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)
With most of the experienced Redwood Summer leaders and legal team taken out by the bombing, and with our community in shock, people started arriving from around the country, and we had to keep going. Many people rose up and took my place, especially women. Karen, Kelpie, Pam, Anna Marie, Mickey, Jennifer, Lisa, Naomi, Debbie, Justine, Betty, Tracy, Roanne, Mary, Karen, Sequoia, Brian, Steve, Mokai, Robert, Zack and many more took on the risks and personal sacrifices needed to keep the movement alive.
- The Redwood Summer Coalition - Excerpts from an IWW leaflet, mid 1990
- Redwood Summer Has Begun - By Richard Johnson, Mendocino Country Environmentalist, June 15, 1990
- Redwood Summer Goes On! - By Karen Pickett and Woody Joe, Earth First! Journal, Litha / June 21, 1990
- Wobblies Needed in Northern California – An Interview with Anna Marie Stenberg, by Bart Williams, Industrial Worker, July 1990
- Los Angeles EF! Enjoys a Redwood Summer - By Peter Bralver, Earth First! Journal, Samhain / September 22, 1990
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New EF!ers in Sacramento staged the first Redwood Summer protest at the export dock.
- Central Valley EF! Exposes Log Exports - Central valley Earth First! Press Release – Earth First! Journal, Lughnasadh / August 1, 1990
Humboldt EF!ers took to the woods, where they held a “cat and mouse” action to stop logging. The Squirrel Affinity Group also staged a tree-sit in Murrulet Grove and collected biological data on endangered species in the grove before being arrested.
“Urban Earth Women” were arrested in costume at Maxxam headquarters in Marin.
June 20, 1990: The Samoa Log Export Dock Action
The first official [major] Redwood Summer protest took place in Samoa at the L-P export dock. Seven hundred people showed for the rally, and 44 were arrested blocking log and chip trucks. L-P’s Shep Tucker called it “a fizzle,” but the Press Democrat (which was still enamored with us back then) ran its story with the headline, “Practice Makes Perfect Demo.”
- Redwood Summer Protest at L-P Mill Seeks Solidarity With Mill Workers - (Press Release) By Kelpie Wilson, Jennifer Beigel, Ed Denson, and Mickey Dulas, June 20, 1990
- Excerpts from Alexander Cockburn’s Speech in Samoa - By Alexander Cockburn, June 20, 1990
- Talkin’ Earth First!: An interview with Mike Roselle - By Alexander Cockburn, Anderson Valley Advertiser, July 4, 1990
- 44 Arrested at the L-P Mill - By Staff, Earth First! Journal, Lughnasadh (August 1), 1990
- Redwood Summer is Here - By Sequoia, Mendocino Environmental Center Newsletter, Summer / Fall 1990
- Enviro-Unionists - A Speech by Jess Grant given June 20, 1990 in Samoa; transcribed by Brian Wiles-Heap from video, Industrial Worker, November 1990
- Redwood Summer Jail Survival 101 – By North Coast Earth First!, Summer 1990
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