Ecotopia Earth First! Spring 1993. Republished by the Environment & Society Portal, Multimedia Library. http://www.environmentandsociety.org/node/7869.
This Ecotopia Earth First! newsletter includes Judi Bari’s call for action in the endangered Headwaters Forest, the EF! blockade of MAXXAM redwoods logging in Redway, and helicopter logging in Albion. The issue of tree spiking is discussed, as well as Assata Shakur’s autobiography and the harmful effects of a landfill in an Indian reservoir. Demonstrators against logging operations “confess” their trespassing “sins.”
I trespassed on L-P property at albion to observe what were described as “major crimes against the balance of nature”. When I realized the devastation that was actually occurring, I joined in attempts to discourage this destructive and self-defeating behavior. This included providing encouragement and support to tree sitters, cat and mouse games, and participation in non-violent protest. I am most emphatically opposed to L-P’s attempts to suppress dissent against its corrupt activities and intend to continue my opposition to this type of corporate fascism in the future. SO SUE ME!
—Marc Labelle
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