Environmental Blockades

Since the 1970s, environmental blockades disrupting the exploitation and destruction of forests, rivers and other biodiverse places have been one of the most attention-grabbing and contentious forms of political action. This book explores when, where and why environmental blockading and its associated tactics first arose.

Auteur

Iain McIntyre is a researcher, writer, lecturer, and community radio broadcaster based in Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of a number of books on history, social movements, and popular culture. He is a regular contributor to commonslibrary.org, a web repository which collects and distributes the key lessons of progressive movements across Australia and around the globe.

Contenu

Introduction 1. "The forest in question was regarded as territory": The Terania Creek Campaign and the Creation of the Environmental Blockading Template 2. "An attitude, a way of life, a state of heart": Organisational and Tactical Development within Australian Environmental Blockades, 19801984 3. "The first volley in the nonviolent wilderness war": Environmental Blockading Spreads to the US, 19831986 4. "We shut 'em down": Environmental Blockading in the US Extends and Entrenches, 19871990 5. "You're welcome to visit our park, but leave your saws in the boat": Canadian First Nations and Conservationist Activism, 19831984 6. "Someone had to stand up to them": Canadian Expansion, Differentiation, and Entrenchment, 19861989 7. "We refuse to bequeath a dying planet to future generations by failing to act now": Developments in Environmental Blockading and ODA since 1990 Conclusion