A group of people, radical green anarchists as many would call them, sitting cross-legged in the grass, listening to various musical acts and speakers, while absorbing the old redwoods around them. . They voice their calls for protection of the very earth their toes were sinking into, the very nature they found themselves surrounded by, the very nature they saw being destroyed. Collectively, the words of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., an immoral and dedicated fighter, resonated around them: "If a human being does not have something for which he is willing to die, he does not deserve to live." »1 The first The 1980s saw a brutal transition of political power in the United States – the end of the mandate of humanitarian Jimmy Carter, moving on to the eight years of Ronald Reagan. 2 As the world's population reached 4.5 billion and the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere exceeded 335 ppm, Reagan responded with cuts left and right in the budget and staff of the Environmental Protection Agency. 'Environment (EPA).2 Yet, in a bumpy, lurching Volkswagen van crossing the desert of the American Southwest, three frustrated environmentalists discussed their inner drive for change in the environmental movement - a new direction that would soon be known as the name Earth First!.3 In early April 1980, Dave Foreman, Howie Wolke and Mike Roselle were in the desert of the American Southwest. desert, seeking peace of mind and answers to their problems with the large green groups with which they had been affiliated.3 Among them, common feelings of frustration, defeat and anger; groups like the Sierra Club and the Wilderness Society that promised wilderness protection were merely “debating societies,” as Foreman put it, and did not deliver on their proposals. Foreman had worked as a lobbyist for conservation in D...... middle of paper ...... all these protests are the attention of the media and public that is attracted. Earth First!ers do not believe that their actions will directly change discourse and policy, but, more importantly, they will hopefully spark a change in public thinking and opinion on these environmental issues. Radical activists act on radical issues, and through their efforts, these issues are made public when they might otherwise have been "swept under the rug."7 While forcing loggers to cease operations, shut down The overall goal is their suppression – these radical groups would not succeed if this was a direct result of their actions.7 The most important aspect is that the public knows why these businesses and infrastructure should be shut down and arrested. Their overall goals are recruitment into the movement and a change in American public ideology..