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Radical20Environmentalism20june2042019.pptxThe Ethics of Radical Environmentalists
The Ethics of Radical Environmentalists
1- Sea Shepherd
2- Earth First!
3- Earth Liberation Front
4- Animal Liberation Front Thesis: If governments don’t act to protect the environment, it is ethical - even required - to act on one’s own
The Sea Shepherd
Founded in 1978 by former
Greenpeace activist
Paul Watson (Greenpeace was to wimpy)
The Sea Shepherd
Founded in 1978 by former
Greenpeace activist
Paul Watson (Greenpeace was to wimpy)
How does the second quote adjust the first one?
The Sea Shepherd
Founded in 1978 by former
Greenpeace activist
Paul Watson (Greenpeace was to wimpy)
What about the third?
The Sea Shepherd
Founded in 1978 by former
Greenpeace activist
Paul Watson (Greenpeace was to wimpy)
One could argue that an
Anthropocentrist could be on his side
The Sea Shepherd
Founded in 1978 by former
Greenpeace activist
Paul Watson (Greenpeace was to wimpy)
Fighting for Ocean Mammals against those who violate the law
Fighting to save species from extinction
Fighting to change our minds
The Sea Shepherd
Founded in 1978 by former
Greenpeace activist
Paul Watson (Greenpeace was to wimpy)
Fighting for Ocean Mammals against those who violate the law
Fighting to save species from extinction
Fighting to change our minds
Tactics:
Video and expose illegal whaling and fishing (Major Publicity focus)
Symbolic protests - Blood thrown onto whaling boats
Ramming illegal whaling boats
Fighting against both industries & countries
The Sea Shepherd
Founded in 1978 by former
Greenpeace activist
Paul Watson (Greenpeace was to wimpy)
Fighting for Ocean Mammals against those who violate the law
Fighting to save species from extinction
Fighting to change our minds
Tactics:
Video and expose illegal whaling and fishing (Major Publicity focus)
Symbolic protests - Blood thrown onto whaling boats
Ramming illegal whaling boats
Fighting against both industries & countries
End Result: https://youtu.be/nNKmfccry2g
Earth First!
Founded by Dave Foreman in 1980 - left the WILDERNESS SOCIETY because it was too
wimpy and ineffectual
Members took part in dramatic civil disobedience campaigns.
When these failed, they moved on to acts of sabotage - that they called “Eco-tage”
Goal: Stop commercialization in biologically sensitive lands –with particular focus on old-growth forests
Earth First!
Tactics: 1) Raise awareness of the Destruction of the Forest 2) Increase the cost for companies engaged in environmentally destructive practices 3) Shame mainstream environmentalists into taking stronger stands by harshly criticizing them and exposing their compromising positions
Basis of their Ethics: Self Defense: Since “Earth Defense is Self Defense”
“Earth Defense is Self Defense”
Road block on
access road to a
development
Chained together blocking entrance to a Fracking Business
Blocking a Logging Road
Tree Sitting
Chained herself to the bottom of a tractor trailer
Earth First! Turns to Violence
Dave Foreman on Violence
“Any creature, no matter how seemingly meek, will fight back when threatened . . . Eastern [religious] ideas of stepping out of the violent cycle are presumptuous and anthropocentric (by setting human beings apart from the semi-violent natural world) . . . I am entirely pragmatic about violence/nonviolence. We should use whichever we feel comfortable with and whichever is most appropriate to a particular situation . . . There are many paths one can take to defend our Earth Mother. Including that of the warrior”
“Unfortunately, I am still an animal . . . I cannot turn the other cheek”
Tactics:
Pouring sand in the crank cases of earth movers and bulldozers.
Rounded up and freed cattle to protest damage to sensitive government land
Cut down billboards along the San Diego County coastline
Disabled the vehicles--- and tried to make citizen arrests of off-road enthusiasts who they say were driving illegally
Stalk hunters looking for bighorn sheep in the Mojave Desert, sounding air horns to scare animals
Drive Spikes into Old Growth Trees which they break the chainsaws of forest company workers
Pull up Survey Stakes places by surveyors around proposal building sites in sensitive areas
“No Compromise in Defense
of Mother Earth”
Eco-Defense
Earth First! Splintered over how violent to be
Tension in the group 1- Over how “religious/spiritual” they should be and 2- Over peaceful Civil Disobedience or Violent Confrontationalism
The Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
ELF was established in the United Kingdom in 1990 and in the US in 1992
Took direct action in resistance to roadbuilding projects in forests , many of which enjoyed significant public support.
Started out more nonviolent civil disobedience but many members felt that more aggressive tactics than nonviolent civil disobedience were necessary.
Members refer to themselves as “elves”
Earth Liberation Front
Each cell of the ELF operates autonomously and separately from the others.
ELF cells anonymously send communiques to the above-ground Press Office, which publicizes and explains the underground actions.
General ELF Guidelines:
Any direct action taken to halt ecological destruction whilst keeping to the following guidelines could, if claimed as such, be considered an ELF action.
To inflict maximum economic damage on those profiting from the destruction and exploitation of the natural environment.
To reveal and educate the public about the atrocities committed against the earth and all species that populate it.
To take all necessary precautions against harming any animal - human and nonhuman.
Earth Liberation Front
Tactics:
Burning down housing developments in former wilderness
Destroying the buildings of Timber companies
Destroying SUVs and entire franchises
Destroying Ski Resorts under construction
Caused several 100 million dollars worth of damage in
the US since 1992
FBI Labeled the ELF its number one domestic terrorism group.
Massive Destruction of Property
Massive Destruction of Property
Massive Destruction of Property
Massive Destruction of Property
Massive Destruction of Property
Thoughts on this tag line?
Animal Liberation Front ALF
Founded by Ronnie Lee in the UK in 1976
Now Active in over 40 countries including the US
Animal Liberation Front ALF
Founded by Ronnie Lee in the UK in 1976
Now Active in over 40 countries including the US
No centralized organization but small units/cells.
Animal Liberation Front ALF
Founded by Ronnie Lee in the UK in 1976
Now Active in over 40 countries including the US
No centralized organization but small units/cells.
Tactics:
Liberate animals held against their will:
Farms
Mink coat facilities
University Labs Cosmetic companies where animal testing is performed
Animal Liberation Front ALF
Founded by Ronnie Lee in the UK in 1976
Now Active in over 40 countries including the US
No centralized organization but small units/cells.
Tactics
Liberate animals held against their will – farms, mink coat mink facilities, schools, cosmetic companies where animal testing is performed.
The ALF Mission Statement
1 To effectively allocate resources (time and money) to end the "property" status of nonhuman animals.
The ALF Mission Statement
1 To effectively allocate resources (time and money) to end the "property" status of nonhuman animals. 2 To inflict economic damage on those who profit from the misery and exploitation of animals.
The ALF Mission Statement
1 To effectively allocate resources (time and money) to end the "property" status of nonhuman animals. 2 To inflict economic damage on those who profit from the misery and exploitation of animals. 3 To liberate animals from places of abuse, i.e. laboratories, factory farms, fur farms etc., and place them in good homes where they may live out their natural lives, free from suffering.
The ALF Mission Statement
1 To effectively allocate resources (time and money) to end the "property" status of nonhuman animals. 2 To inflict economic damage on those who profit from the misery and exploitation of animals. 3 To liberate animals from places of abuse, i.e. laboratories, factory farms, fur farms etc., and place them in good homes where they may live out their natural lives, free from suffering. 4 To reveal the horror and atrocities committed against animals behind locked doors, by performing nonviolent direct actions and liberations
The ALF Mission Statement
1 To effectively allocate resources (time and money) to end the "property" status of nonhuman animals. 2 To inflict economic damage on those who profit from the misery and exploitation of animals. 3 To liberate animals from places of abuse, i.e. laboratories, factory farms, fur farms etc., and place them in good homes where they may live out their natural lives, free from suffering. 4 To reveal the horror and atrocities committed against animals behind locked doors, by performing nonviolent direct actions and liberations 5 To take all necessary precautions against harming any animal, human and non-human.
The ALF Mission Statement
1 To effectively allocate resources (time and money) to end the "property" status of nonhuman animals. 2 To inflict economic damage on those who profit from the misery and exploitation of animals. 3 To liberate animals from places of abuse, i.e. laboratories, factory farms, fur farms etc., and place them in good homes where they may live out their natural lives, free from suffering. 4 To reveal the horror and atrocities committed against animals behind locked doors, by performing nonviolent direct actions and liberations 5 To take all necessary precautions against harming any animal, human and non-human. 6 Any group of people who are vegetarians or vegans and who carry out actions according to ALF guidelines have the right to regard themselves as part of the ALF. [1] http://www.animalliberationfront.com/
Liberating Animals
Also called Breaking and Entering and burglary
Freeing minks who were on their way to becoming coats - and Ferrets
Protesting against animal testing/cruelty in Colleges and Universities
Burned Down Animal Testing Lab at Oregon State
Public Acts of Defiance – Destroying worn furs
This is actually staged
For S in the S
Conclusions?
