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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Page vii
... kill an Activist 181 EIGHT - Up Against the Law 217 NINE - The Green P.I. 237 TEN - Bomb Throwers , 1997 ELEVEN Wise Use in the White House , 2000-2004 — 273 Notes 345 361 365 Bibliography Index 315 Preface WHEN The War Against the ...
... kill an Activist 181 EIGHT - Up Against the Law 217 NINE - The Green P.I. 237 TEN - Bomb Throwers , 1997 ELEVEN Wise Use in the White House , 2000-2004 — 273 Notes 345 361 365 Bibliography Index 315 Preface WHEN The War Against the ...
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... we have to pick up a sword and shield and kill the bas- tards , I mean politically , not physically , " explains Ron Arnold , a founder and leader of the anti - environmentalist movement . " 6 The War Against the Greens.
... we have to pick up a sword and shield and kill the bas- tards , I mean politically , not physically , " explains Ron Arnold , a founder and leader of the anti - environmentalist movement . " 6 The War Against the Greens.
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... kill the fuckers . We're simply trying to eliminate them . Our goal is to destroy environmentalism once and for all " 4 — hasn't helped his cause much lately . So he's reinventing himself , trying to create a new , slightly more ...
... kill the fuckers . We're simply trying to eliminate them . Our goal is to destroy environmentalism once and for all " 4 — hasn't helped his cause much lately . So he's reinventing himself , trying to create a new , slightly more ...
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... killed any of them there was $ 40,000 that was there to defend us in court or to help us get away , " says Ed Knight , an ex - logger and Hell's Angel describing how he was hired to lie in ambush with an Uzi , waiting to shoot Earth ...
... killed any of them there was $ 40,000 that was there to defend us in court or to help us get away , " says Ed Knight , an ex - logger and Hell's Angel describing how he was hired to lie in ambush with an Uzi , waiting to shoot Earth ...
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... killed at a public meeting . 12 Lois Gibbs , executive director of the Citizens Clear- inghouse for Hazardous Wastes , a coalition of eight thousand local groups , adds , " People have been followed in their cars , investigated by ...
... killed at a public meeting . 12 Lois Gibbs , executive director of the Citizens Clear- inghouse for Hazardous Wastes , a coalition of eight thousand local groups , adds , " People have been followed in their cars , investigated by ...
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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