As the destruction of nature reaches new extremes, resistance becomes ever more militant. Radical environmental groups are front page news. From laboratory bombings to the destruction of ski resorts, this emerging new militancy has been steadily upping the political ante. Authorities have responded in kind, handing down unprecedented heavy prison sentences for acts of property destruction. Congressional committees have been convened, the FBI has put revolutionary environmentalists at the top of their domestic terrorism list, and the "terrorists" themselves promise bigger and more spectacular assaults in the future. This anthology features a range of voices--from academics to armed revolutionaries--that explore this new form of political struggle. The first book of it's kind on this increasingly important topic!
Author(s): Steven Best; Anthony J. Nocella II
Publisher: AK Press
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 441
City: Oakland, California; Edinburgh, Scotland
Acknowledgements
Dedication
Contents
Foreword. Experimenting with Truth by Bron Taylor
Introduction. A Fire in the Belly of the Beast: The Emergence of Revolutionary Environmentalism by Steven Best and Anthony J. Nocella, II
Part I. THE HISTORY AND NATURE OF REVOLUTIONARY ENVIRONMENTALISM
Poems From Prison by Marilyn Buck
Revolutionary Environmentalism: An Introduction by Mark Somma
A Spark That Ignited a Flame: The Evolution of the Earth Liberation Front by Noel Molland
To Cast a Giant Shadow: Revolutionary Ecology and Its Practical Implementation Through the Earth Liberation Front by Davey Garland
Ontological Anarchism: The Philosophical Roots of Revolutionary Environmentalism by Michael Becker
Shades of Green: Examining Cooperation Between Radical and Mainstream Environmentalists by Matthew Walton and Jessica Widay
Part II. SUSTAINABILITY AND THE POLITICS OF CONSUMPTION
Lakota Woableze (Lakota Perception) by Rosalie Little Thunder
What is a Morally Defensible Level of Consumption? by Robert Jensen
Contesting the Economic Order and Media Construction of Reality by Lauren E. Eastwood
The Revolution in Everyday Life by Adam Weissman
Part III. RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY
I don't want to live where they are killing me by Kalamu ya Salaam
Jains, the ALF, and the ELF: Antagonists or Allies? by Charlotte Laws
In the Beginning: God Created the Earth and "Ecoterrorism" L. A. Kemmerer
Gwarth-E-Lass: Stick Standing Strong by Wanbli Watakpe and Paula Ostrovsky
The Animal Question: Uncovering the Roots of Our Domination of Nature and Each Other by Jim Mason
Part IV. PRIMITIVISM AND THE CRITIQUE OF CIVILIZATION
Death Has Already Arrived by Levana Saxon
The Lies of Progress by Robert Thaxton (aka Rob Los Ricos)
Attack the System by Craig "Critter" Marshall
Against Civilization, For Reconnection to Life! by Terra Greenbrier
What is Liberation? by John Zerzan
Part V. REPRESSION AND RESISTANCE
The Troubles I 've Seen by Fred Hampton Jr.
From Protest To Resistance by Jeffrey "Free" Luers
Mojo Workin' by Ashanti Omowali Alston
Facing the Agents of Omnicide Hope in a Dark Time by Josh Harper
From the Prisonhouse to the Slaughterhouse: Reflections on Lives in Captivity by Anthony Rayson
Taking Back Our land: Who's Going To Stop Us? The Native Youth Movement Warriors Society by Kanahus Pellkey
Speak the Truth, Go to Jail by Rik Scarce
Armageddon Now!! by Sara Olson
Part VI. DIRECT ACTION AND BEYOND
Medusa Trilogy by Jesus Sepulveda
Radical Environmentalism: Is There Any Other Kind? by John Wade
What Goes Up Must Come Down by Derrick Jensen
People Ain't Feeling This Bullshit by Leslie James Pickering
Direct Action and the Heroic Ideal: An Ecofeminist Critique by Marti Kheel
Stomping with the elephants: Feminist principles for radical solidarity by pattrice jones
Part VII. SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND ALLIANCE POLITICS
Ancestors & Angels by Drew Dellinger
Armed Struggle, Guerilla Warfare, and the Social Movement Influences on "Direct Action" by Ann Hansen
They Took Ulrike Meinhof's Brain: A Comparative Study of the Causes of and Justifications for Militant Direct Action by Maxwell Schnurer
The American Indian Movement in the 21st Century by Tony LoGrande and Robert Roche
Random Thoughts on Eco-Racism and Resistance by Kazi Toure
Grumpywarriorcool: What makes our movements white? by amory starr
Identity Politics and Poetic Solidarity: Roots of Alliance between Feminism and Animal/Earth Liberation by homefries
Radical Ecology, Repressive Tolerance, and Zoocide by Richard Kahn
Afterword. Katrina!!!
by Jalil A. Muntaqim
Appendix. Earth Liberation Front Communiques Contributors' Biographies
