"...nature does not exist to serve humans. Rather, humans are part of nature, one species among many. All species have a right to exist for their own sake, regardless of their usefulness to humans."
Judi Bari - Revolutionary Ecology
This is both an uplifting and inspiring story, and at the same time a chilling and shocking example of just how far the capitalist regime will go to protect its interests.
Judi Bari (1949-1997), was a visionary environmentalist and social justice campaigner whom I have come to admire. Her writings I find challenging, and insightful, but it is the account of her attempted murder and the struggle for justice that followed that really grabbed my attention. On May 24 1990, while on a concert and speaking tour promoting Redwood Summer, (a campaign of nonviolent mass protests against corporate liquidation logging of 2000 year old redwood forests), an attempt was made on her life. A motion triggered pipe bomb exploded under the drivers seat of her car maiming and disabling her and, to a lesser degree, injuring her passenger. The fact that her and her colleague had received several written death threats (which were found in the car by investigators) and both named the parties they suspected of the attack, the FBI and the police, bizarrely attempted to blame them for the bombing and proceeded with a smear campaign to paint them as violent radicals. Instead of giving up they fought back... and after years of legal battles, they triumphed. Sadly the guilty parties are still at large and have never been sought by the 'authorities'... Know your enemy.
Read the full story here... and while your there have a browse around the rest of the site. There's some worthy reading there.
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