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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 • Samhain Vol. 19, No. 1 November-December, 1998 THE RADICAL ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNAL $3.50 HEADWATERS AcTIVIST KILLED After the tree that crushed Gypsy BY KAREN PICKETT fell, the small group of people in his Just after noon on Thursday, Sep­ affinity group scrambled out of the tember 17, Headwaters forest defender brush where they had taken cover, David Nathan Chain, known to his yelling at the logger that he could friends as "Gypsy," lost his life when a have killed them. One of the group tree cut by a Pacific Lumber (PL) log­ started frantically calling out for ger crushed him to death. Gypsy, "Where's Gypsy? He was right Gypsy arid eight other Earth First!ers behind me. I can't find him. Gypsy!" had ventured into an active timber When the logger who cut the tree harvest zone in the Grizzly Creek area found Gypsy, he fell to his knees and of the Headwaters forest complex to prayed. Gypsy's friends prayed and explore possible violations of cried near where he lay while one of California's Forest Practice Rules, them ran to a phone about a mile and bring the violations to the logger's a half away. attention, and to get the California Pacific Lumber immediately issued a Department of Forestry to come in­ statement calling the death a "tragic spect the site. On the 17th and the accident," claiming the loggers were previous day, a small group of people not aware of the protesters' presence had been engaging the loggers on­ and citing its "best in the industry" site in dialogue in an attempt to slow safety record. PL also claimed Chain the cutting. PL had not amended its was hit by a "domino tree," a second logging plan to reflect the road build­ tree downed by the tree cut by the ing it was conducting next to marbled logger. These claims had nothing to do (left) helps construct murrelet habitat. The day following with the truth but were issued before corded less than an hour before Chain protests in the area, as activists from Chain's death, the California Depart­ any details emerged. was killed. It contains threats and ad­ the same affinity group had been at ment of Forestry (CDF) did inspect The fact that the loggers were in­ monitions by the logger to "Get the the site the previous day, talking with the site and found that two viola­ deed aware of the protesters' presence fuck out of here or there's going to be them at length. In addition, there was tions had occurred. was corroborated by a videotape re- a tree coming your way!" an active tree sit in the area. I " Davi~ "Gypsy" Cli~in Nierlt'cfHiil, 17to 2e , I The logger and his fellow workers in p,ages' the woods were fully aware of ongoing continued on page 21 Minnehaha Under Se___ ·~ Jason Hammel, John Glass, Hew Stines-lnfiltrator BY BoB GREENBERG A 24-year-old guy weighing about 210 pounds, standing six-feet tall with shaggy black hair, blue eyes and a goatee showed up in our camp shortly after publication of the first Earth First! Journal article about the Minnehaha Liberated Zone. He called himself Jason Hammel, and he had ;;;~ business cards from Buffalo Nations and Cold Moun­ t tain, Cold Rivers. He said he was the nephew of Buffalo Nations organizer Mike Meese and he wanted uThe police closed off the streets for several surrounding blocks and formed a moving human blockade around the machinery." to help out with our efforts. American Indian Movement have successfully used Almost immediately he started name dropping. BY pATCHOULI direct action tactics to hold off bulldozers. The He said he knew Jim Rex from Activist Front and "This road would not be going through this area announcement of the hunger strike came immedi­ that he had been involved with the communica­ if it were a Catholic church, a synagogue or a ately after the latest raid on the Minnehaha Free tions team at the '96 Democratic National Conven­ mosque," said Earth First! activist "Martial Law," State. Activists are now preparing to spend the cold tion in Chicago. We have one of the core people "There are no people besides the Native Americans Minnesota winter defending the encampment, vow­ from that team involved in our communications that must prove something is sacred to them. We ing not to give up their position on the Mississippi team, and she did not know him. Strike one. call on all people of faith to join the struggle to floodplain until the road project is canceled. Later in the day he said that he had been at protect these sacred sites, to save the homes and to On October 14, while a "Stop the Reroute" rally Headwaters during the same time that several folks preserve the fragile ecosystem the Minnesota De­ was being held on the courthouse steps in down­ from our camp were there. They didn't recognize partment of Transportation (MNDOT) plans to pave tgwn Minneapolis, 60 riot police descended on the him. Strike two. over. We are being very reasonable and using the Minnehaha Free State. Bulldozers were again moved Jason knows just how to tell people what they hunger strikes only as a defensive tactic." in to tear up the utility lines connected to the want to hear. He told Jim Anderson of the Mendota With this impassioned plea, four occupants of squatted houses. Authorities were met by a base Mdewakanton Dakota community that he could get the Minnehaha Free State announced their inten- crew that had stayed behind in anticipation of just him press coverage on CNN. Jimmy wants national tion to conduct a hunger strike until the construc­ such a surprise (not!) attack. The police closed off coverage of this issue so he took to Jason quickly. tion of Highway 55 near Coldwater Camp is called the streets for several surrounding blocks and Later in the day, Jason had a conflict with one of off and the land claims of the Mendota formed a moving human blockade around the the women in camp who plays a critical role in Mdewakanton are recognized. machinery as it went about its destructive work. communications. Since mid-August a coalition of activists from Big Woods Earth First!, the Mendota tribe and the continued on page 25 continued on page 23 EARTH FIRST! NO COMPROMISE IN DEFENSE OF MOTHER EARTH POB 1415 • EUGENE, OREGON 97440 • (541) 344-8004 Breaking the Prolllise of Civil Disobedience Earth Firstf Journal All our lives we are taught that for the vast majority of us, for chronic violations of environmental and safety regu­ Samhain the greatest political power we will ever yield is the vote. lations. CDF knew it and did nothing. Earth First! opens people's eyes to the painfully obvious But the situation is different in one important way this November I, I998 fact that our voices and our bodies are at least as powerful time. This time, we know who did it. David Chain didn't as the voting pen. If people see Earth First! as a cult, it is die, he was killed, and the person who did it has a name Vol. I9. No. I because converts are thrown into a frenzy by the heady and an address: The Earth First! Journal is published by realization that we can change the course of history and Charles Hurwitz. an editorial staff from within the Earth actually can helpsave the world-by digging in a road with Justice will be served in David's death when Charles First! movement. Entire contents are copy­ a shovel, by a careful turn of the wrench and by putting our Hurwitz releases his death grip on the Headwaters forest. righted 1997. Weallowreprintingifcredit bodies on the line. There is no balm for grief other than time. And the only is given, except for those articles specifi­ The premise of civil disobedience as practiced by Earth · cure for righteous anger is justice. justice for David means cally copyrighted by the author. Art, pho­ First! is that we-can put our bodies in harm's way to stop the a thorough and unbiased investigation into his death, and tographs and poetry are copyrighted by silent tragedies.· Our struggle depends on the cultural the individual artists and permission for it means the success of this cause. Winning protection for use must be received from them. promise that life is valuable, and if we put our lives at risk, the last native forests in this country is the only way to Earth First! Journal is a forum for the no­ someone will care. avenge David's death. compromise environmental movement. The most fearsome aspect of David Chain's murder is On january 4, 1996, I wrote in my journal: Responsibility rests with the individual that it screams in no uncertain terms that such a promise "Yesterday I saw 300~year-old trees falling to the ground authors and correspondents. The contents has been broken. David put his life on the line, and it was for the first time. I stood in the mist on Yellow Mountain, do . not necessarily represent the view­ not enough, not enough to stop logger Arlington Ammons hiding from the loggers and watching as pine and fir giants point of this newspaper, the Earth First! anyway. But Ammons is not the only one. · dove to the earth. First, the sound of the chainsaw, which movement,- local Earth First! groups or I have watched a friend come nose to grill with a Mack lasts for a surprisingly short time, a creaking which echoes individual Earth First!ers. truck at a protest and believed for an endless moment that Submissions are welcomed and should through the forest with foreboding and regret, a wavering be typed or clearly printed. Send a SASE if the trucker would not stop. In British Columbia, harassment among the tree tops, and then the achingly long woosh you would like them returned.lf you want is a way of life for activists. Last summer, a Sierra Club and scream as the tree begins to move from its base and confirmation of receipt of a submission, organizer was assaulted in Missouri. Last fall, a Northern fall. And then, finally, the thud, which lasts for whole please .request it. We encourage submis­ California actiVist had his foot crushed by a loggingtruck. minutes, as the tree, the length qf the tree, makes contact sic:ms on Macintosh disks or via e-mail. Art This summer, actiVists in Idaho watched from the woods in ' with the earth for the first time. No tree is small when you or photographs are desirable to illustrate the dark of night as timber workers stole their gear and set watch the length of it arcing through the sky. The noise of articles and essays. (Prints are best, nega- , their camp ablaze. The pages of the Journal are filled with ·. it all-is incredible, almost primeval. The speed with which i:ives are good, slides are fair.) They will be stories of harassment-and intimidation. returned if requested. the loggers work is heartbreaking. I truly felt that any effort All submissions are edited for length Many comparisons have been made between David I could make to save one of those trees would not be. , and clarity. If art article is significantly Chain's murder andthe bombing of Darryl Cherney and wasted. I even felt that to die for a tree like that would be edited, we will make a reasonable effort to Judi Bari in 1990, and the situation is similar. Both events an act of beauty and honor." contact the author prior to publication. mark a turning point in our mutual struggle. Like the We'll never know in his final seconds if David Chain felt ISSN 1055-8411 Earth First! Journal is bombing, David's death was but an escalation of the tactics this cause was worth his life. We can hope and pray, but indexed in the Alternative Press Index. of intimidation, an escalation deliberately and maliciously we'll never know, and we'll never have that comfort. The The Earth First! Journal is recorded on mi­ ignored by law enforcement. The police knew in 1990 that only balm for our grief is victory. Right now that may feel crofilm by University Microfilms, Inc. Darryl and Judi had received death threats. The Forest hollow, but when the prize is within our grasp, when the All correspondence regarding subscrip­ tions, merchandise orders, donations, Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the state depart­ chainsaws are set down and silence reigns again, the letters i:o the editor, articles, photos, ments of forestry and the local law enforcement all know sweetness will make the struggle well worth it. graphics, etc., should be directed to: that activists are being assaulted and harassed by timber -LACEY PHILLABAUM Earth First! journal workers encouraged by logging companies. The California POB 1415 Department of Forestry (CDF) knew in January of this year Correction: In the last issue of the Journal, the author of the Eugene, OR 97440 thatPacific Lumber's license ought to have been revoked Minnehaha article was Carlo Tresca, not Bob Greenburg. Phone: (541) 344-8004 Fax: (541) 344-7688 E-mail: [email protected] BY FAITH ·W"ALKER http://www.envirolink:org/orgs/ef sperm production in birds, who have higher tempera­ Business Manager: Acasia Berry fiftq. tures than their furry counterparts, and in mammals Merchandise Goddess: Isabella with abdominal testes. Hence, it is likely that tempera­ Subscriptions/Webpage: Jeff Hogg ture sensitivity is the result of secondary adaptations of Editorial Staff: Kurt Jens .~q, ~.tan auna Ca&a[a metabolic enzymes, not the cause of testicular descent Wilson, tkintz, Lacey Phillabaum, Josh Laughlin. © and scrotal evolution. Poetry Editor: Dennis Fritzinger Fauna. n. animal life. A more coherent theory is that the scrotum evolved Volunteers: Kim, Jesse, Steve, Delyla, Cabala. n. an esoteric, secret matter or as a result of sperm competition between males, with Meagan, Craig, Harmon, Raven Hawk, mysterious art. the premise that if sperm are physiologically chal­ James, Frog lenged within a male's testes they will perform better Artists in this issue include: Julia The mammalian scrotum is an anatomical oddity that has within a female's reproductive tract. Scrotal sperm are Butterfly, Errol Schweizer, Vaughn Frick, until recently defied explanation. Testes can occupy six loca­ definitely stressed out from low oxygen and pH, the Stella, Asante Riverwind tions in the body, ranging from deep within the abdomen to results of poor blood supply. The "sperm training" Cover art by: Eric Drooker Back cover by: Tony van Galen, within a scrotal sac. A third of mammalian species are ascrotal, hypothesis suggests that sperm respond to these low and more families and orders contain ascrotal members than levels by increasing the number, size and efficiency of SCHEDULE scrotal ones. There has been much nail-biting this century mitochondria, which is how striated muscle cell mito­ Earth First! Journal is published 8 times a year over the evolutionary forces that drove testicular descent and chondria respond to such conditions. Because larger on the solstices, equinoxes, and cross­ the reasons for such variation among taxa. testes produce more ejaculate and testes get smaller as quarter days on or about November 1, De­ The popular explanation is that sperm love a cold climate, they descend, there may be a tradeoff between produc­ c~mber 21 (Winter Solstice), February 2, and hence the scrotum (and/or the cauda epididymus, the ing lots of sperm and producing fewer, high quality March 21 (Vernal Equinox), May 1,June 21 (Summer Solstice), August 1, and September sperm storage locker) evolved to keep sperm cooler than body sperm. Scrotal species are thought to employ the sperm­ ii (Autumnal Equinox). One-year subscrip­ temperature. There is some evidence for this. For instance, quality strategy of spermcompetition, whereas ascrotal tions in the US via third class mail are $25. sexually mature male grizzly bears have a bald spot on the species employ the quantity strategy of swamping First class delivery is $35. Outside the US, scrotal skin covering the cauda epididymus; the testes of the rivals' sperm. The degree of testicular descent, then, is surface delivery is $35 and airmail is $45. sheath-tailed bat migrate from the scrotum into the abdomen merely a reflection of where on the continuum a Corporate and law enforcement rate is $45. seasonally, but the storage area always remains scrotal. How­ species lies. After 75 years of scrotal scrutiny, we Deadline for the next issue is: ever, this explanation does not account for the variation in finally have a reasonable explanation tot this precari­ the degree of testicular descent and is contradicted by normal ous gonadal perch. November 23 Page 2 Earth First! Samhain 1998 A Ruptured Pril•aordiallnti••tacy Disorder as a result of our original and repeated word, I call this nonviolence. Nonviolence emerges BY S. BRIAN WILLSON traumas of separation. from hope that justice (intimacy) is ultimately David Chain's death during the campaign to Because our species' evolution is quite ancient, realizable because it is our deeper reality. The preserve our ecosystem in Northern California's this relatively recent separation from our intimacy means by which we act must become an embodi­ Headwaters is yet another tragedy which raises with the Earth represents but .003 percent of our ment of this spirit. No matter that we will not be questions about the nature and manner of efforts to time on Earth, 200 of 100,000 generations. An perfect in the process of learning to access and reveal sanity in the face of madness. Perhaps an ancient, grounded, intimate, seemingly secret, un­ practice living in this awesome original ground­ even more important question though is why our damaged person resides within each of our beings. ing of our beings. Unlike violence, this process species persists in destroying our habitat, and there­ Our salvation depends on reconnection with our does require courage because we become vulner­ fore ourselves. original intimacy with the Earth. This intimacy able to situations. Nonviolence possesses faith It is a very critical historical moment. Fortunately, resides in our genetic and memory structures even that to act in a loving, even if militant, manner in the question is now seriously being ad- though they have been repeatedly overlaid with the face of dreadful violence just might inspire dressed by various academics and ac­ ideological illusions. new openness, even a consciousness shift within tivists from the fields of psychol­ . This reconnection may be less a product of rational the adversary. There is no assurance this will ogy, quantum physics, deep ecol­ political choices than a spiritual, experiential happen in this moment or even tomorrow. But ogy, cosmology, creation spiritual­ epiphany that enables us to get in touch with this there is faith that vulnerability to this ultimate ity, biology, anthropology and inherent consciousness sleeping within us. intimacy will have an impact. This process calls to ecofeminism. There seems to be Our frenetic, consumptive lifestyles; the soul, to the latent intimate being residing an emerging consensus that our our arrogant, self righteous ideologi­ within each and every one of us, It is helpful to human species is experiencing cal conditioning, even in the move­ remember that this sleeping dimension has been repeated traumas, emanating ment; as well as emotional devel­ evolving for three million, not three, or 30, or 300 from an original trauma, a opmental wounds from our of­ or 3,000 years. In nonviolence one expresses him shocked and ruptured ten dysfunctional families and or herself very affirmingly yet clearly intends not psyche, due to intellec­ cultural upbringings, all con­ to harm the adversary. One seeks to break the tual disconnection tribute to .our inability cycle of self righteousness and violence with an from the natural to hear, see, smell, attitude and behavior that is demonstrably hum pie Earth. This is re­ taste and feel this and vulnerable. The courage and vision are bo.rn ferred to as a psy­ awesome intimacy from experiencing a sense of one's original inti­ chic mutilation or residing within us macy with all in the cosmos. dislocation, a pro­ and all of our rela- There is no telling how David Chain's death will found primal viola­ tionships. affect the Headwaters campaign, or life forces on the tion and a rupture of This conscious­ Earth in a bigger picture. One thing is certain though; our primordial intimacy. ness, this' latent it will have an impact. Gypsy's death may already The progress of civilization coin- intimacy, exists have set in motion an internal searching process cides with our growing hostility towards the natu­ even within the people we perceive as our adver­ within some logger's consciousness. What we need ral world, and therefore our hostility to ourselves saries. And there is ever more of this wisdom to be more than ever is the increasing impacts of the since we are of the natural world. Increasing injury discovered within ourselves, no matter how aware forces of intimacy. It is terribly important that we to the planet is a symptom of our psychopathol­ we might believe we are. How do we (lSSist one practice our glimpses of intimacy as we nonvio­ QIDT· This separation/mutilation seems to have be­ another in accessing this awesome intimacy, this . lently confront the destructive forces that as yet· gun millennia ago with the advent of settled agri­ cosmological truth that is everywhere but seems so have not sensed thei:r own need to reconnect with culture. It has been dramatically exacerbated since elusive to our species? Indigenous cultures, the their sleeping intimacy .Theyjust might find it if we the Industrial Revolution an·<;J., now-, by th~ com- -· natural world and quiet reflection are available as . are able t9 show them we believe it ourselves. puter and information revolution. This funda­ our teachers. Brian Willson is a co-founder of the Institute for the mental deprivation helps explain why addictions As our attitude and behavior begins to reflect the Practice of Nonviolence. He h.as travelled extensively in various forms characterize every aspect of indus­ harmony of all things (i.e. our intimacy within throughoutthe Third World examining the effects ofthe trial societies. The symptoms are denial, disasso­ and without), we begin to join with the ipfinite .."Global Supermarket Economy.'' During a valiant pro­ ciation and disconnection from feelings. Perhaps life forces of the senses. We become ever more a . test in 1987, Willson lost both of his legs trying to stop we are all suffering from Post Traumatic Stress part of the intimacy. For lack of a better English a train carrying arms to the US-backed Contras.

An open letter to Headwaters lobster season opens up tons of most of us in the activist activists: tourists travel down here for community agree that I wanted to express my sympa­ lobstering. Even though there are building sustainable com­ thy on hearing of the death of restrictions such as a size limit, munities with organic David Chain. Here in Idaho two and the amount of lobster you are farming is vital for our fu­ more tree-sitters just went up in allowed to keep, not many of the ture. Education of the mass the Otter-wing sale at Cove/Mal­ people pay attention to these size is important as hell. And it lard. The actions this year have limits and restrictions. It is so also makes sense to cover been tense and activists have been aggravating imd sad, those people your ass from violent retri­ subjected to violent harassment. that don't even live here come bution by the government I remember •when I was sitting down and just murder these ma­ by toning down or elimi­ on the road with a bicycle lock jestic creatures. My friends and I nating revolutionary language. organic farming and sustainable '98) says social change is nega­ around my neck and the loggers are planning on doing a little work But is also seems that you are communities are not enough. The tive, and true, for the most part_ came in ... saying to myself... OK of our own though. There are either missing or intentionally pace of destruction is insane, there social change is what got us in Mother Goddess if you want my many many traps at a lot of the ignoring some very important is no time to wait for everyone to this tucked up situation to begin life for this I am in your hands ... marinas around here and we were points. An estimated 100 spe­ convert to a sustainable lifestyle. with, but now we have got to and feeling at peace with the dan­ planning on setting fire to most cies of plants and animals be­ We must stop the machine now! take hold of the machine and ger. Seeing the young face of David of them as soon as we all get a come banished to extinction ev­ in order to ensure there is some­ self-destruct it so once again crea­ Chain on Headwaters web site I chance to get together. Well any­ ery day. The majority of which thing left for the future. Think of tures of the world can live free of feel sorrow at the loss of one so way, I've bullshitted long have no name because they have the specidde occurring now, while its shackles. young and so dedicated yet I can­ enough ... not even been classified yet. you rest smug in your lifestyle. David Harper and the tribes he not imagine a better cause to give PS I was just wondering if the The companies, institutions, Are they not worth sacrificing for "represents" (?) do not live in a ones life to. hemp wallets are bi-fold or tri­ governments and consumers of and fighting for? By the way, pro­ vacuum. They and we all are op­ They say, "don't mourn, orga­ fold and if the letting is sewn or is the industrialized nations are re­ moting population growth is idi­ pressed, now and into the future. nize." But I think we do need to it a patch? sponsible for this holocaust. A otic and should be criminal. Build­ Social change, retro-revolution, mourn, for the loss of our com­ -KJ depression or recession will slow ings don't burn down by them­ global awakening. This is the only rade and for the continuing loss Ed. Note: the atrocities down temporarily. selves. Think about it. · salvation see, there is no place to of nature ... then organize! with Our hempen wallets are hi-fold with Complete global economic col­ -REDUNDANr SPECIES hide anymore. renewed commitment! Let us not a little velcro flap, making them lapse will go much further to PS If you ever pass through allow his life to have been taken almost hi-fold and a quarter. The stop the machines of destruction. My Fellow Amerikans, downtown Santa Rosa or any­ in vain. lettering is embroidered. Zen and organic farming are Social change is happening all where in Sonoma County for that -PEGGY SuE McRAE, IDAHO -JL very similar in some ways. If we around us. Ifwe declare autonomy matter, beware! The wine indus­ all practiced Zen or if we all farmed from the dominant culture and try has taken us hostage and the Dear SFB, Dear organic shit for brains, organically there would be no think it will respect our earth given yuppies are moving north! I live in Key Largo, Florida, and This is in response to the writ­ need to fight the greedy distracters rights, we've got to be kidding! -WHITEY lobster season just started down ings on the Y2K event in the last because they probably would not David Harper _in "Not Social here. It is disgusting. When the . issue of the Journal. Yes I believe exist. But as long as they do, Zen, Change, It is Holy War" (Mabon continued on page 26 November-December 1998 Earth First! Page 3 f3ANN~ H-ANG'~~: ... ~~ FIVE ,.. LIFE BY DANNY DoLINGER ploration activities in 0'1 M C ftf 1 0 / __, cJ In the wee early hours of September 16, four the last decade roughly I Or\~V~ ;;f/ e/ fOV . l,/JVdr\ . activists with the Rainforest Action Network and equals the land 0 Project Underground set out to climb a giant area of the US Holmes charged the five arrestees with felony crane next to the George Brown Jr. Convention and Europe criminal mischief, and bail was set at $200,000 Center in Houston, Texas, hoping to unfurl a combined. apiece, totaling the tidy sum of one million dol­ colossal banner in honor of the Global Energy After getting lars. After such a charmed series of events, the Congress, a collection of big oil execs from around the message reality of how brutal the evil we oppose really is the world. The deployment was a beautiful sight out, the group caught us all by surprise. The average bail for to behold. Having scaled some 250-feet undetec­ voluntarily murder in Harris County is $20,000. One of the ted, the crew set two rope anchors and prepared to surrendered to activists' defense lawyers said, "I'd like to know display the banner. what these people did that is ten times worse than Without damaging any killing a fellow human being." One inmate charged property, two activists with murder was being held on $10,000 bond descended with the while five people exercising their freedom of banner while two re­ speech and harming no one and nothing were mained on the crane's confined in lieu of 20 times that amount. arm to guard the climb­ Thanks to a sympathetic bondsman and the ers' anchors. Despite judge's reduction of bail forfour of the five arrestees strong and threatening to a mere $125,000 each, as well as the frantic, winds, the banner was tireless efforts of an awe-inspiring, elite jail sup­ unfurled, "Houston, we port team, the five were released in less than three have a problem. No new a very polite and days. It took over 40 character references (gathered oil exploration." surprisingly con­ in less .than a day) to get the activists released, The action coincided genial Houston including testimonials from US Representative with the release of a re­ police force. Nancy Pelosi, Anglican and Methodist clergy, fac­ port titled, Drilling to the Clearly, law en­ ulty members of Carnegie Mellon University and Ends ofthe Earth: The Eco­ forcement recog­ the University of North Carolina, a San Francisco logical, Social and Climate nized the County Supervisor and Amnesty International, Imperative for Ending New cooperative, among others. Petroleum Exploration, by non-violent, All five activists faced two to 20 years incarcera­ the Rainforest Action non-destructive tion, with a real possibility of those figures escalat­ Network and Project Un­ nature of the ac­ ing to five to 99. But on October 12, the felony derground. The report in­ tion. It was al­ mischief charges were reduced to misdemeanors. cludes maps that overlay most perfect. The Each ofthe five activists paid a $1,000 fine, $224 in priority oil exploration four, along with court costs and a total of just over $5,000 to the areas within old-growth one 'member of crane owners. Their case, though ultimately al­ forests, mangroves, coral ~ground support most painlessly resolved, exemplifies the legal reefs and indigenous ! (who was invited system's reinvigorated and repressive approach to populations. ln almost ~ on to the prop- effective activists. every case, the explora­ ~ erty and then ar­ Please contact the Rainforest Action Network tion sites endanger natu­ rested), were and/or Project Underground to learn more about ral areas or threaten in­ Houston banner hanging escorted to jail. the oil issue. Rainforest Action Network, 221 Pine digenous people, most We assumed we St., San Francisco, CA 94104; (415) 398-4404, fax often both. Specifically, ongoing exploration threat­ could bail them out that evening or early the next 398-2732; [email protected]. Project Under­ ens old-growth frontier forests in 22 countries, coral day, but then suddenly everything changed dras­ ground, 1847 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA 94703; reefs in 38 countries and mangroves in 46 countries. tically. Harris County District Attorney John (51 0) 705-8981.

A populist wolf, howling in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure to 35 members of Congress who have signed on to the National Wolves & Poodles Forest Protection,and Restoration Act (NFPRA, H.R. 2789), cosponsored by Representatives Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) and Jim Leach of Iowa (R-IA). A weak and disoriented poodle wandering through 10 percent of a forest NFPRA would end all commercial logging on federal public lands. to the folks at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) who are helping the World A well-spoken wolf who has caught the scent of a rat to syndicated Bank promote the stupid idea that conserving only 10 percent of the remaining columnist Molly Ivins for her recent rant against Representative Don Young global forests is an honorable goal. A recent press release touted WWF as "one (R-AK), the anti-nature wingnut we all love to hate. After hearing that Young of the world's leading conservation groups, with offices in 120 countries." asked the Forest Service to hand over the names of employees who belong to Sounds more like this poodle is barking, "We are influential in liberal circles, environmental groups, Ivins asked in her column if he was also starting files on endorse NAFTA, have lots of staff to support and are willing to compromise!" Forest Service employees with relationships to the timber industry. She noted A well-trained poodle who responds only to the commands of develop­ how obvious it is that the very influential House Resources Committee had ment and industry to New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson for instituting a been "captured by big ranching, big timber and big mining." We'Ve been saying process by which all s~ate environmental and cultural review documents must these things all along, but hey, you go girl! pass through his office's hands. New Mexico's Forest Guardians say Johnson's A kosher wolf with a respect for religious tradition to the members of new directive constitutes censorship, threatens the efficiency and autonomy of the Jewish community in Houston, Texas, who are seeking to bring state regulatory agencies and will result in lower quality reviews. Maxxam/Pacific Lumber madman Charles Hurwitz before a Beit A bound and gagged poodle contaminated with radiation to authorities Din, a traditional jewish Court of Law. Spokesperson Alan in eastern Russia who have jailed journalist Gregory Pasko for writing about Rosenburg said this initiative "could have far reaching the Russian Navy's dumping of nuclear waste in the Sea of] a pan. Pasko has been implications for all business and religious groups charged with treason for passing" state secrets" in his reports. Incredibly, Pasko in this country." was an employee of the Russian Navy, and his articles were written for its official A very artsy wolf, creatively drawing publication! When the mainstream media in japan picked up the story, Russian attention to the wacky way priorities are authorities imprisoned the messenger. To help comrade Pasko, you can established in our society to the NEA contact the Socio-Ecological Union of Russia at SEU, ul. Vavilova Army, an "arts militia" based in Seattle. 41 office 3, Moscow 117312, Russia; [email protected]. The four-member group has. applied for A runaway half poodle/half monster to genetic the entire $99.5-million annual budget manipulators in New Zealand who recently an­ of the National Endowment for the Arts nounced they had cloned a rare breed of cow, native to in order to buy just one piece of a '$2 the sub-Arctic Auckland Islands. "In six years, you'll be billion B-2 stealth bomber, preferably a calling me to ask what I think about the first human wing, to turn into a piece of art. If the · clone," said Princeton University genetics profes­ request is granted, they will tour the coun­ sor Lee ·Silver, reacting to the third report of an try with the wing decorated to demonstrate animal being cloned this summer. Silver and other how federal funding is really prioritized, e.g., mad sdentists are hailing cloning as a potential paint it gold since the bomber's wingis worth solution to the global crisis of species extinction. more than its weight in gold. Ponder that ...

Page 4 Earth First! Samhain 1998 HYPOCRITICAL Svbul+i(,df NUCLEAR T~ft; On the day of the test, Corbin them to get into a road to be arrested US reaction to nuclear testing in In­ BY Sus1 SNYDER, SHUNDAHAI NElWORK Harney, a Newe (Western Shoshone) and surrounded them. The group dia and Pakistan. The DOE says it is Sadly, the second US subcritical elder and spiritual leader, led a Sunrise circled and locked arms with each prepared to conduct two more sub- nuclear weapons test of 1998 was deto­ Ceremony near the gates critical tests before nated at 3:07 p.m. Pacific Standard of the test site. This the end of the year. Time, September 26. Members of the brought healing to the A Los Alamos test Western Shoshone Nation, Shundahai test site in the face of named "Cimarron" Network, Alliance of Atomic Veter­ continued contamina­ will be the next test ans, Las Vegas Food Not Bombs, Ne­ tion. After the ceremony, and then another vada Desert Experience, Citizens for the vigil was moved to Lawrence Alternatives to Nuclear Dumping, Livermore-designed along with the affinity groups CHAOS explosion. We must and PARANOIDS, joined together to organize to stop the protest this hypocritical test. next test. "Bagpipe" Several demonstrations took place must be the last sub­ before the detonation. On September critical test. 8, two activists from Shundahai Net­ We will continue work climbed onto an overhang on to organize and edu­ the Foley Federal Building on the Las ~ cate the public about Vegas strip, hung two banners and 9 these tests. Thank locked their arms to one another in a ~ you to all of the ac- metal pipe through the ladder they tivists around the had used to reach the overhang. Re­ world who sent let- fusing to move until the hypocritical ters to the US gov­ nuclear test "Bagpipe" was canceled, other, creating an opportunity ernment demanding that these tests they remained on the overhang for to dialogue with the Wackenhuts be canceled. We also thank our friends several hours. The police called in the as well as with a Department of in San Francisco, Moscow, ID, and fire department and shut down the -g. Energy (DOE) security specialist New York City who held demonstra­ street in order to remove the activists. s for more than an hour. The two tions and vigils. The police also created a "sterile zone" ~ women and three men were held Call or write President Clinton and around the building and moved all of [at the test site for an hour, issued Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson, the media to the other side of the c citations and released. as well as your senators and repre- street, behind a palm-dotted median Following the test, a vigil was sentatives. Get all of your friends where their view was blocked. Mter Bagpipe protest on the federal building held at the Foley Federal Building and co-workers to do the same. Help the media was cleared away, the fire the gate itself, and five people snuck to protest this hypocritical test. There organize vigils and demonstrations department brought out a saw and behind the barbed wire fences head- was strong public support from pass- in your towns. Write letters to the began to separate the activists. ing into Mercury, the off-limits se- ersby. This test had been plagued with editor. Create affinity groups and Both were arrested and given federal cret government town about four technical and safety problems since began plans for nonviolent direct misdemeanor charges: nonconformity miles inside the test site grounds. the beginning of its preparation at actions at federal buildings and with direction during a demonstra­ Though followed by several Lawrence Livermore Labs in Califor- nuclear weapons laboratories. tion and disturbance, defined as con­ Wackenhut security vehicles, they nia. Even on the "shot" day the test President Bill Clinton, 1600 Penn­ duct on government property that managed to get to the intersection ': was postponed for more than an hour _sylvania Ave., Washington, DC 2000 I; obstructs the performance of govern- between two roads leading to "Con- while corrections were made. (202) 456-1111. Secretary of Energy, ment operations. They look forward trol Point" (where the button is The test violates the spirit of the Bill Richardson, 1000. Independence to bringing the issue of nuclear testing pushed). After an hour, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty that Ave., Washington, DC; (202) 586- before federal court. Wackenhuts got tired of waiting for the US signed in 1996. It is especially 5230. Congressional switchboard contradictory in light of the recent (202) 224-3121. BELGIAN NUCLEAR~INSPECTORS'-'~~~~~~~~~~~~- FACE DOWN ARMED GUARDS More than 60 people joined a major citizens lence and charged with "the gathering of military didn't stop people from cutting their way through inspection of NATO's nuclear weapons storage area intelligence." to this suspicious area. Even the dogs didn't seem to at Kleine Brogel air force base in Belgium ori October This is happening while Belgian pilots from the scare most of the inspectors. 2. By the end of the day, 47 inspectors had been 23rd Devil and 31st Tiger Squadron train to fly F-16s All that time, the inspectors remained cheerful, arrested as they entered the military base looking carrying these weapons of mass-destruction, violat­ respectful and completely nonviolent, talking to for the nuclear weapons, which they believe to be in . ing Articles I and II of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation the security personnel about their legal obligation violation of international law. Treaty. Decisions about the weapons are made within to carry out this inspection to prevent the prepara­ For several years now there have been growing the undemocratic and secretive NATO Nuclear Plan­ tion of crimes against humanity. suspicions that the Belgian government made a ning Group. It took quite a long time for the military to secret treaty,with the US, allowing the storage of On October 2, around 1 p.m., nine MPs from the apprehend all the 47 wandering inspectors. They American tactical nuclear weapons in Belgium. How­ ruling Christian and Social Democratic Parties, as were finally gathered in a room near the main ever, the Belgium parliament's questions about well as a Flemish regionalist party and the Green entrance and questioned by the national police. nuclear weapons at this air force base have been met Party, jumped over or cut their way through the Around 4 p.m. all were released. with silence or the typical military "we can neither fence of the military base. The inspectors weren't The MPs have said they will start a parliamentary confirm nor deny" response. A recent request by intimidated by the circling military helicopter and debate about this situation and will demand that several Members of Parliament (MPs) to inspect the Belgian national police and secret intelligence ser­ Belgium start treaty negotiations to outlaw all nuclear base was met with silence. The armed forces would vice officers that followed their every step. Most weapons. These actions are supported by a recent like the nuclear weapons in Kleine Brogel and the headed straight for the US part of the base. The opinion poll in which 72 percent of the Belgian 110 members of the Munition Support Squadron politicians were soon joined by famous actors, public asked their country to take the lead in the guarding them kept out of the public eye and priests, environmentalists and peace activists. Even start of such negotiations. untouched by the democratic process. three of the invited reporters and photographers Following this latest success in bringing our cam­ Recently For Mother Earth and War Resistors joined in. paign to the attention of the public and politicians, International, two international groups based in The military, both Belgian and American, seemed we hope more people will link nonviolent direct the northeastern part of Belgium, gathered clear stunned and paralyzed by this group of citizens action with political lobbying work. New inspec­ evidence of the presence ·of 10 B-61 US tactical taking seriously their individual responsibility to tions are being prepared. nuclear weapons of mass-destruction. According uphold international law, consciously breaking an­ An action booklet to organize citizens inspections to our information, there have been nuclear weap­ other law to prevent a greater injustice. is available on request through [email protected]. ons on this base since 1962. All information about Imagine the face of a US soldier shouting, "Halt," More details of this inspection and others have the weapons has been withheld from parliament, and pointing his gun producing no reaction or any been posted. We are aware of more than 10 inspec­ obstructing any substantive parliamentary de­ effect on the inspectors who continued on their tions recently carried out or planned in Israel, the bate. Nongovernmental organization members way. The inspectors were armed only with pens, Netherlands, the UK and the USA. giving information about the weapons to MPs are clipboards and sometimes a camera. A sign an­ Please see our homepage for more details http:/I being intimidated, threatened with physical vio- nouncing that "the use of lethal force is authorized" www.mothereiuth.org/support.htm. November-December 1-998 Earth First! Page 5 Actions, Arrests at Wing Creek for several hours. The cops used numerous pain holds in an BY GRUMBLE AND SHAMELESS attempt to get them to walk. This failed, and they were carried Amid the steep slopes and clear running springs of the away to join the growing group of friends in the Ada County Wing Creek Twentymile area of Idaho, the campaign to Jail. Finally, after a week-long siege the lone sitter came down halt logging and roadbuilding in the Otter-Wing timber and was arrested. Altogether, four activists were arrested for sale continues despite violence, threats, arrests, inclement trying to bring food and water to the sitters and were charged weather, dwindling resources and a suit filed against the with, get this, aiding and abetting the maintenance of a activists by the timber company and road contractor. This structure. The contractors killed our two trees and continued timber sale, and the 48 miles of new logging roads it calls their illegal and outrageous road building. for, threatens 52,000 acres of roadless public lands. On September 9, the newly released jail birds and sup­ On August 28, forest defenders forded the South Fork of porters returned to the federal building in Boise during the the Clearwater River loaded with gear and supplies for yet early morning hours. Two activists scrambled up trees and another tree sit to block fujther construction of the 9463 hung a banner reading, "Stop Logging Idaho's Roadless road. Soon the tree sit was discovered by one of the Wild Lands." No arrests occurred, and we got the first bit contractors. Freddie law enforcement arrived shortly there­ of television coverage after a month of craziness. after, set up shop under the tree sitters and proceeded to lay Our next action started late on the evening of September siege. Faced with the constant presence of activists hang­ 18, when activists again to took to the trees on a spur road of ing tree platforms and playing cat-and-mouse with the the Otter-Wing timber sale. Two sitters climbed high in the excavators and loggers, the Forest Service imported law canopy and secured a web of traverses around the trees. The enforcement officers from Montana and Utah. Freddies discovered the sit four days later and set up the usual siege~ During the next seven days, loggers cut both in front of and behind the sitters. Early on the morning of the seventh day, a lone logger, with Freddies looking on, started to cut trees directly in the sit area to clear a path for the excavator. One tree missed a sitter by less than a foot and another missed a traverse line by a foot. After a path had been cleared for the excavator, the sitters came down to fight another day. While all this was going on, activists in Missoula were busy with their own actions. Before dark on September 24, protesters set up a tree sit and hung banners at the Region 1 Forest Service Headquarters. We demanded to speak to Regional Forester Dale Bosworth about human and civil rights violations by Forest Service law enforcement officers, the illegal Otter-Wing timber sale and the six remaining Cove/Mallard sales. (The plan contains an unsupplemented Environmental Impacted Statement from '89, and the Na­ tional Marine Fisheries Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service failed to signed off on the sale before road building started.) On day one of the sit, no one from the Forest Service would talk to us so we decided to stay. A support camp was established across from Region 1, and the tree sit continued. After a rainy night and day, suddenly there he was, Regional Forester Bosworth, at our makeshift camp. Bosworth lis­ tened to activists for about 20 minutes but declined to answer questions or say much about the issues. He did agree to accept evidence of law breaking in the Otter-Wing timber sale at a later date. Using proceeds from vegan bake sales, activists put together a violations packet and organized a protest. On the appointed day, about 25 folks gathered in front of Region 1 to demand that Bosworth cancel the Otter-Wing timber sale. Bosworth failed to come and get our evidence so we figured we take it to him. Activists stormed the lobby, only to be ejected by the rent­ Activists maintained tree sits despite vandalism and violence. a-cops guarding the building. About five minutes later, Bosworth came out and accepted the violations packet. Things turned weird and got worse when two activists The tree sits at Otter-Wing continued so the Freddies and tried to go on a supply run to town. When they arrived the contractors, Shearer Lumber and Highland Enterprises, where the van was supposed to be parked, there was no got together and filed for an injunction against the activists, van. The two hitchhiked to Grangeville and were informed naming John and Jane Does I-X as defendants. The Forest by one of their rides that the van had been impounded. Service had no jurisdiction to enforce the temporary re­ Once in Grangeville, the van was located, and after a $160 straining order against the activists so its interest in the new bail-out, it was discovered that it was full of bullet holes. tree sits waned, and enforcement of the order was left to the The state police had towed it for so-called safekeeping. hired company, Watson Security. This enabled the activists Back at Wing Creek, Sean Gale, while sleeping beneath to escape after the road had been built around them. an occupied tree, was dragged out of his sleeping bag and Throughout the summer, violence and threats against put in handcuffs without warning. The charge, violating a the activists have escalated. On August 21, the support closure order, was later dropped. He and Mike Bowersox camp was raided by armed employees of the road contrac­ were again arrested while sitting on a log videotaping a tor who shouted threats and insults and stole or destroyed logger from about 350-feet away. They were charged with all the gear they could get their hands on. Vehicles parked impeding the logger, even though he never stopped work­ at the trailhead were shot full of holes on a number of ing while they were sitting there. occasions. Law enforcement's response has been lax, and After the .tree sitters found nesting sites in a location where sheriff's deputies and Forest Service law enforcement offic­ the machinery could not simply go around them, law en­ ers have even destroyed evidence that could link the forcement shifted its strategy to starving them down from the perpetrators to the crimes. It has only been through inces­ trees. On the night of September 3, with our sitters starving sant pressure that we have even been able to get the state and out of water, supporters tried to break the siege and get police to investigate. supplies to them. Though he almost succeeded, "Turtle" was Currently, more actions are being set up in Otter-Wing. tackled by two super-Freddies and then chained to a tree for You are needed here. We need your help with the temporary the next 14 hours. He was taken to Boise the following day. restraining order and mounting legal costs. Also we have Two days later, with no water or food, Molly came down literature and videos we can provide to folks who want to get out of her tree. She was arrested and ended up with six charges the story of this resistance out. We need camouflage, dry for two previous tree villages. However, outraged Freddies food, batteries, videotapes, warm gear for fall and (most of were forced to release her when the Idaho County Sheriffs all) people willing to defend the great temperate forests and refused to take custody of the juvenile. The next night, raging streams of Idaho. We will continue to resist until they reinforcements from Missoula arrived and jumped into the stop their crazed road building and logging operations. fray. They made a valiant effort to get supplies to the lone tree Contact the Cove/Mallard Coalition at POB 8968, Moscow, sitter, but they were tackled, sat on and hand cuffed to trees ID 83843; (208) 882-9755; [email protected]. Page 6 Earth First! Samhain 1998 Muzzling a Mine in Montana Corporation Proposes to Trash Montana, Washington and Idaho dismal environmental record, wants Rock Creek Alliance, the thousand-per­ BY LUPITO FLORES to discharge three-million gallons of son coalition opposing the mine, ana­ "If it can't be grown, it's gotta be wastewater daily into the Clark Fork lyzed the entire 4,500 public comments mined." That's the common sentiment River for 30 years, treating the waste­ and found a different story. on the bumpers of rusted trucks bounc­ water with methods that are unproven A tally showed overwhelming oppo­ ing down the back roads of Idaho and for the scale of the project. ASARCO sition to the mine by residents of the Montana. It's also the message you'll also wants to leave a permanent 100- Northwest. Some 3,000 of the 4,500 get from ASARCO, a member of the million-ton waste-pile along scenic comments received were from residents mining Mafia of the West, which is Highway 200, the Clark Fork River in Montana, Idaho and Washington, proposing one of North America's larg- and Rock Creek, a core recovery area with 72 percent opposed to the devel­ for the threatened bull opment of the mine due to anticipated trout and grizzly. Ni­ negativeimpactson water quality, wild­ trates and heavy met­ life and wilderness. More than 99 per­ als would flush into cent of the Sandpoint, Idaho, com­ Lake Pend Oreille, 20- ments and 85 percent of Noxon and miles downstream of Heron, Montana, comments opposed the site. The waste im­ the mine. The remaining 1,500 com­ poundment would ments came from 20 other states around leach 29,000 gallons the nation, mostly in the form of a of contaminants into leading questionnaire disseminated by the ground water the mining industry and wise-use daily. ASARCO ada- groups favoring the project. } mantly denies that Diane Williams, of the Rock Creek ~ there is any possibil­ Alliance said, "fTheir report] indicates ~ ity of groundwater that the agency is predisposed to issue -;,contamination and a permit for the mine and is seeking to ~ says it will use "state­ create an illusion of public support aof-the-art" technology when it is clear from the record that ~ in its operations. only miners, not the general public, ~ The state of Montana support the project." Repeated attempts plans to give ASARCO to have the Kootenai National Forest Service correct the report were rebuffed. Rock Creek alliance members showing how much waste would be the permit to barge for­ dumped per day by ASARCO. Two hundred thirty-two lbs nitrogen, ward. ASARCO's plan, As we near the new millennium, 225 lbs. aluminum, 105 lbs. manganese, 21 lbs. zinc, four lbs. and the corrupted po­ ignorance and greed continue to copper, one lb. cadmium, one lb. lead, 1/100 lbs. arsenic and an liticos who are greas­ steamroll the environment. Don't get additional 552 lbs. of suspended solids. ing the wheels, fails to caught under a wheel! Urge the est mines for northwest Montana. consider water quality downstream of moneymongers not to underestimate The mine would be located in the Montana. The Region 10 office of the the wilderness values we have in the Rock Creek drainage in the.. north­ Environmental Protection Agency .Northwest. Most people live here be­ western corner of Montana, just miles (EPA) is charged with protecting the cause of the beauty of the natural from the Idaho border and Idaho's waters of Idaho and Washington. To environment. Don't let the mining · largest lake, Pend Oreille. The pro­ date, no such leadership has surfaced Mafia forget it. posed Rock Creek Mine would tunnel on this. plan. Allowing the state of Contact the Rock Creek Alliance, three miles under the Cabinet Moun­ Montana, which doesn't even ad­ 1319 N. Division, Sandpoint, ID 83864; tains Wilderness for copper and silver. equately protect its own waters, to de­ (208) 265-8272; [email protected] or in This monstrous project would dis­ termine the fate of the waters of Idaho· Montana at 210 N, Higgins, Suite 206, rupt critical habitat for mountain goat, and Washington is totally unaccept­ Missoula, MT 59802; (406) 543-2947. elk, grizzly and black bear, fisher, duck able. Even Idaho's Governor Batt hasn't Chuck Clarke, Regional Administra­ and threatened bull trout. Rock Creek spoken out against Montana's proposal tor, US EPA Region 10, 1200 Sixth is home to genetically pure strains of to flush its shit downstream to Idaho. Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101. Westslope cutthroat trout, another Now the Forest Circus is jumping on Dale Bosworth, Regional Forester, dwindling native population. The 500- the metals bandwagon. A recent Forest Region 1, US Forest Service, POB 7669, acre industrial site would be visible Service report claimed that public com­ Missoula, MT 59807; (406) 329-3439. and audible from the wilderness. ments on the Supplemental Draft En­ Mike Dombeck, Chief, US Forest Ser­ ASARCO, a multinational monster vironmental Impact Statement were vice, POB 96090, Washington, DC saddled with 21 Superfund sites and a 80 percent in favor of the mine. But the 20090-6090; (202) 205-1661. ltaliap Feast from the Belly·of the Beast I grabbed some plastic garbage bags and started bagging. BY RoBERT SuTTER III Hey, look at me, I'm learning a trade! Suddenly, we heard Tim and I cruised into the Safeway parking lot with our a noise coming down the ramp and looked to see what it usual suavity and stealth, anticipating a scrumptious dive was. As a bicyclist pulled into the light at the bottom, we in the dumpster-a few choice muffins, cake, pastries and recognized him. It was Jake! What the hell, there are no bread from the bakery bag. Who could guess what else we coincidences. If this Safeway closed or started locking its might find? Watchful to avoid the juicy stuff contained in dumpster, half the Santa Rosa punks would starve. the dreaded meat bag (leftovers from the butcher), dinner We showed Jake what we had found and then split the from the dumpster god is always a surprise blessing. find up evenly, as it is the dumpster divers' honor to share. So Tim and I shot down the loading ramp towards the We are all comrades here at the bottom, and there is plenty digs when suddenly we saw the silhouette of our long lost for everyone. chum Dave, already perched on the edge of the dumpster A mechanical noise sounded from inside the loading bay, like a city salamander, snarfing down a tasty muffin right from the belly of the dragon, and we all turned towards it. there. Son of a bitch! He had already found the bakery bag. The metal gate began to roll upwards, and we knew we had (I know his cupboards at home are already well stocked only a few seconds to leave before the awakening beast spit with food; he just wanted some treats.) Tim and I let loose forth fat and angry Safeway managers. The horror! with some fearsome epithets and leapt from our bikes to Four pesky anti-capitalists jumped on their bikes and dislodge him before he could steal all of the best treats. I headed for home, bags bulging on the handlebars. Four jumped in to dig to the bottom. "waste reclamation engineers" successfully plying their In short time we had thrown all the blockage from one trade, securing a few days' food supply with tragically little dumpster into another and uncovered the booty: dozens of effort. As Dave said it, "The owners should be put in jail for packages of Contadina tortalini, with matching tubs of throwing this food out." pesto sauce! Yum, score! The retail value of it all must have In a world where wisdom is valued more than profits, been hundreds of dollars. they would be.

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goal and purpose of the action. Yet effort has indeed become an impor­ via cell phone during recent negotia­ BY ROBERT PARKER those involved in this almost year­ tant component of the ancient forest tions surrounding appropriations for In early October 1998, the ancient long endeavor, especially Julia But­ campaign. From the development of the Headwaters deal, a tree-sit first. redwood called Luna will have been terfly herself, have expanded their Internet-based information, to a na­ "Even with the new protections in­ continuously occupied for one year, vision beyond Luna to the ancient tional postcard campaign denounc­ corporated by the legislature, Luna and forest activist Julia Butterfly Hill groves of the Headwaters forest, the ing PL's Habitat Conservation Plan and the slope she stands on will be will mark the ten-month anniversary halls of governmentin Washington (HCP); a federal planthat would al­ destroyed under the Headwaters For­ of her ascent to a platform high atop and Sacramento, and to the very low the "incidental" takings of en- est Agreement and Habitat Conserva­ the 1,000-year-old tree. Enduring El tion Plan; along with hundreds of Nifio storms, helicopter harassment, other similarly steep, unstable slopes a 10-day siege by Pacific Lumber (PL) arid thousands of acres of virgin and security and the sorrow brought about residual old growth," said Butterfly. by witnessing the destruction of a "The government once again has forest, her feet have not touched the t.urned its back on the local residents ground since December 10 of last and the endangered species that it is year. Yet Butterfly continues to perse­ required to protect. We support the vere, inspiring people around the protection of habitat through public world while struggling to save the acquisition where necessary, but not last of the ancient forests. when attached to a Habitat Conser­ Throughout the course of this ac­ vation Plan that amounts to a li­ tion, many events have transpired on cense to kill endangered species." the ground that will affect the fate of } As .activists enter this newest phase s our forests for decades to come. From ~ of the campaign to protect Northern the legislation surrounding the Head­ · ~ California's forests and watersheds, waters For~st Agreement (the state i the resolve of those working to sus­ and federal deal to purchase 7,500 of ~ tain the tree-sit grows daily. Julia the 60,000 acres of Headwaters) to Butterfly; still remains high atop lawsuits bringing a temporary reprieve Luna. Food and other supplies are for old-growth stands in the Mattole still delivered day by day, mile by River watershed, forest activists have Another beautiful day atop Luna mile, up into a tree that would not consistently faced a rapidly changing hearts and minds of people around dangered species and allow the con­ exist had it not been for the dedica­ landscape, both literally and politi­ the world. ·. tinued destruction of the redwood tion of a small group of determined cally. Amidst these developments, the CarryingJulia's message of action ecosystem, to continuing with mas­ activists and the support of a com­ Luna tree-sit has grown in scope, to the world has become a focal point sive public outreach, both personally munity. The spirit of Luna lives on, adapting to meet the bigger picture ·of the Luna tree sit. Working in close and through the media, Luna (with inspiring each of us to find the issues that all of us, as defenders of communication with. numerous or­ the aid of on-the-ground organizers) strength within ourselves to do ev­ the Earth, must address. The protec­ ganizations and individuals, this ac­ has been utilized as a platform to erything that we can to create a world tion of Luna and the surrounding tion has transcended. its. status as an inform and in:fl.uence:.]ulia-even lob­ where all beings are treated with love . hillside continues to be a primary isolated act of civil disobedience. The bied the California State Legislature and respect.

EF!J: Was this inner I am not professing to know all the answers. I don't feeling a call you heard want it to come across like that at all. But I feel that before you went up in we've got to take the issue out of the forest. We've got the tree? to take the forest issue to the city. I hear the message, Julia: Ultimately the "We're out in the woods because that is the point of calling for this, I think, is production." No, it is not. The point of production is something that was in­ Charles Hurwitz's desk. The point of production is grained in me upon con­ John Campbell's desk. The point of production is ception. Everything in my CDF [California Department of Forestry] that rubber life has helped me be stamps all the timber harvest plans. That is the point where I am. I feel that we of production. The end result is the trees smashing all have a purpose in life ... into the ground. Atthis point we have to have people My purpose in life, as I in the forest, but we need to take the issue of the forest now see it, is to share this to where it is originating from. If we don't, it is all message of love and re­ going to go down for the rest of time' until there is spect ... I'm only here be­ nothing left. Then people are going to wake up to it. cause the universe, They are going to use the loggers versus the envi­ through Luna, was call­ ronmentalist as the ultimate scapegoat. It is always ing me. I'm blessed that I going to be like that until we help people understand was open enough to hear that it isn't loggers versus environmentalists. We are EF!J: If there is a frustration to being off the it and let go of my past. I gave up everything. Had the people at the end of the production. We are not horizontal plane of the ground, what is it? I not done that, I would not have been open to hear at the beginning of it. Julia: The most frustrating thing is that I can't be and receive the message. EF!J: What do you think is the best way to in both places at once. I've always been the woman EF!J: Beside being perched up in Luna, what is approach that philosophy? that wants to be very much in control. There has the biggest way you have helped the Headwa­ Julia: A lot of that depends ... What I feel we have been many times in this action where I wanted to ters campaign? to do is know we have all given up our sovereign come down to the ground and fix things because Julia: Outreach. One word. That has taken the rights as individuals. We have given them up they were falling apart. But I knew that that is not form of mass media, lobbying, campaign throughout history. So, we the generation of to­ what I was supposed to do. I had prayed at one strategizing and staying up all hours of the night' day, are reawakening to the fact that we didn't give point and realized that I wasn't supposed to allow listening to people in the movement vent their away our sovereign rights, someone else did. And my feet to touch the ground until I had felt I had frustrations. But it all comes under the umbrella of it is time to reclaim those. The structures that we done everything I could to raise awareness to stop outreach. live in are our shelters. The planet we live on is the destruction .. Part of that process was going EF!J: How do you think the Headwater's agree- ·. home. ·We have rights, as individuals, sovereign through everything I have gone through as a result ment and Habitat Conservation Plan will direct . entities, as our own people within the people of the of not allowing my feet to touch the ground. And the future struggle at Headwaters? planet, to govern ourselves out oflove and respect. of course, for months now, I could have allowed . Julia: It just depends on what happens. One thing I think the next stage is going back to all of these them to touch the ground whenever I wanted. But I have definitely learned up here is that if you expect entities that have taken control-because people I felt I wasn't supposed to do that. So my only one thing to happen, be prepared to know that your problem is not being able to be both places at once. expectations are going to fall far, far short. continued on next page Page 8 Earth First! Samhain 1998 tofocus on the issue. In my live radio An lntervieur With Julia Butterfly spots, I get to talk about the issues. Last week, I got woken up three continued from previous page may stop the very immediate nega­ Julia: The first thing I would do days in a row at 4:30 in the morning have, on purpose or on accident, given tive problem. The bigger issue is the would be to tell him that the Earth to do East Coast interviews. I woke up these people the power that belongs to consciousness. If I want to affect con­ and I love him. He can continue to and did those interviews, and it had individuals-and begin reclaiming it. sciousness in a positive manner, I destroy the physical embodiment of nothing to do with the fact that I had It came to me in the form of a message could never ever get there through a that love, but he will never be able to any interest with the spotlight being when I was praying. "Fear and anger negative action. It is a hard pill to destroy that love because it is uncon­ on me. I got on the radio and dealt makes us captive. It makes us pawns in swallow. People are going to have to ditional. Then I would continue all with men acting like boys in a high the select few's games. Love frees us to let go of that anger and fear. When day and show him what uncondi­ school locker room. I've been through take a stand against the destruction you open yourself up to love, you're tional love is all about. I would take violent and brutal verbal attacks in and the oppression. Only then can we opening up yourself ~o_ tremendous him to these trees that are thousands some of these things And I have realize the mastery received letters from people who have of their game lies said ''thank you" for sticking to the simply in refusing message of love. All of the interviews to play." "And from my studying of Charles Hurwitz, I see the man last week focused on how I use the Our hope lies in bathroom, how I stay clean and how going back and does.what he does out of the thrill of conquering. It is I get off sexually. But I say that it is reclaiming that almost like a chess match. And it is not necessarily that okay to make fun because I am going right, but in love. to keep talking about love and re­ And that is a hard he is out there to destroy the environment, he is out there spect because it is going to plant seeds thing for people to in people that are listening and will deal with. It was to win the ultimate chess match." one day grow forests that you and all very hard for me your disrespect can never ever cut when I was up down. And it works. here, when the trees were falling and amounts of pain. So things like of years old and talk to him about EF!J: What would it take for you the men were yelling ·horrible, ob­ monkeywrenching... aren't violence what they really do for this planet. to come down out of Luna? scene things that make me shudder on a person, but they are not positive. And from my studying of Charles Julia: I just came forward recently even to think about. It was hard not At the heart of these corporations Hurwitz, I see the man does what he with terms for a resolution that would to get pulled into their negative en­ are people with very real flesh and does out of the thrill of conquering. It bring me down. It included a com­ ergy. But I realized that ultimately, blood. These people driving these is almost like a chess match. And it is prehensive conservation easement we can't expect a future that we do bulldozers and Charles Hurwitz rais­ not necessarily that he is out thereto where PL would look good in the eyes not foresee. So I foresee a positive ing mass destruction are doing so destroy the environment, he is out of the community. People within future. I certainly can expect a posi­ because they have a hole inside them- there to win the ultimate chess match. Earth First! went forward and pub- tive future if I'm networking in a licly attacked me about it. They positive way to reach that future ... said, "Who am I to negotiate We have a lot of reasons to be afraid with the devil? Who am I to and angry. There are a lot of reasons negotiate with the company out there to have those feelings. But that time and time again has what I've learned In my action was to proved its inability to be 'titke all those feelings and place them trusted?" On one side I was in the big hole that was inside me getting railed because I wasn't that had been carved out from all of making demands, and on the those trees smashing into thegt'bund ­ other side I was getting railed around me and take in all of the love because I was making de­ of the Earth. We as a society do things mands. When in actuality, all every single day to destroy this planet. I did was come forward with Yet this planet continues to do its terms for a resolution that very best to give us life. If that is not would bring me down. I let love, I don't know what is. everybody know that my be­ EF!J: What is Pacific Lumber's Achil­ ing in this tree was my de­ les heal? Do they have a weak spot? mand. It is my demand, if Julia: Yes they do. They lie. Lying is nothing else, as long as my a very weak foundation. And 12 years butt is in this tree, they can't of Maxxam's lies have built a house of have it. As long as I'm in this cards that is beginning to crumble. PL tree, I'm going to do every­ and their lies made them horrible in thing in my power to reach dealing with me-attacking me with a the world. That is my demand. helicopter and placing me under siege, What I gave my word for hitting me with flood lights. When I was that I wasn't going to let told the whole world about it, Mary my feet touch the ground un­ Bullwinkel [PL's spokeswoman], who I til I felt like I had done every­ did a live debate on-line with, called thing I possibly could, and me a liar. I said it was pretty sad that raise awareness and use that this woman· was calling me a liar be­ awareness to stop the destruc­ cause I won't stoop to calling names. I tion. There is going to come a had documented proof that what I was point in time when I will have telling was the truth. She instantly done this to the best of my shut up and changed the subject. They ability in this tree. There will are still saying the same lies and stick­ come a point in time when I ing to the same excuses. It is looking ~ can do it better from the worse and worse. ~ ground, where my being on EF!J: What do you think of prop­ ! the ground can be more effec­ erty destruction in trying to preserve ~ tive than my being in the tree. these 2,000-year-old redwoods? ~ My spirit led me up this tree. Julia: The first time I climbed up ~ I pray every single day in- Luna and looked out to see the view, tensely, asking for clarity and what I saw was PL. The first thing I that my actions andmywords said, and I didn't give it any thought and my thoughts be as posi- or anything, I just said, "My god, selves. If I attack them in any way, EF!J: How do you respond to the tively powerful and as powerfully what I could do with a good rocket with my actions, words or my media that has focused on you and positive as they possibly can. The launcher!" But ultimately that is thoughts, I'm helping fuel that nega­ not the issue? final answer for me comes through something that none of us would tive pit that is inside of themselves. Julia: The media would pave been prayer and listening to what my spirit ever do. What I have realized over The only chance we ever have of talking about the issues all along if they tells me to do. time is if we want a positive future, changing things is sending love to fill were interested in the issues. The me­ Julia can be contacted through everything, our actions, words and that hole. dia knows the issue, but they are look­ Luna Media Service at POB 1265, thoughts, have to be positive because EF!J: What would you do if you ing for a human-interest story. I, being Eureka, CA 95502; (707) 839-8974; all aspects shape our reality. had the whole day alone with Charles the human interest, have done every­ [email protected].; Things like monkeywrenching, they Hurwitz? thing in my power to use that spotlight www.lunatree.org. November-December 1998 Earth First! Page 9 SOUNDGARDEN, PEARL JAM fiGHT RoADBUILDING west, a region still under siege by idly by as our government gives in to BYTK folks have to say seriously, even if Al industrial logging. We have seen for the logging industry. The stakes are Gore and the rest of the Washington Environmental activists in the ourselves the destruction caused by too high and the damage already done establishment don't? The message Northwest are welcoming some home­ logging roads and clearcuts." too great." should really be about how action is town folks with big names to the fight The artists want politicians and the for the wild. The Washington Wilder­ timber industry to know that leaving ness Coalition (WWC) recently formed millions of acres unprotected in the Will the MTV generation listen and take a partnership with musicians from Northwest is unacceptable and that what these very famous folks have to say Soundgarden, Pearl] am, and REM and they intend to do something about it. their family members to support a ban The bands cite a recent Wilderness seriously, even if Al Gore and the rest of the on all new logging road construction Society report offering 24 examples in national forests. of national forest areas that would Washington establishment don't? The artists requested a meeting still be threatened by logging and with Vice President AI Gore to dis­ road building under the terms of The first week of October, Buck was the antidote for despair and how it is cuss their concerns over the inad­ Clinton's temporary road-building taken on a flight over the forests of up to us to protect the last remaining equacy of the road-building rule cur­ moratorium. They write in the letter Mt. Baker in the Snoqualmie National wild places. Turri off those TVs and get rently under consideration. They to Gore, "With so many roads previ­ Forest by Lighthawk, the pilots' asso­ out in the wilderness. The sweetest write, "As musicians, our work ously built, with so little of our na­ ciation dedicated to wilderness pres­ music is there. reaches millions of young voters tional forests left intact, it is time to ervation. A videographer filmed the To view a copy of the letter to Vice through radio, television and live end the 'chainsaw welfare' tragedy excursion for use in a public service President Al Gore, visit the Wild Wil­ performances across the country, and that forces taxpayers to subsidize the announcement on behalf of forest derness Coalition website at http:// we feel a sense of responsibility to destruction of their own national for­ preservation scheduled to air on MTV wawild.org. You can write WWC at heighten awareness of the dire state ests." REM drummer Peter Buck November 18-26. 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N., Seattle, WA of our national forests ... Many of us summed up the band's sentiment say­ Will the MTV generation listen and 98103; (206) 633-1992, fax 633-1996. live in and enjoy the Pacific North- ing, "We can no longer afford to sit take what these very famous STREET SALMON SCARE HELEN BY NAT SCAT the first-ever 1 5-foot-tall Helen water!" asserted a rally goer. It was a lovely day for an anti­ Chenoweth puppet. Her huge hands "When plants and animals salmon rally. Outside the Idaho State were filled with money. Her face was become more important Capitol in Boise, People for the West, beaming. She was in fine form, and than people, there's a prob­ a local wise-use group, the Farm Bu­ she wanted some fish! And there they lem!" snorted another. reau and their friends politely waited were! Six sockeye salmon in the way of But where was the real for their heroine Congressman Helen her development hungry extractive flesh-and-blood Helen? She Chenoweth (R-ID) to speak. It was a industry buddies. never showed up! Her fans rah-rah event to support hearings on She swooped down on the fish, chas­ were very disappointed. Ac­ her latest plot to streamline govern­ ing them through the helpless crowd. cording to the local news­ ment waste and save fish by transfer­ The salmon put up a good fight. "Help! paper, Helen "skipped her ring salmon management from the Help!" they yelled, scooting out of her scheduled appearance af­ National Marine Fisheries Service to way. "She'skillingmewithsediment!" . ter the puppet show." the Fish and Wildlife Service. Yawn. Fortunately, a nice Repuplican lady Fpr more information Suddenly, she arrived. Her fans inadvertently got in the way arid · about amusing and effective stared in shock. jaws dropped. "Oh stopped Helen from smothering any street theater in Idaho, con­ my God, I've never seen her like that!" more fish. tact the Northern Rockies stuttered one onlooker. Environmen­ The cops soon told Helen to behave Preservation Project, POB talists started clapping. so she floated up the steps and quietly 625, Boise, ID 83701; (208) cm~no~vern canceled an appearance after street theatre in Floating along the sidewalk came observed the speakers. "Fish don't need 345-8077; [email protected]. Boise illuminated her destructive environmental position. "CoVE/MALlARD," BUT DID DAVE SAY BooBIES? aged 9 and to jail. During the arraignment, the BY NATALIE SHAPIRO 14. The cop judge seemed to think it was amusing The amazing but true story of how looked at us and even winked. He fined us $115, my friends and I got David Letterman ·as if to make with no jail time. to say "Cove/Mallard" and how I fi­ a point. Hee, · We sent out a press release, and the nally got arrested for something: hee. These next day, the shit hit the fan. The So I've been going around topless weren't just media was all over it. People were for awhile in Idaho and really wanted any ordi­ talking about us all over town-in the to push this issue. One of my goals nary kids. banks, at gas stations, and when Lori when I came back here was to push it The cop went to pick up the photos of the by trying to change the laws. I didn't got out the action, the employees were quite in­ expect it to happen within an week of Moscow City trigued. "Did you know it got men­ coming back though! Code and tioned on the Paul Harvey show?" One day I walked through Moscow read us the they asked. with a friend, me topless, her not. It section un­ The local coverage rocked-full­ was stressful. People staring felt weird. "It's just not normal behavior." der indecent page photos of us, great stories. One That night, I was talking about it, pulled over about SO yards in front of exposure: "No person shall willfully paper talked about us being Earth wanting to push it and perhaps get us. The cops first asked one of our expose his or her private parts ... " First!ers working to save Cove/Mal­ arrested. My friend Lori said, "Lets do male friends to, "Tell your girlfriends "Men's breasts are public; women's lard. That story hit the Associated it!" Another friend, Stacey, wanted to to put their shirts on." The guys just breasts are private," said the cop. Press wire and David Letterman men­ also. It was very hot so we decided to stared at them. We said we wouldn't put our shirts tioned it. hang out in Moscow topless and see To their dismay, the cops had to on because the law was clearly vague. A nudist group contacted us and what happened. approach us and ask us directly. "It's just not ri.orinal bebavior for la­ offered to pay most of the attorney The following Tuesday, us three "What about the guys?" we answered. dies to go topless in society!" added fees. A local kick-ass attorney is rep­ women (shirts on), with three topless "They don't have to put their shirts the cop." A hundred years ago it wasn't resenting us virtually for free. We male friends, walked toward down­ on. We don't want to put our shirts normal behavior for ladies to vote or just had a pre-trial hearing and our town Moscow. By the time we got to on." The officers (four or five, with wear pants! How do you think unjust attorney is fighting the charge on the hospital, we were tired of our shirts. three cop cars) pleaded with us to laws change?" we retorted. two grounds; that forcingus to wear Ahead of us, we saw two other topless just put our shirts on so we all could The cop called the_prosecutor. The shirts is discriminatory, and the law male friends. That was enough. They enjoy the rest of the day. "Please, cop said he would give us a citation specifies that "private parts" must be were topless; we should be too. ladies, you're distracting people. Chil­ unless we put our shirts on. No. So we covered, which is defined consis­ We ripped off our shirts. A cop car dren might see!" At that moment, a were arrested, still 'topless (boy did tently in court cases as "genitalia" happened to be right behind us and friend walked up with her two kids, they handle us carefully!), and taken not breasts. Page 10 Earth First! Samhain 1998 the Republicans on the BY LACEY PHILLABAUM committee have com­ Most activists of the road pecking, tree sitting, free piled thousands of pages stating bent can't really picture themselves morphing of documents from the into the dress wearing, hand shaking, do-gooding, Department of Agricul­ lobbyist types who testify valiantly but futilely in ture, the Forest Service, high-class congressional hearings. the Council on Environ­ But it looks as though activists from Oregon's mental Quality and the West side are not just going to testify, but be the Department of justice, subject of such a hearing! among others. Twice, That's right, Cascadians, you too could be the Don Young has subpoe­ subject of a congressional investigation if you were a naed (without the sup­ part of the Warner Creek blockade. But while it might port of the full commit­ be nice to say, "Look Ma, they're talking about me on tee) records and docu­ C-SPAN," the investigation has a down side as well. ments from various gov­ The wildly successful Warner Creek blockade ernment agencies and stopped logging on 9 million board feet of formerly two phone companies. protected spotted owl habitat in the Oregon Cas­ Interviews have been Service history, continues to be an area of cades. The majestic forests lost their protected status conducted with anum­ controversy. Can you spot the criminals in this picture? when an arsonist set the ridgeline ablaze in 1991. ber of unnamed people, The Forest Service wrongly assumed the fire-scarred some in Oregon. immediate focus seems to be on wrongdoing by the area would no longer support spotted owls and set In September of this year, Young tried to legiti­ agencies that should have removed the blockaders the trees on the auction block. In fact, the owls mize this witch hunt by formally establishing a from the road, not the blockaders themselves. Miller, thrived in the reinvigorated burn area, and many a three-member task force to complete the investiga­ presumably, is attempting to cover for the Clinton night they could be heard hooting overhead as tion. The task force would be composed of two administration. He wrote to Young on September protesters chipped away at Forest Service road 2408, Republicans on the House Resources Committee 24, "The Majority has raised the specter, in a memo closing access to the timber sale purchaser. and one Democrat, to be chosen by committee distributed to Members, of wrongdoing by Admin­ UH:imately, the sale was stopped by the Minority Leader George Miller. istration officials, including violations of unspeci­ groundswell of support that the blockade and the At this point, Miller stands strong against the fied criminal laws. Yet no evidence has been dis­ outreach work maintained. In 1996, the Clinton investigation, refusing to legitimize the task force closed either to the Minority or to the public to administration canceled the sale and bought it back by appointing a Democrat. He led the committee's support these and other serious allegations." from the purchaser. Democrats last june in refusing the committee sub­ Fortunately for us, the investigation seems to be at Because the activists used direct action to perma­ poena power over the incident. In short,. he told a stalemate for now. But when Young decides to target nently halt a timber sale with seeming impunity, Young that, "Your inquiry appears a partisan effort activists exclusively, we can't count on Miller's cover the victory has stuck like a caw in the throats of the , to harass and intimidate federal agencies under­ anymore. And, of course, if Young and his handlers timber industry. Presumably at industry's behest, taken largely in secret by the Majority." can suddenly decide to investigate a successful cam­ the House Resources Committee, under the leader­ But Miller is not hindering the investigation for paign that ended years ago, perhaps we ought to send ship of Don Young (R-AK), has been very quietly the honor of the valiant activists who stopped the word to the many activists from Redwood Summer, investigating the ".Warner Creek Timber Sale Eco­ . sale. While it's difficult to guess what exactly Ypung Cove/Mallard and every other victory that surely Terrorism Incident" since September 1997. To date, is trying to achieve with this investigation, .his . lingers as bile in the throats of the timber beasts. ·sPRL1WL·· MONSTER WREAKS HAVOC Every year, real estate developers in · protection and a plethora of other each hour. The loss of farmland both the most noticeable effects of environ­ Dane <::;ounty, Wisconsin, sponsor the publicly financed infrastructure. here in Wisconsin and across the US mental degradation and loss of habitat : "Parade of Homes." This "community directly threatens,. efforts to improve is the decline of the songbird popula­ event" showcases luxury homes and The Threat to Farmlands sustainability and bioregional self-suffi- tion. Two-thirds of all bird species are encourages the urban sprawl that di­ In southeastern Wisconsin, a prime ciency. Sacrificing our farmland means on the decline, and loss of habitat due rectly threatens our farm:­ communities become more dependent to development is a primary cause. lands, green spaces, wild~ onfoodshippedoverhundredsofmiles. For more information contact the life and thevitality of inner University of Wisconsin Greens, 731 cities. The ParadeofHomes. Threats to Green Spaces State St., Madison, WI 53703; (608) exhibits half-million dol- Sprawl not only consumes farmland, 262-9036. liu homes built on former it also destroys our forests, prairies and •Number of acres blacktopped each farmland and green space, wetlands. Habitat is irrevocably altered year: 1.3 million {equal to the state areas future generations or destroyed with each new housing of Delaware) will someday wish they still subdivision and shopping complex. •Amount of rural land turned over had. The Parade of Homes The rate of wetland destruction has to development every day: nine is more a Charade of increased 200 percent within the last square miles Homes, a celebration of 30 years. Nationally, 20,000 acres of •Number of acres of farmland lost to conspicuous consumption wetlands are destroyed each year. erosion each year: one million and destruction of nature The pollution generated by urban •Residential space per American: for profit. ~ "' rl " sprawl damages vulnerable existing eco­ 1950-312 sq. ft., 1993-742 sq. ft. systems. Toxic runoff from streets and •Median size of a new house built in The Economic Costs parking lots often exceeds Wisconsin's the US: 1949-1,100 sq. ft., 1970- of Runaway Sprawl acute toxicity standards for such heavy 1,385 sq. ft., 1993-2,060 sq. ft. The US Department of metals as lead, zinc and copper. One of -UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREENS Housing and Urban Devel­ opment calls sprawl "the Hunting Knne May Net Activist 1 Years most expensive form of o residential development in BY STAN WILSON terms of economic costs, In the wee hours of August 4, 1998, unidentified individuals dressed in environmental costs, natu­ camouflage appeared like a goon squad and descended on Fall Creek, the home ral resource consumption of yet another Forest Service atrocity-the "Clark" timber sale. "Free," a forest and many kinds of per­ activist long associated with the "Red Cloud Thunder" uprising at Fall Creek, sonal costs." woke or was jerked from his slumber to see a man in camouflage on top of a Sprawl doesn't just cost screaming woman. Free, reacting instinctively, tackled the encroacher. Little the home buyer, it costs did Free know that the woman's attacker was a Forest Service law enforcement the whole community. The The Sprawl Monster spent the morning with activists at officer. When the officer identified himself, Free went compliant. city of Franklin, just out­ the Madison farmer's market to help publicize a protest at Free has been indicted by a granq jury and was arraigned on September 21, the Parade of Homes event before going out to the proposed side of Milwaukee, esti­ development site. charged with misdemeanor assault and using a "deadly and dangerous weapon." mates that each new home Free is being charged for having a hunting knife on his person at the time of the built costs taxpayers more than agricultural region, farmland is being incident. Because Free has had two previous weapons conviction, he could face $10,000 for the establishment of ser­ developed at a rate of 10 square miles a sentence of ten years if convicted. Free will go to trial in federal court on vices like new roads, extension of sewer each year. Nationwide, SO acres of prime November 17. Free has entered a plea of not guilty. In December, Free will face and water lines, more police and fire farmland are overrun by urban sprawl state charges for the same incident.

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put into words before. We're color­ and pretty mouthy. At least one per­ Create an atmosphere of secrecy, BY GEORGE MONBIOT ful, fun, outlandish and outrageous. son on the team should be able to excitement and intrigue, which only Every battle we fight is a battle for Much as television executives might write well. But media skills, like any that journalist (or, as a maximum, the hearts and minds of other people. claim to hate us, television cameras others, can be learnt, and surpris­ two or three journalists) is privy to. We might, with good reason, regard love us. ingly quickly. All journalists love to imagine they're mainstream papers and broadcasters in the "Famous Five." Be very nice to with extreme suspicion; we might feel How to Get the Press to Timing is Critical them and make them think they're cheapened and compromised by en­ Come to Your Action You have to give journalists enough part of the gang. Once it's been men­ gaging with them, but the war we're News doesn't just happen; it is notice of your action or initiative but tioned in the press, you'll find that fighting is an information war, and made to happen. News is managed not so much that they forget about it. there's a lot more interest from other we have to use all the weapons at our and manipulated, and if we don't A good time to put out an advance reporters. Pathetic really, but there disposal. Whether we use the media manage it, someone else will. Media press release is about ten days before­ you have it. or not, our opponents will. However work tends to be tacked onto actions hand, with a second one sent out two just our cause and true our aims, they Press Releases will use it to demonise and demolish Journalists speak only one language, us, unless we fight back. and that's their own. This means that your press release should mimic the What We Are Up Against format and style of a news story. It's a Every media outlet shares the same simple and straightforward formula principal aim: to expand its share of and must be applied. If it isn't, your the market. They focus on events press release won't work. Period. Es­ rather than issues, and especially sentials are: trivial, flashy and colorful events. • The name of your organization/dis­ On the face of it, this is a major organization-big, bold and across the disadvantage for us, as our aim is to top of the page. make people aware of big and impor­ • One or more contact names. tant issues. • Contact number(s) where contacts Many outlets have a secondary aim: are definitely going to be for at least the pandering to the prejudices of their next two days. (Mobile phone num­ proprietors. Most large news-gather­ bers are useful.) ing organizations are owned by per­ • An embargo, which means that verse billionaires whose interests are you are instructing journalists not to at odds with those of the rest of soci­ publish or broadcast the informa­ ety. In practice though, while their tion in the press release before a editors and proprietors may be total certain time. There are several good bastards, a lot of journalists are not reasons for an embargo. journalists bad people, just weak and cowardly. will know they aren't going to be Many of them want to help and will trumped by anyone else getting in look for opportunities to do so with­ before them. It creates a sense of out upsetting their bosses. event. Time lines concentrate jour­ Most media outlets are also very nalists' minds. You know when to conscious of the views of their adver­ expect publicity so you can plan sub­ tisers. The result is, once again, con­ sequent news management around servatism; journalists appear to be it. But an embargo doesn't mean terrified of telling their audience that journalists won't phone the something it doesn't know already. police or the company due to be Another thing we're up against is as an afterthought, almost always days beforehand. Journalists don't occupied and ask what they think. that while we take our campaigns too little and too late, which means only have three-second attention So don't stick anything in your press seriously, interviewers tend to see that actions often end up alienating spans, they also have three-second release which you don't want to be their work as a game. To them the more people than they reach, or even memories, so you've got to keep on generally known. outcome is immaterial, but the game worse, are completely ignored. If we their case. • The headline: It must be short, pithy must be played by a set of rules. If you built our tree houses with as little The day of your action is also im por­ and to the point. Avoid mystery or don't play by the rules, it's a foul and forethought and care as we conduct tant. A great day for an action, from elaborate puns. The purpose of the you're sent off. As our only objective our press work, there would have the point of view of publicity, is Sun­ headline is to grab the journalists' is to win, regardless of etiquette, we been some pretty gruesome accidents day, as not a lot happens then. If you attention and give them an idea of tend to foul more often than other by now. can do it before lunch so much the what the press release is about. It must contributors. The good news is we Reaching the media is as time-con­ better. The later in the day something be no more than eight words long. have several significant advantages suming, demanding and necessary as happens, the less likely the newspa­ Writing headlines isn't easy so prac­ over our opponents. building lock-ons or digging tunnels. pers are to cover it, as they can't get it tice. Look at how they do it in the If we don't start tackling this task to press on time. Look out for what papers, then try writing headlines for Our Advantages with the efficiency and creativity that else is happening that day. If there's a imaginary actions. Remember: In this, We're genuine people, not hired we bring to the rest of our work, we'll huge story pending or an alternative as in all writing, a straightforward, hands defending a corporate or in­ be beat again and again by our oppo­ event, don't compete. plain style is best. stitutional position. This shows nents. Every action aimed at altering • The text: There is nothing so compli­ when we allow it to; an open and public opinion must have a dedi­ Pre-publicity cated that its essential point can't be straightforward appeal to common cated media coordinator whose job is Most journalists are also astound­ summarizedinasimplesentence; Work sense can cut through the clamor of to ensure that the activists' point of ingly unimaginative and cowardly: out what you're trying to say, then boil self-interest and spin-doctoring with view reaches the wider world. She or They don't want to touch an issue it down to its essence. Keep it simple powerful resonance. When we keep he must be responsible for planning a unless it's already been mentioned and avoid jargon. Above all, make sure our message uncluttered and get press strategy, drawing up a hit-list of in the press. If you can pull it off that the first and second paragraphs straight to the point, we can be journalists, preparing press releases (and it's not always possible), it's have covered all the five W's: who, devastatingly effective. and briefing spokespeople. very useful to get a friendly and trust­ what, where, when and why. Assume People are increasJngly prepared to Ideally, the coordinator will build worthy journalist interested in the that journalists know nothing and have listen to what we have to say. Many up a small team, including someone action a week or two beforehand, very little time. The sight of a huge know in their hearts that things are to dispatch up-to-the-minute press without giving too much away. The block of text that is hard to digest will going badly wrong and could be much releases and people to escort jour­ best way to achieve.' this is by first put them off. They want to look at one better. Activists have often been able nalists who come to an action. Not finding your journalist. Invite her/ page and know the essentials of the to reach parts of the public psyche everyone is going to be good at han­ him to your meetihgs (make sure story are there. that no one else could, as we articu­ dling the press. To do the job well, they won't make use of anything late sentiments that have never been you need to be confident, sociable they hear without your permission). continued on next page

Page 12 Earth First! Samhain 1998 ...... loiisYou continued from previous page interested in/sympa­ Additional notes and details about the thetic to the cause. tHE INOO,TRY Lii\JJATHAN KNEW rationale for the action: e.g. facts, fig­ The more you reach IIHAD To PUT A HAPPY,&-AC£ 00 ures and issue background, can be the better. If it is a big sent on a separate page. action, contact na­ SUCH A DE.UCA1l:_ MAlTER A-5 News is meant to be all about nov­ tional print and tele­ EXT/NCTTOfV IN ORDER.lb LYLL- elty so emphasize what's new about vision media. Faxing THE MASSES WITH ~D Bf1l:.6. your action. This shouldn't be diffi­ is still the best way to ~ ·~POTrED OWL!> WOULDIJT BE{.ON)E cult as the EF! movement is so cre­ send press releases, ative and innovative. For example, a and a fax modem is ~X1iNCT~IN51E.AD THEY'D . 6ET new political aspect of the story invaluable. Don't use PE.R!MfJt:.tJTLY ''G005E.D'' FRDM might attract journalists' attention snail mail; it invari­ OUT OF THEIR NA.TJRAL. HABff~Th. to your protest. ably gets lost, disre­ The most critical press release is the garded or placed on one that goes out about two days the bottom of the before the event. If your action is pile. To get fax num­ outside and you're organizing trans­ bers, simply phone port to get there, say so in the press the papers, TV and release, pointing out that journalists radio stations in ques­ are welcome to join you. It's also tion and ask for the important to send out one the mo­ fax number of the ment the action begins, telling them news desk. If you also you've succeeded in stopping work want to send your on the bypass, locking Group 4 in press releases to par­ their offices, etc. If it's a one day ticular journalists at action and your press person has still the same organiza­ got the energy and resources, send tion, it's best to get out a fourth press release saying how their fax numbers it all went. A journalist's interest is from them. Keep all pretty unpredictable and could be the numbers you get stimulated at any time. If the action for future reference. lasts longer than one day, send out a You can be abso­ new press release every day, as long as lutely certain that you've got something to say. Once something will get lost in the news­ tences. The first question the journal­ the event is in the press already, there rooms you're targeting: your press ist will ask is "What's it all about will be plenty of opportunities for release, the journalist's concentration then?" and her/his attention will follow-ups. This is the time when you or the essence of the story. This means wander if you spend more than ten can sometimes get them to cover the you must follow up with a phone call. seconds telling them. However rude issue you're trying to highlight, rather just a quickone will do. Ask: "Did you they are, never fail to be polite and than simply the event. get it? Will you be covering 'the ac­ charming: At the very least, you'll The secret of all successful press tion? Do you need any more informa­ put them to shame. releases is getting them to the right tion?"They're likely to be rude, gruff Part two of the article "Exploit the people so find out who the right and unhelpful. But don't be put off. Media Before It Exploits You" by George people are. Make a list of media out­ They're paid to be like that. Make Monbiot will be printed in the Decem­ lets you want to reach and indi­ sure you're ready, if need be, to sum­ ber-January (Yule) edition of the Earth vidual journalists who seem to be . marize the story in one or two sen- First! Journal. MAXXAM'S MEDIA WATERLOO Mrs. America woke to the atrocity called the Vietnam BY STAN WILSON War. Our country lost the support not just of college Now that the nation has heard of the murder of David professors and students, but of the average American, Chain, our movement to save not only Headwaters but thus lost the war. The anti-war movement marched in the planet should take a step back from our grief and the streets and brought home via TV the sadness and outrage to asses what his death means. A few days ago sickness that was Vietnam. The war to end Vietnam, I came across a recent Time magazine article about if you will, was won not in Ramparts or Rolling Stone, David. I rarely read Time in depth because, well, there but on CBS, ABC, NBC, etc. The war was won in the is no deptJlJI1 j~. Time,,like all mass media, is normally mainstream media. just wasted fluff. But, I digress. , Our war to save the redwoods, the bison, the what­ Not long ago, I saw an article about]ulia Butterfly in ever, is being fought very bravely in the forest, on the a publication called fane. It was really a waste of paper plains and wherever EF!ers are on the frontlines. The except the article put Julia in the minds of many propaganda war, however, is being fought on CNN and teenagers and that has value to our struggle. Then Time in the pages of Time. It is here that we have tradition­ ran its own Julia article. Hell, it looked like the Ameri­ ally not fought weil (for a variety of reasons beyond the can public was waking up from its consumption- and scope of this piece). Now we have been given Maxxam 's prozac-induced slumber. Then David was murdered. media Waterloo. What Time saiq is this: Maxxam is · Hearing all that I heard up here in Journal Insanity wrong, _the war against the redwoods is wrong, Palco is Control Center, I really thought EF! was going to wrong, EF! is right. Time has given us a Cronkite blow it media-wise. Too much soft language, too statement. much fear. Palco, Maxxam and, yes, the logger who Now it is up to this movement, at this moment, to killed David were going to slip off the hook it seemed, stand up and speak in true an<;l strong voices. Not only and David was going to be allowed to die in vain. are we watching Maxxam, Palco andtheC~lifornia law · Allowed to, not by those. who always ·allow these enforcement/justice departments but so is the main­ things to be covered up and newsspeaked away, but stream .qJ.edia: As Americans rise from their slumber, allowed to die in vain by·EF! , Time has given us a U:t;J.ique opportunity to let aU However David's murder was. or was not being . Amerjcans see death and destructior1-includirig miu~ handled, the Time article about his death is as impor­ der-being carried out in Pacific Lumber/Maxxam's tant to EF! as Walter Cronkite's declaration, "The war · name. For the first time in along while~ I have hope. \'l[e · in Vietnam is wrong," was to the anti-war move­ can win; we all know we deserve to. For the sake of David ment. After the old codger made that statement, the Chain and those who will unfQrtunately probably fol ~ war was doomed. The valium wore off, and Mr. and low him, and for the wild, we must win: . . .- . { . · •' .

November-December 1998 Earth,First!· Page 13 WardValleyofficeinNeedles, CA, where THE CHALLENGE OF TOLERANCE: a multicultural staff works to inform and empower local communities. Solid and lasting friendships have been formed throughout the campaign. I have THE wARD vALLEY CAMPAIGN seen Indians and non-Indians work and through which to view and interact battle in the courts, in Congress, in state pray together in an abiding reverence with our environment. and federal agencies, through environ­ and spiritual connection with the land. BY PHILIP M. KlASKY A relationship of reciprocity based in mental impact statements, public hear­ The movement, as a whole, has per­ After reading Patrick Diehl's opin­ a deeply held reverence for the land, a ings, technical reviews, rock concerts, severed and continues to be effective. ion about the alleged "failure of the sentiment that both Indians and non­ the media, spiritual witness, grassroots Many of us have grown with the chal­ Ward Valley campaign" to reflect Indians have shared, can lead to a organizing, direct action, and by de­ lenges. I strongly believe that the con­ democratic ideals and David Harper's commitment to protect the Earth. But manding environmental justice and tacts we make with each other are just response that the struggle is a "holy there is a fundamental difference be­ fulfillment of the government's trust as important as the strength of our war" that will not compromise tradi­ tween the consequences on those who responsibility to Native American tribes. political strategy. Unfortunately, cul­ tional culture for social change con­ cannot and will not move from their Each one of these approaches is essen­ tural differences and human nature cerns, I feel the need to offer another place of origin and those who come to tial as well as complementary. can interfere. Our definitions of fair­ perspective. Patrick states that non­ environmental issues from a base of With these considerations as a back­ ness are often influenced by our unique Indian activists have been silenced personal belief, no matter how pro­ drop, let's get down to some all-too experiences and personal needs. But in the movement while David sug­ foundly felt. For the lower Colorado familiar problems within the environ­ this is no reason to give up or give in. gests that social change philosophies River Indian tribes, their identity, eco­ mental movement. Individuals of all Strict adherence to the consensus are in conflict with traditional Na­ nomy and spiritual base is dependent stripes have tried to dominate the deci­ model promoted by the antinuclear tive American values. A number of upon their natural surroundings. The sion-making process by asserting indi­ movement may not always work in Ward Valley activists share my con­ difference is survival-a potent and vidual agendas or practicing intolerance. cross-cultural campaigns. Indian tribes, cern that the opinions expressed do uncompromising motivator. As we look A few people have had a destabilizing as sovereign nations and traditional not present a balanced view of the back on the ravages and results of 500 effect on the good intentions and hard societies, have internal processes and campaign and might discourage years of genocide againSt the indig­ work of others. Furthermore, we have unique considerations that are not al­ people from getting involved in this enous inhabitants of this continent, not always had a clearly understood or ways apparent to those living outside important struggle. we see the Mohave people have much agreed upon decision-making structure Indian country. At the same time, I I began working on the Ward Valley at stake at Ward Valley. within the consortium of organizations have been at coalition meetings where campaign almost a decade ago as a At the same time, the battle to save that calls itself the "Ward Valley Coali­ much deliberation involving diverse volunteer activist alarmed by the threat Ward Valley has tremendous universal tion." At coalition meetings, we try for views resulted in a unanimous resolu­ of a nuclear dump in a desert wilder­ implications for the protection of the consensus and often achieve it. Some tion. During the successful 114-day ness, as a staunch opponent of nuclear natural resources we all share, the pres­ groups have gone about their business occupation of the site, tensions devel­ power, and then as the co-director of a ervation of wilderness and endangered without consulting others and at times oped between some of the Indian and small but effective nonprofit environ­ species, the future of nuclear power and have been very effective in their efforts, non-Indian activists around strategy mental organization. The desert is my the pursuit of environmental justice. A· striking hard and fast without the plod­ and decision-making. The intense cir­ "place," providing solitude, solace, spiri­ nuclear dump at Ward Valley would ding course of representative consent. cumstances brought some of our most tual sustenance and the study of culture become a national nuclear sacrifice area. But often, these unilateral acts have dramatic differences to the surface. The and nature. I was introduced to this Plutonium buried in shallow trenches created di~trust and division in the coa­ protesters were under siege and com­ issue through contact with Native would poison the next 12,000 genera­ lition. Sadly, this is not unique to the munication between different factions Americans and originally came to Ward tions-an almost inconceivable crime Ward Valley campaign. broke down and disagreements and Valley as a strident conservationist, be­ against the future. This confluence of Neither of the opinions expressed in alliances went every which way. But lieving that the heavy hand of human concerns, as well as the variety of orga­ the earlier issue of the Earth First! Journal when we had to be united, we were. intrusion on the natural landscape nizations and individuals that repre- told of the many times at meetings, After threatening arrest, the federal should be curtailed at all costs. In time ~ent them, has strengthened the events, protest actions and gatherings rangers ·bac-ked down and eventua"ily I came to recognize that indigenous campaign. We sabotage ourselves when there have been inspiring displays of retreated. I. have often looked to the peoples can offer a unique perspective we act in territorial and divisive ways. solidarity. This cooperation has been elders for guidance. During the occu­ on how traditional culture can be a The scope of strategies that we employ evident at our large gatherings and oc­ pation, they spoke eloquently of the powerful and instructive medium must be wide. We continue to fight this· curs on an everyday basis at the Save importance of unity, of their apprecia- tion for the support arid dedica­ tion of non-Indian activists, and HEROtvfhiHO<.Jr I> .. 6...-..T BW£ ~~c· ·. - ~ of the need for spiritual reflec­ TliE CA.XAPI.v..) ~WAYS AIJD . . EIVJ07j A CO~tlfED RE~£>1-fOA) • ·-·.,_ tion. Respect is the key, other­ DWJ!&.::&t =*iiP WfTH A ~TTW OWL-. . wise, whatarewefightingfor?We still have a lot to learn from the THE GOIJER,IVOR''c.oi')PR.OI""\I~E-$' TlfV)BEI<. ltVOU~TRIE? t6REE A S>4L~;V ,/1ECOVE,qY.8W ''To To P~ A TAX To Furvo GIV/N6 experience, lessons we can apply DEFER AIVY t..I?TING OF AtVADR.O· "VIA6RA ''To fVURI'jCJl..Y 5t'lOCJ · to our actions in the future. We MOU5 FI~H UNDER THE EIVCWJGERW IN FI~H HATGHERIE~ IN AN are not only involved in a struggle :,PE.C-1£5 Aa A. /'JEW L!6HT RAJL ATfEI"lPT To R£.5TORE NEAR LLN£ WILL P£ £3(.)/LT ~PEC-/FIC.AikY EXTINCT ~ALMON RUN~ . to stop the insane proposal for a To COMMt/TE MIC>RA.TI~ >"'))t-T nuclear waste dump, we are irre­ A/9/VG IHE GOIYMBIA I f~ ~r FII~<.AW bounce back into the Clinton administration's court. -D £lCTtlolt1i~· · · the president in order to prevent the ~''~-tlTE f.,.. Vice President AI Gore insisted that, "We are once government from shutting down. By again putting Congress on notice: We will not slipping in one more Queen of tolerate stealth tactics that do unacceptable Spades to the already stacked harm to our environment or threaten deck of cards, there is a good public health." chance she will simply get lost Next time you find yourself bounc- in the shuffle. And this year, ing between "Mork and Mindy" re­ more than ever, the Kempthorne runs and "Star Trek: The Next Genera­ Queen has had company. tion" and can't decide which extrater­ According to beltway sources, restrial escapade to glue yourself to, the Clinton administration has consider pausing a moment on C-SPAN said it would continue to oppose to listen to the strange tongues of our the Quincy Library Group (QLG) elected officials in Washington, DC. Bill that threatens forest ecosys­ While they may not be waving their tems in the Sierra Nevada. In 11 ,.11( T~.. ray guns in plain sight, be aware that fact, the QLG matter has been ~ u~o.! at any given moment they could elevated to the highest levels of the pull the weapons out of their hol­ administration. White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles sters, set them on decimate, and in one blast, extinguish met with key Senate and House leaders to discuss the our nation's most important environmental laws. administration's priorities and removal of QLG from the Jessica Hamilton lives in Portland, Oregon, and is the omnibus appropriations package was one of top issues. Northwestern organizer (or American Lan,ds, formerly the This was a dramatic turnaround for a White House that Western Ancient Forest Campaign. American Lands works only months ago supported the QLG. with citizens nationwide to protect AmeriCa's wildlife and Senator Slade Gorton (R-W A) pulled his rider to block wild places. Page 16 Earth First! Samhain 1998 law enforcement and juries sided with KKK So ended an 11-1/2 hour lockdown that prevented BY STRONG Wooo members accused of violen~e." PL from logging for one more day. When David "Gypsy" Chain died on September One EF!er told of being caught and threatened by One week after Gypsy's death, his funeral and 17 in a steep clearcut on Pacific Lumber (PL) land, he Ammons the day before Gypsy's death. Ammons burial took place in Houston, Texas. Simultaneously, became the first Earth First!er killed in action in a said he would not hesitate to kill him if he was in or an estimated 300 people took part in a memorial rally dozen years of challenges to logging of ancient near a tree he intended to cut. Darryl Cherney said and march to the courthouse in Eureka, California, redwoods in Northern California. that "the day before Gypsy seat of Humboldt County. PL immediately put its spin on the case, saying it died, Ammons had com­ Speakers at the rally called was "deeply saddened by what appears to be a tragic plained that he couldn't for an end to more than a accident on its property this morning." PL president travel to Australia because decade of violent attacks John Campbell told reporters that loggers didn't of a felony conviction for targeting forest activists. know the activists were there. shooting a deputy." Local Arcata City Council But videotape from the scene recorded the voice Deputies did nothing to member Connie Stewart's of the logger, A.E. Ammons, shouting profanities keep the loggers from re­ voice faltered as she said, and threats. "Get outta here! Otherwise I'll fuckin' moving the fatal tree and "I have a·great respect for make sure I got a tree comin' this way!" Carey other evidence from the people who are willing to Jordan, Erik" Ayr" Eisenberg, Zoe Zalia, Mike Avcollie, scene. But EF! blockaders put their life on the line Jason Wilson, Jeremy Jensen and Mike McCurdy, arrived the next morning for \Yhat they believe in. the seven EF!ers that were in the forest with Gypsy just in time to prevent log­ I'm really sorry that some­ when he was killed, all said loggers were intention­ gers from resuming work. one had to lose his life for ally felling trees in their direction. Five people formed a hu­ this, and I'm really glad "The loggers were aware of our presence, as we had man barrier across the log­ that the Earth First!ers are engaged them in conversation throughout the day," gingroad by chaining their still committed to doing Zoe Zalia told reporters, "What I witnessed yesterday wrists to each other inside this kind of activity. was a very angry and violent logger. He told people, steel and concrete "super They've had a big impact 'Better get a hard hat, 'cause this one's comin' for lockboxes." Others locked on thewaytheworldfeels you.'" "The body was lying underneath the tree," said . downtoajunkedcarblock­ about the redwoods in Zoe. "It was very painful to see. From thewayitlooked, ing a gate. They excavated Humboldt County." the limb hit him first and then the tree hit him, and trenches to stop any Gypsy's family trav­ it was an instantaneous blow to the head. My fellow wheeled vehicles. Tripods eled to Northern Cali­ activists and I prayed next to him ... The logger came blocked the road near the fornia to attend a series down and prayed on his knees and asked forgiveness." ridgetop. They renamed it of memorial services. Gypsy and the other EF! activists were in the woods Gypsy Mountain, declared Gypsy's mother Cindy trying to talk the loggers out of cutting the ancient the territory the Gypsy Free Al,lsbrook, of Pasadena, redwoods. The EF!ers believed the logging was illegal State and called for its per­ Texas, said the family because no surveys had been conducted for marbled manent preservation as a felt driven to meet the murrelets as required by federal law. They asked the memorial. people and see the place loggers to wait for an inspection promised for that The blockade has that Gypsy cared so pas- day. A day after Gypsy's death, the California Depart­ weathered drive-by ha­ '?'4-:19{) 0 sionately about. On Sep­ ment of Forestry (CDF) confirmed EF!'s charges by rassment beyond shouted Gypsy . ,19/' 70 tember 29, they went to issuing two citations to PL for operating within a insults and gestures to the scene of the block­ murrelet buffer zone and operating before the official thrown bottles. and raw eggs. One night, three ade and the shrine dedicated to Gypsy. end of murrelet nesting season. people were shot with a paintball gun, drawing That evening at a standing room only memorial One EF!er said, "Once (the logger) saw us, his first blood from one. Not all passersby are hostile, how­ service, a Veterans for Peace spokesperson said "We reaction should have been to turn off his chain saw, ever, and some return the peace sign flashed by the· honor David 'Gypsy' Chain, not as a conqueror, not and that's what the company should be telling their blockaders. as a victor, not even as a martyr ... we honor him for workers, not telling them to try to scare us." One of Police raided the blockade before sunrise on Octo­ his commitment to nonviolence even in the face of the slogans on posters now being held up at EF! ber 7, taking it by surprise. They used heavy equip­ hatred and destruction. We honor him because he protests reads, "Gypsy died doing CDF's job." ment to remove the blockade and fill the road answered the call of justice, and for his courage he "Pacific Lumber has one of the finest records in the trenches as they made their way to the ridgetop. paid the ultimate price. We honor him because he industry," said spokesperson Mary Bullwinkel. "But Sheriff's deputies poured pepper spray from cups took a stand against plunder and greed. He gave despite all our precautions, a trespasser was appar­ directly in the faces of two women, Noel and selflessly of all that he had to give. He walked the path ently killed by a falling tree at one of our logging sites Christiane, who were locked down to logging equip­ of his convictions. He lived out his vision for a better on our private property.'' EF!ers, however, assert that ment, before taking them to jail. world, and to that vision he gave the last full measure there is a "pattern and practice" of PL loggers threat­ By that evening, EF!ers were rebuilding the barri­ of his devotion. David's body is gone from our ranks, ening and harassing them. According to longtime EF! cade next to the state highway. The next morning yet his spirit lives on in each of us. His name will not activist Darryl Cherney, Campbell confided to him found nine defenders locked down across the log­ be forgotten. To his surviving kin, we offer our shortly before the fatality that he was having difficulty ging road. Police set up a barrier of vehicles and deepest condolences. You can be proud of David. He restraining some of his men's desires to attack EF!ers. tarps to block the media and onlookers from wit­ never hurt anyone; he died while standing against Hours after Gypsy died, the sheriff's investigator nessing another use of pepper spray torture. senseless destruction." told reporters his preliminary finding was that the They chose the youngest of three women in the The veterans group presented a citation posthu­ death was accidental. This was "based on the physi­ line, Carrie "Uz" McKee, 20, and wiped the concen­ mously to David's family. "To David 'Gypsy' Chain: cal appearance of the scene and the relationship of trated red pepper extract on her eyes with gauze pads. In honor of your courage and perseverance in the the fallen tree and victim's body." The detective had She bore the pain and refused to unlock even after face of grave personal and physical harm, the Veter­ not even interviewed the eyewitnesses. It was appar­ second and third applications. Supporters, who had ans for Peace award you with the Wage Peace Purple ent that he was not considering the possibility been kept across the highway by police, rushed to the Tear Award for your injuries received in the front Ammons willfully felled the tree in the activists' centerline of the highway, linked arms and lay down lines of the timber wars Headwaters campaign. We direction, which would make the fatality at least to protest the use of pepper spray. They moved back respect and acknowledge your service and dedica­ involuntary manslaughter, even if he only meant to voluntarily later when the pepper spray use stopped. tion to your country." The audience responded with scare them. If he intended to kill them, he could be In a flagrant abuse of Constitutional rights, police a sustained standing ovation and wolf howl. convicted of first degree murder. declared the peaceful assembly unlawful and ordered Gypsy's mother thanked the crowd for helping Earth First! attorney Jay Moller wrote to Humboldt everyone, including the media, to disperse out of the family heal their grief. Her voice choked with District Attorney Terry Farmer demanding an sight of the action. Three observers refused to dis­ emotion as she said, "I know there are going to be unbiased investigation. "There is a documented perse and were arrested, vowing to make it a test case. times when I feel crushed because I can't pick up the history of PL's violence towards environmental Police cut twopeople free by late afternoon and phone and talk to David ... and I can't put a present protesters, with David Chain's death only the eventually agreed to cite and release the remaining under the Christmas tree ... but y'all will never, culmination of an increasingly violent response seven rather than jailing them if they would unlock. never kriow how much we love you." towards the protesters ... a look at [case law] will Thanks to Albion Monitor (http://www.monitor.net/ show that a corporation and high-level monitor), and to Estelle Fennell, employees can be charged and convicted KMUD News, Garberville. Strong Wood participated in the civil rights of negligent homicide and involuntary manslaughter ... If your office does not see ·E·.arth and anti-war movements in the '60s. fit to charge this crime, we will seek help He crewed on anti-whaling voyages in either through the [state attorney general's] the early days of Greenpeace and has office or the US Attorney's Office, as. was First! been involved in forest defense in necessary in the South in the 1960s, when· Northern California for 25 years. November-Dece~ber 1998 Earth First! Page 17 -RE 7\ND POLITICS

One story going around Washington and Sacra­ changes in the landscape." Given that the spotted BY jEFFREY ST. CLAIR AND ALEXANDER COCKBURN mento is that Hurwitz had argued that the acres owl population has been declining by as much as David "Gypsy" · Chain was killed because he were worth $900 million, roughly what he paid a four percent annually in Clinton-time, none of formed part of the last line of defense in a battle for the entire company, and the Department of this bodes well for the creature's long- or even plan fatally betrayed by Democratic politicians JustiCe countered with a valuation of $20 million. middle-term survival. On top of that, if the evi­ and environmental executives cringing before a At which point Tommy Boggs said, "Why not split dence shows that the owl and the murrelet are corporate predator from Chain's own state of the difference?" disappearing at even higherrates, a "no surprises" Texas. A.E. Ammons, the 52-year-old logger who By any measure this is surely one of Hurwitz's clause successfully demanded by Hurwitz means put the tree down on Chain, crushing his skull, greatest financial coups. But there was a lagniappe. that nothing can be done for SO years, by which was the party immediately responsible for the As part of the deal, Hurwitz demanded that he be time the whole show will be over. young man's death, but if Ammons ever faces allowed to work his will on the rest of the entire The coho salmon is probably the most compli­ involuntary manslaughter charges, the people 210,000 acres of Pacific Lumber's holdings. The cated factor in the whole deal, and it is the species who put him in the woods that day should bear US Department of Interior and the state of Cali­ that could potentially keep most of the remaining the full brunt of penalties consequent upon a fornia duly agreed to sign off on a Habitat Conser­ mature forest on Pacific Lumber's lands out of the wrongful death. vation Plan (HCP) proposed by Pacific Lumber. In sawmills. But instead of pushing an aggressive The terrain where Chain conservation strategy, the gov­ died forms part of the Head­ ernment accepted the follow­ waters forest, owned by Pa­ ing brazen proposal in Pacific cific Lumber, taken over Lumber's HCP: On what are some years ago by called year-round salmon- Maxxam's Charles Hurwitz. bearing streams, PL proposed Headwaters is the largest private holding of a 30-foot no-cut buffer on each side. The old-growth redwoods in the world. When federal guidelines for such streams in Wash­ Hurwitz announced a few years ago that his ington, Oregon and California require be­ crews would start logging, the most resolute tween 300 feet and 500 feet, depending on plan against the tycoon was to have the US the slope. On year-round streams without government penalize him for his $2 billion salmon that flow into salmon streams, Pa­ looting of a Texas Savings and Loan by cific Lumber has successfully proposed a taking Headwaters as compensation. But this ten-foot "buffer," which is of course en­ plan fell by the wayside, derided by estab­ tirely meaningless. At this level of protec­ lishment enviros as far too extreme. tion the coho, once the mainstay of the Next came a well conceived plan by former indigenous econoi;IJ.y, has no future at all. California Representative Dan Hamburg to There was a recent Qpportunity to lay this have the federal government buy 40,000 acres whole dreadful plan low. The feds approved of the entire 63,000-acre watershed for a its $250 million slice of the $480 million substantial, albeit defensible sum. Although last year when Clinton signed the Interior it was helped forward through Congress by Appropriations Bill. But the deal still had to two of the craftiest manipulators on the Hill­ be approved by the California General As­ Vernon jordan and Tommy Boggs, working sembly. EPIC was making a decent effort at for Hurwitz-the bill failed in the Senate. monk~ywrenching that process by fierce 1 Then came a well-conceived strategy by lobbying, stirring up fiscal conservatives at 1 the Environmental Protection and Informa­ 'the huge ~t)sffff'fhe taxpayer and making . tion Center (EPIC), the enviro group based environmimtaUyminded legislators writhe in Garberville, California, to tame Hurwitz at the preposterousness of the HCP. · by rigorous application of federal and state .. But working. the phone .~ }:)ehind regulations. Thus, thousands of acres would the scenes lJ~re con-· , · ,' be put off limits to the chainsaw in order to .. spi. {at<>r~ ~h e, drama ·· -....;~...--~-~­ protect dwindling habitat for the marbled wh;kh endei:i;irrDavid murrelet, the Northern spotted owl and the Chain~s·. deatb.Dianne coho salmon. Given the ravaged condition Feinst~in and Tommy ! of Pacific Lumber's holdings after a decade .. .1,\,gggs lobbied hard, of Hurwitz's onslaughts, the mandatory pro­ and as the bill picked tection for these species would put most of up legislative speed in the land out of Hurwitz's reach. Sacramento, the one As EPIC put its strategy into play with a group that could have series of lawsuits and petitions under the stepped forward and Endangered Species Act, it took effect. But killed it was the Sierra Hurwitz raised the stakes, announcing that Club. Instead, in familiar fashion, the club · in the face of these regulatory inhibitions, decided to "not actively try to blqck (the he was going to file a "takings" suitagain$J bill's) passage, but rather put its energy · the US government, suing it for hundreds of into improving it," as executive director millions for preventing him from enjoying Carl Pope admitted later to his own boafd of the rights and ravages of private property. Forest defender. Gypsy felt at home off the ground ... whether it was on a tripod or • directors. This was all that was needed to The Clinton administration and large en­ · · in the tiees. inch the bill past the finishing post; the vironmental organizations such as the Sierra General Assembly passed it on September 1. Club and the Wilderness Society took this threat the Clinton era, these HCPs have become the Oh, and the improvements? The Sierra Club : as the tocsin for immediate retreat. Hurwitz, they preferred corporate method of circumventing the suggested that the coho buffer be expanded quavered, might have a chance of victory in such Endangered Species Act. from 30 feet to 100 feet and from 10 to 30 feet, a takings claim, which would encourage further Pacific Lumber's HCP will allow the company to still far short of the minimum guidelines. "hostage taking" by corporations. So, they ar­ largely liquidate both old-growth and residual The stage was now set for its fatal denoue­ gued, the prudent course was to give Hurwitz redwood and Douglas fir tracts outside of the ment, and most likely a whole series of desper- more than he had ever dared dream when he sent 10,000 acres bought by the government. The ate and dangetous actions. Because the deal Jordan and Boggs up to Capitol Hill to work for company is scheduled to receive a.permit to kill as was finally ratified in Washington and Sacra­ the Hamburg bill. many as 340 marbled murrelets, the threatened mento, there is no room left for regulatory Enter Senator Dianne Feinstein. The California seabird that nests in coastal old-growth forest. inhibitions against corporate ravages. At the senator successfully lobbied Clinton to broker a This amounts to 17 percent of a total murrelet federal and state level, corporations can shove deal whereby the feds and the state of California population already in precipitous decline. through Habitat Conservation Plans that are would pool money to acquire the minimal core Right now, on Pacific Lumber lands, there are. meaningless. The logging crews have been area of Headwaters, less than 10,000 acres of the 116 pairs of nesting spotted owls. The HCP esti-· sent into the woods to implement the entire watershed. Of that, only 3,500 acres are mates that 16 pairs will be "taken," i.e., killed, and deal, and the only restraint left in composed of old-growth redwoods, for which the iil the words of a California Department of For ~ saving the ancient redwoods is di­ government offered Hurwitz the astounding sum estry (CDF) consultant for the plan, "the popula'­ rect action demonstrators like Chain...... of $480 million. tion [of 'owls] will be allowed to fluctuate with There is no alternative. ·~ Page 18 Earth First! Samhain 1998 now, it's silent,' and wecameoutfrom the thicket and there was thetreerightthere, like maybe within SO or 100 feet of us. I swore because we were really close and said to Gypsy "we have to go higher now... " This is all happening within seconds, and the tree is about to fall. I run up where I think it's going to be safe (you can't really run up these hills because it's straight up and down, pretty much). I'm clamoring he following is the affidavit of Jeremy "Farmer" Jensen describing the up the hill and look around, and Gypsy's not behind me so I run back down to him T events of the day Gypsy died. and go, 'Come on, we have to go higher now.' But in this split-second interaction I, Jeremy Jensen declare: I am a resident of Humboldt County, California, the I had with him, the tree was actually cracking and starting to fall over so I gave him age of 16, a citizen of the United States. · one last look and ran up the hill. The tree fell down, and the logger was right there, I arrived at the drop-off point and started hiking up the hill. There were nine and he came over and was the one who actually saw that Gypsy had been hit.'' people including myself and a camera person ... When we arrived at the tree the loggers shouted obscenities at us while someone tried to reason with them. That person said that they [the loggers] should stop logging until CDF [California Department of Forestry] showed up because John Marshall said that they [CDF] were going to come today, and although they hadn't shown up we thought they might soon. The logger who was cutting, "Big A", replied that the THP [Timber Harvest Plan] had already been approved and that he didn't do anything that was illegal because then he would get sent to jail and that was where we should be, not him. Someone continued to talk calmly to Big A until he became aggressive and started chasing us back the way we came. He gave up and stood in place shouting at us, and then he walked back to the tree and started cutting again. We regrouped and decided to try to talk to him again. This time a different person talked to him, and he seemed less angry, but he threatened to fall a tree in our direction and [said] that we had better leave. We all scrambled out of the way as the tree fell dangerously close. I was hiding when I heard Big A start on another tree and yell out that this tree was a tall bne and would easily reach us. We again regrouped and had a meeting/snack break to decide what we would do next. As we were eating, we heard the next one· starting to go. It sounded as though it was next to us, and I froze in fear. Gypsy and another [person] both started to move, but the treehit the ground before they got far. Luckily that one didn't come close enough to hurt us, although, if we had been sitting in its path, we would not have gotten away in time. After-that last one fell, we decided to go and talk to the loggers one rnoretime before leaving. We all got up and broke into two groups-one group would be uphill froni the loggers and one would If Words Could Kill ... be downhill. Three [people] would be down hill. Three would be uphill, . The following is a transcript of the audible interaction on the videotape including myself and Gypsy. Gypsy and another were close to the loggers, and documenting the confrontation between nonviolent activists and hostile I hung back a little ways from them. We were all shouting at the logger that we loggers the morning of September 17. Arlington Ammons, the logger who cut were coming to talk and that he should stop cutting this one, then I heard the - the tree that killed David Chain, is identified as "A" in this transcript. tree about to go. I dove into some underbrush and under some small trees. I looked up just in time to see a huge tree coming down nearly on top of me. The .Narrator#! (ZoeZalia, activist): [qui- E: [calmly] ... [inaudible] ... Hurwitz main trunk came within 10 feet of me and if I hadn't been under the small trees :etly] Here we go. There's a clearcut ... [inaudible] ... the Douglas fir's branches would have hit me. I brushed myself off and walked ri-ght ~head of us ~ This is what it looks A: That's all I heard out of you out into the steep clearing that the tree created when it fell. Almost instantly,·. like after they clearcut. In the back­ mothertuckers yesterday! the protesters and Big A congregated on the scene. Someone was shouting a_t grouri'd you can see what it looks like E: ... [inaudible] ... him that he could have killed us. It was then that I heard someone frantically beforetheyclearcut. [Narrator#! ducks : L (another logger): [yelling] Why calling out "Gypsy, Gypsy, where's Gypsy?! He was right behind me." I call~d bebind a tree and hands off the video don't you go over there and harass the out for him, but there was no answer. It was then that his body, was found by cafhera to narrator #2, Mike McCurdy, other tuckin! crew! the logger, Big as a logger chases the· other activists E: ... [inaudible] ... A. He [Gypsy] downhill, threatening them.] A: Why don't you get outta this was about 15- A (Arlington Ammons): [running tuckin' plan and go to the tuckin' trees feet farther downhill after activists screaming] You that ain't been approved! We don't down the slope tuckin' cock suckers ... [inaudible] ... in cut anything that ain't been approved, then when I had the trees and let the tuckin' people otherwise we go to fuckin' jail for it! last seen him. who don't know what's goin' on go to E: ... [inaudible] ... And when I tuckin' jail. We had patience yester­ A: [shouting] Where you cock suck­ caught sight of day. I stopped yesterday! ers belong for being out here and him I saw that E (Erik "Ayr" Eisenberg; one of the fuckin' with us! he had massive activists): ... [inaudible] ... E: ... [inaudible] ... head trauma. I A: Get the tuck out of here! You've A: Ohhhhh, tuck! I wish I had my ran all the way · got me hot enough now to fuck! tuckin' pistol! I guess I'm gonna just to Grizzly Na­ E: We don't want to cause you any start packiil' that motherfucker in here. tional Park to problems. 'Cause I can only be nice so {pekin' get the news out A: You already have! So get out of . long. Go get my saw, I'm gonna start about what had ·here! You cock suckers! I mean it! fallin' into this tuckin' draw! happened. · · E: [assertively] .•. When CDF [Cali­ N #2 (Narrator #2, Mike McCurdy): Gypsy died doing CDF's job. fornia Department of_Foiestry]'comes [quietly] Grizzly Creek, September 17. he f_ollowing_ a~count. froi? Carey Jordan w~s r~cor~ed on Sept~mber 291 out here they'll tell you tostop . . A very angry logger:r ;,, Tdunng a rad1o mtervtew m Berkeley, CA With J

BY CHRIS SYMMANK/ AUSTIN EARTH FIRST! BY MARK WILLIAMS/LA EARTH FIRST! Gypsy knew what was at stake at Headwaters but loved those trees so much he We live in a time of vigil. had to continue to take action. Here in Texas he worked hard to save money so Of keeping vigil with each other, in these desperate times rife with the false he could travel and get back to defending Headwaters. During that time he talkt:d optimism of the selfish and short-sighted, in order to remind ourselves: We are not longingly of getting back to Headwaters and in fact, influenced others to go out alone. Others, too, care about the last howling wolf, the last old redwood, the last there and see what it was all about. Those folks, once seeing what he talked about, piece of ungraded, unbuilt, free-spirited land. We care, and others care, and so we stayed there and have dedicated their own energy toward saving those forests. · keep vigil, bucking up our spirits, drying our tears together. Gypsy became an activist about a year ago when he traveled out to California for We also keep vigil, as in "vigilance," over those who are too scared, too wounded, his first time, fell in love with the redwoods and then joined the Earth First! too angry to stop their so-called "work," their. "careers," which they claim, campaign. He was smart, learned quickly about what was going on and acted with astonishingly, are dependent on killing off those last wolves, those old trees, those strong determination. His love for the woods showed through his last open lands. actions. Whether it was on the frontlines building and occupying tree We witness for the sake of others, sits, banner hanging in San Francisco, fortifying a tripod roadblock or those who will follow and someday doing basic basecamp grunt work, such as late night security or helping ask us to explain how it happened­ out in the kitchen, he could always be counted on for a smile and good though, finally, there can be no ex­ spirits. The only thing upsetting to him was thinkingofMaxxam/ Palco's planation-and ask us what we did to destructive practices at Headwaters. stand against it. Others recently with him have had nothing but warm stories to tell. Thus, our vigils, more and more, "Felony" and he were standing below a giant tree the day before he died involve .impeding, slowing down, stop­ and almost got hit by a giant falling branch. They both said to each ping where we can the gnashing gears other that they could have been killed, and then Gypsy said it wouldn't of the terrible machine we've loosed be a bad place to die. Gypsy loved that place and those trees. Other upon the world, this juggernaut that friends said he would never stop looking up at the trees. He was always will not be satisfied until everything checking out something new. wild is sucked up, ripped apart, geneti­ His spirit was always amazing. He would do tasks that would daunt cally recombined, sold to pulp mills, others: stay high up in tree-sits or hunker somewhere in the backwoods packaged and otherwise stuck away on through cold and wet conditions. He could always make the best of the a shelf with a price tag on its side, situation, be it wrestling with his tree comrades, finding something offered up to anyone with enough coins good to say or just giving a dependable smile and a sign of thinking in their hand. about what was going on or being said. We try to stop this machine, and Many of us are so lucky to have known him. For those who didn't, I every once in awhile, for a minute or hope you all can hear more stories of him one day as he was just one of two, we do. We stop it, and in that .,. rare brief silence, precious music can ~ be heard. Echoes, from a long ago Qdance. Tantalizing, reminding us of " what is being lost, day after day, year after year, life after life. The spirit ofGypsy rests in the redwoods Indeed, sometimes-more and more often it seems-a life, or many lives, is what it takes to slow this great machine down, even for that single minute. We are here to mourn one of those lives, David Chain's, offered up in defense of that great song, the music that can only come from a place when it's left wild and free. David Chain gave up his life to stand against Maxxam's relentless, tax­ subsidized lust for profits. Profits so that a man like Charles Hurwitz can order up an extra steak or buy a new Rolex and still not be satisfied with his lot in life. And, not being satisfied; a man like Charles Hurwitz and a company like Maxxam-and really, in this age of global empire,. aren't they all like Maxxam?-a man like Mr. Hurwitz, in his own terrible restlessness, will seek another forest to cut, another stream to ruin, another community to tear apart. Our leaders call that "business" in this day and age. Those of us here keeping vigil in the name, spirit and memory of David Chain know what it's really called. Its name is something entirely different than what our governors, our presidents, our Speakers of the House would call it. In fact, it's murder. We're not talking about the circumstances of David's death now; the legal folks might wind up calling it "manslaughter" or whatever, but what's happening to the planet, plain and simple, is murder. David knew it. He was willing to put his life on the line for it. And he paid. All that's left to us now, then, is vigil-in the sense of community, in the sense of renewed action, in the sense of that word's common root with "vigorousness." A vigil with our eyes wide open, our ears ready for wolfsong, our arms ready to hold a tree and defend it-and to hold onto each other while we're doing it. the best people. I now wonder what the world would be like if he came upon these This vigil here, then, doesn't mark the end of anything or anyone. But a forests being clearcut and there was no Earth First!, Environmental Protection beginning. Something new-like the Freedom Riders trying something new in and Information Center or countless other groups trying to put a stop to such their long marches and at their lunch counters. Like Julia Butterfly trying atrocities. From what I knew of him and what I've heard from others, I think he something new with her long, warrior stance up in the tree she calls Luna. would have made his own stand and that others would have followed suit. The Something new for us. A vigil for a martyr. best in us comes out when we see the worst being done. It's not anything we want toget used to. It's a terrible reason to get together. I'm glad Gypsy had people working with him to stand up for what is so Just like the destruction of a redwood grove is a terrible reason, no matter how important. I'm glad to see that people are carrying on what he worked for. I hope much we might bond with each other. · others will learn about what an amazing place it is he worked to protect and that Terrible.reason or not, here we are. At vigil. Alone. Together. they will do what it takes to save Headwaters and other valuable wilderness. Many Let's move forward from this place arm in arm. Let's stop the machine for will remember him as the nicest guy with dreads and bushy beard (before his a moment or two and listen to that sweet rare music again. haircut) wearing the same overalls containing toys and trinkets. Others will Let's be vigilant. ~nd let's make the world a place of sweet wildness once again. remember what his spirit represents in the face of destruction and oppression. We . In fact, let's start right now: with a long coyote-wolf howl at the moon and will always love him, and we will carry on. stars. Loud enough for David to hear us ..•

Pag_e 20 Earth Fir:st! S~mhain 1998 continued from front page responsible for taking someone's life, it is clear he you." Scores of organizations and individuals have Pacific Lumber's disingenuous claim that the log­ directly threatened to fall trees in the direction of rallied around a call for an independent investiga­ gers didn't know they were endangering anyone protesters and then followed through. On the vid- tion in the wake of this killing, including Action for was followed by comments suggesting that it's time . eotape, he can be heard screaming, "Oh tuck! I wish Community and Ecology in the Rainforests of Cen­ to stop these protests, that organizers are put­ tral America, the Action Resource Center in Los ting young recruits in harm's way, etc. These Angeles, the Sierra Club and 100 signers on a letter media feeds culminated in what looks to be the circulated by the Environmental Protection Infor­ first volley in a "blame the victims" smear mation Center. campaign: a press packet containing two pages Humboldt attorney Steve Schectman is preparing of the DiredAction Manual'describing "cat and to file a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of Gypsy's mouse" woods actions. PL president John family after meeting with them when they traveled Campbell commented in an accompanying to California from Texas a week after the incident. press release that, "If you read the rules ... it's Chain's mother, stepfather, two sisters, two aunts just a game. Only the people who work in the and two close friends stayed in California several forest and their families are supposed to be days, attending memorials in Berkeley, Arcata, and hurt," seeming to suffer a memory lapse about Garberville and visiting the site in the forest where just who had died. Gypsy was killed. A vigil and blockade quickly evolved at the Early in the morning of October 7, 42 members of site with people locking down to a junked car several law enforcement agencies descended on the to block the access road the next morning. Grizzly Creek site to break up the blockade. They People locked to equipment at the ridgetop forcibly removed those at the site, and moved up where Gypsy was killed, and an altar was set up the hill to where several activists were attached to a in the middle of the road near the entrance. loader. They proceeded to douse two young women Had this blockade not been in place, PL crews who were locked to equipment with pepper spray, arriving for work the morning after the inci­ pouring the caustic substance directly into their dent wouldhave hauled outthe trees, render­ eyes from their gloved hands. These two women, ing an investigation of the site impossible. once taken to jail, were denied medical attention for After several days, PL finally stated it was more than 24 hours. The following morning, a closing the area until the Sheriffs Department's group of 30 people returned to the site and set up a investigation is done. Clearly, the Humboldt road blockade consisting of nine people·· linked County Sheriff's Department, the law enforce­ together across the road. To intimidate those taking ment agency currently under litigation for part in the blockade into unlocking, sheriff's depu­ swabbing pepper spray into the eyes of Earth ties singled out one woman and subjected her to First! activists, is not the fair and impartial three applications of pepper spray, using her pain as agency to conduct an investigation. a warningtothe.others. Commitment remains high It is not clear what PL's policy is for workers to securing the site until an independent investiga­ encountering protesters in the woods, but this tion can be completed and until the issues of illegal is certainly not the first time loggers have acted ' logging are resolved. menacingly toward protesters. The Humboldt ., To become involved, join the call for an indepen- Sheriff's Department also has a long record of ~ ; dent investigation. Call or write janet Reno, Attor- nonenforcement and non-investigation of-in- · ~ ney General, Department of Justice, 5111 Main cidents of violence, harassment and thH~~ ts " of ~Justice Building, lOth St. and Constitutional Ave., violence when the targets are associated with NW, Washington DC 20530. Also contbct Dan Earth First! or Headwaters defense. The back­ Tripod sitter at Gypsy Free State Lundgren, California Attorney General, 1300 I St., drop for Gypsy's death is the tolerance and Sacramento, CA 95814; (916) 445-9555. Empha­ encouragement of animosity and violence toward I had my fuckin' pistol! I'm guess I'm gonna just ·size that the pattern of violent treatment and Earth First! start packin' that motherfucker in here." Earlier, endangerment of nonviolent protesters should be Whether or not the logger, prior to the killing, had one of the affinity group heard him shouting, "Bet­ investigated, as well as David Chain's death. fully come to terms with the fact that he could be ter wear a hard hat because this one's coming for Please help us continue to defend Headwaters forest and our fellow activists. Watch for dates in the pepper spray trial in November or December. Call Northcoast Earth First!, POB 28, Arcata, CA 95518; (510) 835-6303. RAI~SI

Roadbuilding in the Ingram Moo to wilderness in coastal British Columbia, July 1998. The Ingram Mooto Polallie watershed complex is the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest along BC's mid and north coast. The Ingram is home to bear, cougar, wolf, marbled murrelet, wolverine, salmon, elk, and more than 80 other birds and mammals. This pristine area is one ofdozens throughout the Great Bear Rainforest slated to be clearcui by Western Forest Products (WFP) and other companies in coming years. WFP began roadbuilding in the Ingram this July. Activists from the Forest Action Network (FAN) in Bella Coola, BC, staged a vfrtual blockade ofthe road by taking pictures ofthe destruction with a digital camera and downloading them via satellite phone to FAN's Web site. The The Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia is a vast complex of islands, snowcapped peaks and rainforest valleys Western red cedar stump shown here is from a tree cut to make way for a road along containing the longest and deepest fjords on planet Earth. Rainforest valleys such as Sutslem, Swallop and Jump Across Creek Ingram Lake. The tree was roughly eight-feet wide and 900-years old. (pictured above) are threatened by roadbuilding and clearcutting. November-December 1998 Earth First! Page 21 would be given to the Canadian mining company Noranda for mineral extraction. The pay-out may have stopped mining outside a national park, but the cumulative effect on the land is the same, possibly even worse. This is not a "win-win situa­ tion" as described by Bruce Babbitt, except possibly for the mining company. The Yellowstone deal set a precedent for federal buy­ outs. It was no coincidence that shortly after that, the rest of Headwaters. By threatening to clearcut all Catellus Corporation (the largest private landowner BY DANIEL PATIERSON of PL's ancient redwood forest Hurwitz effectively in the California desert) declared that it was going to "Howdy, partner! Can you spare some change? forced the Interior Department and Senator Dianne mine and develop its inholdings in the new Mojave I'm trying to buy development rights to protect Feinstein (D-CA) to craft a lucrative deal that falls National Preserve and BLM wilderness areas. Catellus nature on Western private lands. No change? How short on conservation. In fact, when this deal was said this was to maximize revenue from these lands about millions of dollars?" first evolving, the Interior Department allegedly (once public but given away to the railroads over 100 As the West continues to rapidly grow and urban­ planned to take money set aside to acquire desert years ago to encourage development). It was largely ize, and livestock ranching becomes more economi­ tortoise habitat in the Southwest to pay Hurwitz. recognized that Catellus was acting on the Yellowstone cally infeasible, pressure to develop large private Sources within the Interior Department told me deal to leverage an expensive public buy-out. land-holdings intensifies. A 22,000-acre private ranch those funds could purchase about 300,000 acres of In a related twist, the US Army's highly controver­ along the Mexican border in Arizona's San Rafael important habitat in the Mojave desert. At Headwa­ sial efforts to expand the Ft. Irwin tank training base Valley is caught in just such a land-use struggle. ters, the money bought about 10,000 acres. to an additional 300,000 acres of public land in the When the Sharp family announced its intention to Ecologists and activists need not necessarily op­ Mojave would reportedly involve a pay-out of pub­ develop the San Rafael ranch, the Arizona Parks pose the principle of paying to protect private land. lic funds to acquire Catellus lands within the Mojave Department stepped in with a $9 million offer to buy We will not be able to adequately protect and recover Preserve. This is considered a highly questionable the "development rights" on· the 34-square-mile endangered species and ecosystems using only pub- · mitigation measure to allow the Army to expand spread, which is rich with high-impact training on biodiversity. Purchase threatened deserttortoise money would come from critical habitat. the voter-approved Heri­ IT's SoRT oF LIKE PAYING RANSOM Adding to the complex­ tage Fund, which is sup­ ity, developers and politi­ ported by the Arizona cians across the West of­ lottery. The total value of TO A NCHER WHO SAYS: ''PAY ten oppose public pur­ the Sharp's Santa Cruz chase of private land due County ranch property to the already high per­ is estimated to be around ME OR I'LL DEVELOP MY NCH.'' centages of public land in $11 million, according to the Western states (aver- Arizona Parks Director age SO percent). In some Ken Travous. areas, such as the Las Ve­ While public buy-out deals are increasing across lie lands as a habitat base. Important biological gas Valley in southern Nevada, however, thousands the West, this is the first time such a large deal has migration corridors, springs, wetlands and riparian of acres of public land have been "swapped" with been proposed in Arizona. In the original$ 9 million habitat are often in private ownership. Why not developers for distant private land inholdings or sold proposal, the land would continue to be owned by spend federal money on acquisition and protection for cash supposedly to fund habitat acquisition. The the Sharps. Grazing would continue, and the Sharps of such important habitat? We must continue to blight of today's Las Vegas is built on what was, less would retain semi-limited development rights on demand that cash sources such as the federal Land than 80 years ago, mostly a publicly owned biologi­ 320 acres, as well as mining rights. Public access, and Water Conservation Fund are properly used in cal delight of wetlands and upland desert habitat. however, would be denied. the future. Honest conservation easements or buy­ Clearly, sometimes these deals work for nature and "This is not a conservation easement like Parks outs can be a good deal for nature and the public. the public. Sometimes they don't, resulting in a net [Department] says-it's sort of like paying ransom Some regions have implemented innovative fund­ loss of public land acreage and habitat quality. to a rancher who says: 'Pay me or I'll develop my ing measures such as the quarter-cent sales tax for It is time for all Americans to decide if we really ranch.' For just $2 million more, the state could buying open space and habitat in Boulder County, want these Western landscapes protected. If so, are buy it outright, and we could have full public Colorado. Based on consumption, Boulder's tax we willing to pay for it? A bleak reality called urban ownership and access," says Jon Tate, president of raises money for private lands acquisition and pro­ sprawl is advancing forward from the edge of every the Western Gamebird Alliance, a Tucson-based tection agreements. To be effective in efforts to Western city. Coastal Southern California, once a hunting organization. protect private land, we must remain open to the paradise of biodiversity, is now reduced to slices of Kieran Suckling, director of the Southwest Center buy-out concept. But we must also be careful not to viable wild areas. The West's future looks more for Biological Diversity, agreed, "It's outrageous to overlook the fine print or accept rip-off deals. paved, fragmented, polluted and biologically im­ pay a rancher public money to keep ranching. For Certainly, Southwestern enviros are right to op­ poverished if we don't take action now to make real $9 million, the public should get the cows off the pose a $9 million pay-out scheme that won't remove private lands conservation a reality. Buy-outs do land-and access." ecosystem-damaging cattle or even have potential to be positive The Sharp family responded to the Parks allow public access. Peter Galvin, \ICV. wf\tiN~ but only if enough skilled Department's offer by demanding more money and conservation biologist with ~ 0 . 11" \\-\ ~ activists steer the process listing the ranch for sale at $24 million. The deal the Southwest Center ex- -" ~ ~'1/E t~ toward true land con- seems stalled, leaving the ranch at risk of a purchase plains, "Nomatterhowwell J\\..t)[ltN servation. Other­ by a developer. "Without public money, the valley it's .done, ranching in the f'-~~ttJfL\l~ w i s e , is almost certain"tQ be developed," says Luther desert can hardly be called buy- Propst of the developer-financed and ranching­ preservation." A top priority friendly Sonoran Institute, though it seems unlikely of ranch deals, especially in that a developer would pay such an inflated price. arid zones, should be to get Large private buy-outs of development rights, for livestock off the land. better or worse, may be the future of private lands Simply blocking hous­ conservation in the West. Most Western states have ing development, outdated land systems and laws that strongly encour­ while continuing to age subdivision and development. Until Western state allow livestock graz­ land-use laws are revised to encourage conservation, ing on an ecosystem the economic reality will force the development of thatcannotsupportit, large private land-holdings, resulting in more 36-acre is not a good deal for "ranchettes" like those springing up across the West. nature. Recent and The ranchette' boom is relatively recent, and it evolving buy-out deals remains to be seen how many of the 36-acre parcels in Montana and Califor­ will be further divided and developed. It is a compli­ nia also have big prob- cated issue, and there is virtually no research on the lems caused by greed, cor­ outs may prove most ben­ relative environmental effects of limited develop­ ruption and a lack of eco­ eficial to private interests ment versus grazing. logical understanding and shifty politicians, while In Northern California, the Headwaters Agreement amongst the top negotiators. greatly compromising po­ to payoff Maxxam Corporation, Pacific Lumber (PL) Look at the 1996 deal to tential benefits to nature. and infamous Savings and Loan scam figure Charles stop mmmg outside Daniel Patterson is a con­ Hurwitz has been correctly rejected as a bad deal by Yellowstone National Park. servation ecologist and activ­ leading environmental activists. It will protect only The Interior Department de­ ist based in the Sonoran Desert. around 10 percent of the core ancient redwood forest clared that in addition to a cash He can be contacted at area, at huge public cost, and allows Hurwitz to log payment, public lands elsewhere [email protected].) Page 22 Earth First! Samhain 1998 continued from front page senting himself. They had asked him to leave. He wanted to work compost (the communication He then went to the Western Shoshone Defense shift), but she was not comfortable with him in that Project (WSDP) and told them he was Mike Meese's role so quickly. He came to me to complain about her best friend and he could biing a lot of stuff to their treatment of him (not knowing that she and I had campaign. He split from their camp with over $300 discussed it earlier and decided on a course of action), dollars (the money he said he had for us, I'm sure). and he misrepresented what she had done. He was When he departed there, he left behind a birth trying to play her off against me, thinking that I was certificate under the name Jason Hammel and a leader and could keep her in check. Ha, ha, the military identification under the name John Glass. women are our backbone. This was strike three. With all of this information piling up from Mike He also told me he was given $300 dollars in petty and a call to Mary Anne Alley from WSDP confirm­ cash by Buffalo Nations to use at his discretion to help ing what had happened, I approached the other out the Minnehaha campaign. This was strike four because as all Earth First!ers know, there is nosuchthingassurplusmoney. By this time he was wander­ ing around camp carefully cards from Cold Mountain, Cold checking out all of our key Rivers and Buffalo Nations under areas. We did a pretty good job the name Jason Hammel and a of keeping him tailed. He felt Montana fishing license under the that he was being watched and name John Glass. He also left a knife and ax that had the name]. Montagne and an address inVer­ mont on it. He was a few cards folks in camp, and we developed a plan to confront short of a full deck as an infiltrator. "Jason" and escort him from the camp. The following day, one of the elders in the camp We waited until we had a large number of people said some of his friends had seen us drop off a guy free from shifts and then asked Jason to join us by the at the station who immediately made a phone call. sacred fire. We told him what we had learned and that Half an hour later two guys in dark suits picked we would like him to give us the money to return to Jason up in a government car. the WSDP. Then we would escort him from the camp. This made us even more suspicious and so we went He did not make any arguments in his defense and around camp with our frequency counter. In the main only said that he would rather go to the Greyhound tipi, base camp tent, communications post, mobile depot than to the airport because it was too late to communications unit and the four sacred trees planted catch a flight. He also said he would not be able to in the four directions, we picked up transmissions in give us the money because he could not access it the low 200 frequencies (military level). . until the following day. While jason was in camp, we heard rumors that we We wanted him out of camp so four of us got in a were going to be r_aided on September 1. On the first told me to call"his uncle" Mike Meese if we had any car with him and dropped him off at the bus depot. of the month several city police cars, state patrol cars concerns, so I did. Not quite the end of the story, unfottun

November-December 1998 Earth First! P(lge 23 Tom To G1a, SERious *RETHINKING EF! STRATEGY* BY OSPREY sive technological gadgetry and talking. some good ones that need to be shared each other and trade directly. Pretty The recent death of David Chain and to people outside our activist circle­ with the rest of society much more soon people know most of the other the increasing violence by loggers through cultural events, study groups, than what we've been doing-like members of their community. Gang against nonviolent Earth First! activ­ roadshows, workshops, potlucks, on biocentrism, the philosophical under­ violence goes way down because al­ ists illustrate the serious consequences their picket lines, in their demonstra­ pinnings of deep ecology and putting most everyone knows each other. (It's our tribe faces while necessarily resist­ tions, at their homes and in their neigh­ the Earth first, with no compromise in hard for most people to hurt someone ing the elevation of econoniic profit borhoods. A lot of this kind of work her defense. they know and with whom they have over all other values. Likewise, vio­ made activism in the '60s successful But are these frameworks enough to some shared connection.) lence against activists of various move­ and inspiring. We need to learn from move us forward strategically now? Prob­ This is a system oflocal-level mutual ments by the police is escalating-the our own "ourstory." We need to build a ably not. So let's consider some addi­ aid that builds real community and stakes are rising; tensions are increas­ stronger community among ourselves. tional over arching frameworks that can real alternatives to corporate depen­ ing as resources diminish rapidly; and dency. Let's do business the struggle grows more bitter as the with each other, not with masses and the wealthy few each per­ corporations or others ceive greater threats. Is the Earth First! "I'm not the only one who has noticed that Earth First! seems to be out to oppress us. How is movement adapting to these changes · stuck in a rut-one of.banner hangings; futile, isolated actions this particular effort and creating new, more effective str at­ funded? By volunteers egies based on our experience? Effec­ lacking a strategic-wide framework; fragmentation of effort by and low-paid staff who tive enough, that is, to really bring issue and locality; and internal group dynamic problems, including salvage usable building about the systemic change needed to materials and sell them stop human-caused extinctions, glo­ individuals' addictions to things like alcohol, pot and partying." at low rates. It is a lot of bal environmental catastrophe and work, not obviously he- societal self-mutilation and disinte­ roic, but rewarding, and gration? Effective enough so that What do I mean by learning from bring us into solidarity with other activ­ it does not require some technological David (and potentially others) will "our story" and creating our own strong ist movements to achieve the critical expert or government intervention. A not have died in vain? · community (to fill the void now filled mass necessary for a real nonviolent, lot of the best long-term solutions will As one who has been part of the EF! with addictions, consumption, indus­ grassroots revolution. Two useful frame­ probably be like that-local, humble, movement for 14 years, I'd say, in trial technology and mass pseudo-cul­ works come to mind: 1) the need to simple and meaningful. general, no. I am less inspired by the ture manufacturing of consent)? Let's dismantle the mechanisms of corporate If we really want to create signifi­ movement's strategic direction, even look at labor movement history for rule on a systemic, international level cant lasting change, we need to be as I continue to be enriched by friend­ some examples. Until we democratize and 2) the. necessity of practicing mu­ serious about what we're doing and ships with people in the movement. the work place, democratic movements tual aid at the local level to convert how we're doing it. We simply don't I'm not the only one who has noticed will be quite limited in duration be­ alienation and violence into commu­ have time to fool around while the that Earth First! seems to be stuck in a cause people have to go back to the nity and direct democracy while also Earth goes down. While it's important rut-one of banner hangings; futile, s-ame jobs (the same system) the next eliminating dependency on corpora­ to take breaks and continually recon­ isolated actions lacking a strategic-wide day. (This is what happened in the tions and government .. nect with the wild that inspires us, framework; fragmentation of effort by Philippines after the revolt against For instance, take the recent Food and we're not doing enough to bring oth­ issue and locality; and internal group Marcos. Now they are under another Drug Administration (FDA) efforts to· ers into our struggle so that we can dynamic problems, including individu­ business-as-usual government.) nullify the meaning and significance of take it as easy as we would like. als' addictions to things like Between 1860-1880, organic food labeling. What was the These insights are like glimpses of alcohol, pot and partying. the Populist move- average group's response? Write and moonlight in the dense fog of our Serious consequences of call the FDA. What good did that do in colonized and routinized minds. We these ruts include: energetic, · the long run? None. Instead, as the all need each other, and many others inspired new activists alien­ groupDemocracyUnlimiteddidinCali­ whom we haven't connected with ated and left out of cliques; fornia, we need to urge people to rise up yet, or we will remain lost, not even older, more experienced ac­ and reject corporate involvement in noticing the others groping around. tivists dropping out of the food production. We need to move The Earth as we know it may die movement or visible roles beyond bandaids and regulatory are­ because we stayed mesmerized by the within the movement; and nas into seizing authority over societal toys and ploys of techno-society, Earth.First! activists increas­ institutions, through, for example, char­ techno-toys and regulatory agencies ingly equating "enjoying ter revocation proceedings. To inake meant to distract us. Like rats in a life" with mainstream, non­ charter revocation attempts successful maze, some may never look over the activist activities like watch­ and, more importantly, to redefine the false walls dividing us, set up by the ing TV, partying and stepping back ment 1n the US had a whole activist nafure of and limits of corporations, we mad scientists of corporate greed. I've from activism entirely, rather than culture going, with its own co-ops, must change the political climate seen some of the rats look over the finding fulfillment in a well-rounded newspapers, cultural events and town through public outreach and mobili­ walls. If enough of us do ... activist culture. meetings. We can learn how corporate zation, stepping outside established Let's not forget to dream iind not There is an increasing tendency to power destroyed all that through the legal channels as did the Civil Rights forget our dreams. focus on tactics at the expense of strat­ use of "regulatory agencies" and gov­ movement and the anti-war move­ Suggested reading: egy and actions at the expense of long­ ernment co-option. The labor ment in the '60s. Radical Democracy by C. Douglas term campaign goals. There is also a movement's momentum was lost be­ For a real life example of mutual aid, Lummis; Mutual Aid by Peter macho tendency to dismiss serious, cause they got complacent with appar­ community-building and creating al­ Kropotkin; The Populist Moment by effective legal campaigns and inten­ ent victories, handed over their direc­ ternatives to corporate dependency, Lawrence Goodwyn; Cities Without sive value-changing educational work tion to the government via regulatory one can look to Portland, Oregon, Citizens; The Modernity o(the City as a as not part of Earth First! because they agencies, stopped organizing (or broader where there's~ wonderful experiment Corporation by Enzin F. Isin; Cities, and are not direct action campaigns. goals and went into reactive mode. · called "Our United Villages".in a low­ The Wealth of Nations by Jane Jacobs; Another symptom of EF!'s malaise Sound like the stagnation EF! finds income urban neighborhood. At .· the The Search for Community, 'from Utopia is the apparent decline in economic itself in today? We would be wise to new community center, people in the to a Co-operative Society by George sabotage, even as the Animal Libera­ learn from the labor experience, al­ neighborhood post messages about Melnyk; and Who Will Tell the People? tion Front continues to shut down low ourselves to be shocked and en­ what they have to offer in the way of by William Greider. the fur industry and challenge domi­ lightened by the similarities and start skills, goods and services, and others For further background on how I nant anthropocentric values with working with labor activists. Stron­ from the neighborhood can come iri suggest refraiming our issue work (and high-risk liberation acts. Perhaps we ger alliances will get us beyond the and look for what they need, without why) for greater effectiveness, write or would be wise to learn from other government/corporate "divide and having to go outside their own 'com- . call the Program on Corporations, Law movements as well as from our own conquer" schemes and teach us what munity. A very significant ground rule and Democracy, POB 246, South founding visions. we need to know to be much more is that the two people, the provider and Yarmouth, MA02664-0246; (508) 398~ There is a striking failure within EF! effective in our own issue work--'-and . the receiver, have.to meet each other . 1145. POCLAD needs donations to (andothermovementsrightnow) to do · in our choice of issues, strategies and face to face. One person can't just call continue its work, and we need your the greatly needed work of fac.e-to-face over arching frameworks of thought. the other up, and order something. A engagement in the growing move­ orga~izing. This means unplugging the What do i mean by "overarching relationship is formed, and neighbors . ment to end corporate dominance and elitist computer, fax, TV and other pas- . frameworks ofthought?'i ':"ell.EF! has are more willing to give discounts tb . build real d~~ocracy. , , ,, • ~ • • < I ,· J ; EARTH NIGHT NEWS • EA.RTH NIGHT NEWS PLOWSHARES BEAT MISSILE SILO fRfDDifS HIT BY SLASHERS I In two separate incidents this September, the Two plowshare's activists disarmed a Minuteman I traveled to our local Minuteman III missile silo in Forest Service had less hot air than normal. IIImissileonAugust6inColorado. Thefollowingis Weld County, Colorado. With bolt cutters, we On Sunday, September 6, graffiti was painted on one of the activist's testimonials: clipped the fence, unfurled a banner and painted a the US Forest Service headquarters in Rutland, I have always loved nature, unendingly. Before I mural on the silo lid. The grasslands were so flat Vermont. "Earth First!" and "Save Lamb Brook" began to prepare for what became the Minuteman and quiet in the rising sun. With sledgehammers, were spray painted on the building (see the Brigid III Plowshares action, I was organizing around anti- we began to beat on the tracks that would let the '98 issue of the EF! f for details about Lamb Brook). militarism issues at our local chapter of the War silo lid open and release the missile of genocide The headquarter's doors were also locked shut with Resisters League in New Jersey. While I was always and ecocide. The sound of our hammers on the chains, and tires were slashed on four Forest Ser­ concerned about pollution and rainforest destruc- metal tracks rang out into the prairie, the very vice vehicles. Police believe the acts were tied to an tion, in my mind somehow, war resistance and sound of beating our nuclear swords into plow- informational weekend gathering sponsored by environmentalism were comple- shares. the Native Forest Network, a Burlington, VT-based mentary but distinct. When one When we were done and wait- group that opposes road building and logging in ofthecrazycharactersinourpeace ing for the Air Force to come for the Lamb Brook Roadless Area. The Native Forest community, Bob Weiss, intro- us, we could see the shattered Network says it was unaware of the vandalism at duced me to the history and spirit concrete around the tracks, the the Rutland building. of Earth First!, my mind was sud- blocks of the tracks hammered On September 26, the Forest Service in Asheville, denly ablaze! I continued my life- right off, our blood-anointed NC, discovered tires slashed on 21 agency trucks. A long walks through nature and painting of the broken rifle of Forest Service special agent suspects "environmen­ began more and more to think of disarmament and the grave stone tal terrorists" may be responsible for the incident. war resistance as eco-defense and with the letters H-0-P-E, all In all, 82 tires were slashed causing an estimated to understand the threat of war as Sicken and Ko-Yin, sledgehammers in hand painted neatly on the silo lid. I $5,000 worth of damage, according to an Asheville affecting not only animal and human life, but the knew that beneath us was the 335-kiloton monster, Police Department report. bi_osphere itself. and I could say to the prairie and to the sky, "My The suspects apparently climbed over a fence to Perhaps these connections are obvious, but to me Earth and her creatures be safe from this. We are . the Forest Service compound and used a knife to cut they were a revelation. The Pentagon is Polluter #1, tired of its threat, and we long for rest." the tires. "The complainant believes it may have and I would resist it, in defense of Mother Earth! been done by an 'environmental terrorist' group So here I am, years later, looking at the mountains -SACHIO Ko-YIN, SEPTEMBER 1998 that often targets the US Forest Service," the police of Colorado. Just 37 days ago, with my friend TocontactKo-Yin, writeM.Jameson, IOERidgewood report stated. It did not specify which group. The Daniel Sicken, an Air Force veteran from Vermont, Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450; [email protected]. Forest Service special agent who filed the report slightly backed off that assertion later, saying that other groups or individuals may be suspects, too. "I BARBED-WIRE SNIPPED IN THE BIG SKY am pursuing several other facets of the investiga­ In mid-June, as the Wyoming Stock Growers Asso­ grazing tion," he said. ciation was meeting in Casper, a carload of range industry In the past, environmental groups have criti­ warriors traveled 100 miles up and down Wyoming's by open­ cized the Forest Service for its logging policies in dirt roads, cutting 260 sections of barbed-wire fence. ing pub­ national forests, including the one million acres in ''Just in time for the welfare cowboys convention," lic lands Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests of western read leaflets nailed to fence posts. No one has taken to the North Carolina. responsibility for the action. Now, in a throwback to meadow the 19th century when fence cutting resulted in munchers. hangings in parts the West, violence lingers over Frequent acts of wire snipping have ensued. Environ­ barbed wire in Big Sky country. mentalists also believe the barbed-wire causes lethal "For their own safety, they better lay off," a local injury to birds, coyotes and deer. On September 20, the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) rancher said. "If the right group finds them, they The ranchers believe the wire cutting is directly took credit for the sabotage of seven large yellow might get shot." attributable to an article that appeared in the Eostar machines of death in Davis, CA. Gas tanks were Environmentalists insist the government should '97 issue of the Journal. filled with sand, chest-high tires were slashed, and not subsidize the environmentally destructive (Information compiled from the NYT.) wires were cut.

reroute was canceled. The campaign to stop the reroute of The foreman said he understood Highway 55 will be continued until Minnehaha Liberated Zone the protest and wanted no one to be the project is canceled and all native continued from front page lated when workers and machinery hurt. He told police that he could land claims are upheld. The free state Within an hour, more than one hun­ from MNDOT and Minnegasco util­ have a person on site in 30 minutes to needs your help! All are welcome to dred people had come from the rally ity company arrived on the street to dismantle the equipment, but the join the fight to help change the way to the free state to bear witness to the tear up the utilities. Everyone in camp police opted to use the "jaws of life" America looks at road building and action. Eight activists were arrested as was alerted with whistles, and in no instead. Despite many pleas from the Native American land rights. Contact they tried to stop the bulldozers. The time people were in position for a activists for the police to join the us at Big Woods Earth First!, POB police applied pain compliance holds, raid. Earth First! and the Mendota protest, the locks were cut and the 580936, Minneapolis,~ ~ · UJt MN_ J ; 55458; (612) hurting several of the nonviolent ac­ Mdewakanton Dakota tribe decided EF!ers, who went limp, were carried 362-3387 /Minnehaha Free State (612) tivists. Protesters quickly took up po­ long ago that we would block the to the police cars screaming "Earth 728-0595; [email protected]. sitions to attempt to block the police progress of the road every step of the First!" A vigil of activists sang songs If you can't join us, you can help by van containing the arrested activists; way. Just after the first front-end outside the jail until both protesters contacting MNDOT Commissioner seating themselves across on the road, loader was rolled off the trailer, an were released on their own recogni­ James Denn at (651) 297-1467; Repre­ they chanted "Let them go!" activist named "Special Sauce" locked zance later that evening. Solstice and sentativeMartinSaboat(612)664-8000; Many other developments and vic­ his neck to the hydraulic lift of the Special Sauce were charged with tres­ Commerce at the Crossings, #286 250 tories have taken place since the oc­ machine. "Solstice" then lOcked down passing, disorderly conduct and fail­ 2nd Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN cupation began three months ago. In to the other machine in a similarly ure to obey a lawful order. 55401; [email protected]; early September, "Spiderman and the precarious manner. The street began The encampment hosted the Minneapolis Mayor Sharon Sayles Green Lantern" scaled a 150-foot to fill with state trooper vehicles as Mendota Mdewakanton's first-ever Belton at (612) 673-2100, City Hall crane and dropped a banner that read, well as a fire truck and Minneapolis pow-wow on September 27. More Room 331, 350 South 5th St., Minne­ "Stop the Reroute of 55-Earth First!" police. Press releases were immedi­ than 500 people came by the protest apolis, MN 55415, mayor @ When the police arrived, they com­ ately sent out, and soon every local throughout the day to witness the ci.minneapolismn.us. MN Attorney mented, "We won't arrest you, but TV station was on site. Amidst all of very spiritual celebration of the sa­ General Skip Humphrey at (612) you can't do this every day." Spidey the chaos, the MNDOTforeman prom­ cred trees and the cold springs and to 225-0726; Senator Paul Wellstone hung underneath the banner for ised that if the EF!ers would unlock, he honor Mother Earth, After many at (612) 645-_0323; 2550 University about five hours until the strong would pack up and go home for the hours of dancing and traditional tribal Avenue West, Court International winds forced him to descend. No ar­ day. Both Solstice and Special Sauce drumming and singing, the event Building, St. Paul, MN 55 114; rests took place, but the rope and made it clear that they were not against ended with a giant feast. Also, a Mid­ [email protected]. Tell banner were confiscated. the workers, but that they were forced west Regional Rendezvous was held them to stop the reroute of High­ A few days after Spidey's bit of guer­ into their positions by MNDOT and at the Minnehaha Free State the sec­ way 55 and to support the Mendota rilla theater, tension in camp esca- that they would not unlock until the ond week of October. land claim. November-December 1998 Earth First! Page 25 Dear Shit for Brains, The news of the death of Gypsy near the Headwaters grove deeply disturbed me, as it we Practical rea­ ·the blatant justification and pro­ doubtless did every other forest could find a way to do it sons include keeping activists motion to further increase the activist. The feelings it brought without the risk of thousands your community. If it is, go play from becoming ex-activists already metastasizing human out remind me of a fundamental down river. We are a smart in traffic! through peer rejection, encour­ population on this over bloated, principle, one that is sometimes enough and capable enough -TSINDAR aging a mixture of ages and besieged, dying planet. Overpopu­ forgotten: No Compromise in movement to bring the system lifestyles, and, potentially rais­ lation is therootcause of all Earth's the Defense of Mother Earth! to its knees and Glen Canyon SFB ing an EF!er from scratch. This problems. Reduce humans to a When I heard that Gypsy was Dam to the ground. Please get I became a parent through a last is NOT a justification for fraction of a percent of their killed by a PL logger who failed back to me on this, tell what you combination of my own having a child since planning present malignant proportions to appreciate the seriousness of in Eugene, OR, are going to do carelessness and manipu­ your kid's politics is a recipe for and all the pollution, deforesta­ the activists standing around the about that grand hunk of con­ lation by another. I have disaster. tion, and destruction they could tree he fell, I can't help but think crete down here. a perspective that is a There is a lot to be said for · throw at it would hardly phase of the" compromises" that must Greatly disapproved, mixture of "deep- discouraging this procreative be- the regenerative power of this have set the stage for that disre­ -jUNIPER. havior and en­ planetary system. As it is, all con­ gard. When any activist makes a couraging each servation and preservation efforts stand, to then back down even - Dear SFB, other to stand are· worthless in" the face of the an inch is far worse thing than They are running by our beliefs. I unrelenting onslaught of human to never have made the stand at ads again against felt that pres­ reproduction. all-it taints the stands of others the Kyoto agr~e­ sure immedi­ Les U. Knight: "The intentional with the air of compromise. And ment. The ads are ately upon be­ creation of one more of us by any when direct action activists are paid for by the pol­ ing infected by couple anywhere can't be justified perceived as susceptible to bul­ luting industries. If EF! and didn't in the light ofthe tens ofthousands lying and threats, situations be­ anyone wants to plan on becom­ of children who die from malnutri­ come immensely dangerous. give a call and tell ing a procre­ tion each day and considering the Giving in and backing down in them where they ator. However, millions ofspecies going extinct as a the face of danger may save your can stick their .-·.· if someone has result of spilling oil in Alaska and ass, but only at the expense of bullshit p.r. the a kid anyway, causing environmental destruction."' someone else's. number is: 1-888- . the solution "No compromise" is Earth For my_part, I'll admit to once 543-228 7. This has · · doesn't lie in First!'s battle' cry. The view es­ coming down from a tripod un­ two benefits; th~e condemnation. . pousedby "Birth First"ts'fai'worse der threats of, and actual vio­ polluters have ·1:0 If the Rendez­ than compromise. "Birth First" lence from some very pissed off pay for the call, and vous was any means "Earth Last." loggers. And I admit I should they get an eafful indication,· EF! Those who protest the hypoc­ have done more after taking part to bo0t. is not a haven risy of environmentalists driving in our action at Dillon Creek. -ROj\IALD REAGAN for brazen cars must admit the difficulty of when an activist was run over by . -;·:· breeders. We living in this country without a log truck. We should have Dear Anti~Aut()rtlo- . can rest assured doing so. But where is the diffi­ pressed charges and filed suit or bile Activist, . • . ·. ·. _.· ecological anti~procreation" and that, on the average, we have culty in living without children? done another action the next day, Ever notice how when poiice a furious love for a growing child. internally counteracted. the There is no excuse or justifica­ something, anything to show we cars andfire trucks are iri a q"grry, If I and my child were ever dominant perspective paradigm. tion for such a heinous act against couldn't be run down and scared with lights flashing and sirens , verbally insulted by a fellow EF!er When pushed, we can also all this planet and its dwindling spe­ away. But we didn't. We backed screaming, the .. ,traffic. signal ,;Jor brip.ging ~other human into individually rationalize our par­ cies who are being shoved into away from fear, compromised our lights at-ways' d1ail.ge fot th~iil? •the Glqbal Mall, I mig}lt kill out ticular impure behaviors, extinction. For those who want position of moral integrity for In some cities this is coritrollecl ofa rabid def~nse iristind, but I whether we're snipped or not. to mother a human, adoption is orie of physical safety. by a switch at the dispatcher's would understand the person's Maybe the answer resides in some a responsible and considerate The sole lirie of defense for tqe office, but in a lot of communi- perspective. middle ground of discouraging choice, giving a place to an al­ passive resisters is their uncom­ ties it is done by a photo electric Jim Flynn and others are right consumptive and procreative ready existing human, instead of promising integrity. judi and eye inconspicuously creating a human for Darryl didn't back down after mounted on the traffic which there is no place. being bombed, Rod Coronado light which is triggered by LOVE YOUR MOTHER. has refused to budge even after the strobe of the approach­ DON'T BECOME ONE. years in prisot'i;" tivil rights ing emergency vehicle. , -jOANNE COCKERILL marches weren't dispersed when You can buy a powerful the fire hoses found their tar­ strobe light with variable Hey! gets-and we must not water frequency control at Radio I work with kids. Kids down our backwoods actions Shack for $34.99. You will like to ask what your "fa­ because of the insensitive act of also need a $79.99 inverter vorite ... " is. Can be color, a coward. Say it with me one to run it off a car battery music, etc. but the one I more time just for the record: (available free at any park­ have fun with is "What's No Compromise in the Defense ing lot). You can then ex­ your favorite animal?" Of Mother Earth! periment to find the right I have to smile, "Well, -A REPENTANT CHICKEN frequency and with a little I'm ashamed to admit it practice at aiming, you can but my favorite animal is Dear SFB, switch traffic signals back human beings." Usually I have been a subscriber to and forth at will, creating we have to argue about your publication now for two confusion and massive traffic that much of parenting is selfish excesswhileacceptingaverylim­ that for a while and they'll pin years and read every one of the jams. Two or three such units in and self absorbed, leading to self ited version of these activities. me down to liking a few other issues covfr to cover. I however one neighborhood coordinating righteous and defensive behav­ Excuse me now, Igottagochange species as well but not before I've see a certain frailty in your activ­ their efforts could probably shut ior. Jim and Catia share similar a diaper. made my point. ism and your political strategies, down a whole city. attack styles in the "your raft is Love, I wish grownups were as easy and that is the fact that Earth In some situations control of made of petroleum" and "your -FRASER to clue in. First! is dancing around our com­ traffic lights could also be used to kid will drive a cat" types of argu­ The last two issues (late sum­ mon goal as monkeywrenchers facilitate escape from the scene ments. However, neither can To the Editor, mer and fall) have brought out a and eco-terrorists. That goal in of an action or delay the arrival completely defend all facets of I still have every journal issue lot of reaction but to me the weird­ my eye is the destruction of the of police. their own lifestyles. All of this froin my 14 year subscription. est came from the person who not Glen Canyon Dam. Now I know Check out traffic lights on main leading to the conclusion that But I jettisoned the "Birth First" only likes our species but believes that this is very hard and also streets near fire stations for in­ the answer lies somewhere else. section of the Aug./Sept. issue (and us the crown of creation. ????? nearly an impossible task, how­ conspicuous photoelectric eyes There is a lot to be said for almost, after reading it, my lunch). Why? I like my own species be­ ever if we all put our minds to it to see if this system is in use in raising children within the tribe. I was horrified (and nauseated) at cause we're one of the weirdest Page 26 Earth First! Samhain 1998 and most versatile. Far from be­ ing a parent my activism has Dear Rabid Ewok Eco-Warriors, Let me quote an EF! primer which Dear Earth First! Journal, ing highly evolved, we're way actually increased. I did go I'm an Earth First!er who has was just reprinted in the Mabon I'd like to thank Dave Harper under evolved which is why we through a period of being been reading the Journal for a 1998 issue: "All natural things and Bradley Angel for the work live successfully in most Earthly uninvolved but that had every­ year or two, and after some have intrinsic value, inherent they contributed in the Ward environments and can success­ thing to do with a chronic ill­ thought I've decided to write worth." So even us messed-up Valley campaign, where-de­ fully subsist from Nature's larder ness and not my status as a you guys a letter. You're doing a little human monkeys have in­ spite Governor Wilson's viru­ on a wide range of food-stuffs. But parent. Meagan, Stan and I were great job of talking about some herent worth. You can revolt lent advocacy that the dump we ain't the" crown of creations." must go in-so far Mojave land We are les enfantes terrible ... A very has remained undesecrated. young and immature species, What an amazing victory for bringing down the house we live EVERYONE involved with the in and in a fair way of not surviv­ occupation, for the tortoise, for ing to "grow up." the integrity of the desert and No human being can replace for the people. another species in the ecology I was sad that work and fam­ of the world. You couldn't be ily obligations meant I did not an effective fox-could not re­ attend the actual occupation. place the niche of the harp seal, Yet, my best hopes for respect­ the hawk or the mouse. And ful organizing, resisting the rac­ what human, ever, is as mean­ ism for which our movement is ingful to "creation" as a tree? infamous, apparently were re­ Or that lowly plant, plankton. alized. Amazingly the Mojave No way. We may be interesting felt okay about the alliance and but we're too young to be use­ were NOT offended-in all my ful. On the other side of the work amongst Native Ameri­ fence are those who believe cans, successful alliance is a we're such bad children that we thing to celebrate. should be put in a bag and In contrast, at Headwaters, key dropped off a bridge (meta­ organizers as late as last October phorically and by intent). refused to meet with the Wiyot, I believe we're a species like at her first protest when she was of the issues I'm involved in (or against the government,. the ancestral people of . that land. any other on Earth. There's a only two days old. The core of would like to be), and you've multinational corporations, Twelve tribes came to celebrate reason we exist and I don't be­ the Bison Action Group that got people who know a hell of a capitalism, consumerism, mate­ the only Indian owned park in lieve we are, necessarily, the caused such a stir in Montana lot more about these issues than rialism, overpopulation, and all the US and the EF! office in Eu­ "natural" equivalent of bubonic in 1996/97 was our little fam­ I do, so I figured I'd write about the things in society that are reka would not allow us to use plague. We're obviously way off ily. Actually Meagan, at seven, something that I think I have messed up. And please, please the phone to help environmen­ the track we're meant to be on­ is probably twice the activist some much needed input on­ DO revolt!!! talist celebrate with the people. that we, the spoiled brats of the than many older, childless ac­ misanthropy. It seems like mis­ You can struggle for the down­ We have a long ways to go. cosmos, have the interactive tivists are. anthropy is seen as a cool hard- fall of the institutions that are -A MEMBER OF THE 7TH GENERATION and synthetic potential to live Next the issues of reproduc­ AFFINITY GROUP FROM SCOTIA PEPPER creatively, successfully and hap­ tive choices. I believe the repro­ SPRAY, BORN IRISH-COMANCHE pily as an integral part of the duction is a choice and that biosphere. means a choice to reproduce as Dear Friends, In August-September issue is well as not to reproduce. I ques­ On October 4, 1998, Claude a windy diatribe by Lynn jacobs tion members of this movement the Wonder Cat cashed in his with a rebuttal by Dennis that so freely embrace our gov­ ninth life. The cause of death is Martinez. What I perceive is the ernments' willingness to steril­ unknown. dichotomy of humans who be­ ize us. I believe that anything Many of you knew Claude as lieve themselves separate from our government does for free is my traveling companion. Claude other life on Earth and humans suspect. If Y2K does go down was paralyzed from the waist who believe themselves inter­ our tribe;will be short lived H down (if a cat had a waist) as a active parts of the life of Earth. the sterile caucus has their way. result of a kittenhood accident. In a given ecology all life inter­ I understand the population While he required a little extra acts and is sensitive to each bomb issue but we are not talk­ care, he possessed a fighting spirit other's existence. When hu­ ing ab6ut folks who have 8 or that made him anything but a mans pop themselves into a 10 kids, not even 3 or 4 but 1 or pitiful creature. Some of you have biome and regard themselves as 2. I dare say that our family of 3 scars to prove it. aliens and treat the indigenous consumes less than many out­ He was arguably America's as non-beings, we inevitably door recreation junkies. Also most well traveled feline at al­ harm our relatives (the plants Meagan' s relatives don't buy her most a half a million miles. He and other animal species). a bunch of plastic junk and until survived many an Earth First! When we perceive ourselves as our bus burned we were still style roadshow as well as every part of the biome and interact using some of Meagan's diapers Round River Rendezvous since courteously, the biome is as dish cloths. Oh, to all you '91. Bonesteel Films immortal­ healthier. True, in a biome lack­ people who chant "adopt, ized him in the 1995 video docu­ ing humans, the intertwining adopt .. . " Now that is the mentary "Travels with Claude." lives of those living there have consumeristic choice. In order It is fitting that he died in the no problem being healthy with­ for any agency to allow you to shotgun seat of my truck where out humans. No problem. But adopt you had better at least he spent so much of his time. when we are within a biome, if make appearances of being a And it is equally fitting that he we do not treat other lives cour­ Good American Consumer and core EF! stance for a l.ot of savagely destroying our beauti­ spent his last night in a national teously and reciprocally, we are you'd better not have too much people. After all, it is people ful world, and I'll be right there forest. His body is laid to rest in a factor for creating illness in of a activist record. that are leveling whole ecosys­ beside you. But if you hate hu­ the Hoosier National Forest near the life of the land. · One last thing. To all you folks tems, so we should strike out at manity, you'd better take a long his last "home,~~ laid out in the It is because our species needs who sacrificed their reproduc­ the root of the problem, that hard look at your hatred. Ask open for the worms, coyotes and to grow up (fast, I hope) that tive organs to Mother Earth. Bad destructive Homo Sapiens spe­ yourself what good it does to carrion fowl. conscious environmentalists news, the Earth isn't some weird cies ... right? curse the darkness when you Thank you for your kindness should be supported in birthing guilt . tripping Judeo-Christian Wrong. That's exactly the kind could light a torch. Instead of and understanding you all have at least some children to grow up entity that will smile upon your of anthropocentric, anti-life cursing humanity, why not just shown down through the years. in a new way with eyes open to great sacrifice. If you choose to rhetoric that a deep ecologist be content to educate and en­ Dealing with Claude's situation the possibility. Simply siphon­ maim your body or simply has to strike out at. The human lighten them through your ac­ was always a challenge and could ing off the disgruntled children choose not to reproduce don't race is not some destructive, un­ tivism? It doesn't let you vent as have only been possible with your of the middle class is not good blame the planet for it, take re­ natural abstraction standing much anger, but it's much more help. Someday I will look back enough. We have to recreate our sponsibility for your choices above Nature that must be productive and much more in and see what a bizarre situation species. Hang in there. yourself. Mama Earth obviously "stopped." We're basically a keeping with deep ecology. this has been, I've been squeez­ A Grandmother for the Wild, loves life and birth and growing bunch of monkeys who have -jUSTIN O'NEIL ing a eat's bladder three times a -PENNY things, just look around you. become alienated from our­ day for nine and a half years But the Earth holds one thing selves, each other, and our Dear SFB, almost without a break. To do Yo SFB, more dear than life and that is Mother-and I never heard of Much thanks to all the Casca­ otherwise never made any sense After reading all the responses balance. I agree that having 10 anyone healing alienation by dia Warriors-red & white, male to me. And we did this while to Birth First as a mother and an kids isn't balanced but declaring telling people that their whole & female, younger & older, traveling around the country activist I just had to respond. It that all lovers of the Earth should ·species is evil! single & married; gay, bi, & hanging out with people who are never ceases to amaze me how remain more barren than an · Earth First!, as far as I know, is hetero; Earthmoms, midwives, making history. otherwise intelligent, open­ overgrazed, clearcut rainforest is about the only massive deep misanthropes, & monkey­ Today somewhere Claude runs minded individuals can totally even more absurd. ecology activist movement out wrenchers-for helping me to on all fours as the wild creature lose it over kids. I just about -DELYLA WILSON there. Do we really want to finally attain a much needed that cats once were, through a choked over the whole bit about PS-No comments in this let­ broadcast the contradictory mes­ vasectomy. Earth First!. .. with­ wilderness that we can only how "activists make good par­ ter are directed at any one per­ sage to the world that deep ecol­ out judgement calls. dream about. ents but parents don't make son per the · Journal collective ogy e9uals hatred of human life? -THE RADICAL WEATHERMAN Big hugs across the continent, good activists." Since becom- demands. -ROBERT HOYT November-December 1998 Earth First! Page 27 "What you don't understand," a biologist from Utah tells him, "is that rural politicians in this state believe it is still their duty to tame the McCARTHY's LAsT STAND frontier. Manifest Destiny didn't die at the turn of their public duties to protect the environment but the century. It merely shifted from ranching to BY SCOTI STOUDER are intimidated, ostracized and discredited for their development, and woe to the environment caught McCarthyism in America isn't dead, it has simply efforts. In doing so, he uncovers a natural crisis in-between." shifted its focus to environmentalism. augmented by institutional dogma that few Ameri­ .Science Under Siege sends a clear message that most That's the message in Todd Wilkinson's new cans see, but many sense. Nobody epitomizes that Americans would rather not hear: Our natural book, Science Under Siege-The Politician's War on crisis more than Jeff DeBonis, who in the late 1980s, world-the same pure water, diverse wildlife, lush Nature and Truth. stepped from the closed ranks of the Forest Service forests and fertile soil that lured us to this conti­ Wilkinson says political and institutionalized ef­ and founded Forest Service Employees for Environ­ nent-has been systematically destroyed within forts toward scientific spin-doctoring of environ­ mental Ethics (FSEEE), a nonprofit organization that only a few decades. mental tnith take place to­ protects employees And today's political answer to that message is to day via a ruthless fanaticism who report agency shoot the messenger. that obfuscates the message transgressions. Like Theo Colborn's Our Stolen Future and Rachel bydestroyirtg the messenger. After 12 years of Carson's Silent Spring, Todd Wilkinson's Science "Politics... have become working as a tim­ Under Siege will take its place on the book shelf of the cultural filter through ber sale planner the 20th century.as,pne of the great wake-up calls which [environmental] truth and viewing land­ regarding our natural world. But unlike Carson flows," Wilkinson says. "A scape destruction and Colborn, who uncovered hidden attacks against campaign of stifling attacks caused by decades the structure of the naturafworld by deadly manu­ on the essence of scientific of clearcutting, factured toxics, Science Under Siege uncovers a hid­ truth is present and thriving road building and den attack against nature fueled by ~he heady both within the ranks of the unsustainable tim­ toxics of politics, money and power. This is a federal government and ber cutting (and af­ critical book for anyone who cares about being within the.ranks of natural ter repeated urging involved with the future of truth and nature in the resource agencies." by superiors to al­ American West. Science Under Siege is a long ter environmental Science Under Siege is available for $18 from Johnson overdue story of "whistle­ documents), Publishing Company, 1880 SouthS 7th Court, _Boul­ blowers" and "combat biolo­ Debonis had to ad­ der, Colorado; [email protected] gists" who have challenged - mit he was no Reprinted from the Corvallis Gazette-Times. the union of "Good '01 Boy" longer working for agency employees and poli­ an agency of forest­ ticians joined at the hip with ers, but an agency industry. of de-foresters. Every chapter is the story of "That's when I re­ RosY CnAMBEHPOlS an employee or biologist as" alized the system BY JIB BARNES signed to seek scientific truth didn't work," he said. that, once documented, is sup­ "Theagencywill only From the first authoritative chord strummed pressed, attacked or discred­ do the right thing if on an acoustic guitar to the madrigal-esque ited by the very agency that it's challenged in subtlety of vocal harmonies, Rosebud's assigned it. court or believes it Thundermug Honeypot CD lets you know that When he first began re- will be exposed." your ears are in the hands of a master musician. searching the book, Wilkinson pulls no The versatility of Rosebud's voice, which ranges Wilkinson admits he was punches. The 350- from a sweet lilt to an impassioned growl, is · skeptical about agency whistleblowers. But he. page book echoes with names. He points to Northwest surpassed only by the eclectic diversity of mu- ·-· changed his mind when initial inquiries resulted in politicians in particular who continually attempt to sical influences. I'm not joking about the mad­ insinuations of reprisal from both industry and circumvent science ahd twist federal laws to cut more rigals. Inside the studio-polished clarity of this government. If institutions could threaten him "for trees. He says politicians like Frank Murkowski and sound basket are many fruits, all from one tree merely writing," he wondered what they were actu­ Don Young from Alaska and Larry Craig and Helen of personal style. The cohesion of this CD ally doing to people such as: Chenoweth from Idaho, "have fostered an environ­ comes from Rosebud's wit and clarity of vision. Bear biologist David Mattson, whose research for ment of lawlessness" by ordering the Forest Service to When someone says that a CD evinces care­ the US Fish and Wildlife Service clearly demon­ continue cutting even when and where the best ful studio work, I usually think of overdone strates the perils of delisting grizzlies; David Ross, an science reveals destruction of species and ecosystems. strings and synthesizers. That is not the case herpetologist whose research on frogs threatens Wilkinson accuses these wise-use strategists of rhe­ here. Although balalaikas, telegraphs and ebos fortunes from the exploding real estate speculation torically blending ecology and economy in a redefini­ are played, there is a carefully wrought sparsity and development market in Utah; Al Espinosa, an tion of ecosystems designed more to enrich developers of sound that allows the clear direction of Idaho fisheries biologist Whose research on cut­ and industry than wildlife and nature. In Utah, he Rosebud's intent to come across. throat and bull trout blocks the clearcut path of points to this new order of politically defined ecosys­ This woman is a cultural architect, working at powerful timber interests. tem truth as a direct result of a cozy relationship remodeling the dominant paradigm by preach­ Wilkinson tells the stories of conscientious agency between wildlife agencies, developers and a coalition ing to the choir about the meaning of the words biologists and public servants who take seriously of Western politicians called the "Cowboy Caucus." they've been singing. The title track makes some poignant queries like, "Where do you think all your crap really goes/when you're done stuffing fluff in your/bottomless holes," while the song Ma Gore uses some unsettlingly interpreted nursery rhymes to address the errors we make in educating our children about the world. Every tune on the CD is ragingly political. But it is rescued from being one polemic after another by the delightful wit and the rather obscure enunciation style of the vocals. Read­ ing the lyrics illuminates the double entendres created by occasional reworkings of language, such as "pharmaceutical kingdom com-panies." This CD is not for the complacent. I don't · think I'd listen to it everyday for a week. It's angry, intelligent and beautiful but not ex­ actly easy listening. There are switches in tenor that take a song from one movement to the next with surprising ease. You hardly notice that you've been taken from one genre to the next. This woman is a freak, as the punks and old hippies (you know, the ones who were not making a fashion choice) call themselves. To purchase the CD, send $12 to the Earth First! Journal. Please use the order form on page 33.

Page 28 Earth First! Samhain AIM!O WlTM VlSlOWS MUOSUO~ OU~V~ Clearcuts Become Mudslide Curves! Well I hopped into my pick-up TN~ O~ATN 0~ OAV10 ONA1N and I jammed on up the road y'all Tom Brokaw got on TV Well I begged him]honny And repeated the Big Lie no don't go down that dark road To get out to the jobsite See the mill all boarded up Your eco-system's gonna crash Hear the sympathetic sigh Stop the truck and grab the chainsaw But he didn't-listen no He summed it up succinctly Instead of going slow When the coast was clear With these vicious words He sped up down the slippery pass It's your paycheck or your planet SMASH! . The loggers or the birds" • We had a beer NoNoNoNo! 1 Hell the harvest had been great Pete Wilson and his freddies Well first is was the SpJtted 0. wl Were nowhere to be found But then the sky it darkened And now they say the S~on · They said "Big Timber is our business · .And opened like a gate . I And to the dollar we are bound" Down came the rains of autumn Mudslide Curve, Duck and Swerve Their absence was a message The torrent couldn't wait "We'll turn a blinded eye 'Cause ·· -Hut they justwanna mess with.me · Don,t expect us to give a damn I know what they':;:-e a scamming . If anyone sho'-lld die" Clearcuts Become Mudslide Curves! Mudslide Curve, Duck and Swerve . Charles Hurwitz told the people Well the wall of mud it hit me "The battle lines are drawn .and my world began to tumble But this is still my west . These ceo-terrorists won't stop . Get yer homes out of the way ·. · . . 'Til all your jobs are gone" Mudslide Curve, Duck and Swerve And you wholesome white-bread families The PR team worked overtime This is your darkest day · To buil9 .up evei-y wall . As I surfed the wave of debris and For I've unleashed tl1e killer mudslide "These bomb-throwers and tree-spikers And yer ass is in the way Justwant to kill you all" My truck began to crumble .'Cause A man stood with a chainsaw Mudslide Curve, Duck and Swerve Knowing only what he knew Clearcuts Beco,me Mudslide Curve_s! Every lesson that he learned But t'was the irony that hit hardest . Said it's either me or you With its awful crushing weight Slugthang His saw l.futed through the redwood That I'm trapped in a mudslide Many hateful words were said That I have helped create Andseveral seconds later Each tree I cut my coffin David. Chain was lying dead The rains just sealed my fate · 'Cause Some will call this man a killer Some will call this man a thug Some will cover it with lies et.!Aft AS eUT Ct.ASS And sweep it 'neath the rug . & JUST .AS "AWC!ftOUS But from Oakland to Fortuna Sacramento to D.C. ~V~~YTHYNC f$ Blt:t:OYNC There is murder in the air Majestic Redwoods And there are killers running free bleed shards onto the ground leaving behind scarred stumps · David Rovics a testimony to their wounds Where forests once ruled mud and slash and napalm left behind as their only eulogy I will rest my head on the moss in the secret place where the ladyslippers bloom, A man's pride swells where the deer will bring me mushrooms, as the latest giant smashes into the ground where the granite heart of the earth beats, its thunderous crash where plant sway and needle drop the applause he will forever hear ringing in his ears are songs on a sweet wind, It's a conquest to him where love is what moves us all, his chainsaw victory over the defenseless victims held close to the warm earth, another trophy to decorate his imaginary wall where we are at peace, at rest

Trucks and trains Gary Lawless··-·-·-x the hearses in this funeral parade where Ancient Elders lay stripped of their glory A scream splits the grieving air bare for all to witness their shame . I realize it's my rage I hear my rage that I can't ever have this forest back They line the highways these trees are lost into eternity red walls of permanent death It seems we've forgotten I fall to the ground the meaning of respect laying my head to my Mother's womb begging her forgiveness for the death of her childreJ I walk among the ruins my aching so deep Send poems to the graveyards of all that's past it threatens to overwhelm Warrior Poets Society tears fall streaming down my face ASUCBox361 my aching so deep it threatens to overwhelm Berkeley CA 94720-4510 I ANNOUNCEMENTS • ANNOUNCEMENTS

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Prince George Groene Front! · Sierra EF! Wassumkeag EF!. Lake Erie EF! Box 1762, Prince George, BC V2L4V7 Postbus 85069, 3508 AB, Utrecht 228 Commercial St., Dept. #174 POB 869, Searsport, ME 04974 2233 Parkwood, Toledo, OH 43620 Boreal Owl [email protected] Nevada City, CA 95959 · [email protected] Hock-Hocking EF! 1 Box 1053, Kamloops, BC V2C 6H2 PHILIPPINES Davis EFI/FOW-Cascadia MARYLAND 23 Elliott St., Athens, OH 45701 EF! Manitoba 15-222 Osborne St. Ariel Betan, Green Forum POB 73063, Davis, CA 95617 Anacostia-Rock Creek EF! (740) 592-2581 South, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3L 1Z3 3rd Floor, Liberty Building Fairfax Action Team POB 5625, Takoma Park, MD 20913 Piankasha EF! (204) 453-9052 Pasay Rd., Makati, Metro Manila POB 393, Lagunitas, CA 94938 (301) 270-0857; www.igc.org/icc370 7992 Hopper Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45255 EF! Toronto POB 70, 1576 Queen (2) 816-0986, 851-110, 818-3207 Bay AreaEF! MASSACHUSETTS .· OREGON St. West, Toronto, Ontario M6R 1A6 Volunteers for Earth Defense POB 83, Canyon, CA 94516 Mass EF! Southern Willamette EF! EFI Ottawa Box 4612 Station E 189 San Antonio Ext. SFDM (510) 848-8724 POB 35, Montague, MA 01351 POB 10384, Eugene, OR 97440 Ottawa, Ontario KlS 5H8 1105 Quezon City Bay Area Activist S9tlines Mass Direct Action ·· (541) 343-7305; [email protected] Autonomous Green A~:tion POLAND (510) 594-4000 x222 POB 484, Somerset, MA 02726 Cascadia ForeSt Defenders POB 47Z1, Station E . · · Workshop for All Beings (415) 332•5SOO x324 Heather La Capria ...... POB il122,,Eugene, OR 97440 Ottawa; Ontario KlS SH9 ul. Modrzewskiego 29/3, 43-300 · k y@ fn. di695@freeiiet:carleton.ca Bielsko, Biala,· ph/fax 048-33-183153 Santa Cruz EF! 135 Eutaw St #3, East Boston~ MA 02128 · m1c e e .otg; www.igc.org/cascadia POB 344; Santa Cruz, CA 95061 (617) 569-3969 - . . Kalmiopsis EF! · EF! Montreal, Diffusion Noire Jn!Sm (4~~ '25-3205 MICHIGAN ... POB 2093, Cave Junction, OR 97523 c/o Librairie Alternative Rainbow Keepers (10 local groups) s;Wta Barbara EF! World Tree Peace Center ·· · ·· (541) 592-3386; Jukas@q;lsnet.net 2035 St ~ La~rent , 2 e etage . POB 14, Nizhni Novgorod 603082 Blue Mtns. Biodiversity Project 1 Montreal,-PQ H2X 2T3 (8312) 34-32-80 POB 12799, Santa Barbara, CA 93ld7 PO!l. 50814, Kalamazoo, Ml 49.00S . 1 Lo$>,Angeles EF! ·i' , €"6I 6} •i B3-9317 •iA.! o ;, , < •' ~;l:! i ,c>•i •., ·HCRj!2, Fossil/ OR 9783.0 CZECH REPUBLIC Rainbow Keepers (Moscow) Blue Heron . (095) 954-91-93, [email protected] PCM},-..1... 38. l, ,N. Hollyy,tqod, CA \l.l617 H~n~River Vatley E~ ! ~ . . . · ·. £Pi' :' Zem~ . Predevsim (8'f gy:5g9,SS92 :· - ' PO!rl 735, Ann Arbor; MI 48106 . . Refi'dGGU., SA.Q, Portland, OR 97202 1 POB' 237, 160 41 Prague 6 '> ' . • ECODEFENSE! . Alluvial EF! ·MINNifsoTA '• . . ' ' . (503) 7hc111i ··:i< 7875 '\ · · ' · · '· ,,, , [email protected];.. · ' ,, .: i Moskovsky P!O:spekt 120~ 34236006 POB 77027, #102, Pasadena, CA 91107 North American ALF Press Office Cascadia ForeSt Alliance EIRE Kalin1ngrad/Koenigsbtirg (909)" 422-1637 POB 103, Osseo, MN 55369 POB 4946, Portland, OR 97208 An Talamh Glas c/o Anne ph/fax +7 (0112) 43 72 86 www.sagecouncil.com (612) 601-0978; [email protected] (503) 241-4879; fax 235-9976 Abbey St., Ballinrobe, County Mayo [email protected] TribeS EFI , Forest Ecosystems Action Group PENNSYLV ANJA Limerick Talamh Glas SCOTLAND c/o DR Chance, POB 10487 2441 Lyndale Ave So, Mpls, MN 55405 Allegheny EF! 41 Glasgow Park, Limerick Glasgow EFI San Bernadino, CA 92423 (612) 450-9178; [email protected] POB 81011, Pittsburg, PA 15217 00 353 61 313308, [email protected] POB 180, Glasgow G4 9AB; 44 (0)41 DRChance@aol.coin Big Woods EF! Antoinette Dwinga ENGLAND 6361924/339 8009; fax 44 (0)41 424 MojaveEF! . POB 580936, Mpls, MN 55458-0936 842 Library Ave, Carnegie, PA 15106 Over 35 EF! groups exist in England; for a 3688; [email protected] POB 492, Lancaster, CA93584 (612) 362-3387; [email protected] Scott Thiele list, contact: SLOVAKIA (805) 948-6291 Wilderness First! RD 4, 237-A Elk Ln, Montrose, PA 18801 EF! Action Update Slobodna alternativa [email protected] POB 16075, St. Paul, MN 55116'' Allegheny Defense Project Dept. 29, I Newton St, Manchester Staromestska 6/D, 811 03 Bratislava Baja Ecotopia EFI [email protected] POB 245, Clarion, PA 16214 Ml 1HW; (0161) 224 4846 SQUIB AFRICA POB 7745, San Diego, CA 92107 www.geocities.com/RainForest/7094 (814) 226-4918; [email protected] [email protected] Earth Action! (760) 740-1174; [email protected] MISSOURI . TENNESSEE www.k2net.co.uk/ef/earthfirst.html POB 181034, Dalbridge, Durban 6016 COLORADO RayO. McCall Katiiah EF! Oxford EF! S£A1N Walkabout Rt 1 Box 89, Mountain Grove, MO 65711 Tennessee Valley Faction Box E, 111 Magdalen Rd., Manuel A. Demandes, Taller de E. A. POB 1166, Boulder, CO 80306 Pink Planarians POB 281, Chattanooga, 1N 37401 Oxford, OX4 IRQ. (01865) 791391 A. CURUXA,]. B., Xelmirer J, Campus [email protected] POB 7653, Columbia, MO 65205-7653 (423) 624-3939 South Downs EFI, Dead Trees EF! Universitario, 1570 S Santiago; (81) Sanjuan EF! (573) 443-6832 [email protected] and Do or Die 584321; fax 584533 POB 3204, Durango, CO 81302 [email protected] Upper TN/Lebanon EFI POB 2971, Brighton BN2 2GY SWEDEN Wilderness Defense! Chinquapin Resistance 1902 Westgate Drive [email protected] Morgan Larsson POB 460101, Aurora, CO 80046-0101 POB 63232, St. Louis, MO 63163 Springfield, 1N 37172 fRANCE Lagmansgaten 9C, 46-37 Vanersborg aq328@freenet. uchsc.edu (314) 772-6463 :rE.XM Carbusters Magazine/Resource Ctr UKBAINE Art Goodtimes MONTANA EF! Austin 44 rue Burdeau Rainbow Keepers (5 local groups) POB 1008, Telluride, CO 81435 Northern Rockies Biodiversity Project POB 7292, University Station 69001 Lyon Nadia Shevch~B 322, Kiev Tim Haugen POB 4431, Whitefish, MT 59937 Austin, TX 78713 (33) 4 72 00 23 57 252187; +7 (38044) 263-4954, 265- The Wild Ranch Review (406) 862-4945 (512) 478-7666, [email protected] [email protected] 7628, (fax)S50-6068; [email protected] POB 81, Gulnare, CO 81042 Wild Rockies EF! South Texas Contact ------.I Gunnison Basin EF! POB 9286, Missoula, MT 59807 4114 Claudia, Corpus Christi, TX 78418 POB 592, Crested Butte, CO 81224 (406) 728-5733 (message#) (512) 937-6019 Culebra EFI Yellowstone EF! East Texas EF! POB 762, San Luis, CO 81152 POB 6151, Bozeman, MT 59715 Rt 1, Box 2120, Point Blank, TX 77364 [email protected] NEBRASKA l.ITAH FLORIDA Environmental Resource Center Autonomy House Big Bend EF! 370 Bordeaux Rd, Chadron, NE 69337 POB 11015, SLC, UT 84147 POB 20582, Tallahassee, FL 32316 (308) 432-3458 Wild Wasatch Front (904) 421-1559 NEVADA 847 W. 700 St, Brigham City, UT 84302 Clearwater FNB Western Shoshone Defense Project VERMONT POB 17838, Clearwater, FL 34622 POB 211106, Crescent Valley, NV 89821 J:!iodiversity Liberation Front (813) 5 38-9050 (702) 468-0230; [email protected] POB 57, Burlington, VT 05402 Alachua EF! NEW HAMPSHIRE Save the Corporations POB 1638, Alachua, FL 32616 New Hampshire EF! . 169 Main St1 Brattleboro, VT 05301 North Forests EF! (904) 462-33 74 POB 4101, Portsmouth, NH 03802 (802) 254-4847; fax 254-7358 Olympia EF! 748 Algoma Blvd, Oshkosh, WI 54901 GEORGIA (888) 976-1155 VIRGINIA POB 12391, Olympia, WA 98508 (920) 424-0265 Students for Environmental Awareness NEW JERSEY Virginia EF! WEST VIRGINIA Bay Area North Guard Univ. of Georgia, Tate Student Center PAW Pinelands/Kittatiny Project Rt 1, Box 250, Staunton, VA 22401 Central Appalachian POB 116, Washburn, WI 54891 Athens, GA 30602 POB 506, Bloomfield, NJ 07003 (540) 885-6983 Biodiversity Project (715) 373-0882 Karuah Foothills EF! (201) 748-4322 PAW Southwest Virginia Rt 3, Box 390, Hedgesville, WV 25427 . Driftless EF! c/o WPA POB 531, Athens, GA 30603 Green Vigilance POB 13192, Roanoke, VA24031-3192 (304) 754-9161 POB 2761, LaCrosse, WI 54602-2761 (706) 355-9904 46 E. Monroe, Mt. Holly, NJ 08060 (540) 982-0492 WISCONSIN (608) 782-6997 . HAWAII (609) 265-0392 . 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