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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... told me . " We all have a point of view . What I say is I won't be a propagandist for anyone . If you do something right , I'll take your picture . If you do something wrong , I'll take your picture also . " Using John's example I've ...
... told me . " We all have a point of view . What I say is I won't be a propagandist for anyone . If you do something right , I'll take your picture . If you do something wrong , I'll take your picture also . " Using John's example I've ...
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... told them , ' Look , we already fought one civil war and lost . This isn't the way to go . ' " He is trying to reassure me minutes into our initial phone conversation.3 It's the win- ter of 1993 and Ron , who prides himself on his ...
... told them , ' Look , we already fought one civil war and lost . This isn't the way to go . ' " He is trying to reassure me minutes into our initial phone conversation.3 It's the win- ter of 1993 and Ron , who prides himself on his ...
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... told if we 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 ...
... told if we 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 ...
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... told he'd be 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 ...
... told he'd be 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 ...
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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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