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Ant, an Earth First! member, demonstrates the lockbox, in which protesters chain their
arms into steel tubes encased in concrete to form human blockades.
Earth First! event
celebrates group's
25th anniversary
The organization protests environmental issues
through the use of'nonviolent direct action tactics'
BY MATTHEW HAULK
DAILY EMERALD FREELANCE REPORTER
The Earth First! Round River Ren
dezvous Roadshow rolled up to the
EMU Friday to celebrate Earth Day
and the 25th anniversary of the Earth
First! movement.
Earth First! is a radical environ
mental-protection movement pio
neered by Arizona desert activists in
the 1980s. The movement is famous
for direct-action protests and has re
cendy been listed as a terrorist organ
ization by the U.S. government.
Members of the sometimes-contro
versial environmental organization
began the evening with a historical
slide show of Earth First! activism
that transitioned into an off-the-cuff
discussion about environmentalism,
activist tactics and the future of Earth
First!. The night finished with live
music and dancing.
The Roadshow was designed as,
among other things, “a show and tell
of nonviolent direct action tactics and
the wild beings that motivate us to
take these actions,” according to an
Earth First! press release.
Ant, a representative of the move
ment, told the Emerald that Earth
First! members are willing to put
their bodies between the forest and
the bulldozers.
“What makes (Earth First! mem
bers) really unique is that they will
do civil disobedience or direct action,
where they put their bodies on the
line and either sit in trees or blockade
the road so that the timber compa
nies and the forest service can’t get to
the timber,” Ant said.
These tactics are intended to in
crease public awareness of environ
mental issues and stymie timber
companies with unexpected delays
and sabotage, Ant said. Some Earth
First! members go as far as engaging
in property destruction tactics, re
ferred to as “monkey wrenching.”
“Monkey wrenching is basically
just property destruction or putting
cogs into machinery, whether it’s ...
just making it so a bulldozer can’t
move or tree spiking, where people
put giant pins in the trees so they
can’t be cut down,” Ant said. “Each
different person has a different be
lief on how far their actions can go.
I believe in non-violent direct ac
tion, and Earth First! as a move
ment is non-violent.”
Several University students and
graduate students attended the
event, but the bulk of the audience
was composed of Eugene communi
ty members.
“On the micro-scale it seems like
you’re never winning any battle,”
said Kris Maenz, a Eugene resident
and longtime activist. “But in the
grand scheme of things, it really
makes a difference....
“Every tactic is a great tactic. The
only way for this to happen is with
everything from letter writing and
being a lawyer to monkey wrench
ing,” she added. “You can put the
Earth first and change your social
consciousness.”
Participants also discussed the
problems facing Earth First!. Govern
ment interference and members who
put their egos above the movement’s
goals are two problems that hinder
the movement, Ant said.
“There are two (problems) that
are about the same. One is the gov
ernment putting the terrorist label
on us,” he said. “I definitely don’t
believe that we are terrorists. I
believe that I am a citizen that is re
ally trying to save what’s left of the
environment.”