Earth First! Journal 16, no. 2

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Earth First! Movement Writings

Earth First! Fist, Volume 16

Dawn, Kimberly, ed., Earth First! Journal 16, no. 2 (22 December 1995). Republished by the Environment & Society Portal, Multimedia Library. http://www.environmentandsociety.org/node/7014.


In this issue of Earth First! Journal Leslie Hemstreet tries to determine why the Earth First! movement has received such a bad reputation, Craig Beneville discusses free trade and dolphins, and Boris Garoasat contributes his reflections on the Anti-Terrorism Bill. 

If my grandmother only knew that the US government considered me a terrorist, she would at least get her mind off her fears that I’ve been kidnapped by a cult. […] Here at the office we have recently heard reliable whispers that Earth First! is going to be the subject of a congressional investigation about domestic terrorism sometime this spring. I can think of wiser uses for my time in spring. […] Instead, I will probably be spending all my spare time trying to convince hostile powers that I have always been dedicated to practicing nonviolence.

— Leslie Hemstreet


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Further readings: 
  • Abbey, Edward. The Monkey Wrench Gang. New York: Lippincott, 1975.
  • Bari, Judi. Revolutionary Ecology: Biocentrism & Deep Ecology. Melville: Trees Foundation, 1998.
  • Foreman, Dave. Confessions of an Eco-Warrior. New York: Harmony Books, 1991.
  • Foreman, Dave. Ecodefence: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching. Tucson: A Ned Ludd Book, 1987.
  • Foreman, Dave, and Howie Wolke. The Big Outside: A Descriptive Inventory of the Big Wilderness Areas of the United States. New York: Harmony Books, 1992.
  • Lee, Martha. Earth First!: Environmental Apocalypse. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1995.
  • Manes, Christopher. Green Rage: Radical Environmentalism and the Unmaking of Civilization. Boston: Little, Brown, 1990.