Judi bari biography
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Who Bombed Judi Bari
2012 American film
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| Directed by | Mary Liz Thomson |
| Produced by | Darryl Cherney |
| Edited by | Mary Liz Thomson |
Production | hokey pokey productions |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Who Bombed Judi Bari? is an American historical documentary about an assassination attempt on the life of Judi Bari, an American environmental and labor activist, which occurred on May 24, 1990 via a pipe bomb in her car.[1][2] It was directed by Mary Liz Thomson and produced by Darryl Cherney. He is also an environmental activist and was traveling with Bari that day, but was not as severely wounded.
Overview
[edit]While driving through Oakland, California on their way to a benefit concert for the Redwood Summer campaign to save California's coast redwood trees, activists Jud
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“My ideals will live long after I am dead.”
—Emma Goldman
In a moving memorial to his dear friend and comrade Judi Bari (in the March 1997 Earth First! Journal), Darryl Cherney writes that he was plagued bygd a number of unsettling signs before her death, including the crash of an enormous old-growth redwood to the forest floor on a windless night nära the Earth First! base camp in Myers Flat, California. That redwood turned out to be Judi Bari, whose death meant not only a terrible loss to her children and her family, to her community and the movement, but to the earth.Judi Bari was one of those exceedingly rare and irreplaceable individuals who appear when social conditions call them up. Her organizational creativity, her pragmatic common sense, her energy, her humor, her sterling principles, her steadfast will and her extraordinary courage were inspiring to us all. She made every moment count—not only for the movement to save the planet and a human community worth living in
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Judi Bari
American environmentalist, feminist, and labor leader (1949–1997)
Judi Bari | |
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Judi Bari, March 3, 1995 | |
| Born | Judith Beatrice Bari (1949-11-07)November 7, 1949 Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | March 2, 1997(1997-03-02) (aged 47) Near Willits, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Maryland |
| Occupation | Earth First! organizer |
| Known for | Environmental, labor and social justice leadership |
| Spouse | Mike Sweeney |
| Children | 2, Lisa and Jessica |
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| Relatives | Gina Kolata, Martha Bari (sisters) |
| Website | www.judibari.org |
Judith Beatrice Bari (November 7, 1949 – March 2, 1997) was an American environmentalist, feminist, and labor leader, primarily active in nordlig California after moving to the state in the mid-1970s. In the 1980s and 1990s, she was the principal organizer of Earth First! campaigns against logging in the ancient redwood forests of Mendocino County and related areas. She also organized Indu