Earth First! Journal 20, no. 7

Abstract

Grauer, Yael, et al., eds., Earth First! Journal 20, no. 7 (1 August 2000). Republished by the Environment & Society Portal, Multimedia Library. http://www.environmentandsociety.org/node/7055.

In this issue of Earth First! Journal Pixiloo reports on the difficult fight against logging in the Sierra Nevada forests, Lin Wong discusses the OSA/FTAA, trade liberalization, and the environment, and James Bell discusses genetic engineering in Peoria, Illinois.

"We camped outside of town and enjoyed a beautiful star-filled night around the fire. David Pittman, a local Peoria organizer, came by to give us the latest. He spoke about how we would be joined by irate farmers outside the Peoria Civic Center where the US House of Representatives Agriculture Committee would be taking testimony from farmers about federal farm policy. Only problem was that the farmers weren’t invited by the committee! Instead, the 21 individuals inside testifying as farmers were representative of large agribusiness interests. The topic of how biotech foods are destroying the American farmer would most likely not be discussed. We aimed to bring that discussion into the streets and onto television screens and newspapers."

— James Bell

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