Full citation: Georgette, Almond, Dug, Turtle, and Al D., eds., Earth First! Journal 22, no. 1 (1 November 2001). Digitized in cooperation with the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. http://www.environmentandsociety.org/node/7064 Copyright: All rights reserved. The user may download, preserve and print this material only for private, research or nonprofit educational purposes. The user may not alter, transform, or build upon this material. art irst! Samhain November-December 2001 ThG- £3v(h Pari::. ~ ~~~ I>~ Almond .. ................................ ? In fhG. ~~ of the. C-onfv~ion of Noi~e., I>~ Kv-i~ M>e-nz... ......................... .... .......... ......... ... 4 fto/d on to the. Vi~ion That'~ &i"§-13oY'rl, I>~ St;wh<lwk.- .... .. ... ................. ........ ... .. ............ 5 AYe. 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Iota/ lnfatvation of O(ama, o1 Pv-inu:- oin The-v-e- and BlinW..................... 41 DEAR SFB: LEITERS TO THE EDITORS ........................ 3 BLASTFROMTHEPAST:MARCDAVISSAYSWAKEUP!. .. 33 ANTI-COLUMBUS DAY PROTEST DISRUPTED BY POLICE ... 12 ARMED WITH VISIONS ..................•.••..•.••..•...•....•. 38 THE CITIZEN'S GUIDE TO GETTING ARRESTED .•......... 14 NAVY BOMBS DRAW FIRE OVER CALIFORNIA •.....•.•.. .42 FROM THE INSIDE: INTERVIEW WITH FREE IN PRISON •...• 16 REVOLUTION IN INDIA ...••................•....•........•........ 43 0HIOTREESITIERSTAKEACTION •...•...••...••.............. 18 WHY THE FUTURE NEEDS Us .•• . •.........•.....• .44 DAVID CHAIN V. GOLIATH MAXXAM SETTLEMENT .. .. 19 STRIPED SKUNKS ARE IMPORTANT Too ......•.•.••••...... .48 GoDS VALLEYTREESIT ATIACKEDBY0DF ...........•....•. 20 ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS OF THE WEIRD •.................... .49 Jum BARI v. THE FBI DELAYED UNTIL APRIL ..•...•.. 22 BooK REVIEW: EDWARD ABBEY, A LIFE ••..•••.•••••...• S2 BLUE REVOLUTION SPAWNS FRANKENFISH .•......•..•...• 24 STRIKING CHORDS: INTERVIEW WITH DAVID Rovrcs ... 53 NORWAY'S ENVIRONMENTAL KILLER: NORSKESKOG •..••• 25 SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION ••••••••...•..................... 58 INDIGENOUS LAND RIGHTS CASE DECIDED .•••..........••• 26 THE EFFECTS OF PRISONS •••••••••.••••••.................•. 60 MINNEHAHA SACRED SPRING HALTS DESTRUCTION •... 27 PRISONER SUPPORT: THEY NEED YOUR SUPPORT ...••.• 61 WHAT DOEs RACISM HAVE TO Do WITH Us? .......... 28 EARTH FIRST! DIRECTORY ................. ..•.......•... 62 WOLVES & POODLES ........................................... 32 DIET FOR A NEW AMERICA ....•............................. 64 . The Rac/icalEnvironmental Journal Earth First! Journal Samhain November I. 2001 Vol. 22, No. 1 The Earth First! Journal is published by an editorial staff from within the Earth First! movement. 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Journal is published eight times a year on the solstices, equinoxes and cross­ Volunteers: Pete, Hidro, Palmira, quarter days on or about November 1, December 21 (Winter Solstice), February 2, March 21 (Vernal Equinox), Acasia, Christian, A], Cullen, Debbie, May 1,June 21 (Summer Solstice), August 1 and September 22 (Autumnal Equinox) by Daily Planet Publishing, Jeneiene, Daniel, Bill, Juan Dolor, Miss POB 3023, Tucson, AZ 85702. US subscriptions are $30. Outside the US, surface delivery is $40 and airmail is Waldron, Gigi $50. See form, page 58. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to EF! Journal, POB 3023, Tucson, AZ 85702. Application to mail at Periodicals postage rates is pending at Tucson, AZ 85726-9653. Front cover: M.C. Pearson Front inside cover: Peter Bralver Upcoming deadlines: Yule-November 12/Brigid-January 2 Page 2 Earth First! Samhain 2001 reminded them of the movies Independence Day or Die Hard. But the movie that came to my mind was Ghostbusters. The scene where Bill Murray and DanAykroydbattletosaveNew of evil doers". wondered, York City from the giant "Does this mean he is going to Pillsbury Doughboy that was kill himself? Does getting rid spawned by their own imagi­ of terrorism mean we will abol­ nations seemed to me like the ish the CIA?" For if ridding most apt metaphor for what the world of evil is anything, had happened. it is an introspective process. The other cinematic refer­ Dr. Martin LutperNng Jr. ence that I kept thinking spoke about good and evil in a about was the scene from Re­ sermon that he gave just one turn of the Jedi where Luke month before his assassination. Skywalker battles Darth He said, "There is a tension at Vader. Vader keeps trying to the heart of the universe inspire hate in Luke whisper­ between good and evil. ing, "I can feel the hate" as he llii!Wtt:m~lM Now not only is that attempts to draw Luke to the struggle structured out dark side. Luke is in a state of Dear Shit Fer Brains, somewhere in the external confused consternation but When I first heard that ex­ forces oftheuniverse, it's struc­ keeps trying to remember ploding jets had hit the World tured in our own lives. And in what it means to be a good Trade Center and the Penta­ every one of us this morning, ]edi knight. George W. seems gon I was elated. A Palestinian there's a war going on. It's a tobesayingtome, "OKPeggy group claimed responsibility civil war. I don't care who you Sue, I know you hate me. I'm and I burst out with, "Woo are, I don't care where you live, really scaring you now aren't Hoo! Go Palestine!" Immedi­ there is a civil war going on in I? Surrender to hate. Come ately the Palestinian claim your life. Every time you set over to the dark side". I have proved to be false . Immedi­ out to love, something keeps to steal myself to the com­ ately I began to grapple with pulling on you, trying to get plexities of living out a com­ the reality of what had just you to hate. There's a tension mitment to non-violence and happened revising my re­ at the heart of human nature. try to grasp what that really sponse to, "Oh Shit!" And whenever we set out to means. Collectively as a na­ Reports started coming in dream our dreams and to build tion or within our own hearts about hundreds of NYC our temples, we must be hon­ we can't win a battle against firefighters being crushed to est enough to recognize it." evil with more evil. The only death while saving others. Sto­ There have been many cin­ weapon that will work is love. ries of horror and heroism con­ ematic references to the events I love you all, tinued non-stop. George W. surrounding the Attack on -PEGGY SuE Bush vowed to "rid the world America. People have said it continued on page 34 BY FAITH WALKER male, since he'll father more spiderlings if she takes that cannibalistic nibble. Be­ Fauna. n. animal life. ing eaten while mating allows Cabala. n. an esoteric, secret matter or mysterious art. more sperm to transfer, and a Male Australian redback spiders (Latrodectus hasselti) com- female who cannibalizes apparently can't mit copulatory suicide. At most two percent of female mass, stomach another mate. these diminutive spiders spend their few-month adult exist­ If he's unlucky he'll survive the encounter but will have lost ence seeking to mate and rarely, if ever, eat. A successful male the tip of his penis, which breaks off inside the female, and mates via penetration followed by a well-executed somersault will never mate again. Unlikely to become female fodder, which causes him to spend his moments of bliss with his since she prefers the somersault position, he'll hang out on abdomen pressed firmly against the jaws of his mate. If he's her web until he perishes of old age. It's common in arthropods lucky, the female, who lives two years and has an assortment for a food gift to be presented by males to females during of males to choose from, will be preoccupied with slurping mating. The redback simply takes it a step further by offering spider cider thus prolonging mating. This is adaptive for the his own belly jelly as a delicacy. November-December 2001 Earth First! Page 3 IN THE ABSENCE OF THE CONFUSION OF NOISE ism. I miss the days when the Journal like a single grain in a huge ocean of was filled with articles about hunt sabs sand, probably important, but who and whether spiking trees was good or knows.