El Lobo Solo, “Forming an Earth First Group,” (n.d.). Environment and Society Portal. Multimedia Library. http://www.environmentandsociety.org/node/8143.
This undated pseudonymous four-page document describes elements to consider when starting an Earth First! group: mailing lists, phone trees, fundraising, communication, meetings, and campaigns. It lists nonviolent tactics used by EF! activists (education, public input, litigation, demonstrations and civil disobedience) and adds a note on ecotage, commenting that “monkeywrenching” is a “best done by those not openly associated” with the Earth First! group.
EARTH FIRST! is a priority, not an organization. It is the name of our journal, and the slogan of our emerging tribe, but it is a tribe without chiefs. The only “leaders” are those temporarily working the hardest and taking the most risks.
—El Lobo Solo
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