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What a timely rediscovery this was! While it's been said so many times that it has become a cliche, I find a lot of truth One of my favorite aspects of being a die-hard bibliophile is finding just the right book to read at the time that I would be most receptive to its subject matter. While it's been said so many times that it has become a cliche, I find a lot of truth in George Santayana's statement that "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. When I moved to Eugene, Oregon, at the turn of the century I was a young and naive firebrand from North Idaho whose activism had been honed in the conflicts against the Aryan Nations white supremacists that inhabited my hometown and the logging industry that had kept the region employed since most of the mines had been tapped out.

I had first heard of the ALF and ELF through my family's dinner table conversations- my mother had been employed for a time doing worker's compensation evaluations for injured loggers and this was where I had first heard of activists spiking trees to protect the endangered spotted owl in old growth forests. My father was employed by a government agency that had frequently been the target of activists, I remember one night when he had just returned from a round up of wild horses in Utah only to learn that a band of activists had released the herd back into the wild shortly after he had left.

Even at my young age I remember being satisfied at this news, thinking that wild creatures deserve to be free and that the land was better off as home to these herds rather than as more grazing land to be stripped by cattle. As I grew older and found myself finding peace among the company of centuries-old trees away from the noise of the city, my resolve to protect these forests solidified and I made myself many promises.

Around this time I also became aware of the resistance of environmental activists in Eugene, particularly the action on June 1st, , where activists climbed into a stand of the town's oldest trees that were to be cut down to make way for a new shopping center. My mind was made up, Eugene was where I needed to go to lend myself to these efforts. What I found when I arrived was a community tearing itself apart with paranoia and fear.

Comrades were rotting in prison for refusing to cooperate with grand jury witch hunts an event that is already happening again here in the Pacific North-West , houses were being raided by the FBI on a regular basis, and no one knew just how far the feds were willing to go to portray the environmental movement as deadly terrorists, despite the fact that in all of their actions the ALF and ELF had never harmed a single human. Needless to say, strangers who had just arrived in town asking questions were immediately suspect and my welcome was none too warm. This was the lasting legacy of Rod Coronado and his quest to end fur farming in the United States.

A militant activist who had cut his teeth sinking whaling boats in Iceland for the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Coronado was one of the first in the United States to adopt tactics of direct action to protect animal life. After working closely with hunt saboteurs, a tactic in which activists fill the woods during hunting season and harass hunters in order to protect wildlife, Rod turned his attention to the fur industry.

First going undercover as a farmer thinking about starting to breed mink, Rod filmed the conditions that mink were raised in and the skinning process for an above-ground group that was trying to use shock video to persuade congressional reps to pass more restrictive legislation.

When these efforts yielded nothing but despair, Rod turned to more direct methods, recruiting like-minded activists to destroy research facilities at schools in Oregon, Washington, and Utah, and prompting a backlash from frightened fur farmers whose effects we are still feeling today. It is easy to paint Coronado as a naive idealist, a man searching for an identity who threw himself into causes to make up for a spiritual emptiness within, and author Dean Kuipers does not hesitate to show Coronado with all of his flaws, but I feel that this only makes the story more compelling.

He was one man, flawed yet beautiful, who loved life so much that he was unable to sit idly and see it destroyed. While many of his actions can be derided Really, dude? Stealing from the Crazy Horse monument on a whim? It's sad that his lasting legacy is the expansion of the definition of terrorism to include property destruction to make a political statement, an expansion that is still being used to punish radicals while those who wreak havoc upon the very land that we depend on for survival are heralded as pillars of the community.

As resistance becomes more ever-present on the streets of America and we hurtle faster and faster toward what can only be a reckoning between capital and sustainability, it is important to know where we have come from and to know the forces that are arrayed against us. Kuipers' book is a great start. Aug 06, Nancy rated it it was amazing Recommended to Nancy by: There is also some information on activities of the Earth Liberation Front.

Dean Kuipers has reported on Coronado and other environmental activists for 18 years and that shows. His access to this movement over a long period of time gives him insights that many biographers lack. Kuipers does not present Coronado as any kind of saint. He reports the actions and emotions of both Coronado and of people w This is a well researched even handed biography of Rod Coronado and the Animal Liberation Front.

He reports the actions and emotions of both Coronado and of people who whose property was damaged by his vandalism and arson. The book has a real ring of truth to it. I noticed several people have given this book low rankings without any written review.

I suspect this is because they do not approve of Coronado's actions. I consider myself a serious environmentalist who does not approve of arson. Still, I found the book a good one which gave me some insight into why someone might become involved in vandalism and arson. Oct 01, Derek Emerson rated it really liked it Shelves: Kuipers' book explores a world known to few, but intensely followed by environmentalists on one hand and the FBI on another. Actually, it is not fair to paint this as an us vs.

Coronado is an environmental activist who eventually began breaking into areas where animals were held and freeing them before burning down research centers. His radical beliefs have made him a folk hero among some, a Kuipers' book explores a world known to few, but intensely followed by environmentalists on one hand and the FBI on another. His radical beliefs have made him a folk hero among some, a terrorist to others, and an enigma to still more. Kuipers traces Coronado's life in such a way that we see his eventual criminal acts as a natural development of his ideals.

He is raised with a love of nature, but moves from a hunter and fisher to become a vegan devoting his life to saving animals. Coronado's radical beliefs are fostered early by Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd organization.

Along with another member. Coronado sank two whaling boats in Iceland, although they made sure no people were on board at the time. This daring action quickly propelled him to fame and he escaped prosecution since Watson claimed credit to protect the two involved. We then see Coronado's involvement with Earth First! Eventually Coronado develops Operation Bite Back, which focused on fur farms and the fur trading industry.

The book takes off in Kuipers' descriptions of the operations, which read at times like spy thrillers as Coronado stakes out his targets and avoids detection. Kuipers is clearly an environmentalist himself, and his journalism has focused on this area, which may explain his ability to get so many people to talk about illegal activities. The reader gets a full description of the rationale, the action, and the reactions behind the different attacks.

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One of the more interesting aspects of the book surrounds Coronado's "disappearance" from society once the FBI identifies him and his picture begins adorning post office walls. A Native American, Coronado takes the time to begin fully examining his own roots, which not surprisingly support his approach to life. Yet these new experiences lead him to a new understanding of himself and he begins to rethink some of his positions.

We also get to see the paranoia which develops in someone who realizes that every new person could be an undercover agent or that a friend may turn him in for a reward. Coronado does not always handle the pressure well, but before he can break the FBI finally captures him. However, Kuipers paints the FBI as some evil force going after an innocent man, when in fact they are tracking down a multiple arsonist.

Coronado is an environmental activist who eventually began breaking into areas where animals were held and freeing them before burning down research centers. His radical beliefs have made him a folk hero among some, a terrorist to others, and an enigma to still more.

Kuipers traces Coronado's life in such a way that we see his eventual criminal acts as a natural development of his ideals. He is raised with a love of nature, but moves from a hunter and fisher to become a vegan devoting his life to saving animals. Coronado's radical beliefs are fostered early by Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd organization. Along with another member. Coronado sank two whaling boats in Iceland, although they made sure no people were on board at the time. This daring action quickly propelled him to fame and he escaped prosecution since Watson claimed credit to protect the two involved.

We then see Coronado's involvement with Earth First! Eventually Coronado develops Operation Bite Back, which focused on fur farms and the fur trading industry. The book takes off in Kuipers' descriptions of the operations, which read at times like spy thrillers as Coronado stakes out his targets and avoids detection. Kuipers is clearly an environmentalist himself, and his journalism has focused on this area, which may explain his ability to get so many people to talk about illegal activities.

The reader gets a full description of the rationale, the action, and the reactions behind the different attacks. One of the more interesting aspects of the book surrounds Coronado's "disappearance" from society once the FBI identifies him and his picture begins adorning post office walls. A Native American, Coronado takes the time to begin fully examining his own roots, which not surprisingly support his approach to life.

Yet these new experiences lead him to a new understanding of himself and he begins to rethink some of his positions. We also get to see the paranoia which develops in someone who realizes that every new person could be an undercover agent or that a friend may turn him in for a reward. Coronado does not always handle the pressure well, but before he can break the FBI finally captures him. However, Kuipers paints the FBI as some evil force going after an innocent man, when in fact they are tracking down a multiple arsonist.

Agree with Coronado or not, his work clearly fits something which the FBI does track down on a regular basis. This is a story which has not ended, and Kuipers struggles with how to end the book which tends to fizzle out. Coronado is still actively involved in the animal rights movement, but some of his beliefs have changed. What Kuipers shows very well is that Coronado is a person who acts on his beliefs, but is also all too human.

He makes mistakes in his work, in his relationships, and even in how he treats himself. While Kuipers clearly admires his subject, this is no hagiography. For those unfamiliar with the radical environmental movement, this book will be eye opening and enlightening. For those who are part of that movement, they will find a person to emulate.

Rod Coronado's War to Save American Wilderness

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Return to Book Page. Coronado embarked on a renegade arson campaign—risking everything for his cause—and found himself caught up in terrorism prosecutions now sweeping the movement. Paperback , pages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.

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