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Judi Bari & Earth First documentary (4 posts)

  1. truthmod
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    People seem to be dancing around it, but the theory here seems to be that the FBI (or one of their assets) bombed Judi Bari and then they tried to frame it on her to associate the environmental movement with terrorism.

    http://www.democracynow.org/2012/3/27/judi_bari_re...

    http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2012/3/27/part_2_...

    AMY GOODMAN: Why do you think? And what have you concluded after 20 years and making this film, Who Bombed Judi Bari?

    DARRYL CHERNEY: Well, the FBI files on Earth First! go all the way back to 1981, when Earth First! was conducting civil disobedience against the secretary of the interior to stop some oil drilling leases, and they’ve—had been following us. They did a sting operation on Earth First! in 1988. The FBI tried to get Earth Firsters to literally blow up three nuclear power plants. They failed, because they realized that Earth Firsters would not associate themselves with bombs. And yet, it seems very clear that the FBI was intent on associating Earth First! with bombs, and that’s exactly what happened in our case. So they had a history of trying to discredit Earth First! really right out of the box.

    Posted 12 years ago #
  2. truthmod
    Administrator

    There's a little hint about who did the bombing in their logo...

    Upcoming screenings here:
    http://www.whobombedjudibari.com/schedule.htm

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    Posted 12 years ago #
  3. truthmod
    Administrator

    I saw the film at the Oakland Int'l Film Festival yesterday. It's really well done--almost all archival footage with no narration. They use Judi Bari's videotaped deposition to move the story along. The director, Darryl Cherney was there and stated unequivocally that he believes FBI agents conspired with Louisiana-Pacific lumber company to place the bomb. FBI Special Agent Frank Doyle, Louisiana-Pacific head of security Frank Wigginton, and FBI Special Agent-in-Charge of the San Francisco FBI Office Richard W. Held are the suspects that Cherney named during the Q&A. Held has a history with COINTELPRO.

    http://www.judibari.org/America%27s_Secret_Police....

    Cherney expects that the mystery of who bombed Judi Bari could be solved this year. The FBI is currently appealing a court decision to release evidence for DNA testing.

    I think this is an exciting case where the extent of the corruption in the government might actually come out into the mainstream media. What the hell is the FBI or the government going to say if it is proven that they were involved in this attempted assassination? Maybe it's just wishful thinking, but at least the film is getting some buzz...

    Posted 12 years ago #
  4. truthmod
    Administrator

    An old Earth First documentary from 1987. Some powerful speakers in this.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhTTAVbDEfw

    Interesting that many of these radicals have now moved on to working with "legitimate" environmental groups such as the Wildlands Project. I'm sure some of them decided they could have a greater impact "working within the system" but I'm sure that seeing the FBI try to kill and frame you and your colleagues had an impact. Something as powerful as what you see in the film above is a definite threat to the system. I wish I was hearing such passionate and articulate voices today.

    http://www.twp.org/

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Roselle

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Foreman

    Posted 12 years ago #

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