Agency speaks with former political prisoner Daniel McGowan about DW Gibson’s book, “One Week to Change the World” and its inclusion of Green Scare snitch, Suzanne Savoie.
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Snitch Suzie Savoie Swarmed and Deplatformed in Southern Oregon
sent to Earth First! Newswire On Sunday, April 16, 2023, a group of bee loving environmentalists successfully deplatformed an event that was being led by Green Scare snitch and cooperating defendant Suzanne Savoie. Despite snitching on her ex-comrades in 2006, Savoie continues […]
Continue readingMy Own Pearl Harbor
by Daniel McGowan / Medium December 7, 2005 was my own personal Pearl Harbor: the moment that defines the ‘before’ and ‘after’. The morning started out normal enough. I had plans to stuff some holiday cards for my job and then stop […]
Continue readingELF Saboteur Joseph Dibee Sentenced to Time Served
from Unicorn Riot Joseph Mahmoud Dibee, a 54-year-old environmental activist and former Earth Liberation Front saboteur, was sentenced to time served today after pleading guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit arson and one count of arson. Dibee was also ordered […]
Continue readingFBI Withholding Video from Joseph Dibee
from Anarchist News Long-time fugitive, Joseph Dibee pleaded guilty this year to helping burn down an Oregon horse meat factory in 1997, but he says the FBI is withholding evidence that could affect his soon-to-be-decided sentence Joseph Dibee, a former international fugitive […]
Continue readingDousing the BBC’s Fake News Before It Can “Burn Wild”
Green & Red podcast interviews former ELF member Daniel McGowan about the BBC’s new podcast series called “Burn Wild.” The BBC production tells the story of radical environmental movements 20 years ago, the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) and the subsequent “Green Scare.” […]
Continue readingEF! The Musical: Summer 2022 Development Workshop
From the EF! Musical crowdfunding campaign EF! is a new musical about the 40-year old Earth First! movement. It’s an immersive performance that imagines the audience as attendees of the movement’s annual summer gathering. What makes this project unique is that performances will […]
Continue readingThe 2022 EF! Summer Gathering Has a Website and a GoFundMe
from Earth First! Newswire Summer is here and everything is still falling apart. But, hey, Earth First! is having another summer gathering. Grab your human and dog friends, some gear, and your desire for direction and head west (or north, east, or […]
Continue readingThe Rise and Fall of America’s Environmentalist Underground
by Matthew Wolfe / New York Times Magazine This year, one of the last fugitives of the Earth Liberation Front pleaded guilty to arson — at a moment when climate activists are again flirting with radical ideas. Late one summer evening in […]
Continue readingAmplifying the Ecological Resistance: A request for proposals from Biocentric Media and the Earth First! Journal on next steps forward
Amplifying the Ecological Resistance: A request for proposals from Biocentric Media and the Earth First! Journal on next steps forward Proposals accepting on rolling basis; no later than May 1, 2022 Being an Earth First!er has never been a walk in the […]
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