25. Mad MAXXAM

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In this episode Eamon interviews Scott Parkin about the Earth First! Dirty South campaign that was started ay back in 2003 to target Maxxam, a financial company that had taken over Pacific Lumber and was driving the timber company to clear cut redwoods in northern California.

EF! Dirty South was in Houston, and its participants worked to target Maxxam’s executives at their homes and places in the community in order to publicly shame them for their culpability in the clearcutting of ancient forests.

Show Notes:

This Wikipedia page actually has a pretty good history of Pacific Lumber and the takeover by Maxxam, as well as some brief information about Earth First! resistance to the company: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Lumber_Company

This article was written by Scott Parkin about his time fighting Maxxam, and how the federal government monitored their activities: https://www.counterpunch.org/2013/08/21/green-scare-lite/

https://soundcloud.com/ranger-danger-379084944/25-mad-maxxam

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