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Igniting a Revolution Voices in Defense of the Earth

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ISBN-10: 1904859569

ISBN-13: 9781904859567

Edition: 2006

Authors: Steven Best, Anthony J. Nocella II, Steven Fischler, Joel Sucher

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"Before his 1969 assassination, Chairman Fred Hampton of the Black Panther Party in Chicago famously remarked that, 'When one of us falls, 1000 will take his place.' This book proves Fred's point. No matter the degree of repression visited upon it, the spirit of revolution cannot be quelled."-Ward Churchill, author of On the Justice of Roosting Chickens As the destruction of nature reaches new extremes, resistance becomes ever more militant. Radical environmental groups are front page news. From laboratory bombings to the destruction of ski resorts, this emerging new militancy has been steadily upping the political ante. Authorities have responded in kind, handing down unprecedented heavy…    
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Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: AK Press
Publication date: 4/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 450
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English

Steven Best, Ph.D., is a Professor of Humanities and Philosophy at the University of Texas, El Paso. He has published articles on Marx, postmodern theory, Baudrillard, Debord, Jameson, film, television, and cultural theory Douglas Kellner is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin and is the author of Karl Korsch: Revolutionary Theory; Marxism and Modernity; Jean Baudrillard: From Marxism to Postmodernism and Beyond; Camera Politica: The Politics and Ideology of Contemporary Hollywood Film (with Michael Ryan); and Television and the Crisis of Democracy.

Foreword: Experimenting with Truth
Introduction: A Fire in the Belly of the Beast: The Emergence of Revolutionary Environmentalism
The History and Nature of Revolutionary Environmentalism
Poems From Prison
Revolutionary Environmentalism: An Introduction
A Spark That Ignited a Flame: The Evolution of the Earth Liberation Front
To Cast a Giant Shadow: Revolutionary Ecology and Its Practical Implementation Through the Earth Liberation Front
Ontological Anarchism: The Philosophical Roots of Revolutionary Environmentalism
Shades of Green: Examining Cooperation Between Radical and Mainstream Environmentalists
Sustainability and the Politics Of Consumption
Lakota Woableze (Lakota Perception)
What is a Morally Defensible Level of Consumption?
Contesting the Economic Order and Media Construction of Reality
The Revolution in Everyday Life
Religion And Spirituality
I don't want to live where they are killing me
Jains, the ALF, and the ELF: Antagonists or Allies?
In the Beginning: God Created the Earth and "Ecoterrorism"
Gwarth-E-Lass: Stick Standing Strong
The Animal Question: Uncovering the Roots of Our Domination of Nature and Each Other
Primitivism And The Critique Of Civilization
Death Has Already Arrived
The Lies of Progress
Attack the System
Against Civilization, For Reconnection to Life!
What is Liberation?
Repression And Resistance
The Troubles I've Seen
From Protest To Resistance
Mojo Workin'
Facing the Agents of Omnicide: Hope in a Dark Time
From the Prisonhouse to the Slaughterhouse: Reflections on Lives in Captivity
Taking Back Our Land: Who's Going To Stop Us?: The Native Youth Movement Warriors Society
Speak the Truth, Go to Jail
Armageddon Now!!
Direct Action And Beyond
Medusa Trilogy
Radical Environmentalism: Is There Any Other Kind?
What Goes Up Must Come Down
People Ain't Feeling This Bullshit
Direct Action and the Heroic Ideal: An Ecofeminist Critique
Stomping with the elephants: Feminist principles for radical solidarity
Social Movements And Alliance Politics
Ancestors & Angels
Armed Struggle, Guerilla Warfare, and the Social Movement Influences on "Direct Action"
They Took Ulrike Meinhof's Brain: A Comparative Study of the Causes of and Justifications for Militant Direct Action
The American Indian Movement in the 21st Century
Random Thoughts on Eco-Racism and Resistance
Grumpywarriorcool: What makes our movements white?
Identity Politics and Poetic Solidarity: Roots of Alliance between Feminism and Animal/Earth Liberation
Radical Ecology, Repressive Tolerance, and Zoocide
Afterword: Katrina!!!
Earth Liberation Front Communiques
Contributors' Biographies