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Consuming the “Planet of the Humans:” The Most Important Documentary of the...
Photo: Michael Donnelly. Back in 2007, the environmental organization 350.org was founded by author/academic Bill McKibben. The name refers to the theory that 350 parts per million of carbon in the...
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The Meltdown of the Careerist Greens
“It’s all got to change. If we come out of this crisis with all the rickety, fly-blown, worm-eaten old structures still intact, the same vain and indolent public schoolboys in charge, the same hedge...
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George Atiyeh, Opal Creek Champion
Photo: Hillary Clements. “George Atiyeh is the Hayduke of the Ancient Forests. If he went up with the forest he defended all his life, it’s the way he would have chosen to go, like Harry Truman at Mt....
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A Short Summary of the Election Fraud Grift
Photograph Source: Marc Nozell – CC BY 2.0 Operation Condition Red Trump and right-wing media claim 2.7 million votes for Trump were changed to votes for Biden. It was pulled off using a secret server...
View ArticleDancing Around the Collapsing Edges of Industrial Civilization
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View ArticleEvaluating the Climate March on its One Month Anniversary
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View ArticleFund-Raising as the World Burns: Shell Drills the Arctic, Takes a Timeout and...
“Activism is the antidote to despair.” –Joan Baez “Claiming false “victories” crushes activism and leads to more despair. Claiming false “victories” in order to fund raise is shameless and stupid.” –...
View ArticleThinking Like a Human: John Trudell’s Dream
Graffiti Man’s Got Something to Say “We have to really think like human beings. And, just accept the reality of now. And, the reality of now is that the system is unfair, and it’s not gonna be fair....
View ArticleJohn Trudell: Human Being
“I don’t want to tell people how to remember me. I want people to remember me as they remember me.” —John Trudell “He got a fast horse. Comanche warriors made sure he got their best. Hoofbeats...
View ArticleFLOP21: It’s Survival Time Now
“With the climate talks in Paris now over, the world has set itself a serious goal: limit temperature rise to 1.5C. Or failing that, 2C. Hitting those targets is absolutely necessary: even the...
View ArticleThe Cowliphate and Poisoned Kids: Twin Assaults on The Commons
When I opened up my Facebook feed today, 90 percent on the items on my feed were equally divided between the Bundy Cowliphate here in Oregon and the poisoning of the water supply in Flint, my hometown....
View ArticleWhere to Invade Next: Michael Moore’s Latest Examination of American...
The creator of the top two Documentaries of all time – Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11 – is back. Michael Moore and his merry band of co-conspirators have a new documentary out in an...
View Article“A Legacy Worth Leaving”– The 2016 Public Interest Environmental Law Conference
I had a new strategy for the 34th Annual Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC) at the University of Oregon Law School. – the grandaddy of all environmental law conferences. This year, I...
View ArticleBuilding the Opal Creek Trail: Saving an Oregon Treasure
Back in 1987, up at the mining camp at Jawbone Flats, we were discussing the Forest Service plan to build 11 miles of roads and clear-cut 1700-acres of Ancient Forest in Opal Creek. Jawbone is at the...
View ArticleGaian Hero Twilly Cannon and the Origins of the Ruckus Society
Back in 1995, things were looking bleak for the Northwest Forests. The pro-logging, exempt from all environmental laws, Salvage Rider was signed by Bill Clinton and tens of thousands of acres of...
View ArticleHow the Naked Hiker Saved the Forest
I recently wrote about the building of the Opal Creek trail and its crucial part in the successful effort to save the area and Ancient Forests, in general. That effort followed an earlier one that...
View ArticleStill Wavy After All These Years: Flower Geezer Turns 80
Wavy Gravy – Counterculture Saint Back in 1976, my pal Stacy seriously injured her back. She was at the Bay Area osteopath’s office waiting room for a pre-operation exam when an odd, rumpled guy also...
View ArticleGaian Champion Calvin Hecocta Walks On
(Calvi Hecocta 12/7/1941 – 8/17/2016) My dad always told me, “The hardest thing about growing old is your friends dying.” Dad was correct (as he was on a lot of things). This has been a hard year for...
View ArticleBody Shaming Trump: Statue of Limitations
Dammit. I never thought I’d have to defend Trump or Clinton on anything. I have to weigh in on the Naked Trump statues. Have to, because I have now been told to “Fuck off;” been called “vapid;” been...
View ArticleJackson Browne, Quiltman and Allies: Counterculture Heroes Still Here/Still...
Last August, I was at the Monkey Clan’s annual Scott Lake wilderness campout in the Cascades. I awoke at night with a distinct feeling of dread. It was fire season and I thought it may be that the...
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