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Great Books: EARTH FIRST! Direct Action Manual, Timber Wars by Judi Bari, Redwood Uprising by Steve Ongerth

https://earthfirstjournal.org/store/product/earth-first-direct-action-manual-third-edition/


Earth First! Direct Action Manual. 

NOTE: We want to make sure the Direct Action Manual can get in the hands of any activist or group that will put it to use. If you would like to order more than 10 copies, or would like to negotiate a price different than the prices listed here, please contact us!
collective[at]earthfirstjournal.org; (561) 320-3840
The DAM is almost 300 pages of diagrams, descriptions of techniques and a comprehensive overview of the role direct action plays in resistance—from planning an action, doing a soft blockade, putting up a treesit or executing a lockdown; to legal and prisoner support, direct action trainings, fun political pranks, and more. The DAM has been compiled and updated by frontline activists from around the US to help spread the knowledge and get these skills farther out in the world.
Single Copies: $15—This is just barely above cost for printing and shipping—a little money is still being generated for the Earth First! Journal and the Direct Action Fund. Thanks!

Timber Wars. 

Darryl Cherney Says: I was Judi's organizing partner for the full 9 years I knew her. Her writings are humorous, easy on the eye, and insightful. Most important, like any autobiographical work, they give an insiders insight into the topic at hand. Pieces Why I Hate the Corporate Press are funny and poignant. There was one chapter I disagreed with: Showdown at the Earth First corral. I was present at most or all of the events Judi writes about and she's spot on. It's a limited edition, so buy it while you can!



Bill Wilson, Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous was VERY Excited about the use of LSD in treating Alcoholism... Then he had Second Thoughts...

He started AA because of a Psychedelic Experience where he met GOD personally by taking Belladonna and Henbane on a five day guided Trip... He saw a Mystical White Light and was given the Fundamental Idea of AA...in 1935... Then 20 Years Later... He tried LSD and thought it would be really great if everyone met GOD personally...

In 1955, came to believe that LSD was a way to allow that meeting to happen... Many AA members were having trouble with the step where you needed to believe that a "Higher Power" could restore your Sanity. Especially members that did not believe in God... Bill felt that LSD could introduce people to a Higher Power DIRECTLY...

Sort of like having God's Phone Number, Dialing the Phone and Handing it to the AA member...

Then on second thought... Bill realized that the AA program was working just fine as it was and there was NO NEED TO FIX SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT BROKEN.

Then use of LSD became just another "Outside Issue" that AA had no opinion on... [Tradition 10]
And this turned out to be a wise choice...

https://aaagnostica.org/2015/05/10/bill-wilsons-experience-with-lsd/

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2012/aug/23/lsd-help-alcoholics-theory

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