In this issue of Earth First! Dave Foreman posits that the United States Forest Service has assaulted big wilderness areas in the 1920-30s.
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On 3 June 1979 the Ixtoc I oil rig exploded in the Bay of Campeche in the Gulf of Mexico, and a continuous flow of oil released into the marine environment for nine months. Oil pollution reached coastlines and beaches, and damaged local shrimp populations.
In this memo to “the leading intellectual and literary lights of EARTH FIRST,” Dave Foreman drafts the principles of the new Earth First organization, along with a draft membership brochure.
This issue of Earth First! is filled with news regarding various environmental issues as well as letters from dedicated readers.
In this issue of Earth First!, Peter Dustrud states: “We are not, and the Earth is not, alive because of power first, greed first, progress first or war first—we are alive due to the Earth First—always have been, always will be. We are Earth First!ers! The survival of this one and only planet we have is what counts.”
In this issue of Earth First! Dave Foreman guides readers through “An Environmental Strategy for the ’80s,” Chim Blea discusses “The Ethics of Vegetarianism,” and Foreman states that Earth First! will begin featuring “provocative and challenging material on Deep Ecology and reviews of the other intellectual currents” in order to win the environmental battle against the neo-conservatives and their “economic views of Earth and life.”
In this issue of Earth First!, Peter Dustrud steps down as editor of EF!, effectively leaving the Earth First! movement.
This issue of Earth First! focuses on Dave Foreman’s well-discussed article also entitled “Earth First!,” previously published in the American political magazine The Progressive in October 1981.
In this issue of Earth First! Benjamin Read interviews one of the United States’ most admired conservationists, Mardy Murie.
In issue 2 of the second volume of Earth First! the editors discuss EF!’s core issues, contributions, and accomplishments within the environmental grassroots movement in the US.