A Historical Scholarly Collection of Writings on the Earth Liberation Front

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As the inevitable, unsustainable nature of contemporary society becomes increasingly more obvious, it is important for scholars and activists to engage with the question, "what is to be done?" A Historical Scholarly Collection of Writings on the Earth Liberation Front provides an analysis and overview of an under-discussed but important part of the radical environmental movement, the Earth Liberation Front (ELF), which actively tried to stop ecocide. Through engagement with the activism and thought behind the ELF, volume contributors encourage readers to begin questioning the nature of contemporary capitalism, the state, and militarism. This book also explores the social movement and tactical impact of the ELF as well as governmental response to its activism, in order to strengthen analytic understanding of effectiveness, resistance, and community resilience. A Historical Scholarly Collection of Writings on the Earth Liberation Front is sure to inspire more scholarly work around social change, eco-terrorism, environmental studies, and environmental justice. This book is a valuable text for criminologists, sociologists, environmental advocates, politicians, political scientists, activists, community organizers, and religious leaders. Tables Acknowledgments Foreword CAROLYN DREW Introduction: A Call to All Scholars to Defend Revolutionaries SEAN PARSON, ANTHONY J. NOCELLA II, AM BER E. GEORGE, AND STEPHANIE ECCLES Part I: Classic Writings on Revolutionary Environmentalism 1. Rhizomatic Resistance: The Zapatistas and the Earth Liberation Front MICHAEL BECKER 2. Understanding the Ideology of the Earth Liberation Front SEAN PARSON 3. Nihilism and Desperation in Place-Based Resistance MARK SEIS Part II: Classic Writings on Ecoterrorism Rhetoric 4. Ecoterrorism? Countering Dominant Narratives of Securitization: A Critical, Quantitative History of the Earth Liberation Front (1996–2009) MICHAEL LOADENTHAL 5. Activism as Terrorism: The Green Scare, Radical Environmentalism and Governmentality COLIN SALTER 6. The Myth of “Animal Rights Terrorism” JOHN SORENSON 7. Leaderless Resistance and Ideological Inclusion: The Case of the Earth Liberation Front PAUL JOOSSE Part III: Classic Writings on Political Repression 8. Standing Up to Corporate Greed: The Earth Liberation Front as Domestic Terrorist Target Number One ANTHONY J. NOCELLA II AND MATTHEW J. WALTON 9. Mapping Discursive and Punitive Shifts: Punishment as Proxy for Distinguishing State Priorities Against Radical Environmental Activists LAWRENCE J. CUSHNIE 10. Speaking About “Ecoterrorists”: Terrorism Discourse and the Prosecution of Eric McDavid JOSHUA M. VARNELL Part IV: Current Perspectives 11. Radical Environmentalism as Teacher: A Pedagogy of Activism MENEKA REPKA 12. Those Mischievous Elves of Lore: The Legend and Legacy of Earth Liberation ALEXANDER REID ROSS 13. Magic Kills Industry: Reclaiming ELF and Witch Deviance as Ecoqueer and Anticapital MARA PFEFFER AND BETHANY RICHTER 14. Problematising Non-violent “Terrorism” in an Age of True Terror: A Focus on the Anarchic Dimensions of the Earth Liberation Front RICHARD J. WHITE Contributors Index