The local group Massachusetts Earth First! has produced this issue of the ALARM. In it, readers are asked to write letters of encouragement to prisoners of conscience; Don Ogden calls for attention to the Western Abenaki people and their struggle for the health of their fishing waters; and Barbara McGovern updates readers on the radioactive waste management proposal in Massachusetts.
This issue of the ALARM is produced by women only. It is dedicated to the struggle to smash down patriarchy and save the planet, expresses solidarity with activists struggling against capitalist-patriarchal devastation as womyn, and “affirms our existence and our power on the front lines of the resistance.” Aimee Mostwill discusses pregnancy, abortion, and overpopulation; Judi Bari explains “why I am not a misanthrope.”
Live Wild or Die! no. 7 declares its attempt to be “unity” issue, crossing the boundaries that separate different movements. The issue covers fascism, work as wage-slavery, green anarchy, the millennium bug, and sexual liberation.
Live Wild or Die! no. 6 includes discussions of civil disobedience and demonstration tactics, rage against television, and an explanation of the negative environmental and health consequences of tampon use. In an introductory editorial, the editors clarify their non-violent intent.
In Live Wild or Die! no. 3 an unnamed contributor gives an update from the revolutionary eco-terrorist Pie Brigade, held to save the redwoods in northern California’s Headwaters forest. In addition, Simon Moon calls for help with sabotaging buffalo hunting, and Anders Corr discusses the environmental impact of land ownership.
In Live Wild or Die! no. 2 C. J. Hinke takes an extreme stand for saving trees; Dumpsterman, son of Waste King, describes the logic of dumpster diving; Vic Vac Sectomy and Tutti Toob Tyed argue for reproductive choice; and an unknown TV smasher offers tips on how to destroy televisions with steel pipes wrapped in duct tape.
In this first issue of Live Wild or Die! the editors ask, “why be modest in the face of impending doom? Live wild or die!” Toby discusses how biocentrism can lead to destruction of nature; Feral Faun explains why there is more to the Earth First! movement and why the name should be left behind; Sneaky Driller sheds light on tree spiking; and Sheriff Jim Weeds explains the deeper meaning of ecoterrorism.
In this “Industrial Civilization Collapse!” First Pre-anniversary issue of Live Wild Or Die! Jerry Mander asks readers to smash their computers, and Ward Churchill debunks pacifism as pathology.
Wild Earth 8, no. 4 celebrates a “Wilderness Revival.” The essays present American and Canadian perspectives on wilderness and its values, wilderness politics, and wilderness campaigns both new and old.
In Wild Earth 5, no. 3 Wendell Berry writes about private property and the Commonwealth, Thomas P. Rooney reflects on global warming, and Paul J. Kalisz analyses sustainable silviculture in the hardwood forests of the eastern United States.
