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  Monkeywrenching
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  Monkeywrenching   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Monkeywrenching is economic warfare by sabotage, often by illegal means, used to slow down or halt an undesired government-sanctioned activity.
Monkeywrenching is therefore the destruction of earth-moving equipment such as bulldozers, skip loaders, knuckle loaders, logging equipment, and road building equipment.
Many monkeywrenchers feel they are highly ethical, and that their destructive activities are not merely justified, but laudable and necessary.
pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/m/mo/monkeywrenching.html   (173 words)

  
 The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Monkeywrenching is economic warfare by sabotage with the intent to slow down or halt activities which the monkeywrencher perceives as destructive corporate activities.
The term monkeywrenching was also used in a more general sense, not specifically related to the environment, in the book 101 Things To Do 'Til the Revolution by Claire Wolfe.
Wolfe used monkeywrenching to mean practical jokes and sabotage of what she saw as oppressive government agencies and policies in the United States, especially the IRS, BATF, gun politics and the war on drugs.
www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Monkeywrenching   (256 words)

  
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Monkeywrenchers generally should not act when there is a non-violent civil disobedience action (a blockade, etc.) taking place against the opposed project.
This is of importance to the monkeywrencher, since when you see a line of survey stakes you may not immediately notice a hub flush with the ground and almost certainly will not notice something as small as a nail, unless you know to look for such things around survey stakes.
Periodically, the monkeywrencher should detour sonic distance away from the route of the road, and dispose of this material in such a way that it is not likely to be seen.
www.geocities.com /radical_propaganda/files/Ecodefense_A_Field_Guide_To_Monkeywrenching.txt   (22175 words)

  
 IngentaConnect Monkeywrenching, Perverse Incentives and Ecodefence
Second, their main argument for monkeywrenching - which I will call the ecodefence argument - is not consequentialist at all.
After calling attention to these two under-appreciated aspects of monkeywrenching, I go on to offer a critique of the ecodefence argument.
Finally, I show that there is also a tension between the use of cost/benefit analysis to justify particular acts of ecosabotage and the clandestine nature of those acts.
www.ingentaconnect.com /content/whp/ev/2006/00000015/00000002/art00004   (158 words)

  
 Post World Industries - Library - The Future of Monkeywrenching
Elsewhere in the area, citizens put the monkeywrench to the construction of British fortifications by sinking barges loaded with bricks, tipping over supply wagons, and burning hay intended for use as soldiers bedding.
In addition, if smaller supporting businesses fear the impact of monkeywrenching against a business to which they sub-contract, they may hesitate to do business, or increase their charges to compensate themselves for also becoming targets.
These moderate environmentalists must condemn monkeywrenching so as to preserve their own image, but they should take full advantage of the credence it lends to their approach.
www.postworldindustries.com /library_text/library_praxis/future_monkeywrenching.html   (1827 words)

  
 Earth First! Journal :: Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
All of these terms describe the unlawful sabotage of industrial extraction and development equipment, as a means of striking at the Earth's destroyers where they commit their crimes and hitting them where they feel it most—in their profit margins.
Monkeywrenching is not mindless—targets are carefully picked for their strategic value.
Any potential monkeywrencher would do well to study it carefully before embarking on the clearly illegal and potentially dangerous path of ecotage.
www.earthfirstjournal.org /MWEnglish.shtml   (239 words)

  
 MONKEYWRENCHING INFO AND TIPS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The term was also used in a more general sense, not specifically related to the environment, in the book ''101 Things To Do 'Til the Revolution'' by Claire Wolfe.
Wolfe used monkeywrenching to mean practical jokes and sabotage of what she saw as oppressive government agencies and policies in the United States, especially the IRS, BATF, gun control, and the war on drugs.
Although not herself sympathetic to the environmental movement, Claire Wolfe recommended Edward Abbey's ''The Monkey Wrench Gang'' in her book as a reference for ideas which could be applied to any issue.
www.ihabits.com /monkeywrenching   (231 words)

  
 The ethics of monkeywrenching
Ultimately, whether or not to monkeywrench is an individual decision.
Earth First do not claim to be actively monkeywrenching, though they provide the information for those who wish to, it is ultimately up to the individual.
The Environmental Rangers are another group, ex-vietnam vets, who declare their willingness to use weapons, and die if need be, to protect the environment.
members.optusnet.com.au /~kkaoss/ethicsmonkeywrenching.htm   (1036 words)

  
 Federal Bureau of Investigation - Congressional Testimony
The ELF advocates "monkeywrenching," a euphemism for acts of sabotage and property destruction against industries and other entities perceived to be damaging to the natural environment.
"Monkeywrenching" includes tree spiking, arson, sabotage of logging or construction equipment, and other types of property destruction.
Speeches given by Jonathan Paul and Craig Rosebraugh at the 1998 National Animal Rights Conference held at the University of Oregon, promoted the unity of both the ELF and the ALF movements.
www.fbi.gov /congress/congress02/jarboe021202.htm   (2623 words)

  
 Monkeywrenching, Perverse Incentives and Ecodefence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Second, their main argument for monkeywrenching - which I will call the ecodefence argument - is not consequentialist at all.
After calling attention to these two under-appreciated aspects of monkeywrenching, I go on to offer a critique of the ecodefence argument.
Finally, I show that there is also a tension between the use of cost/benefit analysis to justify particular acts of ecosabotage and the clandestine nature of those acts.
www.erica.demon.co.uk /EV/EV1510.html   (171 words)

  
 GNN Profile: harmony
Most importantly to our growing struggle, the FBI had silenced our most outspoken representative while also demonstrating that “monkeywrencher” was just another name for “terrorist.” But the ecological insurrection did not end as the Invader had hoped-like the living organism it represents, seeds took to the Earth and grew into something very familiar.
Like Victorio and his struggle against the Western worldview invasion, the actions of the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) and Animal Liberation Front (ALF) are enough of a threat to have been deemed by the FBI as the most active domestic terrorism groups in the US.
What’s needed is not just more monkeywrenching, but more of the human-to-human and animal-to-human living that keeps the Earth’s spirit, and our own, alive.
harmony.gnn.tv   (5643 words)

  
 This book is dedicated to
Ecodefense and to entrap its co-editor, Dave Foreman, have been well covered elsewhere and we will not go into them here.
Nor will we here attempt to justify the practice or necessity of monkeywrenching.
Monkeywrenching is also justified in Ed Abbey's novels
www.omnipresence.mahost.org /inttxt.htm   (1482 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching: Books: Dave Foreman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
From dealing with guard dogs to giving anonymous interviews, this book is a comprehensive how to for covert illegal activities.
A person needs only to stare at the thick billows of toxic smoke pouring out of a burning Hummer dealership or luxury housing project to wonder how monkeywrenching can be seen as "protecting" the environment.
Monkeywrenching hurts mainstream support for environmental causes almost as much as it harms the environment by wasting resources.
www.amazon.com /Ecodefense-Field-Monkeywrenching-Dave-Foreman/dp/0963775103   (2540 words)

  
 Ecotage Summary
Also called ecotage (ecological sabotage), monkey-wrenching refers to techniques used by some radical environmentalists to stop or slow the machinery used in logging, strip mining, and other sorts of environmentally destructive activities.
As a term it goes back to 1972 and predates the more recent neologism "eco-terrorism." Ecotage is also referred to as ecodefense or monkeywrenching.
The Earth Liberation Front claims that ecotage requires neither aggression nor any direct confrontation with police, politicians, or other authority, as the actions are carried out in secret and at times of day where the risk to life is nil.
www.bookrags.com /Ecotage   (604 words)

  
 Ecomafia--the book, not the Website
This site and its owner do not promote or condone "monkeywrenching", vandalism, or any other illegal activities, such as those engaged in by extreme groups such as the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) or Earth First!.
In California, there is a whole different landscape to run around in, and a whole different set of environmental villains and monkeywrenching targets.
I decided it would be fun to write (great way to get my aggressions out about some things I'd love to blow up if I was a criminal), and hopefully fun to read.
www.ecomafia.com /ecomafia.html   (512 words)

  
 David Foreman Summary
In 1987 Foreman published Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching, in which he described in detail the tools and techniques of environmental sabotage or monkey-wrenching.
The movement that subsequently bore that name was inspired, in some part, by the writings of Edward Abbey, author of the satirical novel The Monkeywrench Gang.
In contrast with the cautious lobbying efforts of the established environmental organisations, “monkeywrenching” – industrial sabotage traditionally associated with labor struggles – would become the chief tactic of the Earth First!
www.bookrags.com /David_Foreman   (1179 words)

  
 Monkeywrenching The New World Order by Noam Chomsky on Audio CD, MP3 Digital Download
The double CD covers changing politics, militarism & policing; environmental issues, frankenfood & genetic engineering; digital capitalism & the fairy-tale economic boom and the leading alternatives to a system which puts profits over people, unregulated growth over sustainability and money over morals.
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 Andrew Schelling   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
I mean if you don't want arrows and beasts—take bulldozers and monkeywrenches.
Paperwork, the tactical application of written language, can disable machinery—because most of the behind-the-scenes machinery is also built of paperwork.
These may not replace guerrilla tactics like monkeywrenching hardware in certain flashpoint situations— they're certainly less glamorous—but they bring to bear a different power.
www.poetspath.com /transmissions/messages/schelling.html   (457 words)

  
 Monkeywrenching The New World Order: Global Capitalism And It's Discontents - Various Artists, Music Downloads - Online
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 YELLOWSTONE NET Discussion Forums :: View topic - Monkeywrenching.... Howling Like a Wild Wolf
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 1:31 am Post subject: Monkeywrenching....
Monkeywrenching was the ultimate demonstration of our love for Mother Earth, and none among us questioned its historical or practical necessity, let alone its legitimacy.
We were warriors, and our connection as a tribe meant the shared commitment to abandon the system that constantly betrayed the people and places we loved.
www.yellowstone.net /forums/viewtopic.php?t=7757   (268 words)

  
 Monkeywrenching the New World Order by Noam Chomsky at Book Territory
Monkeywrenching the New World Order by Noam Chomsky at Book Territory
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 [UA] Monkeywrenching, Crypt Style   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
My thoughts were this: if your friendly neighbourhood Western Crypt with his Cryptomancy skill at 99% decides to spit out a Sacred Invitation and calls on the power of say, the Confessor for 24 hours, could he pull some absolutely megamagnitudinal shit and Ascend?
Is it possible for the Invisible Clergy to be monkeywrenched like this?
My guess is that they'd kick the duplicitous git right into the House of Renunciation for his trouble, but hey, you never know.
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 A.N.A.R.C.H.I.S.T.
Green: 4 pts(0 L -2 score + 6 TR) Monkeywrenching: 6 pts (10 W +2 score -6 TR)
Monkeywrenching: 8 pts (10 W +5 score -2 Op -5 TR) Wankers: 2 pts (0 L -5 score +2 Op +5 TR)
Guards: 4 pts (5 T -1 TR) Monkeywrenching: 6 pts (5 T +1 TR)
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 Ecodefense
Ecodefense : A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching; Dave Foreman; Paperback; $20.00 (Special Order)
Ecodefense : a field guide to monkeywrenching / edited by Dave Foreman and
Ecodefense : a field guide to monkeywrenching / edited by Dave Foreman ;
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 Legal Monkeywrenching At Its Best!
The recent attack on tenants' rights by the New York Legislature, instigated by the landlord lobby, has not dampened tenants' spirit to fight back by any means necessary in the legal arena.
Tenant lawyer Colleen F. McGuire (and Housing Court Decisions Editor for TenantNet), in conjunction with her co-counsel Robert E. Sokolski, have thrown a monkeywrench into the system by the recent federal court decision in Jennifer Lynn Romea v.
Heiberger and Associates, United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 97 Civ.
www.tenant.net /Court/romea/monkey.html   (878 words)

  
 Monkeywrenching the New World Order: Global Capitalism and Its Discontents by et al., Noam Chomsky : Book
Monkeywrenching the New World Order: Global Capitalism and Its Discontents by et al., Noam Chomsky : Book
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 Ecodefense; A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching, Third Edition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Ecodefense; A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching, Third Edition
This book is being considered for further review, but we do not yet have a copy in hand.
Title: Ecodefense : a field guide to monkeywrenching / edited by Dave Foreman and Bill Haywood ; forward!
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