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Timber Wars

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This is a politically correct hagiography of a "poor little rich girl" playing radical environmentalist. Her bourgeois childhood violin lessons were parlayed into "fiddling", reflective of the condescending "working class" schtick that was such a part of her self-image. The dark intimations that "the System" bombed her played into her legend as some manner of "threat" when in fact the genuine source of the explosion was a someone a lot closer indeed, as the latest book on her(...). Nonetheless she was a real success as an American: a whole industry has sprung up around her, despite the fact that her goofy antics ruined Earth First! This piece of work does three things: it shows that in America anyone essentially can define themselves as they like; that no matter how wacky you are some people will follow you; and that the so-called Baby Boom generation has spawned some of the worst symbols of selfishness and sanctified irrelevancy this nation has ever seen.

Fine reading, gripping testimonial from a woman who worked at the front lines of forest defense. Judi Bari, who died this past spring, probably had a greater impact on the modern environmentalism of the American west than any other single individual of recent years. Find out how.

This book is one of the greatest stories about environmental activism and support for loggers' and women's issues. Judi Bari was able to do what few democratic activists do; support the workers of the very companies she protested. She knew the struggles of loggers as well as the issues of exploiting nature and the environment for unbridled greed. One of the reasons that she was so successful as an activist was that she was able to bring together so many diverse people and issues. So few activists are aware of women's issues and the sexism inherent in many organizations. And yet she was able to look realistically at the limitations of the organizations around her and speak out for the rights of all. Her inclusiveness, bravery, and ability to organize people to come together for peaceful, non-violent protests was one of her amazing legacies. This book tells the story of that legacy and gives insight into one of the most profound and remarkable environmental activists of our time.

Earth First! is explicitly not an "organization" as the Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. person says, it is a Movement. Nor was it ever discredited. Judi Bari's contribution to the Movement was extending it beyond matters purely ecological, into women's rights & pro-choice activism for example.

The new religion of the Northwest is definitely eco-terroism. Learn how to kill loggers and spitefully waste human life. Judy Bari and Earth First! are on the FBI list for Terrorism, worse than Ben Laden.