[D66] The Monkey Wrench Gang

[R.O.]

https://wrenched-themovie.com/about

 From Upton Sinclair’s /The Jungle/ to Rachel Carson’s /Silent Spring,/ 
American literature has a history of being in the vanguard when it comes 
to activism about controversial issues. The books of Edward Abbey carry 
on that tradition, with memoirs like /Desert Solitaire/ and the classic 
comic novel, /The Monkey Wrench Gang/, taking on the degradation of the 
American Southwest.

Filmmaker ML Lincoln’s documentary /Wrenched/ reveals how Edward Abbey’s 
anarchistic spirit and riotous novels influenced and helped guide the 
nascent environmental movement of the 1970s and ‘80s. Through 
interviews, archival footage and re-enactments, ML Lincoln captures the 
outrage of Abbey’s friends who were the original eco-warriors. In 
defense of wilderness, these early activists pioneered ”monkeywrenching” 
- a radical blueprint for “wrenching the system.” Exemplified by 
EarthFirst! in the early ‘80s, direct action and civil disobedience grew 
in popularity. With tree-spiking, forest occupation and high-profile 
publicity stunts such as the cracking at Glen Canyon Dam, this group 
became the eventual target of FBI infiltrators, leading to the arrest of 
various members.

Abbey’s message has lived on. Young activists are carrying the 
monkeywrenching torch, using his books as a source of inspiration. 
/Wrenched/ captures a new generation as personified in Tim 
DeChristopher, who single-handedly stopped the sale of 100,000+ of acres 
of public trust lands in southeastern Utah. He was sentenced to federal 
prison for his actions. The fight continues to sustain the last bastion 
of the American frontier – the Wild West. And /Wrenched/, following in 
Abbey’s footsteps, asks the question, how far are we willing go in 
defense of wilderness?

On 15-08-2020 01:44, R.O. wrote:
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