Sinking the Santa Maria
Dear Friends, [Please come to the trial for Emma Schmit and Mahmud Fitil, pipeline fighters arrested last fall for blocking construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline during Bold Iowa‘s Farmers Defense Continue Reading →
Author Archives: Ed Fallon
Illinois Supreme Court gets it right on eminent domain
Dear Friends, As the battle against the Dakota Access pipeline moves from countryside to courtroom, from protest to litigation, pipeline opponents in Iowa have yet another reason to be optimistic. Continue Reading →
Fleeing Irma
Dear Friends, Sometimes I just wanna scream. (OK, sometimes I do, though never loud enough to wake the neighbors or chickens.) HOW MUCH MORE EVIDENCE DO WE NEED!!? (Caps, bold, italics Continue Reading →
National Call to #StopETP
Dear Friends, I’m so excited about my new flock of chickens! Over the past two months, they’ve made solid progress toward becoming fully enrolled members of the Des Moines Society of Colorful Continue Reading →
BREAKING: Oil Company’s Lawsuit Targets Iowa Pipeline Opponents
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5:00 p.m. CT, August 22, 2017 Contact: Ed Fallon at (515) 238-6404 or ed@boldiowa.com BOLD IOWA CITED IN OIL COMPANY’S SWEEPING LAWSUIT Allegations of “racketeering” absurd, claims Continue Reading →
The Ends Are Near
Dear Friends, A few weeks ago, Lars Pearson and I were discussing the state of our country. Lars bemoaned the prospect of 3 1/2 more years of Donald Trump as president Continue Reading →
The Contemplative Side of Social Change
Dear Friends, I’ve had lots of invigorating conversations lately about the spiritual and moral impetus for civil disobedience. Much of that conversation was inspired by the resistance of Jessica Reznicek and Ruby Montoya, who recently confessed Continue Reading →
Another Pipeline??
Dear Friends, This week, two Boone County landowners contacted me when they noticed a large amount of pipe arriving at the staging area used last year to stockpile materials for the Continue Reading →
Do You Support or Oppose DAPL Property Destruction?
Dear Friends, Before we ask “What Would Jesus Do?” with regards the destruction of equipment along the Dakota Access pipeline, I’ve got two other asks: 1. Sign the petition demanding Continue Reading →
Activists Who Damaged Pipeline Arrested in Des Moines
{Here’s the statement read by Jessica Reznicek and Ruby Montoya prior to their arrest Monday, July 24 for a series of actions that disrupted work on the Dakota Access pipeline.} The Continue Reading →