activism

In this issue of Earth First! stories of the NO-GO ROAD movement continue as road blockaders are assaulted by bulldozers in Oregon.

This issue of Earth First! focuses in the NO-GO ROAD movement, in which people assemble to blockade roads in order to stop road constructions through wilderness areas in the US.

Dave Foreman begins this EF! issue’s editorial by discussing to the arrest of Earth First! members Neil Cobb and Bob Seeley at the Salt Creek Wilderness, New Mexico.

In this issue of Earth First! stories about the road construction in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness area in Oregon continue. A special section in this issue discusses Earth First! and non-violence in light of the behavior of some EF! members during the Bald Mountain Road blockade.

Should Trees Have Standing? continues to serve as the definitive statement as to why trees, oceans, animals, and the environment as a whole should be bestowed with legal rights.

In this issue, Dave Foreman expresses his amazement at the positive responses to EF! and Howie Wolke discusses how to preserve real wilderness.

In this issue of Earth First! Dave Foreman posits that the United States Forest Service has assaulted big wilderness areas in the 1920-30s.

In this memo to “the leading intellectual and literary lights of EARTH FIRST,” Dave Foreman drafts the principles of the new Earth First organization, along with a draft membership brochure.

This issue of Earth First! is filled with news regarding various environmental issues as well as letters from dedicated readers.

In this issue of Earth First!, Peter Dustrud states: “We are not, and the Earth is not, alive because of power first, greed first, progress first or war first—we are alive due to the Earth First—always have been, always will be. We are Earth First!ers! The survival of this one and only planet we have is what counts.”