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Ecoterrorists Plot 'to Destroy Civilization'
NewsMax.com Wires ^ | Tuesday, July 16, 2002 | Bridget Barton

Posted on 07/15/2002 4:41:20 PM PDT by Grampa Dave

PORTLAND, Ore. – If you are looking for a way to while away those hot summer days, you might be interested in Green Anarchy Tour, coming to "urban hells" throughout the country this summer.

The tour begins in Ashland, Ore., Wednesday and travels through California and the Southwest before making it to Washington, D.C., in August.

The purpose of the tour, according to its sponsors, is "to destroy civilization on this stolen land."

Green Anarchy Tour is a chance for "environmental" activists, animal "rights" activists, anarchists and urban hell-dwellers of all stripes to gather together to enjoy the musical stylings of punk rock bands such as "Bongzilla" and "The Fartz," and to participate in what they call "Direct Action Workshops."

Direct action is the euphemism that anarchists and ecoterrorists use in lieu of "sabotage," "arson," and other words that might better describe their attacks against government, the business community or society at large.

Wildfires raging in the West and plumes of smoke drifting across the Eastern seaboard from Canadian forest fires are reminders of the consequences that environmental extremism brings to ordinary citizens.

Decades of mismanagement prompted by extreme preservationist groups have resulted in the firestorms now erupting in our national forests. Burned-out buildings, bankrupt businesses, lost jobs, and the destruction of years of valuable medical research all bear the imprimatur of anarchists and terrorists of the sort that Green Anarchy Tour appears to want to attract.

Proceeds from the tour, if there are any, will, according to the official Web site, go to help West Coast anarchist and Earth Liberation Front prisoners such as Jeffrey "Free" Luers and Craig "Critter" Marshall, both convicted of arson for fire-bombing a car dealership in Oregon.

Writing from his prison cell, Luers had this to say about "direct action" by ecoterrorists: "For years, decades, we have pleaded and petitioned those in power, those responsible for injustice, genocide and ecocide. This pleading has gone unanswered. It is time to use actions that can not [sic] be ignored.

'Strike a Match'

"In defense of life, these actions are justified. 'Strike a match, light a fuse. We only have the Earth to lose.'"

Marshall writes from the same viewpoint. "To tear down this corporate society we're going to need more than a few 'wrecking balls' because we can't rebuild an eco-system without tearing down all that stands in its way. You can't grow a garden in concrete."

"The Green Anarchy Tour," the group posts on its Web site, "is an attempt to bridge the gap between the punk movement, the revolutionary anarchist movement, the ecological movement, and prisoners of war who have been incarcerated for their involvement in the struggles listed above.

"The majority of the content encompassed on this tour is from Eugene, an outpost of civilization in one of the most wild bio-regions in 'North America.' Eugene experienced the spirit of wild chaos during a couple [of] years of insurrection. In the aftermath, several comrades were imprisoned, several collectives endured, and what remains today is one of the most sophisticated propaganda mills in history.

"The tragedy of this historic propaganda mill is the geographic limit of it's [sic] reach. While many attempts have been made to present the critique and analysis developed in Eugene, they have not peaked outside of this locale. The Green Anarchy Tour will be an attempt to take the tools we have refined, the tools of resistance, to a new scale.

Will They Travel by Solar-Powered Vehicles?

"Through the media of slides, videos, spoken word, and music, we will share our perspective to comrades across turtle island in what may very well be one of the last state-permitted summers of 'above-ground organizing.' We understand that time is running out, for us and for the earth, and thus we will take our words, ideas, music, and spirit on the snakes of concrete, the civilized transportation infrastructure to various movements in America."

But for the more serious ecoterrorist who eschews the sort of fun and good times that Green Anarchy Tour is bringing to towns across turtle island, there is this alternative option proposed by Earth First!:

"To those feeling suicidal: this may be an answer to your dreams. If you are determined to end it all, don't slink off to some garage and intensify acid rain and the greenhouse effect by CO poisoning. Don't jump off a bridge - blow up the bridge! Who says you can't take it with you?"

Unfortunately, as Earth First! and Green Anarchy Tour remind us, and as we have been reminded in recent weeks by concerns about a dirty bomb possibly in the hands of a U.S. citizen, not all terrorism threats come from outside the country.

Analysis by Bridget Barton, editor of "BrainstormNW," a monthly magazine of ideas, entertainment, culture and politics, for Oregon and the Northwest.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Arizona; US: California; US: Nevada; US: New Mexico; US: Oregon; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: anarchists; ashlandoregon; craigmarshall; earthfirst; ecojihadists; ecokazis; ecoterrorism; enviralists; environmental; eugeneoregon; greenanarchytour; jeffreyfreeluers; portlandoregon
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To: Fred Hayek
Fred, here the section re "Direct Action" that is in this article. It is very scary to me.

Green Anarchy Tour is a chance for "environmental" activists, animal "rights" activists, anarchists and urban hell-dwellers of all stripes to gather together to enjoy the musical stylings of punk rock bands such as "Bongzilla" and "The Fartz," and to participate in what they call "Direct Action Workshops."

Direct action is the euphemism that anarchists and ecoterrorists use in lieu of "sabotage," "arson," and other words that might better describe their attacks against government, the business community or society at large.

101 posted on 07/16/2002 5:37:07 AM PDT by Grampa Dave
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To: SuziQ
Naah, eco terrorists, last week, shut down an entire building in in downtown Portland with financial losses to those working in that building or owning businesses. This is in Portland in Oregon where recession is about become economic depression.

Mayor Katz and her worthless Police chiefs then give a don't go to jail pass to about 57 of these clymers, who are from Portland and Eugene. The only ones arrested were a few from Seattle.

Go picket a PP clinic with a picture of your happy grandchild on a poster, and you will be maced, pepper sprayed, kicked, beaten before they really get mad with you.

Anyone who wants to see what envirally infected socialists/communists can do to a city can just look at SF Francisco, Portland or Seattle.
102 posted on 07/16/2002 5:46:44 AM PDT by Grampa Dave
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To: Grampa Dave
Direct action is the euphemism that anarchists and ecoterrorists use in lieu of "sabotage," "arson," and other words that might better describe their attacks against government, the business community or society at large.
Yeah, I just love couched euphamisms.
Is private property covered under "the business community" or "society at large"?
103 posted on 07/16/2002 5:49:31 AM PDT by philman_36
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To: Grampa Dave
I still think that there is a link between the eco-jihad and the Islamanazis. Last spring there were links between the Palestinian's groups and some of the anrchists.

I wonder what else is planned for August? Lots of anarchists showing up can strain a police department and provide a distraction while real jihadists do their work.

104 posted on 07/16/2002 5:51:41 AM PDT by Miss Marple
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To: dixiechick2000
Every good citizen in Oregon should get a C&C permit.

When this eco terrorists talk about "Direct Action!", that is a direct threat to other citizens.

Would you please post Brainstorm's url for the rest of us?
105 posted on 07/16/2002 5:53:25 AM PDT by Grampa Dave
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To: philman_36
60% of the acts of Eco Terrorism the last 5-6 years have happened in Oregon.

Those acts have been committed against corporations, privately owned business, trucks owned by independent operators.

The eco terrorists's poster boy governor in Oregon, has done nothing about these attacks by ALF/ELF/PETA and the Anarchists living in the open in Eugene and Portland.

This could be a real warning to the rest of us by these eco terrorists.
106 posted on 07/16/2002 6:00:06 AM PDT by Grampa Dave
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To: Miss Marple
Miss Marple posted, "I still think that there is a link between the eco-jihad and the Islamanazis. Last spring there were links between the Palestinian's groups and some of the anrchists.

You and I are in total agreement here. If the Opecker Princes can buy out former presidents get the main line envirals like Club Sierra to work 24/7 to make us more dependent on Opecker Oil, it wouldn't take very many $'s to finance these more violent eco terrorists.

107 posted on 07/16/2002 6:03:24 AM PDT by Grampa Dave
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To: philman_36
Direct action is the euphemism that anarchists and ecoterrorists use in lieu of "sabotage," "arson," and other words

If they like euphemisms, perhaps they could be introduced to "terminate with extreme prejudice".

108 posted on 07/16/2002 6:08:25 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: MarMema
Actually I had rather see the old concept of chain gangs revived for these eco terrorists.

If they are caught in an act of eco violence, try them for eco terrorism.

Then sentence them to live in an used REI Pup Tent in some wet in winter/hot/dry in the summer area. They have to live off of the land. They can only eat what they harvest. Then 7 days a week for 12 hours a day, they work on chaing gangs to repay the damage they have down to society or individuals.

Make the penalty 20 years of chain ganging it for each act of eco terrorism. Have the meanest and lowest IQ guards with 12 gauge shot guns loaded with double ought shells.
109 posted on 07/16/2002 6:09:26 AM PDT by Grampa Dave
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To: Grampa Dave
Save the Earth...Plant an Enviromentalist

A bumper sticker I would like to see

110 posted on 07/16/2002 6:10:30 AM PDT by Clovis_Skeptic
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To: Grampa Dave
Yet the governor of Oregon sets there and ignores them. Makes you wonder what types of photos they have of him have illegal sex with old growth trees and/or endangered species.

Nahhh...it's much less complicated to explain:

He's one of them!

111 posted on 07/16/2002 6:11:39 AM PDT by B Knotts
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To: tubebender
I wonder if these Dirt Firsters have anything to do with that missing vehicle we have been communicating about.

You might want to forward this article to you local sheriff's department.
112 posted on 07/16/2002 6:11:54 AM PDT by Grampa Dave
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To: Tijeras_Slim
These eco terrorists could be visiting in your area this summer.

Stay safe down there!
113 posted on 07/16/2002 6:14:45 AM PDT by Grampa Dave
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To: B Knotts
You are right, he is an eco terrorist disguised as the governor of Oregon.
114 posted on 07/16/2002 6:16:20 AM PDT by Grampa Dave
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
[...Indy's perfect response]

A full magazine and a good sight picture!!!
115 posted on 07/16/2002 6:23:48 AM PDT by sidegunner
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To: Grampa Dave
We'll have an appropriate welcome ready.
116 posted on 07/16/2002 6:23:59 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Grampa Dave
It would be horrible if someone sugared the gas in their transportation or if someone cut off the power for one of their concerts.
117 posted on 07/16/2002 6:26:20 AM PDT by TC Rider
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To: Grampa Dave
Of all the governors in the country, I really think Kitzhaber is the most leftist and loony.

He actually makes Gray-Out Davis seem almost moderate by comparison.

118 posted on 07/16/2002 6:34:38 AM PDT by B Knotts
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To: cmsgop
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Talk about a target rich enviorment!
119 posted on 07/16/2002 6:35:18 AM PDT by sidegunner
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To: Clovis_Skeptic
You posted, Save the Earth...Plant an Enviromentalist

How about:

Eco Terrorists = Organic Fertilizers!

120 posted on 07/16/2002 6:38:29 AM PDT by Grampa Dave
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