1st Edition
Environmental Blockades Obstructive Direct Action and the History of the Environmental Movement
Introduction
1. "The forest in question was regarded as territory": The Terania Creek Campaign and the Creation of the Environmental Blockading Template
2. "An attitude, a way of life, a state of heart": Organisational and Tactical Development within Australian Environmental Blockades, 1980–1984
3. "The first volley in the nonviolent wilderness war": Environmental Blockading Spreads to the US, 1983–1986
4. "We shut 'em down": Environmental Blockading in the US Extends and Entrenches, 1987–1990
5. "You’re welcome to visit our park, but leave your saws in the boat": Canadian First Nations and Conservationist Activism, 1983–1984
6. "Someone had to stand up to them": Canadian Expansion, Differentiation, and Entrenchment, 1986–1989
7. "We refuse to bequeath a dying planet to future generations by failing to act now": Developments in Environmental Blockading and ODA since 1990
Conclusion
Biography
Iain McIntyre is a researcher, writer, lecturer, and community radio broadcaster based in Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of a number of books on history, social movements, and popular culture. He is a regular contributor to commonslibrary.org, a web repository which collects and distributes the key lessons of progressive movements across Australia and around the globe.
"This important book takes us beyond slogans to the complex dilemmas facing environmental activists… McIntyre succeeds here in opening up the dilemmas for environmental campaigners as well as recognising their enthusiasm and, at times, their great courage."
Heather Goodall, Emeritus Professor at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, writing in History Australia, 19.1 (2022)
