The War Against the Greens: The "Wise-Use" Movement, the New Right, and the Browning of AmericaBig Earth Publishing, 2004 - 386 pages A reign of violence and intimidation, including arson, bombings, rape, assault and even murder has been unleashed against environmental activists and government employees by proponents of the so-called "Wise Use" movement. The War Against the Greens rips the veneer of legitimacy off this right-wing backlash that stretches from armed Militias to the halls of Congress, exposing the public lands corporations, political operatives and fringe groups who have set out to destroy America's environmental protections by any means necessary. In this updated edition, Helvarg revealed how the petroleum-heavy George W. Bush administration helped expand the backlash, bringing the same individuals and industries into alliance with big oil and the Republican Party, ending an era of bipartisan progress. This is a must-read for anyone wanting to understand the history behind the science denial, corruption, and public lands debacles that mark the Trump era. |
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... industry backlash disguised as a citizen army seemed like sound strategy . Eventually the cachet that the Wise Use ... industries and right - wing activists helped organize and covertly fund the often - violent backlash , was read by ...
... industry backlash disguised as a citizen army seemed like sound strategy . Eventually the cachet that the Wise Use ... industries and right - wing activists helped organize and covertly fund the often - violent backlash , was read by ...
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... industry sponsors withdrew their support . But by the turn of the century , Wise Use no longer needed to maintain an active constituency on the ground , since its rhetoric and ideology had been fully incorporated into the dominant wing ...
... industry sponsors withdrew their support . But by the turn of the century , Wise Use no longer needed to maintain an active constituency on the ground , since its rhetoric and ideology had been fully incorporated into the dominant wing ...
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... industry . It's July zi , 1990 , and I've driven north from San Francisco for four hours to cover these protests and any confrontation that might develop . Tension has been running high in Mendocino , Humboldt , and other northern ...
... industry . It's July zi , 1990 , and I've driven north from San Francisco for four hours to cover these protests and any confrontation that might develop . Tension has been running high in Mendocino , Humboldt , and other northern ...
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... industry associations ) , people who pay individual dues or actively participate in ongoing Wise Use efforts ... industry . Despite their insistence that they are not fronting for industry , many anti - enviro groups with green ...
... industry associations ) , people who pay individual dues or actively participate in ongoing Wise Use efforts ... industry . Despite their insistence that they are not fronting for industry , many anti - enviro groups with green ...
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... industry . In fact the logging industry's Wise Use rallies in the Northwest were later used as a template by the tobacco industry when it shut down its North Carolina mills and warehouses , paying some fifteen thousand of its workers to ...
... industry . In fact the logging industry's Wise Use rallies in the Northwest were later used as a template by the tobacco industry when it shut down its North Carolina mills and warehouses , paying some fifteen thousand of its workers to ...
Contents
Masters and Possessors of Nature | 15 |
Rebels and Reaganites | 33 |
The Forest for the Trees 1993 | 57 |
Grass Roots for Sale | 81 |
The Golden Rooster | 125 |
Save It for What? | 149 |
Roadkill an Activist | 181 |
Up Against the Law | 217 |
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The War Against the Greens: The "Wise-Use" Movement, the New Right and Anti ... David Helvarg No preview available - 1997 |
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