1st Edition

Earth First! and the Anti-Roads Movement

By Derek Wall Copyright 1999
236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

Earth First! is one of the most controversial and well known green movements in the world and the driving force behind the anti-road campaigns of the 1990s, made famous by sabotage tactics. Detailed accounts of major anti-road campaigns both in the UK and internationally are included, describing confrontations at Twyford, Newbury, Glasgow, the Autobahn in Germany, and information on the... Read more
1 Earth First!, profits last—no more roads! 2 Car wars 3 The origins of Earth First! 4 Twyford, other tribes and other trials 5 Activist identity 6 Political opportunities and direct action 7 Culture, ideology and the anti-roads movement 8 Globalised greens 9 The preferred way of doing things

Biography

Derek Wall is Honorary Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Social and Political Movements, University of Kent at Canterbury, and a green activist.

"Fascinating reading" Green World Autumn 1999