Earth First! 12, no. 2

Earth First! Fist, Volume 12

Earth First! Fist, Volume 12

(c) by collective of voices within the Earth First! movement

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Sprout, et al., eds. Earth First! 12, no. 2 (21 December 1991). Republished by the Environment & Society Portal, Multimedia Library. http://www.environmentandsociety.org/node/6959.

In this issue of Earth First! Allison Slater reflects on the diversity of people within the Earth First! movement. This issue also features a section on Earth First! Australia. In addition, Rod Coronado sheds light on the anarchy of fur farms and “Stella C. Lyons” reports about the decreasing population of Steller sea lions.

Like many people, I suppose, the social anarchic tribe vision of Earth First! drew me to it as much as the nature defense stance. I had enough of huge organizations proclaiming their desire to make change and yet mirroring society, accepting much of the dominant paradigm; hierarchies that put words into the mouths of their mostly passive, dues-paying membership. Earth First!ers, so I believed, are not members, but activists, drawn together in the belief that the destruction of nature has to end now. Everything else, I assumed, is up for debate. We don’t have to agree with each other. We don’t even have to like each other.

—Allison Slater

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