and why it should be [...]

Not much in the way of infrastructure expansion near you, but you still want to take action against the Corridors of the Future? Enter your zip code or state into the Root Force Target Database to see if there’s a company or institution in your area that’s involved in the Corridors of the Future, so [...]

• We may be coming to your town! Check out our new “Upcoming Presentations” page (you can also follow the link from the “Get Involved” page) for a schedule of upcoming presentations around the country, as well as tips for publicizing events and sample fliers and emails that can be used to generate turnout.
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Get to Know Our New Site!

Welcome to the revised and overhauled Root Force web site! If you were familiar with the old site, here’s a quick guide to the biggest changes:
• This section! Check back every Monday for new posts on anti-infrastructure news and analysis in The Lowdown: News from the Anti-Infrastructure Movement.
• The “What is Root Force” section [...]

Dear friends and supporters of Root Force,
After a long process of discussion, reflection and consultation, we have decided to shift the focus of the Root Force campaign. As part of this change, we are creating a broader place within Root Force for autonomous anti-infrastructure organizing in the US, while maintaining the emphasis on Latin American [...]