A Historical Scholarly Collection of Writings on the Earth Liberation Front (Radical Animal Studies and Total Liberation)

As the inevitable, unsustainable nature of contemporary society becomes increasingly more obvious, it is important for scholars and activists to engage with the question, “what is to be done?” A Historical Scholarly Collection of Writings on the Earth Liberation Front provides an analysis and overview of an under-discussed but important part of the radical environmental movement, the Earth Liberation Front (ELF), which actively tried to stop ecocide. Through engagement with the activism and thought behind the ELF, volume contributors encourage readers to begin questioning the nature of contemporary capitalism, the state, and militarism. This book also explores the social movement and tactical impact of the ELF as well as governmental response to its activism, in order to strengthen analytic understanding of effectiveness, resistance, and community resilience. A Historical Scholarly Collection of Writings on the Earth Liberation Front is sure to inspire more scholarly work around social change, eco-terrorism, environmental studies, and environmental justice. This book is a valuable text for criminologists, sociologists, environmental advocates, politicians, political scientists, activists, community organizers, and religious leaders. Tables – Acknowledgments – Carolyn Drew: Foreword – Sean Parson/Anthony J. Nocella II/Amber E. George/Stephanie Eccles: Introduction: A Call to All Scholars to Defend Revolutionaries – Michael Becker: Rhizomatic Resistance: The Zapatistas and the Earth Liberation Front – Sean Parson: Understanding the Ideology of the Earth Liberation Front – Mark Seis: Nihilism and Desperation in Place-Based Resistance – Michael Loadenthal Ecoterrorism? Countering Dominant Narratives of Securitization: A Critical, Quantitative History of the Earth Liberation Front (1996-2009) – Colin Salter: Activism as Terrorism: The Green Scare, Radical Environmentalism and Governmentality – John Sorenson: The Myth of “Animal Rights Terrorism” – Paul Joosse: Leaderless Resistance and Ideological Inclusion: The Case of the Earth Liberation Front – Anthony J. Nocella II/Matthew J. Walton: Standing Up to Corporate Greed: The Earth Liberation Front as Domestic Terrorist Target Number One – Lawrence J. Cushnie: Mapping Discursive and Punitive Shifts: Punishment as Proxy for Distinguishing State Priorities Against Radical Environmental Activists – Joshua M. Varnell: Speaking About “Ecoterrorists”: Terrorism Discourse and the Prosecution of Eric McDavid – Meneka Repka: Radical Environmentalism as Teacher: A Pedagogy of Activism – Alexander Reid Ross: Those Mischievous Elves of Lore: The Legend and Legacy of Earth Liberation – Mara Pfeffer/Bethany Richter: Magic Kills Industry: Reclaiming ELF and Witch Deviance as Ecoqueer and Anticapital – Richard J. White: Problematising Non-violent “Terrorism” in an Age of True Terror: A Focus on the Anarchic Dimensions of the Earth Liberation Front – Contributors – Index.