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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. • trs Beltane $3.50• May-June 1998 THE RADICAL ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNAL Vol. 18 No. S GERMAN NuKE AcTIVISTS DERAILED Wilderness With Because of an anticipated mass protest in Ahaus, the or Without You BY MICHAEL MARIOTTE & DusT BUNNY shipment began six days early, a plan known only by four The controversy over shipping nuclear waste through government officials. Beforehand, tens of thousands of BY DENNIS MARTINEZ Germany erupted again on March 20 when nearly 10,000 police were called in and occupied the small, conservative Decay, death, birth and growth are demonstrators blockaded a train carrying the nuclear city. The demonstrators' campsites, set up on sympathetic part of our everyday experience. They farmers' land, were attacked and are organic processes that all of us are forced to close. Townspeople whose intimately familiar with. Ceremonies backyards fronted the railroad tracks have evolved over time in all indig were evicted from their homes, and enous cultures that celebrate these fencing was put up to keep people changes in a spirit of supplication, from entering the homes or yards. All reciprocity and thankfulness. Land trains and busses to the area were stewardship practices that work with halted. Cars without local license and even direct these natural processes plates were denied entry and access. have also evolved in indigenous cul On March 20, getting to Ahaus re tures. Yet most of us in the larger quired walking at least six miles industrial Western culture live, work around police barricades. and study in a human environment At the beginning of the week hun seemingly at odds with.our everyday dreds, then thousands, of police perceptions of nature. We live in an moved in. The throngs of demon environment that is structured eco strators, mostly from Germany and nomically, technologically and intel ~ the neighboring Netherlands, fun lectually like a machine. [ neled in simultaneously. The police A way of being inspired by the ma ~ avoided the downtown shopping chine has dominated Western culture ~ zone but were at every other inter from the mid-19th century until the ~ section. They were on every quiet present. Viewed in this way, nature is tree-lined.side street with their vans, imagined to be unchanging unless it is . . . . trucks water cannons and armored disturbed. Most resource managers, as nuclear shzpments face-offwztl:ifolly body-armored polzce. ' l . bl k' k' o;,.. · personne earners oc mg par mg well as the environmental movement, material. The uprising was in response to the movement . spaces and creating an atmosphere of terror. Wearing the still think about nature in terms of the of the waste to an interim storage facility in Ahaus, latest in body armor, they held helmets, shields and machine metaphor. The modern West located in the country's northwest corner near the Dutch batons at their sides and tear gas canisters on their belts. ern belief in the constancy and stabil border. The government did everything it could with Many had guns. They were ready for war. ity of nature was expressed by George strong-arm tactics to ensure a smooth transport of the six Perkins Marsh in Man and Nature as casks of high-level radioactive waste. continued on page 26 early as1864. Marsh says, "Nature, left undisturbed, so fashions her territory as to give it almost unchanging perma Bunnese nence of form, outline and propor tion, except when shattered by geo logic convulsions; and in these com Pipeline paratively rare cases of derange ment, she sets herself at once to repair the superficial damage and to restore, Resisted in as nearly as practicable, the former aspect of her dominion." Environmental Roots Thalland The principal prophets of the modern environmental movement-Emerson, BY EDITH T. MIRANTE Thoreau, Muir and Leopold-have re The Yadana gas pipeline, one of the 20th peated and enlarged the same theme of century's last great corporate crim'es, now nature functioning optimally when left slices through southern Burma's rainfor "' alone. Modern environmental preserva est, heading for neighboring Thailand. ~ tionists draw their most compelling Dozens of Thai environmentalists camped ., inspiration from these earlier transcen- out on the pipeline route from December ..~ dental philosophers. until March, in the indigenous version of The notion of "transcendental" im Redwood Summer. They aimed to block plies something beyond our senses which continuation of the multinational joint- Burmese exiles and rainforest activists lockdown at a Unocal facility in California {n 1996 is greater than we are. In this case, nature venture the Associated Press called "one of the most politically controversial infrastructure projects in the world." itself is viewed as a kind of divine mani The scheme to build a pipeline from the Yadana natural gas field, beneath Burma's Andaman Sea, to an electricity festation. Nature is conceived as being generating plant in Thailand was hatched by the arrogance of French, American and Thai corporate executives and the perfect because God is perfect. Tran blood lust of Burma's military regime. The Burmese army crushed a massive "people power" uprising in 1988 and scendentalism grew out of 17th and maintains a stranglehold on the country. The military ·regime, which calls itself the State Peace and Development 18th century English natural theology Council, has waged war in ethnic minority regions, attempting to stamp out any threat of insurgency from indigenous which saw God revealed through his peoples such as the Karens and Mons. In order to do so, the Burmese armed forces were increased to nearly half a million principal work, nature. You could know and re-armed with Chinese rifles, tanks and bombers, requiring the junta to seek hard currency from foreign investors. God if you knew his creation. Logging, mining and fishing companies. were invited to loot Burma's natural resources without res~raint (Burma When viewed from this historical follows no environmental laws), and their payoffs fill the generals' coffers. The biggest investors by far have been perspective, we see how similar the petroleum companies. Several explored for oil on land in Burma, but they came up dry ~nd left. By drilling underseas, industrial exploitation of nature and however, Unocal and France's Total fourid reserves of natural gas in a jointly held concession. Arco and England's the counter-industrial effort to pre- Premier, which bought Texaco1s concession last year, continue u,ndersea exploration. serve nature really are.
contin!Jed on page 28 continued on page 13 EARTH FIRST! NO COMPROMISE IN THE DEFENSE OF MOTHER EARTH! POB 1415 • EUGENE, OREGON 97440 • (541) 344-8004 Unearthing a Forgo ·vii Disobedience Earth First! Beltane . Victories here mean sacrifices there. Successful more taboo concept of alternative paigns in one region often result in exchanged In a world of codes, permits, fines and city May 1, 1998 volume in another. A local to the v0;:)\..(1\,U_a Earth-friendly means of building remain recently called this the "water bed" effect. uuuL.•<::u. It is time for the government Vol. 18, No. 5 the importance of straw bale, cob the saws here, and what do you know; . The Earth First! Journal is published by an adjacent forest. just when we take a and start offering incentives editorial staff from within the Earth First! agencies swap pristine public lands to build mostly lumber- movement. 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Editorial Staff: Natalie Shapiro, josh BY FAITI:l 'WALKER Laughlin, Ayelet Hines, Lacey Phillabaum, john Bowling, Jim Flynn male scoots over on the branch and springs from where Poetry Editor: Dennis Fritzinger ,~ - the first did, effectively performing backward cartwheels. Artists in this issue include: Vaughn Frick, They do this up to 100 times, now and then spinning Fritz Simmons, Ray, Faith Walker, Tristan right over the female's head to cartwheel on the other Mitchell, Kirk,). Trask III, Molly auna Ca&a[a Volunteers: Carol, Ben, Brian, Mick, Kim, side. For variation, the duo occasionally hovers and Craig, Michelle, Kris; Jeff, Kurt, Peter flutters madly, or they buzz the female at top speed. She~ Cover art by: Leonard Peltier-the first Fauna. n. animal life. usually responds to all of this by leaving. However, Cabala. an esoteric, secret matter or annual "Protector of the Woods" award n. when sufficiently enamored, she communicates her presented to Julia Butterfly. Prints are be mysterious art. desire to mate by hopping~ One male then flies off while ing sold as a fundraiser through the Female long-tailed manakins (Chiroxiphia linearis) find the other mates. After the female leaves, the expectant Leonard Peltier Defense Project, POB 583, male bonding seductive. Males of this South American father calls his male partner back, and they resume Lawrence, KS 66044. · avian species are partners for one or more breeding whistling "toledo~" Back cover by: Todd Anderson seasons; their tenacious associations are analogous to Females are completely disinterested in solitary males, SCHEDULE those of monogamous heterosexual bird ' pairs. They . and this has driven the formation of an age-based hierar spend their days together performing chy of males at each display location. Among these Earth First! Journal is published 8 times a year on the solstices, equinoxes, and cross cooperative courtship dances at tradi unrelated individuals only the alpha and beta males quarter days on or about November 1, De tional display locations which _they . display, and only the alpha male mates. His reproductive cember 21 (Winter Solstice), February 2, defend. Perched side by side, the pair success is extraordinary while that of the beta male is nil. ·March 21 (Vernal Equinox), May 1, June 21 synchronously whistles "toledo" 19 Although this seems altruistic on the part of (Summer Solstice), August 1, and September times per minute, or about 5,000 times the beta male, his reward is simply de- 21'(Autumnal Equinox). One-year subscrip per day. When a female notices, she layed. He will outlive the domi tions in the US via third class mail are $25. alights on the branch; initiating a flurry First class delivery is $35. Outside the US, nant male, th11s moving up surface delivery is $35 and airmail is $45; of elaborate courtship behavior. The in rank and taking posses Corporate and la;w enforcement rate is $45. males alternately launch themselves sion of the display site. straight into the air while giving a Persistent and intricate Deadline for the next issue is: wheezy call. To add flair, the male cooperative courtship MAY .23 nearest the female jumps up and behavior such as this Deadline for the following issue is: backward, landing where the sec has only rarely evolved ond male was, while the second among birds. Juiv 11 Page 2 Earth First! Beltane 1998 Rethi alki 11g the Border tive that could remotely be shown to advocate . nations with higher immigration quotas or uses BY GARTH KAHL increasedharassment of (admittedly often exploit~d) immigration as a "safety valve" to reduce domestic "A comprehensive population policy for the illegal immigrants, increased militarization of the. political pressure on client states. It has been esti United States that continues to advocate an end to society or "racism" in general. mated that NAFT A will eventually push several US population growth at the earliest possible time · ISsues involving population growth, both in the million Mexican farmers off the land (where many through reduction in natural increase (births minus . US and abroad, have always been highly inflamma of them are practicing a more ecologically sustain deaths), but now also through reduction in net tory, and the broader progressive community is able lifestyle than any Earth First!er I know) and immigration (immigration minus emigration)." That often quick to hurl the accusation of racism (or force them to immigrate to the US, often at consid is the wording of the recent Sierra Cluq initiative classism) .at those who question the dogma that erable risk and personal sacrifice. AttackingNAFTA that the Earth First! Journal and attendees .of the , more human. beings areintrinsically a good.thing. and other forces pushing immigrants to this coun recent EF! · Oq~anizers Conference con Althou.gh many of us are also involved in the broader try is urtdoubtedlythe besfway to reduce immigra- demned as peiilg flagrantly racist and which progressive movement, or at least concerned with tion . .But ignoring the situation and branding any some in "progressive" cir<;les, like coalition building, we need to admitthat there are one 'asradst who merely suggests that us popula Alexander Cockburn, have likened to a times when putting the Earth first may mean alien~ ' tibn growth is im ecological problem, is simply an _David Duke KKK rally. ·. ·. . atit;J.g many in the liberal community. One can exercise in sticking our heads in the sand. Immigration, like population reduction, ~asily foresee other issues involving US population Instead of denying that immigration is a signifi is a conwlicated,, highly politicized aild growth where being a progressive and being an cant factor in US population growth, and conse inflammatory subject.- By simply parroting. Earth First!er (or at least an ecologist) might mean quently in US environmentaldestruction, we might Cockburn. and others in dismissir.g_ t!J:,is different things. Imagine a proposal to eliminate instead begin a debate on an Earth First! position on proposal and its supporters; Including .the tax credit for Ghildren or a scheme to off~_r cash immigration. What might one look like? Who said many longtime Earth Fidt!ers (author Bill ·bonuses to those choosing voluntary sterilization? a policy reducing ;'net i:rrm~igration" need target the Devall), prominent ecologists ancl conservation bi Without a doubt, many in the progressive commu poorest people, or even immigrants at all? If chang ologists(£. 0. Wilson) and theheadofWorldWatch nity would argue, perhaps with some justification, ing our foreign arid economic policies didn't solve Institute (Lester Brown), as racist, the Journal and EF! r---~_.:-:". -:-. -~'--:":=-----~------r...---..-,.,.-...,-:--~..,., US population problems, what about first Organizers Conference attendees contributed noth: . . -·- ___ --':..:~::_;;· ..:-:--~: · >-. . targeting educated and relatively affluent ing towards resolving the issue. technocrats (thdse in greatest demand to According to the US Census Bureau, US popula- . further grow US industry)? W:hy n6t allow tion is growing by three million peopie a . year. unfettered entrance to those, especially That's another cityroughlythe size' of Los Angeles indigenous people, whose religions do not . every two years. Of those three million people, · ~dvocate beirig fruitful and multiplying? roughly one million are legal immigrants (the US For that matter, why not provide entrance admits mor~ legal immigrants than any other in to any ene person, provided one US citi dustr:.!aJ.,i-zed country), of whom about 10 percent zen with an income over $100,000 was .,.. re'political (as opposed to ~conom i c) r.ef4g.e.es~ It :, forced to leave the country? doesn't matter if the peopie b ei'ng added are brown, . Like it our not, the Earth first! Journal black, purple or white, tofu-eating, bike"riding and those at the activist conference chose enviros, Jh~y _ar.e still all goi:pg to be consuming the easy path of compromise on this issue. '"" resourceS: and taxing the natural system. In addi It's easy to point the finger at corporations tion, they will probably be consuming more than and consumer culture, iind controlling the world average, simply because it's hard to these would certa:inly hei pin the long ruri, avoid doing so in our society. Even a first-world but doing so won't significantly reduce person living in Paraguay 6r Colombia will prob the impact on wild areas in the near 'fu- ably use fewer resources because public transport that these were "racist" or "classist" measures be ture. In the short term, another three million people there is efficient, food has less packaging, more cause.thepoor would "sacrifice" disproportionately will be adqed to the.US population this year, and an locally-made products are available, etc. _ (not having' children is generally considered sacri~ ar~a roughly the size of Delaware will be paved. One There are those who associate the supporters of fice in our culture) and that we should work to million of these new Noith Americans, a city larger this initiative with right-wing, racist or neo-fascist . achieve an egalitarian society before implementing than Portland, Oregon, will be added through im groups that also happen to espouse anti-in;tmigra such poHcies. But if these policies had a chal}_c_e of · migration. Moving mor~ people to North America, tion ideologies. By this same brand of logic, it could lowering the birth rate, wouldn't they at least de where they will assuredly consume more than in be shown that Earth First! is now alJied with the serve to be rationally considered, especially by the their countries of origin, will not benefit the eco Catholic Church, Operation Rescue and other pro Earth Fi:rst! n10vement? Immigration reduction, al logical systems either here.or there. natalist factiOJ;l.S that aho favor unfettered popula though an issue that might presumably offend There were many reasons to adopt a public policy tion growth and immigration. In.deed, Santos . humanists and Christians, should at least warrant against this initiative, including building coalitions Gomez, one of the prominent Sierra Club oppo._ discussion in ecological circles without the propo with social justice groups and avoiding the old nents of the initiative, stated at the recent Environ nents being att_acked as racists. charge, also leveled by Alexander Cockburn, that we mental Law Conference in Eugene that he didn't There are many ways to reduce immigration and are "eco-fascists." There may alsd have been some believe in the concept of carrying capacity! I sug- US population growth in general, none of which · lingering personal animosity toward Dave Fore . gest, at the risk of offending animal rights activists, need .scapegoat immigrants, lead to increased re man, one of the principal sponsors of the measure. that Mr. Gomez put a few fruit flies in a jar with a pression of illegal immigrants, or put more cops on Many of us· are also involved in other progressive limited food supply and watch what h_stppens. the boglgxpr on the streets. There are many forces causes and groups and might have felt uncomfort (Maybe we could tip off the Animali.iberation Front driving immigration into the US including NAFTA, able defending a policy that was being so publicly before they actually start starving to death, but after GAlT, US covert and overt wars and US/corporate he gets the picture.) There is nothing in the initia- foreign policy, which often rewards cooperative continued on page 28 Letters to The Editors ... 3oo:.word _Max or You Get The Axe
Dear First!ers, the ballot, things began ·look Board meeting (attended by soon be a hog feedlot polluting taking logs out of the country. Thanks for being the only tab ing up.) many now-alerted residents), northern Maine, home of the The Sea Shepherds have proved loid that .tells the truth about Enclosed is ·an artkle from a that's what the members gotcop~ largest monoculture, third iUs-possible to sink a ship with the environmental movement. local paper, since you asked for ies of, and that's what got quoted growth, pine, privately-owned, out loss of life and also without A life member of Sierra Club, I StJCh should you be quoted. Well, in the local paper. Interesting soon completely clearcut, "for getting arrested. With so many have been more and more dis the story is this-a fellow teacher side: the reporter called me and est" in the· east. Whoop: logging ships and so many US gusted as the years have gone came to work disgusted because asked for more information, and , -Sincerely, and Canadian ports, it would be by, wondering what happened he had just found out a building casually remarked that Sierra -DR. ]AMES W. LAUGHNER impossible to guard them all, to the Club-! joined. Only since permit was to be issued for a '1 pig Club information probably and it would only be necessary I started getting your paper has farm" right next to his property. wouldn't be trusted because they Dear EF! to sink a few before the insur it been apparent. I need to know Of course,.it's to.be a 1000 mini~ were known to be "too raoicaL" Over the last 15 years a lot of ance companies accountants got the truth, not the glitz Sierra . mum feedlot facility, not a ButtheyhadneverheardofEarth . effort has gone into trying to the message and raised the pre
prints to sell magazines and look "farm. II He wanted information. First! so there was no objection ·protect West Coast forests, and miums on logging ships high like mainline demojerks and I· went to my stack of ecorags to your article. Hee. . . . . the trees are still falling. I won- . enough· to make the industry republicurds. And now I even and there was no competition: Of cotirse, the monetary fixis · oer why nobody seems to have unprofitable. know whom to vote for in tP,e As usual, your articles were more in already so unless we get some- · · ·i:hought of emulating the tactics -TSINDAR coming Sierra Club election (as complete 'and detailed. So that's thing in the way of a state mora- ·of the Sea Shepherds and sink soon as I saw Jeff D's name on what he took to the Planning torium or other delay, there will ing a few of the ships that are continued on page 30 May-June 1998 Earth First! . Page 3 anyway. If people would just one day say, "Hold on, I'm not going to consume," then they would really understand what kind of power they have in this Protecting the Earth society, which goes w~y beyond the power of the vote. To me it goes into the area of noncooperation. It's not about violence or nonviolence or obedience or civil ·· disobedience. We just won't cooperate. EF!J: There is this ·discussion of whether self defense is appropiate in those situations where is who you are and what your perception of reality violence is being perpetrated against activists. BY}OHN BOWLING is. I don't think that just a blanket law can be laid Trudell: This is where I think the discussion needs EF!J: Earth First! has changed a lot since it hit the down. But, for people to embrace violence just out to be taken into other areas. ;Every time yougo out scene in late 1979. Then it was about property of frustration or anger or emotional reaction is a big. and demonstrate now, there they are with their destruction or monkeywrenching and less popular mistake. As individuals we are all responsible for cameras, and they got their pictures of everybody redneck-type wilderness politics. Since the late '80s, what we do... now. Everybody they arrest, they've got their home EF! has moved strongly toward a strategy of above I think another discussion needs to take place . addresses, and they know how to find them forever ground nonviolent direct actiori'-basically a lot of over the difference between civil disobedience basically because most people if they are fighting for civil disobedience. Some EF! groups even publicly and noncooperation. We live within a system the land, that means they're .going to be [in one denounce monkeywrenching now. What do you now where we can win some things, we can hold place]. If they have a national security matter or think EF!'s role should be in the environmental our ground on some things through civil disobe- martiall_aw, shit, 10 to 15 years from now they know · movement today? · . dience... But, that just leaves us in a position exactly where to go. The anti-nukes movement Trudell: To always promote and keep alive the where we are barely holding our own. In. a way, coughed up a whole lotof.thatinformation withall consciousness of the Earth. I think that is what it violence a'nd nonviolence play along with the the arrests we went through. They know where to should be about, regardless of what the difference rules of the state. They·may have to give in to us come and look for us in case therewas a real problem. of opinion may be about whether it is spiking on a little political thing here or there, but ... the We gave them a lot. We gave them our identities. trees or sitting in trees, these are just tactics that energy is being contained: · . EF!J: Do you think that was a mistake? Trudell: Well, I think it's some thing I just wouldn't eagerly .em The FBI sums up its massive 17, 'in,·P~f1ivnl'inn ofJohn Trudell by describing brace. They take pictures of every him as II extremely eloquent. II 1ft.Y~!rl'~~-~· n rights leader and body. They document and record, · a charismatic speaker, a large family on the Santee Sioux reservation. the poverty he was and they see who sho,ws upthe most... trapped in, Trudell enlisted in a growing contempt So, in case there is a real nuclear for the dominant 11 American to the struggle problemorwhatever, theyknowwho ofhis people. Risingstrong Movement(AIM) to go get first. That is a real learning in 1969 during the a.rm7Jik Trudell thing for them ... They're trying to reconnected with his national identify us. Maybe the best way to chairman in 1973 . . ( defend ourselves is to understand The government's "They waged t~e reality of these things .and how a war against us. by any means far they can go. necessary. II In 1979, 17. • 11nur~ after burning EF!J: Was that somethip.g AIM was an American flag when a fire llof suspicious origin" back three children and doing in the '70s, and do you think Tina's mother. Without !Jiesltation, murder. They were it was effective? murdered as an act of Trudell: Well, it was and it wasn't. Trudell emerged from horrific with electrifying political There's a little good and bad to ev poetry and 11)usic, joining Jackson Dylan and the Grateful erything. But; yes, overall 1 think it Dead on tours. Today, he can be concerts for native support was effective-just what AIM. was groups and performing his uniquely ""'""'rn"' word all over the country. about. But, what we're talking about His new album, to be. released this su11rzm•~r. Indians. now isn't about what AIM was about. The Earth First! Journal recently of¢hecking in with Trudell. What That was then. This is now. The les follows is an excerpt from a telephone C0111Ver·sd.t~ori witH him on the topic ofnonviolent resistance in defense of the Earth. sons·to. be learned from what AIM wentthrough, and it wasn't just AIM, it was the whole anti-war movement, people are working out to accomplish the one EF/J: So, there's no honorable way to fight? everybody, is to not just repeat the motions that thing that Earth First! needs to stick by and that is Trudell: What I'm saying is there's a difference they went through during the '70s, the '80s ... Take protecting the Earth. between civil disobedience and noncooperation. the best from that and incorporate into it whatever I think that one thing for people to remember is EF!J: You're familiar with Gandhi's work and the new needs to be added. I don't think there has really that all things on this planet are different. It is how civil rights movement. What then is your opinion been anything added to all this that was based on all the different things work togetherthat makes the of Gandhian-style noncooperation? the idea of noncooperation itself. Everything has balance. So, within Earth First! there must be an Trudell: Gandhi was operating in a different situ been based on some form of civil disobedience, understanding that there are different ways to get ation than here. So, I think although there are things going on that are nonco things done. If nothing else, whether or not people of· what he was operative. Take the woman sitting in the tree Uulia agree with the differences at this point, I would say Gandhi did in ... She's not cooperating. That's a very that every idea should be respected. effort of noncooperation. EF!J: The new generation of EF! activists is arguing they do is for money. They want our over whether nonviolence is the most expedient the '60s and '70s, everyone was strategy for the movement. People are discussing that they did all this for money. It whether it would be appropriate right now to employ ,....., ...... It was for profit. But we don't more self-defensive, possibly even violent means of· · attack their .. That's never been a strategy. defending the Earth. What effects do you think that Maybe a boycott It has taken that kind of a form would have on the movement? against a-s,,pecific c?mpany or multinational. . Trudell: I think we need to have an understanding ----llllililil•'---. · EF!J: Like the United Farm of what violence is because a great many people say Workers did iil the '70s. they are against violence, yet they live off of the fruits of opin·iOJ:! may Trudell: Right. But, what of violence... We live within systems that are violent. .. sitting in I'm saying is that in America We live in excess. We are part of an excessive con- ;. it is too difficult to get people suming society that's the result of violence against are working to do something that takes the Earth... The reality is that even though we say we Earth Fitst! that much time. So, you ask are against violence, we still consume the products of them to do it for one day. violence against the Earth. EF!J: Over the years EF! EF!J: The definition of violence .is something that has forged strong alliances a lot of people talk about. I honestly don't think there n.Hu::~· ~'-Glll" in defending sacred sites at is ever going to be a resolution of that argument. Hill and Anpo in Oregon, Big Trudell: Right, there's not going to be a resolution . Graham in Arizona, Ward Val- to that. Just like the yin and the yang, the sun and '-'"·u""""''a and the Nevada Test Site. Do you the moon, the light and the dark, these two things for activists wanting to work more are needed to keep the energy flowing. people? I'm real interested in the co~cepts of violence and Let's say Don't stop doing whatever it is you're nonviolence. I just look at it in the sense that you That would doing with direct participation. If there are ways have to do what you have to do and that's decided would affect the you can increase that participation, I'd say do it. by the moment and the circumstances. Part of that But, I can't tell you how to do it or what to do. Page 4 Earth First! Beltane 1998 and Craig are merely tools for enacting ecocide, as surely as are dams, corpora tions, chainsaws, napalm and nuclear ACTIONS SPEAK weapons. If someone were to kill them, others would take their places. The ecocidal programs originating specifi ,cally from the damaged psyches of LouDER THAN WORDS Gorton and Craig would die with them, BY DERRICK jENSEN · outrage of injured citizens. To expect but the shared nature of the impulses institutions created by our culture to within our culture would continue full Every morning when I wake up I ask do·.other than poison waters, . deimde force, making the replacement as easy myself whether I should write or blow :hillsides, eliminate alternative ways of as buying a new hoe. up a dam. I tell myself I should keep living and commit genocide is Hitler, too, was elected as legally and writing, though I'm not sure that's unforgivably naive. "democratically" as Craig and.Gorton. right. I've written,books and done : , ManyGermanconspiratorshesitated Hitler, too, manifested his cultUre's activism, but it is neither a 'lack :of to remove Hitler from office because death urge brilliantly enough to cap- , words nor a lack of activism that is · they'd sworn loyalty. to him and his · ture the hearts of those who voted him . killing salmon nere in the Northwest. government. Their scruples caused into power and to hold the loya}ty of It's the dams. inore hesitation than their fear. How the millions who actively carried,out Anyone who knows anything about many of. us ha':'e yet to root out mis-. his plans. Hitler, like Craig and Gorton,. salmon knows the damsmtistgo. Any~ guided remnants of a belief in the le likeGeorge Weyerhaeuser and other one who knows any- gitimaey of tlHs.government to which, CEOs, didn't act alone. Why, ~en, do . thing about politics.· as children, wepledgedallegiance?How I discern a d,ifference between them.? knows the dams will many of ~s fail to cross the line into . The current system has already be z · stay. Scientists study, viole;g.t resistance because we still be gun to cqllapse under the· weight of politicians. and · busi- lieve that, somehow, the system can be its ecological excesses, and here's ness peoplelie and.de- reformed? Andifwedon'tbelievethat, where we can . help. Having trans 0 lay, bureaucrats .hold, whatarewewaitingfor? AsShakespeare ferred our 'loyalty away 'from our sham public meetings,· so accurately put it, "Conscience doth culture's illegitimate economic and · - activists write· letters make cowards of us' all." governmental entities'and tothe land, z and press releases, and. It could be argued that by comparing our goal must be to protett, thrqugh still the salmon:die' ·· our government to Hitler's fm over- whatever means possible, the.human Sadly enough; J!m; stating my case. I'm not sure salmon and nonhuman residents of our -a. not alone in my inabil- would agree, nor lynx, nor the people homelands. Our goal, like that of a ity or unwillingness to .of Peru; Irian Jaya, Indonesia, or any demolition crew on a downtown 0 ·take action . .Members otherplacewhere people pay with theit building, must be to help our culture of the German resis- lives for the activities of our culture. collapse in place, sd that in its fall it . tance to Hitler from · Ifwe'retosurvive, wemustrecognize · takes out as little life as possible...... ~---1--96'3 to 1945, for example, exhibited $at we _l,
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'·.•• •I .·:1. .·:+> ·i I ,..;_,.....-}J.J.. - ... ----·...... · . . . .. ··.·•. . ·. . . ··.. · .. ·.,.,.,- concepts included more gro- '\~--·- -~:r\JA · lEAVE !JsooR: - --JY"L~tJJ£ ~:;::~r=~~~~~:~:a~~~~~~~k: ~. · .. c- l._ A. ND At_iD TEND ~[ ·_. . , . front condos and two golf rtOM!:::. . TO YOUR ~N ... · LAil10 · courses. The centerpiece was ~ · B"$114E:SS · to be a heritage theme park that would portray the unique history and culture of the people that inhabited the land from the 1700s un til it was taken by TVA. (A very large percentage of the population traced its ances try to Revolutionary War soldiers who received the land as payment for service.) This park would be encircled · bythe "Tennessee Splash," a replica of the Tennessee River, in which visitors could · float in rented in- · ner tubes. The public's response was so negative BY DAVID NICKELL AND TRACY jORDAN that TV A an nounced it wou-ld The concept of public lands is based _ . The money TVA offered us was ludicrously low withdraw the proposal before the comment period on the premise that, if private interests had their for our land and buildings. TV A justified this as. expired. The agency promised it had no plans for way, there would soon be no natural areas un necessary to "discourage land speculators." Those any developments. Within a year, the restaurant, a marred by humans. In seeking to protect natural who refused the initial offers, under the threat of Western store and numerous rental cabins had been areas, our governing officials have devised a com condemnation, received even less. The degrada constructed, and the logging had escalated. plex web of bureaucracy that extends to countless ,tion of being forced from our places was intensified The pattern has been consistent since the first agencies and persons, most of whom are unknown by our portrayal in the press as backwards, igno commercialization efforts in 1988: Deny there is and not accountable to the actual public. Land rant ahd lawless people. But the major reason all a plan, build quietly, then promise that there are Between the Lakes ~BL), which was actually Land Americans should be upset about Land Between no plans for further developments, build quietly, Between the Rivers until its re-christening in 1964, the Lakes is because what happened there is em then promise again. offers an example of what can happen to th,e ·land blematic of wha't is presently happening to much Protests by the public_have been ignored by TV ft... and people caught in this web. of public land: It is being converted to StJit the Conventional appeals to elected officials produced Land Between the Rivers was a peninsula of multi needs of interests that are not the interests of the. a congressional hearing last June, but nothing generational farms and rural communities between people who love nature and love the land. . resulted. Hope hinges on a promise that the land the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers in west~rn TV A's plan stated that no one could develop the would remain forever free of commercial develop Kentucky and Tennessee. After the iron industry land, profit from it in a monetary sense or do ment. This promise was made both to the former burned itself out at the turn of the century, the land anything ther.e to damage nature. That reality has residents, as explanation for their expulsion, and was mostly used for farming, hunting and fishing. been distorted in the new language ofwise use and to all Americans, as explanation for purchasing the It was paradise to the people who lived there, with sustainable resources to mean that no one but TV A land. u·the government can be held to its promise the rivers providing natural insulation and sym can develop the land. The mom-and-pop groceries · to the people, it will be a major victory against the bolic separation from the outside. Visitors from of the 1960s have been replaced by sterile, electri acceleration of wise use management. As corporate outside were often amazed to find that some of us fied ones financed by taxpayers. In effect, the public interests continue to use declining federal subsi had no electricity, indoor plumbing or telephone: · pays top prices for trinkets and souvenirs their taxes dies as an excuse to gain access to valuable public We had privacy, beautiful land, woods, water and have already paid for, from a store that they unwit resources, the LBL issue will be a critical juncture in communities where everyone helped each other. tingly paid to build, in front of a campground (that public land management. . · · We survived and rebuilt after floods-natural ones is little different from a mall parking lot) that they TV A Chairman Craven Crowell has taken the and othe'rs made by the Army Corps of Engineers paid to pave, so that they could pay to park there on unprecedented move of requesting that Congress and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) when land that they unknowingly helped steal (ostensi not fund LBL or its other non-power programs they dammed the rivers . . bly to prevent commercialization). (mainly dams and navigation). Congress recently We even established our own 70,000-acre Ken TV A recently set an alarming precedent in an approved funding of LBL for 1998 but stated flatly tucky Woodlands National Wildlife Refuge in 1900 other part of Tennessee by issuing long-term leases this will be the last year of funding. Because TV A when Shelley Nickell decided to protect the last to private interests and selling lands acquired by · "acquired" the LBt by its own authority and no flock of wild turkey in the area. The federal designa eminent domain as condominium sites. TV A justi enabling legislation was ever written to establish tion came in 1938. fied the hiring of a Texas development firm to the legal status of the area, the only constraints on It was probably that wildlife refuge that spelled the design condos and marinas as necessary_!g_: maxi TV A's use of LBL have been the strings attached to beginning of the end for the people of Land Between mize the value of the property." (As a hybrid public/ federal'"money. TVA will now be "forced" to oper the Rivers. In 1964 President ~ennedy found it on a private corporation, TVA can operate in whichever ate LBL fr.om funds generated within the LBL and map, flew over it in a helicopter, sent in the National capacity is most convenient at the time.) Managing can use the profits as it sees fit. This is a dangerous Park Service to study it and entrusted it to TV A. valuable public resources, with little or no control precedent for all public lands. . · When Kennedy realized that most of the viable over their use, is perhaps more temptation than any Kentucky Congressman Ed Whitfield and Sena wilderness in the West was already under govern agency can stand-especially TV A, which..is $28 · tor Mitch McConnell have introduced a bill to mertt protection, he sought to build a legacy of billion in debt, thanks to its nuclear power produc- Congress to determine the future of the LBL. This public lands in the East, including those that could . tion. [See EF! journal, August-September 1994.] legislation would turn the. area over to the US be restored and kept in pristine condition. Little Recent alliances with huge timber interests have Forest Service and sets up a special fund from known wetlands and lakeshores received extra also produced irreparable results. Commercial log which management expenses would be drawn. acreage, grandiose new names and statuses to ging has been not only renewed, but increased All revenues generated from LBL's resource "man match. Countless acres were absorbed by the gov dramatically. The cutting follows a patchwork pat agement" or from any business ventures therein ernment into this new national recreation plan. · tern designed to prevent inclusion of more of the would be put in that fund. The bill even spe~ifies Many places were given national park and national 170,000-acre forest into a nature preserve. And that TV A can give corporations renewable 30-year monument status. There was a frenzy of involve TV A used to brag that LBL was the largest leases for development of "recreation facilities." ment as state and local leaders sought to explore unfragmented hardwood forest between the Rockies . While the bill is under consideration, TV A is the new possibilities of tourism in areas that had and the Alleghenies! It now openly boasts that its scheduled to begin logging in core areas of the been sleeping peacefully for centuries. goal is to become "competitive in the outdoor bioreserve this summer. · TV A believed there were no outstanding features in recreation industry" and that "preservation is det The Concept Zero Task Force has been formed to LBL, either natural or humanmade. They proposed rimental to outdoor recreation." educate the public on this issue and is a coalition of that all commercial activity and permanent dwell Shadowy alliances with development interests former residents, business and sporting groups, en ings be excluded from the park. The waters would started with TVA's "five concepts" proposals for vironmentalists and educators. For more informa serve as a natural boundary. In other words, we, the development of the LBL. These "concepts" wer~ the tion, contact the Concept Zero Task Force at POB 56, people of Land Between the Rivers, were history. result of the required public comment period on · Eddyville, KY 42038; http://www.apex.net/lbJcrisis. Page 6 Earth First! Beltane 199B I been merely 0.8 percent of the presettlement forest composition of the Allegheny Plateau, clearcutting favored this early successional species, and it On the drawing board, timber certification looks great. By currently comprises more than 20 percent of the forest canopy. Although offering financial incentives for ecoforestry, it seems that every- black cherry farming is a lucrative business endeavor, certifying it carries a one wins: Industries get new markets; forests are protected, envi- hefty ecological cost, requiring clearcuts for sunlight penetration and massive ronmentalists claim victories and consumers get to help save the herbicide applications to control the ubiquitous hay-scented fern. In sum, forests with every purchase. Unfortunately, reality is rarely so tidy. In even though the certified Pennsylvania operations are not natural forests, reports from across the nation; we find that timber certification is more they are actively endorsed by the FSC. of a curse than a blessing: Industries get to greenwash their image, forests get Weak,standards also jeopardize the national campaign to achieve zero cut on status-quo management, environmentalists get the rhetoric of conservation public lands. In 1997, we saw the tip of the iceberg with the certification of two biology without implementation and consumers get mislead. publicforests:58,000acresintheQuabin The current certification effort is a product of good intentions. The Reservoir of central Massachusetts and Woodworkers Alliance for Rainforest Protection, now the Good Wood 550,000 acres in Aitkin County, Minne- Alliance, developed timber certification to help tropical communities sota. Since th'en, the state of Pennsylva- defend themselves economically from encroaching multinational nia has approved a certified timber pro- timbercompanies. In North America; however, these noble goals have gram for over 2.1 million acres of state been replaced by an emphasis oil getting big industry "on board" and forest. Not to be outdone, John Palmer, opening new markets. Let's trace the path of timber certification on forest supervisor of the Allegheny Na- the drawing board: the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), a non-profit, tiona! Forest said recently that he is nongovernmental organization defined general"Principals of Forest "considering certification" for the Al- Management" regarding overarching issues to be addressed in certifi- legheny. A seal-of-approval for timber- cation programs. These principals are how being refined into specific ing our public lands encourages us to standards and guidelines by FSC-endorsed regional Certification Work- squabble over how much timber should ing Groups. Finally, the standards and guidelines are used by certifica- be cut from public lands, instead of fac- tion groups (i.e. SmartWodd and Scientific Certification Systems) to .., ing the real issue: whether trees should certify forestry operations as sustainable. If the operation meets re- ~ be cut at all from public lands. Eco- gional criteria by an acceptable margin, the timber froin that sale is ~ certification of public lands mistakenly ~ marked with the FSC seal and, ideally, is sold for a higher price to ~ removes the burden of proof from those conscientious consumers. ~ who intend to use public resources for As a former member of the Central Appalachian Working Group, I can · ! private gain and places it squarely on the attest to the weakness of our regional draft standards and guidelines. In the ~ shoulders of those who work for its pro- Central Appalachians, natural disturbances have been shaping these ridges "' tection. and valleys for millions of years. These disturbances, including fire and The c_ase of Big Creek Lumber Com- windstorms, have produced biologically rich forests. It almost goes without Now you too can feel good about your pany in California illustrates another saying that good forestry in the Central Appalachians should not exceed these pitfall of timber certification~ In Los Angeles County, forest activists won a natural guidelines in disturbance size or return interval. However, the Central Wood Products Procurement Ordinance that mandated the county consume Appalachian Working Group has created standards and guidelines that include wood products intelligently. To meet their demand for certified wood, the multiple exceptions and qualifications to this principle, which disregard the basic county turned to Big Creek Timber Company of California. Unbeknownst to tenant of ecoforestry. the county, Big Creek purchases and sells a majority of its timber from non-FSC The absence of strong standards in the Central Appalachians can be traced to certified operations. As a result, the county paid for status-quo timber while a lack of consideration for the unique attributes of this bioregion. The current buying into the idea that the FSC label guaranteed good wood. standards resulted from a single, hectic weekend of sifting through sample Unfortunately, there is little recourse to proactively affect the regional standards from the US and abroad. As a result, considerations of endemic standards and guidelines in North America as they are in advanced stages for all species, the differences between the eastern slopes of the Blueridge and the regional working groups. However, with a clear and unified grassroots platform highly dissected plateaus, and the abundance of small private land holdings on a national level, we could improve the situation. were lost in the paper shuffle. In sum, we lost our focus on Appalachia. Grassroots forest protection groups from across the nation have begun to In other regional working groups, similar problems plague the development identify such a platform of issues that must not be compromised if certification of meaningful standards. At a meeting of the Southeast Working Group last is to have real value. Currently, the platform states that the following should not December, the group rejected standards that 11 [w]here threatened or endan- be completely or partially certified: old-growth logging, even-aged management, gered species are present, their habitat must be protected in a systematic and public lands (including federal and state lands) and paper and pulp industries. deliberate way" and 11 inappropriate management activities are restricted in In the final analysis, we should recognize that certification is the product of ·conservation zones or protected areas." If these common sense guidelines are good intentions gone bad in practice. It looks good on the drawing board; it unacc:eptable, what lax management can we expect to be certified in the looks good to charitable foundations; it looks good to eager consumers. As southeast? This poor decision is representative of a working group where only . timber certification moves from the drawing boards into the forests, we should one of the 15 members represents a conservation organization. strengthen the regional standards and expose abuses, enabling ecoforestry for In the absence of strong regional standards and guidelines, true ecoforestry the landscape and honesty for the consumer. is not guaranteed by the FSC label. In the Central Appalachians, the only Your help is needed to move this platform forward on a national level. Please certified forest violates one of the most basic requirements of the FSC: contact the Appalachian Restoration Campaign for more information at POB 5541 maintenance of natural forests. Although black cherry is estimated to have Athens, OH 45701; (614) 592-3968; [email protected], http:www.heartwood.arc.
wolf control programs during his government term (which will last three more years). IIi December of 1997, he not only ruled out helicopterkills but also A determined wolf to Jennifer Beatty for locking down to the metal mesh sterilizations and trapping incentives. curtains of the McDonald's at her Moraine Valley Community College campus A brave wolf to the City Council of Flagstaff, Arizona, for recently declaring in Illinois. Aftet following the McLibel trial closely, Beatty decided to demon the city a Nuclear Free Zone. The decision comes at a time when Flagstaff and the strate against the greasy multinational. The corporation not only has a fast food rest of the I-40 corridor are being targeted as routes for the transportation of high joint on campus, it also built the McDonald's Student Center and prohibits bake level radioactive waste going to the proposed interim dump at Ward Valley. safes on ca·mpus, - A Porky Pig poodle to Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman who an A wild and vertigo-free wolf to Julia Butterfly for h~r courageous frontline nounced a $30 million USDA purchase of pork products to boost sagging hog defense. She is continuing her occupation of"Luna," an ancient redwood tree near prices. The pig is slated for use in the national school lunch program as well as Headwaters forest. As of April21, Julia's occupation has lasted 130 days. She by various food-distribution charities. was recently presented the "Wage Peace Recognition of Valor" award by the A yapping poodle with diarrhea of the mouth to the Veterans for Peace and the "Protector ofthe Woods" award by the geologists at University of California, Davis, who Leonard Peltier Defense Committee. were drilling in the Pacific Ocean to study hot A _ switch-hitting wolf to the former timber town water vents and found a zone of high-grade ...... : of Detroit, Oregon, and its city council for opposing copper ore below the sea floor. The area will logging in the Santiam watershed, the municipal soon be open to commercial mining. ' drinking water source for the city of Salem and sur- · A poodle shot by a poacher to New Mexico rounding areas. The council recently voiced disap Governor Gary Johnson who used a line-item proval of the Forest Service's plan to log ancient forest veto to slash $344,000 in appropriations to the in the watershed. The once timber~dependent town Conservation Services Division of the New now thrives on outdoor recreation. Mexico Department of Game and Fish. A outspoken wolf to the Yukon's Minister of Renew Johnson's action will eliminate 33 percent of able Resources, Eric Fairclough, who announced an end to the staff working on endangered species.
May-June 1998 Earth First! Page 7 ·· intr~duced .!at~ l*st '$urgn)ei ~nd was . the-.bilLAnd, knowing full well that sure to be passed by November. Now it's ·in any readers ofthis esteemed}oumal the middle of April and still no vote do not condone strategic pragmatism, you figtire it out: · . · _the value of having a good, proactive The Kempthorne bill, ·· s. 1180, ·is . bill iri the ·· House (Representative conservationists in the World cari't do : being called ESAin't for some very George Miller's bill) with 104 biparti BY ROGER FEATHERSTONE . squat by themselves. But by "workirig ·· good·reasons. . . · · · · san co-sponsors to poirit to as an alter The attempts of Congress, the Ameri outside the box"we accomplished some It ai'n't got anything to do with the native cannot be underestimated. can public and indeed of environmen significant victories: We stopped alf · recovery of endangered fish, wildlife Extractive industries, not satisfied tal groups toreauthorize the Endangered the bad ESA bills·from moving forward, and p\ants; it threatens to hurl species that the ESAin't went far enough to Species Act (ESA) have been spotty at arid out of 15-17 riders introduced, we past the point of no return. It autho- · line their greedy pockets, went to Sen best. Since 1993 the ESA has been up for only lost two. · rizes lohg-term, multi-speciesineiden ate Majority Leader TrentLott (R-MS) renewaL Congress had an' opportunity' · (3) Everyorieindudingthe ivory-tow tar hike ·permits (sometimes called arid asked him to sponsor amend to reauthorize it in 1993~1994 when ered academics entered the fray and Habitat Conservation Plans) ori non ments to make the bill even worse. Senator Max Baucus (D-MT} (before his fought to protect the ESA. By working, federal lands. It also 'prevents modifi This caused the already besieged of spine liquefied) introduced a decent bill instead of stewing and taking pot shots cationstoHCPsinlightofnewscientific fices of Baucus and Reid to overload, in the 103rd Congress. Coupled with a at each other, folks got things done. . information or changed circumstances. · tyirig the bill's sponsors in endless solid ESA bill in the House, the environ (4) The combination· of.us hammer It attemptsto eliminate the Checks negotiations. Finally, knowing that mental community had a good shot at ing for a stronger ESA from one side and and balances, public participation and the major criticism of the bill from the reauthorizing. Instead of moving for the Wide-Abusers on the other saying accountability that help protect en White House and Babbitt was the lack ward, however, the conventional wis Dirk, Slade, Helen and the rest weren't dangered fish, wildlife and plants. Spe of a funding source for landowner dom in Washington, DC was that going far enough, allowed us not only cifically, ESAin't gives the US Fish and "incentives," Kempthorne latched on environmentalists should, as Michael to kick the shit out of the compromisers Wildlife Service and the National Ma to a scheme proposed by Senator Pete Bean of the Environmental Defense in the middle, but also to motivate rine Fisheries Service only -60 Qp.ys_to Domenici (R-NM) of selling $350 mil Fund said, "wait for a better Congress." . many bystanders who otherwise would issue a finding on whether HCPs or lion of public lands to fund the ESAin't. November 1994 ushered in the Newt not have engaged.in the debate. other plans will harm species. If the This proposal was . tacked on to the Gingrich take-over of Congress by the (5) Grassroots litigators filed some review is :riot completed in time, in Senate Budget bill the first week in dreaded Republicans-the 104th Con tremendously effective legal challenges dustry is free to proceed. April. It appears to be too much even gress. Congress quickly introduced a against the US Fish and Wildlife Service's ESAin't gives big developers and mul for the White House and Babbitt to number of horribly anti-enVironmen attempt to gut the ESA. · tinational mining, timber and oil cor swallow. Babbitt wants the ESAin't in tal bills, including an ESA listing mora By November 1996, our forces were porations 100-year loopholes that let the worst way, but he can't accept torium rider and a bill to gut the ESA. strong, we had beat up on the enemy, them destroy endangered species habi selling public land to pay for environ Those were bloody days for endan we had forward momentum, we were tat until the year 2098. mental"protection." Senator Reid has gered species and their homes. At the undivided, and the issues were still black S. 1180 is opposed by religious lead vowed to withdraw his support for the start, the only fighters on the battlefield and-white. But, we were still only at ers, hunting and sportfishing groups ESAin't because of Domenici's rider. were small bands of grassroots activists one-tenth of the capacity we needed. and every nonprofit, grassroots con As it now stands, Congress is run so used to fighting impossible battles The 105th Congress changed all that. servation group in the US. ning out of legislative days this session. they were not cowed by "political real Dirk, Slade, Rich, Don, and even Helen, ESAin't has been brought to a stand The bill ha~ considerable support, but ity." After months of holding the lines learned not to be so strident. Their new still despite tremendous odds. Why? . we have significant strength. So far, and working behind the scenes recruit legislative attempts had a kinder, gen Several good reasons. ESA fighters we've kept S. 1180 from the Senate ing new allies, endangered species ac tler look. By the middle of 1997, many don't know when to quit-we just floor. If we turn up the heat even more, tivists fought back. In the final tally of of the good points I mentioned earlier keep coming back for more! Anti-ESA we should prevail. If we waver, become the 104th Congress, some very impor had been erased. Pushing a protective constructions like HCPs and No Sur distracted or lose faith, we will get tant battles were lost: the ESA morato agenda is now harder: We are working prises, once thought to be benign by trounced. I'm betting we will prevail. rium, the Mount Graham rider and the in 256 shades of gray instead of black many, are now known to be evil, a I'm betting further we will build on our Salvage Rider. On other fronts, how · and white. The public thought we had tremendous change in public percep current strength, put · our heads to ever, we advanced. And, just as impor saved the day and went back to sleep. tion brought about by the untiring gether and come up with the means to tantly, our opponents went too far and The one thing we didn't lose however, work of many grassroots groups who pass a stronger ESA next year that will fell victims of backlash. was our new voice. did a terrific job educating the public truly protect our natural heritage. Several important factors stopped the Now, this is supposed to be an article and the national environmental Roger Featherstone is the director of the onslaught and put us back in a winning about the Kempthorne bill, and half groups. The Wide-Abusers played a GrassRoots Environmental Effectiveness frame of mind. way through it I'm just getting to the significant role by saying the bill didn't NetWork and is on the management team (1) Our community is always better at bill itself. Forgive me, but understand go far enough, creating a pincher ofthe Endangered Species Coalition. Hav stopping than starting something. The ing why we have to stop a freight train movement of the ends beating up the ing spent years Earth First! organizing as 104th gave us many bad things to fight. few saw coming down the tracks six middle. The White House, Babbitt and well as years in exile within the DC beltway, By 1995, however, we ran out of bad months ago requires some background. the Democratic sponsors of the bill, Roger is now based in Albuquerque. things to say without having an alterna The Kempthorne bill, S. 1180, is de Senators Baucus tive. This necessi~ated an offensive. signed to gut the ESA. Who could stop and Reid, just (2) We learned the hard way to reach an industry-sponsored bill with the sup never recovered out to "new voices"-the medical, port of two "environmental" senators, from the fact sporting, faith and fishing communi Interior Secretary Babbitt, the White that not one en ·· ..._,..··· .. . ties, among others. In doing so, we re House and the leadership of both the vironmental learned an important lesson. All the House and the Senate? Well, the bill was group supports
could swim well, went in one by one to help 1997 Darwin him but also drowned. Two elderly farmers then came to help but were also pulled by the same undercurrent. The bodies of the six were Award Notninees later pulled out of the well in the village of Nazlat Imara, 240 miles south of Cairo. The It is once again time to consider nominees for the chicken was also pulled out. It survived. Darwin Award. The award is given posthumously each Nominee #2 [Bloomburg News SeiVice]: A year to the groups or individuals that best demonstrate terrible diet and a room with no ventilation 1\.1~ ~VtPoN~MA~ WllACII1lS 1,/DRI Page 8 Earth First! Beltane 1998 Lubicon Win Boycott Ruling Against Daishowa In a landmark ruling by an Ontario 500 people. They have never signed ful interference with economic in Lubicon land until the land rights court, the consumer boycott of for away their land rights. At the trial, terests, conspiracy to injure (eco were settled and until a timber har estry multinational Daishowa, Fred Lennarson, longtime advisor to nomically), misrepresentation and vesting agreement was negotiated. launched by Toronto-based Friends of the Lubicon, testified that the mas..: defamation. Trial Outcome the Lubicon (FoL), exploitation which Daishowa alleged that picketing or merely legal but a ~-~-·-- . devastated the · the prospect of picketii!&J.larassed, activities should and ~eatened or intimidat~ompanies ~strictions on t~age to democratic the that carried Daishowa products. How- oeused by FoL in future communica 10 ever, some ofthecompanies FoLgave tions. Observing that FoL's use of the information about the Lubicon situa word genocide (to describe the pro tion to wrote back saying they were cess of cultural destruction in which depression, the boycott. What's the Lubicon find themselves) cide, and con and noJnesu of health problems recent resource ex]plo~ita ing cancer, skin epidemic, still births, birth defects. . · Dex directories to stop printing on ·"~·"'' ...... Interests? paper purchased from Dais.howa. US issue ' of intent is significant. West customers are encouraged to howa claimed that FoL intended include a letter with each phone bill . economically harm Daishowa via payment protesting the use of the boycott. baishowa claimed the Daishowa paper in the publishing of boycott cost its paper bag business $5 the directories. For more information which wen million until the beginning of 1995 contact Friends of the Lubicon at 485 1997, sought and $3 million a year since then. Rid~lle Ave., Toronto, ON, M6B 1K6 sumer boycott dispute, In testimony, Thomas · and Ed ·Canada; (416) 763-7500; fax 603- claimed the hn'vrr,,.· secondary Bianchi of FoL stated that the pur 2715; [email protected]; http:// mated $14 million in lost under this law. pose of the boycott was to encourage kafka. uvic.ca/ ~vipirg/SISIS/Lubicon/ David vs. Goliath ~···- .... ~~that the FoL'sboy Daishowa to make a clear, unequivo main.html. Lubicon Defense Project, The Lubicon are a small aboriginal cott included threats, intimidation, cal and public commitment to not 5009 46th Ave. South, Seattle, WA hunting and trapping society of about inducing breach of contract, wrong- log or buy wood cut on unce?ed 98118; (206) 722-5785 . . DoqqEd by THE MouNTiES iN THE G'REAT WHiTE NoRTH "Violent terrorists," tainting the jury pool if the case Darren was held in custody for about two weeks BY GINA LYNN goes to trial. The headlines read, "Stalked by Eco- without bail because of his criminal convictions in Over the past three years, Canadians David Barbarash Bombers." __ Canada (freeing cats from a lab and burning meat and Darren Thurston have undergone intense police The National Security Investigative Section a:nd the trucks five years ago). During his deportation hear scrutiny: They've had monitoring devices placed in Canadian Security and Intelligence Service have both ing, the district attorney said Dam~n was being inves their vehicles and homes; had thousands of e-mail, fax · contacted and visited dozens of people (some numer tigated by the FBI as a "threat to national security," and voice communications intercepted; and had vast ous times) in Canada, England and the United States. but she wasn't sure why. That wasn't good enough amounts of property seized in raids. [See EF! Journal, They have attempted to coerce activists to turn against · for the judge-she issued a "voluntary departure June-July 1997.] · their peers by making up ridiculous stories that would order," which is not as bad as deportation. Darren The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) had get anyone else sued for defamation. · was escorted by INS officers to a plane bound for named Darren and David as their prime targets in the On June 16, Warren Leigh Ryan, head investigator Canada on February 7. investigation of four mail bombs in 1995, and razor on the case came to our apartment and told me that David was arrested on March 27, on a warrant blade booby trap letters sent to 27 guide outfitters in Darren killed my dog and that they have it on tape sworn out on the one-year anniversary of the raids. 1995-96. The "Milit(!nt Direct Action Task Force" (urn, yeah, Darren spent two years in prison for freeing· Darren returned to Vancouver and turned himself claimed responsibility fqr the mail bombs and the cats from a lab, but he beats dogs ... whatever). in a couple of days later. They are. jointly charged "Justice Department" Claimed the razor blade letters. In October, Darren attempted to visit England to with 27 counts of "sending an explosive or danger On March 20, 1997, after listening devices were testify in the GANDALF trial, as mandated by th~ ous thing in the mail." David is additionally charged discovered in and removed from my · with "possession truck and the apartment in which Darren of an explosive and I lived, the RCMP executed five substance" and search warrants on Darren and David's "possession of a homes and other places where some of prohibited their belongings were stored. Numerous weapon" (a stun items of personal property were seized gun). Darren is ad under the guise that it may be relevant to ditionally charged the investigation. with "imperson Since then, the Crown has success ation." No charges fully applied several times to further have been laid in detain the seized property. Over time, a few items court, but he was denied entry. Reportedly, the connection with any of the mail bombs. have been returned. In March of this year, the feds RCMP told British authorities that he had outstand Both have been released on their own recognizance had to choose whether to fight in BC Supreme Court · ing weapons charges, which is ridiculous as he has with strict bail conditions: They are not allowed to to continue to keep the property (a decision they never had any weapons-related violations nor did he leave BC, must surrender their passports, are not probably would have lost) or to lay charges. They have any outstanding charges at all. allowed to· have contact with each other and must _ chose the latter. Recently, the RCMP laid charges · On january 28 of this year, Darren was arrested at report to RCMP headquarters once a week. against both men in relation to the Justice Depart gunpoint in California by 15 thugs from Immigra Their next court appearance is May 11, when they ment actions. tion and Naturalization Services, the FBI and the enter their pleas. Trials are not likely to happen until In the past year, unscrupulous federal agents un Anaheim Police Department. After being searched, 1999. veiled an arsenal of dirty tricks to discredit Darren he. was immediately taken to the Anaheim Public Please help support our fellow warriors. Send letters and David. The feds launched a media smear cam Library where the agencies had a command post set of support and donations for their legal defense paign by making the information used to obtain the up and about 20 more federal agents in suits waiting (earmarked "for Darren and/or David") to the North search warrants available to a slimy reporter who for him. There, he was shackled and taken to Los · American ALF Supporters Group, Box 69597, 5845 painted a picture of the nonviolent activists as . Angeles to be processed as an "undesirable alien." · Yonge St., Willowdale, Ontario, M2M 4K3 Canada. May-June 1998 Earth First! Page 9 :-·--: . . - granting a permit anyway. Similarly, Soil Remediation Services' plant (to be built on the RR&Z trash com plex) was permitted by the DEPin 1995, even though the permit violated the ordinance as well. Fed up with the DEP's complicity with industry · ahd lack of enforcement iti Chester, CRCQL ·sued .. ; . . the ··state in May'1996 :for environmental racism have proposed to brfrig't bntarninated soH .(mostly under the Civil RightS' Act -0f 1964. Since the DEP 'petroletirri and lead-laden soH 'froili '-'leaky under- . recdv'es · rrioney froin -. th~ federal Envifonmerital .grounq . gas 'st6rage··.· tanks)·· iri1:o C.h?ster. '"Soil .Protediori Agency, lt'·~shall hotuse criteria or rneth- ' ·' Remediatio~ Servkes (SRS) ·and Cherol May-June 1998 Earth First! Page 15 week to maintain the police presence necessary to ensure that North Forest Products can proceed despite protests. Solar Powen:d Tasmanian 1fee Sit North Forest Products is the world's largest coupe or to lock to log trucks. Many of the most woodchipper and is also responsible for theJabiluka mine (see accompanying article). Most of the trees BY TIM CADMAN, NEIL SMITH AND dedicated activists have already been arrested and . released on bail with conditions that specify large felled will not even provide sawlogs for the local LAURIE GOLDSWORTHY . penalties should they return to the area. construction industry and will create very little Mass protests and a solar-powered tree sit are the In the US you had Option 9, a lot of high-sound employment in processing. The industry is driven signature tools of a recent campaign to protect old ing words from the government that freed more of by a few large ·companies that make high profits by growth on the island of Tasmania. your priceless heritage for exporting raw The Mother Cummings coupe (timber sale) con ests for exploitation. A few woodchips, mainly to tains old-growth white-topped stringy bark forest years ago the federal govern Japan, for eventual that has never seen an ax and is interspersed with ment in Australia instituted use in low-grade pulp delicate sphagnum moss beds and King Billy pines, a series of "Regional Forest products like card relicts from the last ice age. A swamp and the King Agreements" (RFA) with the board boxes. Billy stands have been spared from logging so far, state governments. Under Mother. Cummings but the integrity of the whole ecosystem is at risk. these agreements there was is part of the Great The forest sits on sandstone outcrops in an area supposed to be a "compre Western Tiers, known of high landslip potential. The coupe contains hensive, adequate and rep as Kooparon-a Niara . beautiful rock shelters used by early aborigines. resentative" forest reserve (Mountains of the The logging operations put the rock shelters at risk system set up to ensure that Spirits) to the indig of damage through landslipS; a point overlooked some forests were conserved, enous people. For sev by North Forest Products, the woodchipping com whereupon the forest indus eral years there has pany. The corporation's woefully inadequate ar try would be given unfet been a proposal to chaeological assessment did not even make note of tered access to the remain make most of the pub- the extensive rock shelters. At one stage, the coupe der of public forested lands. . lie land along this ex boundary was only 20-meters away from a signifi So far two of these agree tensive escarpment cant shelter. ments have been signed for into a national park A multif(lceted campaign to protest the coupe has different areas in the state of 8 partially managed by been in full swing for six weeks now. There have Victoria and another cover ~ the aboriginal com been roadblocks to stop and delay earth-moving ing the whole of the island ~ munity, which sees machinery and trucks, tree sits to get in the way of state Tasmania. ~ o.pportunities for em tree-cutting operations, and media releases and other The Tasmanian agreement ~ ployment for its attempts to build public consciousness. Most of the includes provisions allowing ~ . people in cultural tree-sits were short-lived, but the better-prepared conservation. targets to be ~ tourism (as well as tree platform of "Hector the·Protector" lasted for 12 ignored if they would cause ~ protection of impor days right in the path of the proposed access road. problems with loss of em ~ tant ancestral sites). Hector pad a solar and bike-powered computer with · ployment or "community The logging of this . Internet access in his tree. cohesion." These provisions beautiful place is ei On March 22, a group of nearly 1,000 people have been . interpreted Hector and his platform ther a serious mistake marched up the logging road, resulting in 68 arrests broadly. Infuriatingly, after or an act of vindiC~ · for trespass. Rallies of about 500 people have been. release of the RFA the government immediately tiveness designed to demonstrate the power of organized in Tasmania's two major cities, Hobart chose to attack one of our "icon" areas on Mother the Regional Forestry Agreement and the and Launceston. Cummings Peak, a piece of pristine forest of only 65 woodchippers. Either way, these forests will not Closet to the site, about 40 police officers receri'tly hectares that was previously reserved from logging fall without a serious fight; · · · set up a village of transportable buildings with because of its high level of biodiversity. Please write the Hon. Tony Rundle, Premier of plumbing and professional caterers near Mother The shelterwood logging operation would re Tasmania, Parliament House, Hobart Tasmania Cummings. The protesters have a basecamp at the move 70 percent of the big trees and is expected to 7000; [email protected]; and. home of sympathizer~ and a more advanced camp yield about 7,000 tonnes of pulpwood and 1,500 Hon. John Beswick MHA, Minister for Forests, ·on a roadside closer to the coupe. Over 112 people cubic meters of sawlogs. The state would receive Parliament House, Hobart Tasmania ?Oob; have been arrested defending Mother Cummings. about $80,000 royalty for the logs, which will john. beswick@parliament. tas.gov .au. .· ' The protests will continue with more of the same mostly pay for coupe management costs, while For more information, contact the Native Forest . sorts of actions, although with the large police North Forest Products reaps the real profits. It is Network, POB 301, Deloraine, Tasmania 7304, Aus presence it is getting harder and harder to get in the currently costing the state about $150,000 per tralia; +61 3 6369 5102; [email protected]. JuMPING JABILUKAt MARARTH.ON AusTRALIAN MINE. PRoTEST The fight over a new uranium mine as they can on this one," says Jacqui ment \n the best sort of place/' but that's how I see this one." in Australia's tropical Kakadu National Katona, spokesperson for the Mirrar With the world's largest reserves of The Franklin campaign, mounted Park escalated recently with the first Gundjehmi people, the aboriginal com the mineral, Australia: now exports . mo~tly by the environmental lobby, arrests in what is predicted to be. a · munity in the area. 6,500 tonnes of uranium oxide each overthrew aconservative government marathon protest campaign. The Mirrar have a legal right to veto year to 11 countries. Its largest cus~ when theAustranan Labor Party prom On March 24,· two protesters who any mining activity-in theory. But tomers are the United States, Japan ised to support the environmentalists chained themselves to machines were proponents say Mirrar leaders agreeg and So:!Jth Korea. . : . . in the 1983 federal election. In this charged with trespassing. Aliother so in the -'70s and '80s to ·allow the The Mirrii't l'i:!ve~leamedpainf1!l'tl!s- . election year, aboriginal Australia has entered theJabiluka inine construction leasing and mining of the land cover sons from the neighboring Ranger ura~ been dealt a double blow by the cur site. Three weeks earlier, 9,000 demon ing the Jabiluka deposits. nium mine, which ERA has operated rent conservative government's sup strators rallied in three major Austra~ Challenges have been tried in court, on Mirrar land since 1980. Each tradi-· port of the mine and proposals to lian cities to protest the uranium mine . but ERA is racing to take adv(lntage of tional owner gets royalties of US $1,350 amend the recently awarded land in _northern Australia. A blockade was the dry season to start work. The com a year from Ranger, but ERA also rights. The coalition fighting Jabiluka set up at the site of the proposed mine pany says the mine's operationswould brought alcohol to the township with seeks to make this a bigger election in April, and aboriginal landowners and . posttno threat to the fragile wetlands the mine, which has devastated the . issue than the Franklin. environmental activists have vowed to of Kakadu, but the Miriar dispute this. community. If you want to act in solidarity with stop work there until the project is They also fear the disruptive effects To protest the mine, direct action · the Mirrar Gundjehmi there are sev completely abandoned. big mining operations will have on was taken in Melbourne, home of ERA's eral things you can do: LOrganize an Jabiluka is located in the Alligators their society. parent <;ompany, North Umited, where · action in your city during the week o{ River Region of the Northern Terri The federal government approved 100 people occupied the head office. May 11-17targeting the Australian tory and is surrounded by the World the mine last year, _despite the unre At the public demonstration in Sydney, government. Make a visit or phone Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park, solved problems of the nuclear in Green Senator. Bob Brown compared call to your local Australian consu comprised of savannah and wetland. dustry and threats to the cultural and theJat>iluka campaign favorably to one late or embassy. 2. Write letters of Energy Resources Australia Ltd. (ERA) natural values. of Australia's greatest battles: . protest to ·the Prime Minister John wants to mine an estimated 20,000 "A project that generates 20 mil "Having come thro.ugh the Franklin Howard, Parliament House, Canberra, tons of ore from Jabiluka, one of the lion tonnes of radioactive waste is [Dam] campaign where there were 2600 Australia. 3. If you live in the US world's richest . untapped uranium simply not acceptable, safe or neces 6,000whowenttotheblockade, 1,'500 orJapan in an area with nuclear power bodies, to export to France, Germany, sary," declared protest organizer arrested and 500 jailed, I think this is utilities, tell them to boycott ura Japan and the US. · Jayne Weepers of the Northern, Ter going to be bigger. I don't say that nium from Energy Resources of Aus "The traditional owners don't want ritory Environment Centre. "This is "lightly. I've never saidthat about any tralia Pty. Ltd. (46 percent of ERA's this mine and. .. are prepared to go as far the worst sort of industrial develop- environmental is$ue since the Franklin business is in the US). Page 16 Earth First! Betane 1998 and cleared their land.The river, their major means of transport, became too Bakun Dam Delayed dangerous to use in places, despite Ekran's assurances that access would be The Bakun hydroelectric project, tinents, targeted investors, showing(step safeguarded. The impact on both their which would displace tens of 'thou bystep)howriskytheinvestmentwould agrieulturalland and forests (essential · sands of Ken yah people, has been put be. The internal contradictions of the for hunting and supplying materials for on hold due to the collapse of the project were glaring enough to put most medicine and building) caused growing Malaysian economy. The dam would financiers off. The Malaysian govern hardship. Conditions at the dam site inundate 69,640 hectares (268 square ment had to step in and begin to bail the were so bad that many local workers miles), drowning the habitat of 12 project out with the money of the Ma refused to work there; foreign workers protected species of fauna and at least laysian people. had to be employed in greater numbers. 93 other species. Authorities have refused to confirm re For the Ken yah people of Long Geng, ports of industrial accidents and deaths. in Ulu Belaga, Sarawak, the last .15 When the Malaysian economy col years ha~ been nothing but struggle. lapsed in 1997, the project was left an The land they have nurtured and de utter mess. Wasteful expenditures-and pended-on for centuries has been un unaccountable loans on huge mega der attack from logging companies, projectslike Bakun came home to roost. government agencies and those carry The stock market plummeted, and Ma ing outthe destruction and deforesta laysian currency lost over half its value ... tion necessitated by the Bakun hydro So, an excuse to postpone the whole electric project. Bakun project was quickly formulated. The people of Long Geng have re L'ate in November, the federal gov- sisted: They have blockaded logging ernment took over the project from roads, petitioned state ministers, sought ., Ekran and put the dam on hold be support from nearby communities, sent ~ cause of economic circumstances. But people overseas to tell their story, and 8 this temporary glitch in the capitalist sought solidarity from activists and ! economy still may not help the local governments around the world. .!<. ;; people. The project remains on the They've been arrested, harassed and ~ drawing board. Locals continue to ask taken off planes to stop them from §: . the government to totally scrap the spreading the news. They still face com ~ project forever. They suggest invest- pulsory resettlement to an area hope "'~- ing in alternative (and sustainable) ~ lessly inadequate, through a process ~ energy sources and more efficient use over which they have had little input ~ of current electricity generation. and no control. They refuse to go. ·. ~ Battles over indigenous land continue Numbering over 9,500 people, the all over Sarawak: One indigenous ·pro Ken yah community is just one of some .The people of UlqBe(uga tester was shot dead recently by police 15 indigenous communities that face This project would doubly penalize in Rumah Bartgga over a dispute with a imminent'eviction because ofthedam. the people of Malaysia. The electricity . ·plantation; companies and government The story of the Bakun Hydroelec- would actually be the most expensive officials buy off indigenous leaders with tric project is an utterly shameful one. in the country. The national electric money and promises;·resistors face ha First proposed in the 1980s, it was company, Tenag~Nasional , contracted rassment and victimization by Special abandoned because of the cost and to buy the power at a fixed price over Branch offiCials, police and other gov strong local and national opposition. the next 25 years, regardless of equity ernment agents. Public gatherings are It~~s . r~,sll rr~cte_Animal Liberation Front press Sarawak state government in 1995, the and Animal Liberation Front Support officer Robin Webb and Green Anar entire federal EIA process became moot. _ ers Group editors were released pend- chist defendant Paul Rogers on.the Even the lo~ P!ess c~mmented that , ing appeal of their conviction for same charges started on April 27 at the processwas deeply flawed andlikely conspiracy to incite persons un Pot;tsmouth Crown Court. Adem to lead to loss of public confidence. known to commit criminal dam onstration took place outside the Despite glaring inadequacies, the project age, for which they were each court on the first day of the trial. was approved. sentenced to three years last No Both Robin and Paul were engaged Local reaction was immediate. Com vember (See December/January '98 in aspeaking tour called the Libera munities asked for further details, and Eqrth First! Journal). tio.n Tour prior to their trail. many voiced outright opposition. In This is fantastic news and shows For more information contact the digenous leaders went to the Malay that the three probably have a London GANDALF Support Cam sian government to voice opposition. strong chance of having their con paign, c/o London Greenpeace, Public meetings were held, leafleting viction quashed: Until the appeal Panther House, 38 Mount Pleas" and demonstrations took place. is heard, each of the three is basi ari't ; London WC1X OAP; An international resistance campaign, cally free to do anything they wish [email protected]. linking Malaysians to groups in all con- May-J-une 1998 Earth First! Pv ..- · i~~~\j}r t'> ~ ' :•:I ,;.:·:~~ ·~~ Put down those tripod poles, lay down that monkey the altered beet enter the market, farmers planting the wrench, sit back and relax. Help is on the way. A new force engineered seeds would have to pay a technology fee to stopping ecocide that is more controversial than tree spik- · Monsanto and would be required to use Monsanto's ing and makes monkeywrenching look like child's play is weed-killer. Monsanto started planting in early April, making its way across the Atlantic. At risk of giving a heads about the same time a High Court judicial review on the up to law enforcement, we'd be doing a disservice to the planting started. Apparently, Monsanto isn't concerned Earth First! movement to not report on the latest breed of about pre-empting the courta little since it's confident it our very own Aikido warriors-the gnomes. Their stature will win the case. alone is intimidating; much havoc can be wrought three Elsewhere in Europe, three French farmers who-destroyed apples high off the ground. · five tons of biotech multinational Novartis' genetically In March, a troop of incensed gnomes entered bio-tech engineered maize were l£:SS lucky than their gnome counter- giant AgrEvo's experimental crop .of oilseed rape in Fife, Scotland, and painted a large red X across the field before placing "biohazard" placards on the nearby road. "It's time you humans woke tip to the dangers of this technology," said UnGnome, a spokesgnome for the Human GeneGnome Project. "We have no option but to oppose the genetic experiment, as gnomes of good conscience." The global resistance to the nascent sc~~nce of genetic engineering arises from complex concerns. Multinational corporations are limiting the gene pools of available crops, saturating our fields with pesti cides and patenting life. Meanwpile, they introduce foreign genetic "pollution" into wild flora and fauna, affecting unintended target organisms as experiments leave controlled laboratories aad enter the natural world. Multinational companies have invested heavily in research and are rushing products to the market as · soon as they have an organism that has the desired, financially favorable traits. Gnome Chomsky warned, II All [the biotech companies'] talk of enhancing food production is nothing more than a smokescreen for their experiments. Identical claims were made for the parts and have been handed stiff sentences: Rene Reise! and mass use of pesticides and fertilizers years ago. Irreversible Jose Bove face eight months suspended imprisonment and damage may be done to the environment as these compa Francis Roux five months. They are also required to pay nies 'engineer' that which they don't understand simply Novartis 500,000 francs damages. in the interests of profit." With a history of dangerously misleading research and In late March, a coalition of SO people and gnomes held an atrocious environmental record under its belt, re- a protest marchto the site ofAgrEvo's UK oilseed' rap~ test . searchers atMohsanto n11gh:fdo well h.> sleep wfth one eye crop near Cu par. Under the gaze of local police, the demon watching over their test sites. To learn more about genetic strators pulled the experimental plants from the ground. engineering in the UK, contact Genetic Concern, Room Others decorated the field with_i,i banner reading, "Stop The 13, 24-26, Dame St., Dublin 2, Ireland; 353 ~ 1-670 5606, fax Crop," placards declaring the site a biohazard and a Fran- 353-1-670 5561; [email protected]. The Gnome kenstein scarecrow. . Nation can be reached c/o Fife EF!, 91 South St., St. Across the Irish Sea, gardening with Monsanto is a Andrews, Fife KY169Q, Scotland. national pastime. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the same ASEED Europe in Amsterdam is compiling an activist folks who brought us Agent Orange, dioxin, Nutrasweet ' guide on the ge-netics superpower Monsanto. Contact them and bovine growth hormone are testing sugar beets that at POB 92066, 1090 AB, Amsterdam, Netherlands; have been altered to resist the herbicide RoundUp. Should [email protected]. relenting, make businesses ap ply pressure and force weaker to propose more •t's looking like the newest "Corporate deals at the table. · Bill of Rights" might not pe sliding I into place as expected. The Mul tilateralAgreementon Investment (MAl) · has been slammed onto the back burner amidst international civic unrest and ations, Renato political tangles. . Trade Orgimiza Over 600 international nongovern will have his mental organizations (NGO) have now glof>al economy signed a joint statement against the environmental MAJ, and national have demand the voice been launched in dozeJ[lSPf;cQ:\!Q.~ries, at the negotiating A Dutch NGO repo · take the opportunity that all hell has · · with other move labor, and clarify t increased ex '·'···"""'.- T"'""ed jobs. the US .. 'ffient.off its . Cl[l~tb,~ s ...... ··.. . ··.. · . ..· . doing a poor 'job with the MAl. Setc .... ~Frans Engering) · qm~ ondly, the US js trying to pbt-ain n.egotic tiC1ced' 'al'"fai<1tmr}t'' : Qf . · .~·~~¢poal'~· t>~{('t~ · iftiJ"!g l~~~~~g~ ~ • ;R~ Page 18 Earth First! Betane 1998 There are lots offun -things to do in Cascadia: hiking, surfing, camping, swimming; rafting and frontline environmental activism! With commercial logging on our public lands coming to an end, the scramblefor e~ery last tree is underway. We can Qn4lstop them with your help.· Wherever you travel in Cascadia you'll find plenty of unique and entertaining attractions. , Featured here are 7 vacation spots--- beautiful Southern Cascadian attractions for the whole family to enjoy. Come for the scenery stay for the fight~ Cascadia libre.! -- 1 ROUGH -& READY CREEK: WilD WARN(R WilD ERN(~~ WORTH -MORE THAN A NICKEL MINE Your trip to southern Cascadia isn't complete without a 'stop at the original Southern Oregon's ,South Kalmiopsis Roadless Area is a biological Cascadia Free State at Warner Creek! Unforti.inately;--you may have to tqtde treasure that harbor.~plantlife found nowhere else on Earth. In the clear in your Canon for some camo; the saws are running once again. • waters of Rough & Ready Creek-are steelhead and cutthroat trout, coho _ TheOakridge District of the Willamette National Forest has been a favorite salmon, Olympic salamander, yellow-legged frog and other aquatic · vacation spot for hundreds of nature lovers. In 1995-96, the u.:.month Warner species that. no serious-wilderness traveler should miss-especially now, _Creek blockade sh)lt down the Warner Demo "arson salvage" sale in the since th~ Nkore nickel mine threatenslo spoil Rough & Ready Creek bum on the north side of Bunchgrass Ridge. The Warner South sale, on the and the pristine South Kalmiopsis Roadless Area. other side of the ridge, was also cancel~d; fir~r;td , that . ~~~1.} 1} part due to · The public meetings held on Nicore have been heated; over 90% of the anticipated intensified direct action. But like a poorly doused campfire, public testimony has been oppos~d to tl\e mine and urges the Forest this sale lives again. Located within the boundaries of the old Warner South Service to choose the "No Action" alternative with no new road sale up Eagle Creek is the Helldun timber sale. construction or reconstruction allowed in any part of the area. Mounting One of a half dozen "alternative volume" sales currently planned in public pressure and gaping holes in the Draft Environmental Impact the Willamette National Forest, Helldun is compensation for Salvage Statement have convinced the Forest Service to extend the comment Rider sales lost on the Umpqua and Siusiaw National Forests after a deadline and prepare ~ supplemental impact statement in the Fall. federal ruling saved the,Marbled Murrelet habitat there. Helld.un would Your personal experience of this place and your voice is important in an harvest between 12 and 17 million board feet on approximately 200-300 ongoing campaign to defend these redrock wildlands. The miner, Walt acres along the FS Road 58S3 system. These.roads divide the proposed Freeman, may not even m11ke a profit from mining this low-grade nickel Warner Creek Wilderness-the Cornpatch Roadless Area, one of the - deposit. He claims to be a concerned, law-abiding neighbor, but he was largest in the Willamette-from the Verdun Rock Roadless Area and the just caughfburrll:ng plastic and other trash on the public land where he , adjacent Waldo Lake Wilderness to the east. H;uvesting here will further squats. Perhaps he has other plans for the 4300 acres he clai~. damage the corridor that links these two areas. Write a letter todc;1y supporting the "No Action" alternative of the Draft Get ready for an action-packed summer'cause it's time to give them another E_nvironmental Impact Statement on the Nicore plan of operation. Write run for their money! The Cascadia Free State tour offers you a taste of history, District Ranger Mary Zuschlag, Illinois Valley RD,26568 Redwood Hwy., a chance to change the future, and a hell of a lot of fun. Come visit, and_you Cave Junction, OR 97523; (541) 592-2166; fax 592-6545; siskiyou@ might meet a spotted owl, pileated woodpecker, cougar, blaCk bear, peregrine ' magick.net. Official comments must be received by May 15, but letters falcon or wolverine. Learn how fire has nourished and regererated ·these will be accepted after that date. · classic stands of Douglas fir, hemlock, cedar ~d yew. Pack extra film! Contact For educational videos, stickers, hike schedules and more information Southern Willamette Earth First!, Cascadia Forest Defenders or Cascadia Fire about the 1872 Minin.g Law or Rough & Ready Creek, contact Friends Ecology Education Project (for addresses see Tour Guides on back page). pf Rough & Ready Creek (see Tour Guides). THELUSl The Umpqua region brings the drier southen Cascades. Travelers through this region should typified in this sick selection of (mis)manageme Immediately west ofthe Mt. Bailey Roadless. an Option 9 sale in the Fish Creek watershed, a : some places one) from the Mt. Bailey RA. Unit 2 of Snog is a must see for the action tou the creek is one of the most beautiful places on will destroy the forest in the reserve. Bring y01 keep this area standing. Want to talk bad about authority figures in thE was involved in planning the sales. No watersr data on stream conditions and fish populations, that clearcutting will destroy fisheries or aquatic tation, data, or rationale for ignoring the wamir the clear and clean water on which the endange The ,rJrea- ···: - ·THE ANCIENT SANTI Another marker on your Cascadian calendar should be · regardless of public opinion. a date with the Santiam. A history lesso:n of Northwest need a lot of environmental include a section on this wa- . tershed. Intense the years "for the sake of a to Millennia Grove, time to sample the [BLUE-GREEN orest of the Rogue Valley to the wetness of the High As the.adventure-s ake time to see the array of threatened ancient forest, high and rocky, more mendacity and malfeasance. Ba.iley Roadless Area ·ea are the Snog and Dog Prairie timber sales. Snog is Steadily reduced in 100-acre roadless area separated by only two roads (in leaving only 7,427 The Paw sales are st. The riparian reserve between the cutting unit and arth with huge Douglas fir trees. Clearcutting unit 2 camera, and after the photo op get ready to fight to )rest behaving inappropriately? No fisheries biologist l analysis was done. There is a complete lack of field .d warnings Service's top fisheries expeF.t abitat is no supporting documen- expert. This watershed is depend. 11ajer hilhnyt' -other ru•• te hell . I urh.li hlishl . • water . ~· ® _' ~otl ;ets ,;. flehrii! · ~'l.mped for the I998 ·EF! Round River Rendezvous ~~ ·June 2"7 , · · ~hle North Umpqua • Southern Cascadia oin us for what will surely be the finest Round RRR OLYMPICS I Events will include bioregional ul- · A WHITEWATER RENDEZVOUS! Eight miles from the River Rendezvous to date. The site is at Twin timate, the Umpqua Open Folf tournament (frisbee · RRR site is the North Umpqua River, one of the finest JLakes Campground up the North Umpqua River golf), archery (line setting/target), slingshot, climb- day-trip whitewater floats in all of Cascadia. The crys- in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, home to those ing, map & compass, team lockdown, media manipu- talline waters, ancient forests and exciting rapids make endangered big trees you've read about. Twin Lakes lation, swimming, cat-and-mouse, concrete mixing this a trip not to miss. The RRR committee is organiz is near the top of a mount-ain named for them (at andteamtripods.Contestantsmustptoyidetheirown ingfloatsthroughouttheweekoftherendezvous.We'U least by the English speaking invaders naming things compasses, bike locks, folf discs, bows, arrows, sling- even provide the gear. The tentative plan is to do 2 here for the last few centuries). They're about SO shots with a,mmo (no glass, plastic or metal). Climb- types of trips: the lowbagger special, where we wilf ask miles east of Roseburg, Oregon (8 miles south ofthe ing gear is helpful, but some will be available. for donations to cover costs ($5-10/person), and slid North Umpqua River) and are bordered on the east, ALE-COHOL Dozens of "microbreweries" operate ing-scale benefit trips, the proceeds of which will go to and south by the forest and streams of Copeland across the Cascades producing the finest ales in the the campaign of your choice. We expect demand to . Creek-several square iniles of fat southern world. Foryour convenience, the 1998 RRR Ale com- outstrip our capacity to get people "on the river, so get Cascadian native woodland. The North Umpqua is mittee will provide you the opportunity to purchase a crew together early and reserve a slot. If you own a a fantastic river to float, and the stretch downstream mini-kegs of these locally brewed ales. If you would boat or have guide training, consider joining up with of Copeland Creek is Class III/IV. like to. purchase a S-gallon mini-keg, send $35 to us. For more info call Craig at (541) 741-9193. WILDERNESS ADVENIURES The rendezvous site at the RRR Ale Committee by Solstice. Numerous local WHAT TO BRING Food (bulk donations appreciated), Twin Lakes/Copeland Creek is amidst lush native tor- microbreweries are available (Deschutes, Full Sail, a blank t-shirt (to be screened on site), whitewater gear, estland and the National Wild and Scenic North Bridgeport and Steelhead). Indicate what type (IPA, musical instruii).ents, sun protection; raingear, tarps, Umpqui;i River. Here are a few treasures to keep in mind ESB, amber, brown,_porter, stout) and which brew- ipsect repellent, first aid supplies, large water contain when you hear the call of the 'Yild: Copeland Creek ery you would like. Give us 2nd and 3rd choices. eis, buckets, water filter, compass, cooking and eating ESOG (Ecologically Significant Old Growth) Area; Make checks out to the EF! RRR, POB 1415, Eugene, utensils, cookstove, birth and disease control, work North Umpqua Trail and Boulder Creek Wilderness. OR 97440. [Call Jim at (541) 741-9193 if you have shop ideas and materials, backpack (you'll be hiking a For detailed information on these and other amazing questions.] Homebrewing is heavily encouraged. On few klicks), TP, and all other personal necessities. You places in the area, contact the Diamond Lake Ranger Saturday, July 4, homebrewers from around the coun- can help post-rendezvous actions by bringing twine, District at (541) 498-2531. Cheap topo map photo- try are invited to show off th~ir art alongside local rope, duct tape, tools (picks, shovels, pry bars, come copies will be available at the RRR welcoming table. microbrews at our BREWFEST! a-longs, monkeywrenches), pack food, banner-making VOLUNTEERISM The Earth First! RRR is a communal MEDIA. FREDDIESAND CAMERAS Expect media and supplies, costumes, radios, lbcks, chains, lockboxes, gathering; everyone is encouraged to pitch in. During law enforcement to be sneaking around with cam-· video and still cameras (for the action only). the RRR you can help by hauling water, gathering fire- eras even though none of the three are invited. That. WHAT Nor TO BRING·a round-trip ticket (we want wood, digging shitters, taking a turn at security (inan- is, not un~il our large, all-day,·party, the Eco)'Varriors you to stay all Summer), bad attitudes, shit beer, bio datory for vehicle owners) or welcoming newcomers. . Rally, on Sunday, July 5. On that day, locals, media logical, chemical or undercover agents, firearms, Please contact the RRR committee if you have medical and Fredd,ies alike are inviteq to join us for the finest explosives, d;mgerous or low quality drugs, .or any- training. Plan to help tehabilitat;~'the ' *~- after the in -EF! poetry, skits and musidanship. thing you gre not prepared to pack out. RRRis over. Please take responsibility for your camp.- FIRE The total number of campfires will be dictated by PETS Dogs are great, but DO NOT BRING YOUR FUNDS The cost for this year's rendezvous is $25. logistics and reason. Summer in the South Cascades is DOG. They fight with eac;h other, crap all over, snap The money goes towards expenses incurred hosting _genenilly hot and dry, and.duff fires are a danger. USE at people, steal _food, bark at night and generally this year's event, seed $ for next year's RRR and the DESIGNATED FIRE RINGS ONLY! There will be briefs disrupt goings-on-usually with little restraint or Wi.I]:.ter.p{ganizer's Ct>nfere?ce· Make sure and bring on planned response to fire. · -. even . awarene~s l?Y the humans "responsible" for some-'extrihn:oney-"fOT' Page 24 Earth First! Beltane 1998 vehicle and drove ·about an hour away where we camped for the remainder of the morning.· After resting, we brought out the radio scanner, dark disposable clothing, flashlights, wire cutters, gloves, spray paint and ski masks. We needed to purchase packaged envelopes, paper and stamps (to One late night, I sat on a small patch of grass under the stars, listening to send a communique after the action) as well as back-up batteries. We fuele: ~i~ding ~heir sheds empty, I moved .on to the Jewelry or anythmg else that could Inadvertently be left behmd. The last . . next one, and we fim~hed 1t off together. Then, sadly, 1t was our thing we did was hide the door key near the car so that if one person should OPEN AS MANY ..pre-designated cut-off time. Though there were Jllany more sheds , run into trouble, the others would have transportation. Our pockets were · full of prisoners, we had to leave for the rising sun would empty except for flashlights and gloves. We were ready to go. CAGES provide no cover for our escape (or the minks'). We knew how important it was to be familiar with the area so we scouted · · . We marked some of the empty sheds with spray paint and around on fo'ot for about an hour. Of course, while on or near roads, we . · . · then retreated. As we fled, we made ourselves invisible anytime wesaw.or heard a car in the distance. AS HUMANly PQS SI -BlE. chasedmanyminktotheholes We located a creek that ran through the area and out to more open, wilder · ·_ · . · in the fence. Once on the other spaces. Wealsomadenoteofthedarkestareasforhidingandwhichsideoftheroad side, we stopped for. a moment ~o note the many dark figures gliding and was least lit, setting up an emergency rendezvous point in'case we were separated. scampering through the fields toward the creek. Cutting across several large fields to get to the back fence of the mink farm, Using the moon as our guide, we found our way back to the hidden vehicle. we hunched over and let our arms hang down so that, if anyone was watching, We briefly shared our experiences a:s we walked:.Each of us had found several we wouldn't look human. mink dead an~ decaying in their cages. After checking for alarms, trip wires and video cameras, we easily climbed the We piled our soaked, sore and muddied bodies into the car ·and made back fence and entered the concentration camp. Still watching carefully for alarms; frustrated faces at each other because, though we were excited, we could not talk etc., we hurried through the many sheds, bringing thousands of mink to attention. in the car. We drove silently back down the dark roads t<;> our.campsite where We took note of the cages, four rows of them in each shed-filthy, corroded we sorted our things, throwing all clothes and shoes into the campfire and cages that provided no bedding for mink who would normally build nests in the placing tools into bags to be safely and immediately discarded. wild. Simple latches held most of the cage doors shut, but some had pieces of We talked a little more about our experiences, what we could do better next_ heavy gauge wire securing the doors. time, made plans to meet again and shared warm hugs before embarking on our Once we learned what we ne~ded to know~ we retreated to the field behind the long journey home. During the following day's drive; we heard news reports of farm and sat unde:r an old willow tree for a few hours, watching the compound the raid on the radio. We smiled proudly with the satisfaction that many mink to see if anyone was aware of the intrusion. Tonight we would leave the critters· had a chance at freedom that day, and that the fur trade had just become a little behind, but we would return. We hiked through the fields and creeks back to the bit less profitable. "Farmer John" just might go out of business. May-June 1998 Earth First! Page 25 . continued from ·front page stopped at the demo. It was a performance stage, and the Throughout the 250-mile odyssey of the casks, there German punk band Die To ten Hasen began a concert. After were protests. When the casks left the reactor site by truck a few songs, the police decided it was enough, destroyed at Neckarwesthein in southern G~rmany, an activist blocked the sound system, arrested the truck driver and threw the the road with an old station wagon and attached himself band off the stage. It took the.entire day to remove people to it. Two dozen police finally pkked up the car, demon from the railway crossing. strator attached,·and moved it to the side of the road. · ·After police cleared the area, another group positioned Further north, Greenpeace activists locked themselves itself at arailway crossing about a kilometer down the tracks. to the rail tracks. The police couldn't figure out how to get People quickly moved to this area. In an hour or so, the rails them off, so they pulled up the entire section of track and were blocked by over 1,000 sitting people. More and more laid down a new one. 'But as the loaded train neared police arrived, water cannons were brought in and military Ahaus, thousands of people poured out in opposition. , police arrived in helicopters. It felt like the last big battle of Many were camped at X-4, the only urtbusted action camp remaining, and actions to blockade the coming train began in earnest. There were several attempts to get -on the railway tracks aroundthe nuclear waste storage facility. About three-hundred hesitant people in a group were not sure if they dared break police lines. Only a few ended up on the rails and were swiftly removed by several hundred police officers. Police with heavy body armor, dogs and even tanks patrolled the area. Water cannons were readied for a riot. The huge concrete buildings of the . a war. People waited on hills and fields around the tracks, and.slowly the RO lice tried to remove ·ev eryone from up and around the rails. Police began throwing protest ·ers off..'the tracks; while military police hunted for people in the fields. It took the ·police hours to re move everyone; water cannons proved ineffec tive against a big group of activists in rain suits on a hill next to the rails. More Government-issue German storm troopers attack activists. people locked themselves waste storage facility were brightly lit. It seemed the to the rails; others sabotaged the tracks. It took mechanics · whole area was holding its breath. Every now and then a from the German railway an hour to repair the rails. When police helicopter flew overthe area with a bright spot- more helicopters with military_police arrive ~i(at one roo light, keeping the camp from sleeping. Late at night rnent 10 helicopters hovered over the are'a), it became another group of several hundred left the camp imd evident the train was riear. Aspecial police .train came but walked through the forest to another section of the had to wait until the rails were repaired. Some people that railway track. The helicopter followed them while big had climbed in treesnexttotherails·werebruta]lytemoved; gangs of riot police waited for them at the railway cross- ' thep~licejtiststartedsawingdownthetreesW:ithpeoplestill ings. After moving across some fields, the activists found in them! When night fell, the fields were.crawlin,g With the themselves on the railway track. They started digging police. Helicopters hovered low over the.area, and the train away the soil until they were disrupted by the polite. The came past while the activists s~Je..amed and cried out. It was polic~ begarf'Se'archirtjfthe forests for activists. About 120 a very long train carrying six casks. people were arrested at this action and were held until the The next morning many people from Ahaus went to join train arrived at its destination. the big .demonstration in Munster against the nuclear The folloWing morning, a group walked through an transports. On the road there, all vehicles looking like they · industrial area and ended up at a railway crossing guarded contained anti-nuclear activists were stopped andsearched. by large numbers of Berlin riot police. On the other side of Over 10,000 people marched and demonstr(!ted there for the track, the main demonstration was visible. After some four hours while speakers, musicians and entertainers debate ·and negotiation, the police deCided to let the performed fur the crowd. growing group of late-comers cross the rails to join the Those who support the concept of moving waste to an demo; It was a tactical. mistake that resulted in over 200 "interim" dump Without closing the reactors that create the people sitting down on. the rails. Soon the activists were waste must look to the root of the situation. Simply put, the locked in by the police, who first tried to remove them by peopleofAhaus, USactivistsopposedtotheMobileChemobyl force, resulting in wounded people and a lot of pain holds. bill and other nuclear resisters around the globe understand After some people were thrown out of the blockade,. the that radioactive waste transport to "interim" sites is for the police halted and decided on another tactic. They carried convenience of the nuclear power industry, not for the safety people one by one out of the sit-down blockade, hand- · of the public or the protection of the environment. cuffed them with plastic "quick cuffs" and put them in Germany has proved once again that it is possible to buses for transport. Several riots ensued after activists tried m,ove radioactive waste wherever a determined govern to block the buses transporting the arrested, People tried to nient wants .. More importantly, however, Germany has get on the rails next to the sitting action; some of them proven that it is not possible to move it without creating an even managed to lock themselves to the rail. They too were untenable reality: It takes a police state to move a radioac arrested and taken away until the train passed. tive. waste cask, and neither Germany nor the US is pre- Suddenly, a truck drove through the .police lines and pared for the inevitable repercussions. Page 26 Earth First! Beltane 1998 BY NATE BLAKESLEE There's nothing like an angry mob chanting otit- . side the hearing room to add some excitement to an otherwise boring regulatory railroading of the people of Texas. In February, final hearings on the pro posed Sierra Blanca low-level radioactive waste dump judges are expected to announce their approv .. . ·at the Stephen F. Austin building near the state uh, that is; their decision, on the license b y mid capitol were greeted by a 200-person nuclear circus May. The three Bush-appointed Texas NaturalRe parade protesting the ridiculously expensive arid sources Conservation Commissioners are expected one-sided hearing process. Flying the banner of the to complete the charade with a final ruling on the · Sierra Blanca LegalDefense Fund (SBLDF), clowns, license in early jUne. If nothing else, the hearing "radiation rangers" and giant puppets paraded record treated by this case, veering daily between through downtown Austin to the site of the hear subtle repression arid outright farte, should pro ings. As an official party il.l the contested hearing, vide a clear road map for an appellate judge to SBLDF already had a dog in the fight on the 12th re-view, an avenue SBLDF may pursue. Another floor. But its under-funded legal team (one attorney potential avenue is killing the dump through po and no expert witnesses)was like a poodle in a room litical channels when the Texas Legislature returns full of Doberman-lawyers. Thesesuits were hired by next year. The Texas House of Representatives has _ the state and the utility compantes to rani through already soured on the deal, which was barely kept this unwanted nuke dump, which would bring alive last year by Governor Bush and Lt. Governor utility waste from Texas, Maine and Vermont to a Bob Bullock. A third possibility is defeating the - · Clowns, "radiation rangers" and giant puppets decry the dump. low-income border community iri far west Texas. Texas-Maine-Vermont nuclear waste compact bill desert. Sierra Blanca opponents not only stand in Protests have followed the hearings across the state, (S. 270) that just passed the Senate on April 1. This solidarity with Ward Valiey but are also looking to as the charade moves back and forth from west Tex:as will allow Maine, Vermont and other states to California for some direction on what the future to Austin. 'Five protests in two weeks of hearings, dump their nuclear wastes in Texas. It now sits in may hold for west Texas. including one in MexicoCity, garnered international a _conference committee awaiting negotiations. A For further information contact Sierra Blanca Le press coverage and put some heat on Governor George fourth possibility to halt the dump was demon gal Defense Fund at POB 18087, Austin, TX 78760; W. Bush, a long-time supporter of the dump. Because strated last month by opponents in Ward Valley; ( S 12) 44 7-8906 ; [email protected] and Austin EF! at of the widespread disapproval in Mexico, the ruling California, who summoned several hundred ·de- · POB 7292, University Station, Austin, Texas 78713; PRI party has come out in unprecedented opposition. fenders to occupy the sacred site in tQ.e Mojave (512) 478-7666; [email protected]. mayor of the nearby town of Minturn. interior species and habit<'!.t for the residential condominiums. BY HEN .[)OON "These are people;_ who want to m;ixi imperiled lynx. Since 1935{ O.l).ly four ' Vail Inc.'s ultimate goal for this The public outcry to stop the Vail mize their investment and take it out lynx have been documented ih Colo roadless area invasion is not more ski Corporation from destroying the Two of the valley." Minturn is a rural com rado; three sightings were reported in able terrain; the cash cow is selling Elk Roadless Area fell on the de ;:! . The USFS has agreed to the construe- · ter range issues." Mter years of denying 8- tion of four lifts, 12.2 miles of road and any secret plan for a major new real ski ways, a 350-seat restaurant that will estate development near Minturn, Vail span Two Elk Creekt ski patrol build admitted under oath in a court case ings, two warming shelters/food service this February that it has been investi buildings, utilities, water and sewage. gating the possibility for a new base 6' Twelve-hundred logging trucks would area, village-to-village gondolas and ~ be needed to haul away six million luxury condominiums. r-board feet of virgin spruce and-fir. In _ , The Eagle County Commissioners return for the destruction of this pris- · Will nbt make a decision until late tine roadless area, the public would get April, and their power is limited since Double black diamonds or pristine roadless forests? back a pitiful·1.5 cents on .every dollar this is federal land. The Two Elk Roadless made by Vail Inc. on this expansion, or . Area is dosed to const~ction for elk Category I expansion was the 1962 . enough," said Anne Egan, Vail skier less than $1 for every $56 lift ticket. calving seasonuntiljune 30. On july 1, agreement with the US Forest Service since 1966. "It is time for Vail Associ Vail Inc. is a. master· at exploiting we expect Vail to begin bulldozing (USFS) allowing the development of ates to leave some wide-open spaces public land for massive profits . .Last roads througll. the forest. Ancient For the resort. Following the Category II for wildlife. Bachelor Gulch _used to year it had net revenues of $291 mil- _ est Rescue, with the help of commu development phase of the 1980s, the - be a prime calving area for elk; now it lion. The corporation is now on the nity members, is. planning a gathering most recent development proposal is a prime playground for the rich and New York Stock Exchange. The day . in the area during the last week ofJune. would add 2,200 acres of skiable ter famous," she said, .- referring to Vail the company went public in 1997, : We're seeking a court injunction, but rain to the Vail resort. Sixty of the 70 Associate's recent ski development at Vail Inc.'s top three investors made keep your ears open for a summer cam people who testified at the hearing its Beaver Creek resort. $64.4, $59.4 and $32.1 million. Vail __ paign. For more information you can opposed the expansion. The Two Elk Roadless Area, located Resort Management Company already contact AFR at POB7566, Boulder, CO "These are not nice people that we're south of Vail, is an unprotected wilder owns six hotels, 72 restaurants, 40 80306; (303) 492-6870; http:i/ dealing with here," said Earle Bidez, ness, an important refuge for forest retail and rentaloutlets and over 1,300 bcn.boulder.co.us/environment/vail. May-June 1998 Earth First! Page 27 1JadanQ 'Pipeline EXTRACTING GAS AND DISPLACING COMMUNITIES IN ASIA continued from front page turn deforestation rate, Thailand has ers set up the blockade camp in the later, SO students and activists who In a profit-sharing contract with the fueled a construction boom with non Huay Kaeng nature reserve. Construc had been camping in the forest were Burmese junta and Thailand's Petro renewable energy expansion. "Cheap" tion ceased, and soon Thai army troops arrested. Police used water cannons to leum Authority (PTT), Unocal and Burmese gas seemed perfect (even were brought to the area. break up the protest. Total launched a plan to build a pipe though it's not so cheap when kick~ ·In response to the protest, PTT The fate of the Yadana pipeline, line to transport the gas across the backs to the -Burmese junta are fac launched a major ad campaign and built at such terrible cost to indig region of southern Burma called the tored in). It was decided that-a new . paid village.headmen to pledge sup enous peoples arid forests, may lie in Tenasserim. To many this seemed ex electrical plant would be needed to , port to the pipeline. The opposition less pacifist actions. Several pipeline traordinarily unrealistic. The pipeline use the Yadana gas. And, not coinci to the pipeline was bolstered by a workers have already been killed by had to cross rough, mountainous ter dentally, the forests of the Tenasserim huge rally /concert in Bangkok featur Karen _rebels in Burma, who at one rain where earthquakes are cominon. . were secured so that rapacious Thai ing Karabao, Thailand's indigo batik- point .vowed to turn tl)e pipeline Arid the-region has been a war zone for · timber firms could enter and dearcut . clad answer to the Grateful Dead. As · into "a sriake of fire" if it was ever decades, with Karen, Mon and other them once Karen and Moo villagers the camp-out continued, reports ap completed. WOJ:ried oil.company ethnic guerrillas fighting for au peared of herds of wild managers reportedlyteste9 the ,ef tonomy: Further, the route cuts . elephants in the area, fect of landmines on a pipe section through rich monsoon rainforest, ~ which the protesters lo recently. A small army of fervent the habitat of many rare species. cated and videotaped. Karen guerrillas, led by visionary twin These drawbacks did not dissuade Not only is the world's nine"year-old boys, has risen up in the companies. Battalions of Burmese smallest mammal the area. And a veteran Mon rebel troops were shifted to the pipeline threatened, the habitat leader has suggested that the forces area arid commenced a ·scorched of the largest land mam of nature will destroy the pipeline earth campaign that relocated and mal faces destruction as with one of the severe earth quakes destroyed entire villages. Suspected well. PIT's assessment that periodically shake the opponents were hunted down, tor failed to mention the Tenasserim. tured, raped and massacred. Hun presence of elephants. In the United States, protests con dreds of thousands of Karens and Activists and reporters tinue against Unocal for inflicting its Mons were t&ken captive as forced began to reveal a pat pipeline scheme on Burma and I hai laborers, to build a "death railway," tern of deception by PTt land ~ "Unocal's strategy to expand in roads and new ·army bases in the about the project as a Asia is tainted with the 1-:; iood of hu vicinity of the pipeline route. When whole. They questioned man rights abuses in Burma." Pam reports of these massive human rights the need for the new Wellner of Free Burma--.---No Pet;:o$ violations reached the outside world, electricity generating commented recently. "First they Unocal and Total officials insisted plant, given the down helped destroy the environment in that the security campaign was justi turn in. the economy; Burma, and now they are moving on fied. In 1995, Unocal president John they questioned the to Thaiiand." Bhinand }otiroseranee, Imle, one of the principle instigators price of the gas and the a leader of the Tha~ protesters, also of the Yadana project, warned, "If secrecy of PIT's con condemns the Los-Angeles-based mul you threaten the pipeline there's tract with the Burmese tinational: "Unocal is accountable gonna be more military. If forced energy ministry. for this environmental destruction and labor goes hand and glove with the . In late February, ten are showing disrespect to local people military, yes, therewill be moreforced days of hearings were who have cherished elephants. for cen labor. For every threat to the pipeline called by the govern turies," he stated. there will be a reaction." ment. After testimony For more information on the cam By late 1997, the Burmese portion ~ by PIT and by pipeline paign to get oil companies out of of the pipeline had been laid, with a ;;· opponents, a report was Burma (including an upcoming dem ...... ;.~ wide swath of forest cut for its path The pipeline tunneling through Burma and Thailand issued calling merely to onstration at Unocal's annual share and thousands of troops guarding ... safeguard the forests and holders' meeting), contact Free the route. International efforts to stop and rebels were eradicated. villages along the route during con Burma-No Petro$, International it had gained more and more support, Burma's underground environmen struction. The pipeline was to go ahead, Rivers Network, 1847 Berkeley Way, but to no avail. Demonstrations at tal group, Green November, and Thai even though the generating plant Berkeley · CA 94 703; Unocal/Union 76 gas stations in the land-based organizations like Earth would not be ready in time to receive [email protected]. Letters of pro US persisted until Unocal sold off all Rights International, Images Asia and it. In fact there are doubts that it can test about the Burma/Thailand pipe its US operations, including the gas Southeast Asia Information Network ·be built at all given the financial cli line can be sent to Mr. Roger Beach, stations. The Oil, Chemical and Atomic have documented the pipeline hor mate. Worse yet, it was recommend CEO Unocal Corp., 2141 Rosecrans, Workers labor union joined in pro rors, and the Thai press provided good that construction be speeded up. Suite 4000 El Segundo, CA 90245. tests against the Yadana pipeline, as coverage. As construction was about For three months, the protests suc Edith T. Mirante is director of Project Unocal "downsized" more and more to commence in Thailand, some local ceeded in preventing construction of Maje, an information project on Burma's US workers to concentrate on its Asian groups woke up and smelled the eco the pipeline. But on March 1, PIT human rights and environment, and au schemes (which also include a pipe cide coming across the border. Thai started cutting in the area, despite the thor of Burmese Looking Glass: A Hu line in cooperation with Afghanistan's academics raised objections to PIT's protesters. On March 2, the heavy man Rights Adventure (Atlantic Taliban). Twenty locations, including hasty, superficial Environmental Im machinery was moved in. Five days Monthly Press). the state of Massachusetts, New York pact Assessment. They questioned the City and San Francisco, enacted laws pipeline's effect on Thai forests, in banning state/city business with com cluding the habitat of the endangered panies that do business in Burma. Law royal crab and Kitti's hog-nosed bat, suits were filed against Unocal the smallest mammal in the world. continued from page 3 needs to address the serious ecological executives on behalf of the victims of Studies by independent ecologists in associated with KKK racists. None of questions posed by immigration and the brutal pipeline security campaign. dicated that the· pipeline's construc this' excuses the fact that instead of examine the knee-jerk response to the The corporations were held account tion would damage the watershed's admitting that three million additional issue. If it wins, instead of bemoaning able by the public, the press and even limestone caves, the only place the first world Americans a year. is too the fact thatthe "racists" have won, we the courts, but the pipeline still crossed tiny bats are found. · many, and advocating bold, effective might better work outside and inside the degraded land up to Burma's bor In the summer of 1997, Thailand's steps to reduce im_migration (like re the Sierra Club to ensure the policy is der with Thailand. high-speed economy crashed. The pe(!.ling NAFT A and ending all US mili not· used to attack immigrants or as Thailand's energy moguls have pro currency's v up radio systems for your friends, you ilas are vertically polarized so soine anything. Then BY THUJA will need to geFan' SWR meteL Radio' ·activists like to' orient theit field ·· · ·· you're in business _Shack' has a·version for $20, while · arrays vertically to better coimnuni..: (see. figure 4). This Last issue we touched ' o~ so.irte ' D 0 ; soine have in.:I bought cate with mobile unit~. Others figl:lre iS igieat for install a~ basics of VHF arid UHF radio' · Css· 'one built I N commi.toicatidris. ThisHrri~w-e'il . ·.. cine afh yardsaletor ql!ai:te'r odce:': ''the fori:es ~of evil are all ' v~rti£a1 so . ,< tiDM•you •niay . a p . wres1Je' with that old ; b~rie 6(the' -·· The'ifi:osfbasiC sWR meter' consists' of they run "flat side" to make them~ ·' · have to abandon·... : :~·: •__ ,_-_ : ~ ::-} .: :... >···. =·; :,; r! ~~~- l ': ~,;_· pq ~ .. i ;-: '.); _:- :·( :_ _i :··J .:.:/: selves rttore -diffiCi.lltJtO :j< :} ; : ,~ O.f . ' fi_e~9 c~mpaign'~r; . ~ ·-,, :. ': ~ .· !. ' , ' -,::;,·.· :·.; -ina best new ones. 1 center of the available piece of twfg. Attach.. the br.a'id to plug on, and carefully screw it onto Once you procure good 0 range, and check the SWR any convenient screw on the . the reducer. 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You want an antenna SWR, to the middle of the CUT ATJ/8" this way is usable at VHF or that resonates at your frequency band, channel 19 or 20 even UHF if the length ts of operation. If the antenna isn't (see figure 1). sLIDE uP REDuCER. short. Adapters are avail- tuned correctly, it will not fully WEIGHT IT DOWII Another important sMOOTH BRAID ovER. able to connect PL259s to resonate the available power but figure 2 consideration with anten- STRIP CENTER CONDUCTOR. many handheld CBs too will reflect some of it back toward nas is polarization. The (see figure 5). the source. If the SWR is-too high, this orientation of a given array deter SCREW ON PLUG ASSEMBLY. Whew, lOtS Of dry reflected power can actually bum up mines its polarization, horizontal or sowER nPAND HOLES. technical stuff. Good thing the final transistor in your radio. Even vertical. An antenna will communi this is about resonant if it's not that bad, this power is cate better with another of the sanie vibrations and saving certainly wasted. SWR is expressed as polarization, while it will have a ecosystems. Here's to the COMPLETED PL·2S9 a ratio; 1:1 is perfect, 3:1 or higher is more difficult time with those of the day we can recycle all this unacceptable. If you are going to set · opposite orientation. Vehicle anten- figure 5 stuff into jewelry! May-June 1998 Earth First! Page 29 Dear Earth First!, The controversy over.the Little bling the grid. They've started na phy magazine? Positions? They just appear to be tucked up. The Eostar 1998 edition of the Alfie timber sale in northern Min tionally and figure it would go were ALL offensive! I'll assume I don~t need to re Earth First! Journal contained an nesota (p.30, Yule 97 & .p.S, Brigid global. They got tired of pulling As a-very sensitive species, I am mind you that 1,500oftheworld's insert called "Central Appalachia: 98) has generated much interest in flags and stakes and decided to go hurt! Have you notthoughtabout senior scientists give us perhaps a Our Mountain Home." I want to the area's mainstream press. The for the source. After all it is a fight . the detrimental impact this could decade. to get our shit together raise a concern about what I read Duluth NeWs Tribune has printed for the land! have on our already declining before " ... the prospects for hu- at the end of the "Consumption, several opinion pieces and letters They seem to think that this frog homes and families. Did you . manity are immeasurably dimin Forests and Wild Future"· section . to the editor on either side of the could be the first domino in a · even know who these hordble ished." (this is to saynothing of and what I've been reading in the debate. One recent opinion piece iong series of halts to the ever .. drawings are of? They're of good . the rest of existence). It's not like. EF! Joiunaland other environmen seemS..at first, to support preserva encroaching "Machine," .that. frog citizens like_my dearneigh we have a 'lot of tirrie to waste tal news letters. tion. However, it may instead re could bring it down finally once _bor and her (amily: This smut · · bdrigourownworstenemies. We The picture with a zero cutban veal a new and insidious tactic to and for good by scrambling the . could destroy an offspring's im already have plenty of them. ner and the written: support. for undermine the conservation ethic. grid. Of course a natural disaster age of their parents_! I. am also · When the Ludds overran Ex the NationaJ. Forest Protection and Andrew Slade is director of edu like a meteor shower could do concerned because I did-not see change Hall in Manchester many Restoration Act (H.R. 2789) is my cation at .the Great Lakes any use of dentaL dams, in the crowd were probably aware concern. This Act, introduced by Aquarium in Duluth and which frog activists like that others would soon be Reps; Cynthia McKinney and Jim writes a monthly column myself are trying to pro "twisted-in" and their numbers Leach and supported by a num for its .paper. The piece in mote for safe sex! would sweli. For the most part, ber of environmental organiza question actually · credits .Your past issues have Luddite communication was by tions/movements from the Sierra Earth First!. With bringing been done with much word of mouth, relatively easy Club to Earth First!, is not what the Little Alfie issue to the more taste, please return enough in the confines of the people claim it is. Publicized as a fore. He ·goes on tq argue to your old ways. Please Midlands, back then: "zero cut" bill that will save our that we cannot leave na treat our frogs and read Today, however, we have to public lands from logging, H.R. ture alone even for purely ers with more respect in rely on long distance communi" 2789 received immediate atten conservation goals. He says: the future. cation to successfully address our tion in our community. Pictures "Humans have so manipu-. -FROG, BOISE, ID work and fillour ranks. With this of McKinney and Leach with Si lated natural systems on this in mind, will you please answer erra Club members were published planet that it is virtually Dear earthlings, the fucking phone? · on the covers of newsletters; envi impossible to do the right About two years ago I -OAK ronmental groups gave their sup thing ... we are stuck with began·keeping a list of eco port for "zero cut"; and there was the role of steward." groups whose activities are To the Editors, a general hope that Congress may featured in these very pages. True, the ,;population explo finally protect the forests. All one had to do lo make sion ain't what it used to be" I'm writing, however, to inform the list was nothing; It was. ies worse. I hate to be a wet people of the true nature of the a roster of organizations blanket, but the · Eostar issue's National Forest Protection and which did not respond to optimistic article vnderstates an Restoration Act. Unlike what some one query or another I had important comp~merit of human mainstream ·environmental made over the course of six population growth: momentum. groups would like people to be months, . One particular The article states that global lieve, McKinney-Leach Bill is not a . ' campaign.had the distlnc- . birth rates.have dropped by al zero ait bill. Nowhere in the Ian· t:ion of having- not te- . .most 50-percent since 19 50: from guage of H.R. 2789 is there any sponded to at least half a 5.0 to 2.8. Hooray! Trouble is, in mention of ending logging on dozen letters and phone that same period our annual in public land, or any land for that calls; Understand.thesewere crease has gone from 3 7 million matter. This bill would'end tim the .same. thing! _ not clandestine groups skulking to 7~ million: more tha·ri double ber sales on Federal Public Lands, They thought per about in the darkness, torching the growth at half the fertility. but not logging. This means trees haps. if · even as the toys of the empire, but organi- That's momentum. can be cut to build roads for recre little as 10 percent . zations who actt,lally gave their . How much better cart we,hope ational access to public lands, trees of the benchmarks name, address and serial number birth rates will get? Everi a one can be cut to make trails for mo and section cor under such headings as "what you child average per col!ple torized recreational vehicles, trees ners were moved can do" or "contact." My list of wouldn't stop our ,increase right can be cut for cross country ski that would be non-responders reached an incred away, due to so many people trails, trees can: be cut for mining cause for an exten ible 18 entries. · ' reaching child-bearing.age. One operations; basically; trees can be sive amount of j t is not IJlY intention to_l;>ash third of Asia's and _Latin cut for anything but "timber However, without~yaigumerit .time and manpower, seeing that . the inovem~nt by naming names, Am~rica's people are under the sales". These are just a few con at all, he concludes that the F Page 30 Earth First! Beltane 1998 Dear SFB, Siblings, and chanting dancers that be awareness and physical training Aren't we fighting a war AGAINST Just read Lo rax and Lester What is "non-violence"? Many long in-Greenpeace or the Rain is altogether lacking in this whole violence? Wood's letters in the Eostar Jour in this on-going debate, on both bow Family. EF! was founded as a · discussion of "violence." Spike writes of an action at nal responding to Michael ·sides, keep saying we need to radical direct action organization, Humble yer'selves people! Dillon Creek where an activist Dorsey's "Environmentalism or read Gandhi. Okay, I did. Specifi the tooth and cla\\' of the Envi -THE FERA L KID locked down under a water truck Racism" Op-ed. I was gladly to ccilly, "Gandhi on NoncVio, ronmental Movement. EF! must and had the hose opened on him. see them.there. lence," edited by Fr. Thomas return to its roots, its original There is no strength in violence. (NEVER lock to a water truck!) I recently swallowed my radi Merton. The following quotes are purpose. . Think of a heroic radical envi- Spike says he was trying to moti cal pride and joined the Sierra ·from Gandni's "NolieViol~nce in . ' An)i 'advocate of no:n ~ violente ~onnien tal cir animal lib action. vate people to turn the water off, Club wanting to support john Peace and Waf'': . , . . • · must be willing to· ptove their in . my mind. comes images of but nobody would because they Muir Sierrans (David Orr, Texas 'iTo Jay do~n . one's life' for courage and conviction by deirt- people like Paql Watson sailing were afraid of violence. I was EF! still loves you!) and to voter wl\atone conside~s tobe right is onsttatiori'. H . not, they are into a nuclear test siteto stop a there-my first experience with against the "immigration·teduc" the very -core of . satyagrahi. · builshi'tting cowards. who .are a nucleai: bom!J.:, IUs the Animal . direCt action. A raging logger was tion" proposaLTm against ifbe Satyagrahi is always superior to detrim~nt and disgrace to EF! and · Liberation Fr6iid>reaking into a trying to drive over ,our friend cause the nation state is no "rcmg armed resistance. This can only · dish6northe riame ofMoliandas ' vivisection tib and· rescuing the and 'kill him. Spil}e was being term friend.of the wild, mengtb. . be effectively p~ov .ed . bydemon- · Gandhi by invoking it. Fuck'em. animals. .Tt is}~lia Butterfly . confrontational, ~rguingwith the ening the borders are artificial stration, .not by argument. ln Their9 pfnipnsareworthyofcon- ' p'erchedZOO feet up a tree, 'defy very angry logg~rs and. ·rnaking and anthropocentric ... I'm . justice must be resi~ted : , No . tempt arid dismissal,· nothing ing 'ali 'that Pacific Lurri)Jer Co. the situation rtiore dangerous by against it because no orie deserves 'doubt the n&n~viol'ent WilY is ·more. Gandhi J:ii'rriself said the'y a'nd the wea.ther can throw at inflaming them. This is not the to be forced ba€k in shaclqes to a S.e.e;'"1 hof.f~h ..,.., ¥fhok ~,-ov.Nil -to f'A 'f i"' 11... ttt• . ., I ,.,-c.+- ..,. ott.e. ~\P.-, ~ ~~· V\~ wt.n ~ ;....u wr">A"'6nl~ \.·~· IN ~·~ '' ul'Sf ,clo'-'ds h~lc41 ~.,;,._ ?C4""h•~ .r.c- ~-F-~~* ~ ...... ·~ ""1 \tf~ I . ~ • \.rt-& ~""- -k•~ ~ •"-~... ·.p 'rftjfC.\f. , :->~•ttt ~~nL h-~e. C'H..., are incredible international contacts and resources sections and appen SALE RoAD dices full of detailed diagrams, forms EARTH FoR and campaign literature samples. BY BRIAN TOKAR Of special interest is the chapter'dii · . ,;,""""'""""""""'""""""""~"""""""'"""""""'""""""""""""~"""""""""""""""""""""' sustaining yourself anct·'thtt ..cam- ·: ..•. ·. ..· . . .. · _· ·. ·. . . . . paign, which offers .helpful :. hirts : BO ~K REVIEW BY BENJAMIN ENTICKNAP RAGING on everything from avoiding burn ~ . . Whether efforts at_ecological reconstruction take the out to keeping basecamp bug•freeL ..fo~ of a community garden, a farmers' market, aban- BOOK REVIEW BY jOHN. BOWLING Pure and simple: Road Raging·is . dbned ltmd:turned into a park, or a campaign against There is no one piece of work about people raising hell to de- corjiorate~ interfererice with the integrity ofone'scommu in the hands ·of activists · that fend the Earth. More than an.y- nity, activzsm at the·local}evel helps to reclaim public describes all the ins and outs of thing else, the book challenges ~piic'hind nuttu're il sens'iHility that can begin to sa"e our grassroots activism better t~an_ · activists everywheretothinkctiti- culture from the ravages of corporate d6minanc{?-. Road Raging, Top Tipsfor Wreck• cally about their campaigning. · ..:....:BRIANTOK.AR, EARTH FoR SALE ing Roadbuilding. Jam-packed This boot.< is .a gr~at remindeL of into just 17 5 pages (plus 40pages the depth and breadth of anysut~ Brian Tokar, in Earth For Sale: Reclaiming Ecology in of appendixes), this must-have cessful grassroots campaign, al}d the Age o(Corporate Greenwas.h, takes a scathing look activist handbook brings together the nuts and perhaps best of all, .a call for more community- at the contemporary environmental movement and bolts of community organizing, inyestigative re based organizing and strategic direct action. the powerful corporations wishing to derail envi- search and nonviolent direct action. The infor Road Raging is available through the Earth First! . ronmental and social rights. The book introduces mation is based on the experiences of British anti Journal for $12. Use the order form on page 37. the reader to the diverse players of the environmen- roads campaigns that avid Earth First! Journal · tal movement, froni the mainstream lobbyists in readers may recognize: the Third Battle of Washington, DC, to the activists living in the cano Newbury, Twyford Down and the No M11, No pies of ancient redwoods. Tokar exposes the co M65 and No A30 link campaigns. optation of mainstream environmental The book unfolds with five solid chapters describ MUSIC REVIEW BY DARRYL CHERNEY organizations by greedy transnational corporations ing the art of building a peoples' movement. Simple, including Exxon, Union Carbide, Monsanto, Dow concise information is offered on building a group, What are Buffy Sainte - ~arie, Hank Williams, Jr., Chemical and Weyerhaeuser. This book dynami establishing an office, raising funds and dealing with Dan Fogelberg andJello Biafra all doing on the same cally depicts struggles that both environmentalists the media. There are sections on organizing phone recording? They're all singing songs about protect- and affected citizens face in their daily quest for trees, utilizing internet lists and creating newsletters. ing our forests on EarthBeat!'s release IfA Tree Falls. social and environmental equity. Tokar offers timely But the real emphasis is on direct person-to-person A portion of each sale goes to the Trees Foundation, advice for the current environmental crisis, when communication. Road Raging describes how·door which supports 19 forest cdnservation groups work- money is more valuable than wild lands, clean air knocking, petitioning, group hikes, political forums, ing to preserve the ancient redwoods in California's and pure water. big events and other time-tested grassroots outreach Headwaters forest. Earth For Sale successfully exposes how convo- tools were applied to various campaigns. If A Tree Falls is a virtual"forest opera," with each luted the environmental movement has become. The media chapter is a critkal analysis song acting like a chapter in a story. This is no · Many individuals and organizations choose differ of how to best use the media, as opposed ordinary compilation. The sojourn begins with the . ent paths to fight ·the system. Similarly, different to being used by the media, with a real do telling of the spirit and beauty of the forest, as philosophies underlie their actions. Tokar's con it-yourself approach that covers press espoused in Native American John Trudell's "Song trast between social ecology and deep ecology is an release writing, photography and video of the Trees." The tale takes its tragic turn with Bruce interesting example of the different philosophies documentation, as well as interviewing. Cockburn's title cut "If A Tree Falls," and Hank held by environmentalists. Deep ecologists, Tokar The riext three chapters outline how Williams, Jr. 's "Kiss Mother Nature Goodbye." The states, "perceive wilderness as the real world, in the to gather information from public and compilation concludes with a message of hope as setting where natural evolution may continue free private sources and develop profiles on veteran songstress Ferron sings "('I won't be a') of the manipulations and disruptions that they campaign targets and opponents. As Heart of Destruction," and Charlie Murphy of Ru- chiefly associate with human presence." Deep ecolo the book states, "Ideally, you'd put mors of the Big Wave reminds us that "('We could gists tend to view the natural world as separate from bugs, hidden cameras and infiltrators be dancing on') The Only Green World." Grateful human society. They emphasize protection of bio in the offices of all the road builders' Dead lyricist Robert Hunter penned an exclusi\Z,e logical diversity and have a 1'biocentric" worldview. senior staff-do it if you have the money new song performed .by Zero, "The Devil and the In contrast, "social ecology seeks the roots of eco and knowledge!" In addition to dig Trees." Jello Biafra and Mojo Nixon collaborate on logical destruction in particular social institutions ging up dirt on the Earth rapers, the a punk-a-billy version of "Where Are We Gonna capitalism and the nation/state-and argues that an book provides sound security tips activists can use Work When The Trees Are Gone?" If A Tree Falls ecological society can emerge from forms of local to protect themselves and the integrity of their offers a forum for unsigned artists as well. Canadian political engagement that directly challenge these campaigns from these scum bags. It also delves into vocal trio The Wyrd Sisters are featured with a institutions." Advocat~s of social ecology look more the strategic issues of how and when to escalate your hauntin,g ballad "Farewell Clayoquot Sound." at the role of humans in nature, trying to balance tactics and how to prepare for direct action and the The concept for If A Tree Falls came from the needs for cultural and biological diversity. many legal issues surrounding this decision. EarthBeat!'s visionary co-founder Leib Ostrow. He _This book engages the reader by providing cur The action-packed chapters describing everything was arrested with his 15-year-old son in a 1995 rent examples of social and environmental injus from building tree camps to tunnels and organizing protest calling for protection of Headwaters. tice caused by corporate greed. Tokar dives into the critical mass bike rides and street parties are wild but "EarthBeat! is located in the heart of the redwoods, perils of the Salvage Rider which opened up vast brief, as is most ·of the information presented in this tracks of previously protected public lands by ex snapshot book of whatever-it-takes campaigning. I empting salvage sales from environmental enforce found this a bit troubling. There are safety risks not ment, legal challenges and citizen appeals. We see outlined in the book that some well-intentioned how, in many cases, President Clinton's desire to folks may not fully account for when taking action. appease both industry and citizens results in con · Be careful out there! tradiCtion and compromise. Examples abound, Road Raging may present some ideologically chal including the struggle to stop the illegal dumping lenging, even shocking, concepts for North Ameri of toxic sludge on native lands in southern can activists as information about property-destruc California's deserts. tion is presented along side civil disobedience tac Tokar depicts the strategies used by various groups tics . Yes, people fuck shit up en masse in broad to combat environmental destruction, plus he of daylight along with lockdowns or "lock ons," as fers a few new ones. This book is excellent for the they call it in Britain. person wanting to learn more about current envi The _great nonviolence debate rages on in Britain ronmental battles. For more seasoned environmen as it does here. The book takes a no-nonsense talists, it offers new views and prospective solutions approach in describing the different tactics, neither to long ~ term problems. condemning nor condoning monkeywrenching.lt Upcm completion, I walked away feeling the ur even explains the usefulnt;ss of caltrops and smoke gency for change. This change will not come as long bombs next to that of tripods and u-locks or "d as the environmental movement remains segre locks." There are even some outrageous devices, like gated. It is essential to unify activists, workers, all "chainsaw whips" which gum up chainsaws, and ethnic groups and social classes. Earth For Sale is a hands-on eviction evasion techniques that would match to s~t the idea of an ecological ~:evolution on make some US activists' heads'spin! and we see the slaughter of our forests up close," he fire. It is time for an ecological revolution that spans Road Raging is as engaging in content as it is in said. Leib joined me in researching the material and the globe in a rainbow of colors, stopping people in British wit and humorous colloquialisms. It is writ co-producing the project. their tracks with the realization that the Earth is ten for a broad audience and has many impressive If A Tree Falls is available from the Earth First! truly not for sale! pictures of people swinging from insane tower and Journal for $12 cassette and $17 for the compact Earth For Sale can be ordered through South End pole structures and awe-inspiring tree villages. There disc. To order use the merchandise form on page 3 7. Press_of Boston, Massachusetts, USA. May-June 1998 Earth First! Page 33 THINGS ro Do... -PIAas TO Go... PEoPLE TO S££... Western Shoshone GWBALIZATION Muskeg Stomp Boogie ACTIONS Spring Gathering June 15 to July 15 May 16-18 .... The Eyak Rainforest Preservation Fund in Cordova (Eyak) Alaska needs your Crescent Valley. NV People's movements from all conti help. They are inviting activists to a month-long action camp focusing on nents gathered in Geneva February defending one of the last wild and intact pristine ecosystems left on Earth, the May8-10 23-25 to discuss joint actions against Copper River Delta. the World Trade Organization (WTO), Recently, House Resources Chairman, Don Young, sponsored H.R. 3087-a bill The Spring Gathering is a time for free trade and corporate rule. to grant a 25-mile, 500-foot-wide, right-of-way road easement to Chugach Alaska Western Shoshone and their support The result was a global call for de Corporatioh. They are planning to build a road into this ultra-sensitive pristine ers to come together in prayer and centralized actions all around the ecosystem and want to open this area to large scale industrial extraction. celebration to protect Western world against economic institutions, From June 15 to July 15 the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is allowing the. Shoshone lands and rights for the fu corporations and governments in con Chugach Alaska Corporation to begin roadbuilding into the Bering River/Carbon ture generations. nection with the Ministerial Confer Mountain region of Alaska. The road is criticized by local fishers, Natives and Speakers, round dancing, food, cer ence at the 50th anniversary of the environmentalists because it crosses 250 streams (100 anadromous fish spawning emony, traditional skills, youth activi free trade agreement GATT/WTO. streams). Don't you think that some things are just plain sacred and should be left ties and raffle prizes will be shared by all. • May 16-Global Street Party! Thou alone? This place is not only irreplacable, but priceless-and not for sale. This is an outdoor event, so please sands of people in cities around the The first week of the Copper River action camp will open with performances come prepared for camping. All meals world will simultaneously be dane" by amazing singer/songwriter Joanne Rand. Other bands and key speakers are will be provided. ing on the streets transforming invited to participate and show support in defense of our Mother Earth. Please Directions: Crescent Valley is located privatized enclosed spaces into Festi join and help us. We need·your spirit and support-this is a call from one of the roughly halfway between Elko and vals of Resistance against the car and last wild places on Earth. · Battle Mountain, south of I-80. From fossil fuel industry, economic For more information, contact the Eyak Rainforest Preservation Fund, Dune I-80, take exit 261. Follow the paved globalization and corporate rule. Or Lankard, POB 460, Cordova, AK 99574; (907) 424-5890, 424-5891; road 19 miles to the town of Crescent ganize your party now! Contact Re [email protected]; www.redzone.org. Valley. Take the first left after the claim the Streets! at POB 9656 , Lon cattleguard and continue on the road don N4 4JY, England; 44-171- for 13 miles-it turns to gravel outside 2814621; [email protected]. of town. Just follow the arrows! • May 18-Global Anti-WTO Day to Contact the Western Shoshone De coincide with the Second Ministerial fense Project for more info at POB Conference in Geneva. John Seed & Ruth Rosenh 211106, Crescent Valley, NV 89821; A meeting to evaluate and coordi (702) 468-0230. nate further European actions will be The Council of All Beings is a series Rising; (5 13) 921-5124; earthrising@ No alcohol/drugs or firearms please! held in Cardiff I Wales during the alter of re-Earthing rituals created by John geocities.com, JS & RR ------1 native EURO Summit Qune 9-16). Con Seed and Joanna Macy to help end the· • May 25 Rainforest Roadshow, tact Reclaim Europe! at 1B Waterlow sense of <;1lienation from the living EarthConnection, Cincinnati; (513) Earth that most of us feel and to con 451-3932; [email protected], JS & RR Fifth Annual Rd., London N19 5NJ; 0171-272 9333; nect us whh new sources of"joy, com • May 2"5 Celebration of The Word fax S61 0800; [email protected] mitment and inspiration that follow and Sacrament, High Point Church, or [email protected]. uk; http:/ I Forest Activist from union with our planet. Union, KY; (606) 384-4400; www.geocities.com/Rainforest/ 5581 I. Through sharing, meditation and · [email protected], JS & RR Training Week ritual, we will explore the depths of • May 29-31 COAB, Northwest Earth our concern for our planet. Rediscov- · Institute, Portland, OR; (503) 288- June 7-14 ering our "deep ecology"-our 1099; [email protected], JS & RR Luna Video interconnectedness with all beings • May 31 An . Evening of Native Forest Network of Eastern we find empowerment as agents of Ecopsychology in Portland, OR with North America will be hosting its fifth healing change. We step aside from Ingrid Schuitevoerder; (503) 248-1608; annual Forest ActivistTraining Week The Stafford Giant Tree-Sit is the our solely human identification and [email protected], RR & JS June 7 through June 14 . . story of the longest tree-sit in US let other life forms speak through us. • JUNE 5-7 COAB, Ashland, OR (541) The training week will be held at the history. The Stafford Giant redwood We allow ourselves, through group 482-4459; [email protected],JS & RR Wheelock Farm in the beautiful Green · tree, also called "Luna," was discov visualizations, to re-experience our • June 12-14 COAB, Breitenbush Hot Mountains of Vermont. Experienced ered blue-marked for cutting by Earth four-and-a-half-billion-year evolu Springs, Detroit OR; (503) 854-3314; activists will share their skills with First! during the Fall '97 Headwaters tionary journey. By recapitulating our [email protected], JS & RR participants in a wide array of forest campaign. In order to save it from the evolutionary journey in this way, we All the proceeds from our workshops defense activities including: chainsaw, a nonstop tree occupation are able to shed our solely human and speaking engagements will go to • Working with the mainstream me began. One extraordinary woman identifiCation and feel deep empathy Rainforest Information Centre projects dia and creating our own media named Julia "Butterfly" has remained for the myriad species and landscapes in Ecuador, New Guinea, India and • Creative fundraising in the tree all winter! Here's the in of the Earth. beyond. If our show is headed for your • Compass work and orienteering side view of one of the mostinspiring (COAB is Council .of All Beings; JS is neck of the woods, contact us, and • Civil disobedience (CD) training acts of civil disobedience ever. John Seed; and RR is Ruth Rosenhek.) we'll send you some fliers to stick up • History of nonviolent CD and radi For copies of this video send a $20 • May 15-17 COAB, Oxford, Ml, Up in your town. cal movements in the US donation to the Headwaters Action land Hills Ecological Awareness Ctr.; For workshop descriptions see, • Communication, networking and Video Collective at POB 2198, Redway, (248) 693-1021; [email protected], http:/ /forests.org/ric/seed/deep-eco/ CA 95560; (707) 459-5490 ext. 582. working in coalitions JS & RR johnseed.htm. To learn more about • , Climbing, tree sitting and banner • May 15 Youth workshop, Oxford, the projects we're funding, check hanging MI; (248) 693-1021, RR out our internet site http:// • Action planning: setting goals, re • May 18-22 Gathering of the Tribe, forests.org/ric/ For July to October connaissance and implementation Bloomington, IN; (812) 330-9010 · dates or more information contact There will be many other workshops brtngs tt all together••• • May 23-25 Cincinnati OH, .IMAGO (800) 555-8839, [email protected] or as well as informal discussions, role Conference, COAB May 25, EarthSpirit rrosenhek@aol. com). plays and nighttime aCtivities. For 25 yrs A1lenuziJws For more information or to register, has brought together · please contact Native Forest Network . commwrity activists, at POB 57, Burlington, VT 05402; and researchers to THE DtP.lVERS (802) 863-0571; [email protected]. discuss environmental £CO .. ROCK YOU. Space is limited so register early! issues with all their "Have a Global Warrrtt'g Dai' social, political and economic components. - trtle cut as hec:wd O'l NPR. Featut'lllQ Jan and Spt'lllQ Fund for ·Wild Nature Subscrtbe todayl Lundberg on vocals. Get therr A non-profit, tax-exempt foundation whicli funds Please send your name, address, with a cheque to: 13-song first album, research, education and literature projects. Alt~rlllllillt~ JourMl, c/o Emirnnmental Studiell · Spiral bound, lOOs of pages, clippings, oncassette fot" $1 2, from Alita nee for a Pavtng Moraconurn Funding proposals and.donations can be sent to: · U. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ·oN, Can., NlL 3Gl graphics, photos, cartoons. Send $25 to: Ar'cata, Call (51 9) 888-4545 to order by credit~ P.O. Box 4347, Austin EF!, POB 7292 ,' Austin, TX 78713 POB 1657, Corvallis, OR 97339 I $34 (US) Humboldt, Calif. 8551 8 USA Page 34 Earth First! Beltane 1998 THINGS ro Go;,•• Pl.Aas .m Sa.. ~ PEoPLE ro Do... End Corporate FBI Fiddling Unity in Diversity Salva La Sierra I Dominance MAY24 One People, Taylor Ranch Fiddle down at the FBI Headquarters Roads how MAY29-31 at 450 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco, One Movement The growing movement to dismantle CA, at 12 noon. Yes, you heard right! with Danny Dollinger corporations and their mechanisms of Rosin up' yer bow. The FBI office hoe San Luis, Colorado domination attains focus in the Pacific . down will honor fiddler and Earth First! The Salva La Sierra roadshow is soon ' Northwest this May. A broad coalition activist Judi Bari and support her civil June 5-7 to be touring the South. We'll be featur of activists has planned a free Regional rights lawsuit against the feds for trying , Come to a gathering ·of the minds, ing the newly released documentary on Conference to End Corporate Domi to frame her for a car bomb assassina intended to break down the barriers the struggle to saveLa Sierra, a slideshow nance Oyer Ecosystems and Commu tion attempt that crippled·her for Jhe that divide ·the activist · community and the jammin' tunes of EF! musician nities at Portland State University. remaining seven years of her·life. · and learn to find strength in our dif Danny Dollinger. The tour will culmi Intended as a means to spark public Bari tragically passed away from ferences .. Lively discussions with log nate with a giant party to be hosted by dialogue and debate, attendees will breast cancer inMarch of 1997 at the gers and ranchers are certain to take Zachary 'faylor, the owner of the Taylor emerge knowledgeable of the lengthy age of 4 7 leaving behind two .young place in workshops entitled "Violent ranch, at his home in North Carolina. A history of resistance, indigenous ways daughters. Still held in the evidence vs. Nonviolent Revolution," "Drugs three-day gathering will take place prior of thinking and behaving and strate locker of the FBI is Judi's fiddle. On the and Alcohol in the · Movement,~· to the party, demanding accountability gies and tactics tci. proinote alterna~ eight-yearanniversaryofthecarbomb, "Cross-cultural Organizing!'.and" Zero for the cultural and ecological genocide tives to a homogenous, consumption we'll be demanding the return of]u:di's Cutvs. Sustainable Forestry." . he is imposing on La Sierra and the driven, corporate future. fiddle, along with a call to end FBI The gathering is to be held at the town of San Luis. Please join us! Confirmed speakers are award-win political repression. base of the Sangre de Cristos in South- • May 14- Memphis, TN ning filmmaker Lee Lew Lee (All Power Perhaps you'd like to organize your . ern Colorado, home to a seventh gen • May 16- Chatanooga, TN to the People), author Ward Churchill own Fiddle Down·of the FBI in your eration sustainable.fatming commu • May 18-Knoxville, TN (AgentsofRepression),CeciliaRodriguez ownregion. For more information, call nity threatened by the largest timber • May 19_.:._ Ashville, NC (US spokesperson of the Zapatistas), Ri (707) 468-1660 or 923-4949. sale irt the country. • May 21- Boone, NC chard Grossman (co-director of the Pro- , What to bring; An open mind, a • May 22-25-Heartwood Conference gram on Corporations, Law & Democ desire to effect change and unbridled • May 28.:._ Roanoke, VA racy), investigative journalists Gerard creativity. Prepare for cold weather • May 30- Charlottesville, VA Colby and Charlotte Dennett (Thy Will camping. Please bring food to contrib • June 1- Chapel Hill, NC Be Done), Jeff Mackler (national secre ute to communal cooking as well. If • June 5- Athens, GA tary of Socialist Action) and Jeffrey St. jULY 17-19 possible,leaveyour dog at home, or be • June 10-12- Newburn, NC Clair (co-editor of Counterpunch). a very responsible parent. Do not bring • June 12-17- Basecamp Advance donations are greatly ap~ The Gaia Music Festival, featuring weapons or illegal drugs. For more information contact predated, as is assistance with infor music for nature-based spirituality and There will be a convoy leaving for Culebra EF! or Ancient Forest Rescue mation distribution. Contact (54:1) environmental defense will be held in North Carolina to celebrate the after at POB 762, San Luis, CO 81152; (719) 345-S 720, 468-2028 or (503) 241-5468. Laytonville, California. Costis $20/day, gathering party with Zachary Taylor, 672-3012; [email protected]. $35/weekend, including camping imd the greedy destroyer of La Sierra and parking. This gathering will bring to racist desecrator of the-San Luis farm DooR DIE gether environmental troubadors and ing community. Come dance on the goddess/pagan bards with the inten ·ruins of his estate 'with us! · fantastic The latest issue (164 pages!) hit the tion of bringing spirit to activism and For more information contact An streets in March. This compilation of activism to spirit. All proceeds will ben cient ForestRescue/Culebra EF! at POB Phone ~avingsl voices from activists within EF! comes efit the Headwaters Forest Campaign, 762, San Luis, CO 81152; (719) 672- from highly recommended. "We aimost Green Egg Magazine and other non-prof 3012; [email protected]. killed owselves and each other doing its. Musicians, vendors and volunteers it, so we think it's quite.good!" Send can send inquiries, demo tapes, etc. to .£2.50 {inc p&p), $6 overseas to South Environmentally Sound Promotions, NW Rendezvous Long Distance Downs EF!, POB 2971, Brighton BN2 ' POB 2254, Redway, CA 95560; (707) 2GY, England. 923-4949; [email protected]. 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