frontiers of activism
[This store is in our apartment building, and I witnessed this event
this morning as Ivan & I were coming back from the gym. There were
about 10 protesters, a cop car, two cop trucks, and an ambulance.
Evidently they were expecting violence.]
http://victoriasdirtysecret.net/article.php?id=297
Activists blockade Victoria’s Secret store in New York City
October 23rd, 2006
9:45 AM, Manhattan, NY: Activists blockaded the entrance of the
Victoria’s Secret Store at 85th and Broadway (2333 Broadway) this
morning to demand that the company end its environmentally
devastating catalog production. Two members of Catalogs without
Clearcuts blockaded the door with chains and bike locks and were
joined by supporters displaying a giant pink satin banner that read
“Catalog Production = Forest Destruction.” Victoria’s Secret mails
more than one million catalogs daily destroying Endangered Forests
like the North American Boreal Forest in the process.
“I’ve been to the Boreal Forest,” said one of the dedicated
activists, PJ McKosky. “I’ve seen the teeming wildlife and intricate
ecosystems. The fact that Victoria’s Secret is so blatantly and
knowingly participating in the destruction of this forest is sickening.”
“It’s time for Victoria’s Secret to stop ‘considering’ a new paper
policy and start implementing one,” said Rev. Charles Blustein
Ortman, minister of the Unitarian Church of Montclair, NJ. “Every day
Victoria’s Secret stalls, they do more damage to the environment.”
Catalogs without Clearcuts is a coalition of New York City area
activists including the Wetlands Activists Collective, students, and
religious leaders. Today’s action in New York City shows an
escalation of tactics employed by grassroots activists working on the
campaign to reform Victoria’s Secret’s catalog practices.
[WCBS video at http://victoriasdirtysecret.net/article.php?id=299]