Meaning of ecodefence | Babel Free

Definitions

Collectively, actions intended to disrupt human activities perceived to be damaging to the environment, typically including civil disobedience and illegal sabotage.

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Examples

“⁽¹⁾ Ecodefence is a provocative call⟳ to those deeply concerned with the need⟳ for immediate protection of the limited wilderness areas remaining in Canada and the U.S. ⁽²⁾ Foreman concedes that ecodefence is not the only answer⟳ to the defence and promotion of wilderness. ⁽³⁾ The guide⟳ includes contributions from several different authors who, with the exception of Foreman, remain⟳ anonymous because the ecodefence tactics they advocate are acts of civil disobedience or crimes against property. ⁽⁴⁾ […] who should be included in the ecodefence groups, and how to ensure one’s own⟳ safety and the safety of those engaged in the activities one is trying to prevent⟳. [¶] Despite the space dedicated to the safety issue⟳, one walks away with the sense⟳ that ecodefence may be a very dangerous activity.”

“Ecodefence groups are seen, generally unfavourably, as a mix⟳ of ‘Green Luddites’ and ‘Green Guerillas’ (neither comparison is very satisfactory; the latter description is inept, given that they generally avoid⟳ violence, in ordinary senses, and intend⟳ none, carry⟳ no weapons, and only venture out on occasional forays). One reason⟳ for the controversialness of the tactics is that ecodefence activities conflict, through direct⟳ commission, with the laws of the state, which are commonly arranged to allow⟳, or even encourage⟳, environmental devastation and vandalism.”

“The front page leads with an editorial about the Gandalf trial under a typically confrontational headline: ‘Fuck you, pigs!’. The following three pages are taken up with the magazine’s regular ‘diaries’: of animal liberation, ecodefence and ‘community resistance’. Each attempts to list all examples of actions (both violent and peaceful) that have⟳ taken place⟳ in support⟳ of these causes since the previous issue⟳.”

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