Mike Roselle

Mike Roselle (born 1954) is an American environmental activist and author who is a prominent member of the radical environmentalism movement.^[1]^[2] Roselle is one of the co-founders of the radical environmental organization Earth First!, as well as of Rainforest Action Network, the Ruckus Society, and Climate Ground Zero.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Early life[]

Roselle grew up in Louisville, Kentucky and moved to Los Angeles, California as a child in 1968.^[5] During his youth and after his relocation to California, Roselle became more interested in politics.^[5]

Career[]

Earth First! was founded in 1980 by Mike Roselle, Dave Foreman, Howie Wolke, Bart Koehler, and Ron Kezar.^[6] Rainforest Action Network was founded in San Francisco in 1985 by Roselle and Randy Hayes.^[7] Roselle states that he has been arrested about 50 times in his career; he says that "it's hard to remember them all anymore."^[8] He participated the Washington A16, 2000 protest, along side environmental activist Julia Butterfly Hill and United Steelworkers of America president George Becker.^[3]

Roselle is the co-author of his biography, Tree Spiker: From Earth First! to Lowbagging: My Struggles in Radical Environmental Action (2009).^[8]

References[]

^ Kuipers, Dean (2009-11-05). "He puts beliefs on the line". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-11-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Grigoriadis, Vanessa (2011-06-21). "The Rise and Fall of the Eco-Radical Underground". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Lindsey, Daryl (2000-04-18). "Labor Meets the Granola Crunchers". Salon. Associated Press. Retrieved 2020-11-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Kupfer, David (2016-04-29). "'If We Are Compromising, We Are Doing a Disservice'". Progressive.org. The Progressive Inc. Retrieved 2020-11-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Cecil-Cockwell, Zachary Fryer-Biggs, Malcolm (2012-02-08). "The Radicals: How Extreme Environmentalists Are Made". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
^ Lerner, Michael A. (1990-04-15). "The FBI vs. the Monkeywrenchers: The Eco-Guerrillas of Earth First! Say They're Saving the Planet, The Government Calls Them Criminal Saboteurs". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-11-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ Nosowitz, Dan (2019-09-16). "How the Save the Rainforest movement gave rise to modern environmentalism". Vox. Retrieved 2020-11-13.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Oloffson, Kristi (2009-10-12). Time. ISSN 0040-781X http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1929701,00.html. Retrieved 2020-11-13. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)