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Photograph: Anti-nuclear protest, Wyhl, Germany, 1975
An unexpected group of activists, consisting of mostly farmers and vintners, occupied the construction site of a nuclear reactor near the German town of Wyhl in 1975.
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Masculinity, Work, and the Industrial Forest in the US Pacific Northwest
Erik Loomis discusses the production of working-class masculinity in the US Pacific Northwest, highlighting environmental history’s need to reinstate working people in its studies.
Perspectives Article
Taking Up Space: Men, Masculinity, and the Student Climate Movement
Jody Chan and Joe Curnow analyze the different gender and race dynamics in the student climate movement, asking why White men’s participation is constructed as being more valuable.
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Introducing Earth First! | Radical Environmentalism’s Print History
Bron Taylor introduces Earth First!, the best known of the so-called “radical environmental” groups, founded in 1980 in the southwestern United States.
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Tributaries of Radical Environmentalism before Earth First! | Radical Environmentalism’s Print History
Bron Taylor discusses books, authors, and other streams of American counterculture which had significant impacts on radical environmentalism and the founding of the Earth First! movement.
Exhibition chapter
The Earth First! Journal as a Gateway to Movement History | Radical Environmentalism’s Print History
Bron Taylor discusses the publication of the journal Earth First! under Dave Foreman’s direction, and the controversies surrounding the movement in its first decade, from 1980 to 1990.
Exhibition chapter
The Second Decade (1990-2000) | Radical Environmentalism’s Print History
Bron Taylor provides insight into the Earth First! movement, through the second decade of publication of its journal (1990 to 2000), as well as offshoot publications such as Live Wild or Die!, ALARM, and Wild Earth.
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The Third Decade and Beyond: Radical Environmentalism in the Twenty-First Century | Radical Environmentalism’s Print History
Bron Taylor chronicles the trajectories and shift in attitudes in the American radical environmentalist movement in the 21st century.
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Further Reading | Radical Environmentalism’s Print History
Bron Taylor compiles a selected bibliography on literature connected to the history of radical environmental movements in the United States.
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Earth First! Introductory primer "Only you...can prevent the destruction of all that's wild," n.d. [1997?]
This introductory guide to the Earth First! movement was produced by The Earth First! Journal as a service for Earth First! local groups. It includes the purpose and definition of Earth First!, their philosophy, gatherings, an EF! International section, and EF! projects. This edition focuses on extinction and prevention of wildlife destruction. It contains a guide to direct action by Edward Abbey and a guide for forming Earth First! groups.