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| author = [[Dave Foreman]]<br />
| pub_date = 1985<br />
| caption = Cover of the 1987 second edition.<br />
| publisher = Ned Ludd Books<br />
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'''''Ecodefense: A Field Guide to Monkeywrenching''''' is a book edited by [[Dave Foreman]] (and Bill Haywood in later editions), with a foreword by [[Edward Abbey]].<br />
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== Background ==<br />
Much of the inspiration for the book, as well as the term "[[Sabotage#As environmental action|monkeywrenching]]", came from Edward Abbey's 1975 novel ''[[The Monkey Wrench Gang]]''. Other inspiration for the book likely came from the 1972 book ''[[Ecotage!]]'', which was published by the group [[Environmental Action]] and was in turn inspired by the actions of an activist in the [[Chicago, Illinois]] area who called himself "[[James F. Phillips|The Fox]]", and engaged in such [[vigilante]] actions to protect the environment as plugging smokestacks. The Fox named after the [[Fox River (Little Wabash tributary)|Fox River]] northwest of Chicago was an avid historical boater who educated and demonstrated Native American and early trapper fishing and boating techniques.<br />
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The Fox was radicalized and became a founding mentor of the Earth Liberation Front movement<ref>{{cite book |author-link=Craig Rosebraugh |last=Rosebraugh |first=Craig |title=Burning Rage of a Dying Planet: Speaking for the Earth Liberation Front |location=New York |publisher=[[Lantern Books]] |date=2004 |page=20 |isbn=978-1590560648}}</ref> after witnessing toxic dumping into the Fox River over decades which polluted the river to near-death. The Fox became infamous after dumping a bucket of said toxic waste upon the desk of a [[Stone Container Corporation]] executive in Chicago. The Fox was rumored also to plug drainage pipes from toxic industrial plants from his canoe along the Fox River.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Solzman |first=David M. |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210412210709/http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/481.html |archive-date=12 April 2021 |url-status=live |title=Fox River |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia of Chicago]] |url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/481.html |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref> Much of the actual content for ''Ecodefense'' came from the "Dear Ned Ludd" column in the [[Earth First!]] newsletter during the 1980s.<br />
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This book was banned in Australia, gazetted in 1992 as "refused classification" and a prohibited import.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/rendition/nla.news-page25930365.pdf |title=Publications Classified Under the Act Classification of Publications Ordinance 1983 |work=[[Commonwealth of Australia Gazette]] |number=GN 1 |date=8 January 1992 |page=61 |quote=This book is also considered to contravene Regulation 4A of the Customs (Prohibited Imports) Regulation.}}</ref><br />
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== Publication history ==<br />
Ned Ludd Books published the first edition in 1985 and the second edition, revised and enlarged, in 1987. Abbzug Press in [[Chico, California]] published the third edition. Bill Haywood joined Dave Foreman as editor for the second and subsequent editions.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Earth Liberation Front]]<br />
* [[Eco-Terrorism]]<br />
* [[Operation Backfire (FBI)|Operation Backfire]] – FBI operation initiated against eco-terrorism<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Further reading ==<br />
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* {{Cite book |last1=Larabee |first1=Ann |title=The Wrong Hands: Popular Weapons Manuals and Their Historic Challenges to a Democratic Society |date=2015 |isbn=978-0190201173 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=New York |oclc=927145132 |df=mdy-all |chapter=Monkeywrenching}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/various-authors-ecodefense-a-field-guide-to-monkeywrenching Online text of ''Ecodefense'']<br />
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