~ Gathering on Common Ground… origins & evolving tradition, equality on the land, the cultural & constitutional stakes in the National Forests.
~ Cooperation as Speech… voluntary participation, individual responsibility in shared stewardship, contributive economics, the tryst of mutual protection: We are all Shantisena.
~ the 1st Amendment in the Woods… Rainbow Gatherings as public assemblies, the test of personal standing, the assault on rights of travel & expression – permits, roadblocks, “harassles”, breach of due process under Emergency Law.
The Right to Gather /
\ I. The Siege on Assembly in the National Forests – a Synopsis