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Earth First! is a far-left environmental group[1] founded on April 4, 1980 by Dave Foreman, Mike Roselle, Howie Wolke, Bart Koehler, and Ron Kezar.[2]
Earth First! members have committed numerous acts of violence and sabotage (also referred to as eco-terrorism and eco-sabotage).
Kieran Suckling, founder of the Center for Biological Diversity worked with Earth First![3]
Their publication is the Earth First! Journal.[4]
Background
On February 12 2002, Federal Bureau of Investigation's James F. Jarboe, Domestic Terrorism Section Chief, Counterterrorism Division testified in part before the House Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health:
- "Disaffected environmentalists, in 1980, formed a radical group called Earth First! and engaged in a series of protests and civil disobedience events. In 1984, however, members introduced "tree spiking" (insertion of metal or ceramic spikes in trees in an effort to damage saws) as a tactic to thwart logging. In 1992, the ELF Earth Liberation Front was founded in Brighton, England, by Earth First! members who refused to abandon criminal acts as a tactic when others wished to mainstream Earth First!.[5]