Explanatory commentary by Judi Bari, copied from 1990: A Year in the Life of Earth First! published in the Anderson Valley Advertiser, January 2, 1991, reprinted in Reprinted in Timber Wars, © 1994 Common Courage Press (recopied according to "Fair Use" guidelines)
Redwood Summer demonstrators seemed to have trouble finding the woods at first, and several demos were held at mills or holding signs along the highway. The Calpella chip mill demo featured a timber wife counter-demonstrator holding a sign reading, “If you take my husband’s job, he takes it out on me.” Yellow shirts held a “solidarity” rally in Fort Bragg and started planning for a counter-demo to our upcoming Ft. Bragg rally.
Right before the Fort Bragg rally, neighbors heard L-P falling old growth in Osprey Grove and called in Redwood Summer. Sixty demonstrators blocked the logging and were assaulted by Registered Professional De-Forester Lee Susan and Pardini’s logging crew, who threw rocks at the protesters and hit one with an ax-handle. In the perfect Redwood Summer scenario, protesters got arrested and stalled the cut while the Save the Redwoods League offered to buy it. L-P relented, and the old growth was saved.
Osprey Grove I
- Dawn Action in the Grove - By Barking Tree, Mendocino Country Environmentalist, August 1, 1990
- Osprey Grove Action Exemplary - By Richard Johnson, Mendocino County Environmentalist, August 1, 1990
- Redwood Summer Activists Assaulted - By Staff, Earth First! Journal, Lughnasadh / August 1, 1990
- “This is Jail...” - By Crystal McLaughlin, Mendocino Country Environmentalist, August 1, 1990
- Wrong Type of Help - By Danny Pardini, Ukiah Daily Journal, July 26, Anderson Valley Advertiser, August 1, and Santa Rosa Press Democrat, August 7, 1990
- THP 1-89-468: Osprey Grove - By Louis Korn – Anderson Valley Advertiser, August 8, 1990
- Gyppos Shafted at Osprey Grove - By Staff, Industrial Worker, September 1990
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The climax of the summer, of course, was the Fort Bragg rally. Two thousand of us rallied peacefully in an extremely tense situation, and marched through town chanting “Earth First! Profits Last!” At the other end of town 1,500 yellow shirts rallied to Maribell (the cheerleader from Hell's chant of ”2-4-6-8, Who do we appreciate? Loggers, loggers, yeah!!” In the middle of town there was a standoff between our people and several hundred angry counter-demonstrators. In a dramatic resolution, Darryl and Pam invited the hecklers to speak on our sound truck. Duane Potter, a logger whom we had never met before, stood up and told the truth—that he used to log in the summer and fish in the winter, and now there are no logs and no fish. The rally, to everyone’s surprise and relief, ended without violence.
July 21, 1990: The Fort Bragg Protest and Counter Protest
Stop Liquidation Logging! - By Roanne Withers, Betty Ball, Kelpie Wilson, Anna Marie Stenberg, and Jennifer Beigel, press release issued early July 1990 and reprinted in the Industrial Worker, September 1990- Pro-Corporate Timber “Community Solidarity” Poster (Yellow) - July 1990; image courtesy of Kay Rudin’s personal archives
- Redwood Summer Coalition poster (Green) countering the “Solidarity” leaflet - July 1990; image courtesy of Kay Rudin’s personal archives
- New Day Dawning Leaflet announcing Redwood Summer Fort Bragg Demo - July 1990; image courtesy of Kay Rudin’s personal archives
- Pro Corporate Timber “Community Solidarity” leaflet (Yellow) announcing Anti-Redwood Summer Counter Protest - July 1990; image courtesy of Kay Rudin’s personal archives
- IWW Local #1 "True Community Solidarity" Meeting Leaflet and Poster - July 1990; image courtesy of Bay Area IWW archives
- Fact or Fiction, You be the Judge! - By Tom Cahill, Anderson Valley Advertiser, July 4, 1990 and Mendocino Commentary, July 12, 1990
- And Then There’s The Lumberjacks: An Interview with Rick Evans - By Lynne Dahl, Anderson Valley Advertiser, July 11, 1990
- Redwood Summer Appears in Fort Bragg Saturday: Frame-Up Dropped - By Bruce Anderson, Anderson Valley Advertiser, July 18, 1990
- Redwood Protest to Proceed on GP Turf; More arrests predicted here than at Somoa - By Judy Nichols – North Coast News, July 19, 1990
- Community Solidarity Movement Revs Up; Supporters Flock to Yellow Storefront - By Judy Nichols, North Coast News, July 19, 1990
- Which Side are You On? - By Nat Bingham, North Coast News, July 19, 1990
- California’s “Timber War” Heats Up - By Chuck Idelson and Tara Kramer, People’s Daily World, July 21, 1990
- Bosco Addresses LaRouche Rally - By AVA News service, Anderson Valley Advertiser, July 25, 1990
- We Didn’t Hold No Parade - By William Bradd, Anderson Valley Advertiser, July 25, 1990
- Healing the Earth - By Feather Forestwalker, Mendocino Commentary, July 26, 1990
- Peace & Love - By Jynx Houston, Mendocino Commentary, July 26, 1990
- A Letter to Loggers - By Jess Shoup, Anderson Valley Advertiser, August 1, 1990
- Two Thousand Rally at Fort Bragg - By Staff, Earth First! Journal, Lughnasadh / August 1, 1990
- Triumph for the Redwoods: Powerful, Nonviolent Forest Rally - By Richard Johnson, Mendocino County Environmentalist, August 1, 1990
- Eyewitness in Ft. Bragg - By Sabrina Ellis, Country Activist, August 1990
- Editor’s Afterword - By Beth Bosk, New Settler Interview, Issue #51, August 1990
- Redwood Summer Arrives - By Judy Nichols and Gayle Caldwell, North Coast News, August 2, 1990
- Redwood Summer: Fort Bragg - By Dale Glaser, Mendocino Environmental Center Newsletter, Summer / Fall 1990
- One Worker Speaks Out: An Interview with Duane Potter - By Lynne Dahl, Anderson Valley Advertiser, August 15, 1990
- Beyond Dialogue - By Paul Encimer, Country Activist, September 1990
- Response to Paul Encimer - By Sylvia Yoneda, Country Activist, October 1990
At the end of July, Redwood Summer moved to the Sequoia National Forest, where 400 people joined a rendezvous and action that stopped all logging in the area for the day at eight different logging sites.
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