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Central New York Earth First!

No Compromise in Defense of Mother Earth

About Me

Earth First! was named in 1979 in response to a lethargic, compromising, and increasingly corporate environmental community. Earth First! takes a decidedly different tack towards environmental issues. We believe in using all the tools in the tool box, ranging from grassroots organizing and involvement in the legal process to civil disobedience and monkeywrenching. Earth First! is different from other environmental groups. Here are some things to keep in mind about Earth First! and some suggestions for being an active and effective Earth First!er: First of all, Earth First! is not an organization, but a movement. There are no "members" of Earth First!, only Earth First!ers. It is a belief in biocentrism, that life of the Earth comes first, and a practice of putting our beliefs into action. While there is broad diversity within Earth First! from animal rights vegans to wilderness hunting guides, from monkeywrenchers to careful followers of Gandhi, from whiskey-drinking backwoods riffraff to thoughtful philosophers, from misanthropes to humanists there is agreement on one thing, the need for action!

My Interests

Earth liberation, ecodefense, deep ecology, environmentalism, environmental justice, political prisoners, green rage, eco-justice, central new york, protesting, civil disobedience, Anarchism, peace, activism, revolution, diversity, unity, community, anti-capitalism, anti-imperialism, security culture, animal liberation, green anarchy, green-anacho punk, veganism, anti-institutionalization, anti-technology, old growth, ecology, green, recycling, biology, fight for ecology, freeganism, anti-consumerism, anti-materialism, anti-corporate, anti-technology, indigineous struggles, Black liberation, Human liberation, primitivism

I'd like to meet:

Anyone interested in Earth First! in the Central New York region & any groups interested in an ecodefense training.
contact us!
PO Box 35463
Syracuse, NY 13235

E-mail: [email protected]

Books:

Green Rage,
Burning Rage of a Dying Planet,
Silent Spring,
Igniting a Revolution,
Eco-Warriors,
Rage and Reason,
Animal Liberation,
Terrorists or Freedom Fighters?,
Free the Animals,
anything by Derrick Jensen,
Earth First! Journal,
Ecodefense,
Earth First! Direct Action Manual,
Direct Action,
ALF Primer,
Anarchist Cookbook,
Green Anarchy Magazine,
Z Magazine,
Nation Magazine,
Bite Back Magazine,
No Compromise,
Mother Jones,
Diet for a New America,
Crimes Against Nature,
anything by John Zerzan,
Evasion,
Free and Rob Los Ricos zine,
Days of War Nights of Love,
Ecological Resistance Movements,
Confessions of an Eco-Warrior,
People of the Earth,
Earth First!: Environmental Apocalypse, The Secret Wars of Judi Bari, Timber Wars and Other Writings, Who Bombed Judi Bari?,
The Logic of Political Violence: Lessons in Reform and Revolution,
Walden,
Civil Disobedience,
In the Absence of the Sacred

My Blog

Activists Demand Action From Al Gore

Portland Indymedia May 26, 2007Activists Demand Action from Al Gore for Jeff Luers - Imprisoned Climate ActivistActivists attending Gore's book-signing held a banner and distributed fliers to call att...
Posted by Central New York Earth First! on Mon, 28 May 2007 07:38:00 PST

Jeff "Free" Luers Wins Appeal!

  en espaƱolAppeal Update - February 14, 2007 (with help from Civil Liberties Defense Center) We have some good news. The Court of Appeals just unanimously ruled that Jeff's case will be reversed...
Posted by Central New York Earth First! on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 08:34:00 PST

Resist the AETA

House passes AETA - first-hand report from the Hill! S3880.ENR is the 4th/final version that passedAnimal Liberation Philosophy and Policy Journal is having a call for papers for a special issue focus...
Posted by Central New York Earth First! on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 05:32:00 PST

4th Annual Center on Animal Liberation Affairs Conference

4th Annual Center on Animal Liberation Affairs ConferenceTheme:Bringing Human/Animal Studies into Academia: Issues and Moral Dilemmas April 7, 2007Hosted at the University of Maine in Orono...
Posted by Central New York Earth First! on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 05:28:00 PST

Forest Clean Up - Always Needed

October 20, 2006 Forest Clean Up While protesting and eco-defense trainings are always fun (which we do on a weekly basis), we need to put some hard work into cleaning up the forest after many people...
Posted by Central New York Earth First! on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 05:19:00 PST

Victoria's Secret banner 6/9/06

CNY EF! activists protested outside of Carousel Mall this windy Friday afternoon and then proceeded to take the banner to an overpass over I-81.  The message was powerful and bold, reaching hundr...
Posted by Central New York Earth First! on Sun, 11 Jun 2006 05:08:00 PST

Rappelling Outing

CNY Earth First!ers practiced their rappelling skills on a  100 ft. bridge over a gorgeous river.Interested? Contact [email protected] www.cnyearthfirst.org     &n...
Posted by Central New York Earth First! on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 05:14:00 PST

Forest Clean-Up

Of course everyone knows EF! as this radical protesting group , but we are much more. Instead of going out and protesting, we decided to go o ut and clean up a local...
Posted by Central New York Earth First! on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 05:11:00 PST

Protesting Victoria's Secret

Six Syracuse environmental activists released a balloon banner stating "Victoria's Secret's Catalogs = Clearcuts" at Carousel Mall in Syracuse, New York on April 11, 2006. This action was in solidari...
Posted by Central New York Earth First! on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 05:09:00 PST

Weekend of Resistance Against the Green Scare

30 worldwide events for Weekend of Resistance Against the Green Scare! author: Friends of Jeff Free Luers        e-mail: [email protected] ...
Posted by Central New York Earth First! on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 10:10:00 PST