Since the 1970s, environmental blockades disrupting the
exploitation and destruction of forests, rivers, and other
biodiverse places have been one of the most attention-grabbing and
contentious forms of political action. This book explores when,
where, and why environmental blockading and its associated tactics
first arose. The author explores a broad range of questions,
including how did tactics and practices first developed and
popularised during environmental blockades come to feature
regularly in animal rights, peace, refugee, and other campaigns?
What are blockaders hoping to achieve? How have such blockades and
tactics shaped government policy, the culture of modern politics,
and popular understandings of ecology, colonialism, and activism?
This book offers the first comprehensive history and analysis of
environmental blockading in three key countries: Australia, the
United States, and Canada. As the first places to experience
sustained protest cycles which fully established, promoted, and
developed the environmental blockading repertoire as an ongoing
strategic option for movements nationally and internationally,
these campaigns were central in creating a new approach to
conservation issues. They also played a leading role in making
obstructive direct action a regular part of political campaigning,
as seen in the form of the Extinction Rebellion (XR),
alter-globalisation, climate justice, and other movements. This
book draws on rigorous archival research including sources ranging
from personal diaries, campaign minutes, and video footage through
to police reports and newspaper articles, as well as interviews
with more than 30 protest leaders and campaigners. It will be of
great interest to students and scholars in the fields of sociology,
political science, history, green criminology, and
interdisciplinary environmental studies.
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