Solidarity in the woods: redwood summer and alliances among radical ecology and timber workers. . From: Environments | Date: December 1, 2002| Author: Shantz, Jeffrey | COPYRIGHT 2002 Wilfrid Laurier University. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Abstract

Relations between radical environmentalists and resource workers have been marked by dramatic, at times violent, conflict. Such conflict has presented a persistent obstacle to attempts to build sustainable social relations. This paper looks at one recent attempt to overcome the divisions between radical ecology and resource workers. The Industrial Workers of the World/Earth First! Local 1 brought together environmentalists and timber workers in an alliance which...