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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... talk radio . Ten years after my book first came out I've seen some of the changes I predicted come true , including the emergence of a larger anti - green backlash linked to the fossil fuel industry , a backlash that has now been able ...
... talk radio . Ten years after my book first came out I've seen some of the changes I predicted come true , including the emergence of a larger anti - green backlash linked to the fossil fuel industry , a backlash that has now been able ...
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... talk about preserving the state's last 5 percent of old - growth redwood , attack the timber corpo- rations for cut - and - run logging ( Louisiana Pacific has opened mills in Mexico and Venezuela while closing mills in California ) ...
... talk about preserving the state's last 5 percent of old - growth redwood , attack the timber corpo- rations for cut - and - run logging ( Louisiana Pacific has opened mills in Mexico and Venezuela while closing mills in California ) ...
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... talk G - P out of bring- ing in " goons from Georgia " to help out with crowd control . " Trees grow back , trees grow back , " the yellow - shirted crowd starts to chant . A number of young men at the front of the crowd think this is a ...
... talk G - P out of bring- ing in " goons from Georgia " to help out with crowd control . " Trees grow back , trees grow back , " the yellow - shirted crowd starts to chant . A number of young men at the front of the crowd think this is a ...
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... talk about the biosphere , one of those eco - buzzwords that seems to set off the pro - timber crowd . The timber crowd begins another chorus of " trees grow back . " Someone on the sound truck starts singing " America the Beautiful ...
... talk about the biosphere , one of those eco - buzzwords that seems to set off the pro - timber crowd . The timber crowd begins another chorus of " trees grow back . " Someone on the sound truck starts singing " America the Beautiful ...
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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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