Labor and Lumber in Northern California - What is the nature of the struggle on the North Coast? Here are some perspectives from past and present IWW members, including:

• Judi Bari - on the plight of timber workers;
• Loggers Walt Smith and Duanne Potter
• Bruce Anderson - on the Timber Wars;
• Roanne Withers - on the IWW's role in the historical struggle of timber workers; and more.

Historical Background - What conditions led to the north coast timber wars? What is the history of the logging and lumber industry in northwestern California? Here are some records, including:

• A brief overview by IWW member Bill Meyers;
• A comprehensive historical chronology by Russell Bartley and Sylvia Yoneda; and
• A brief account of the Homes-Eureka strike of 1935.

The IWW and Earth First! - What's the connection? How did environmentalists wind up defending loggers and millworkers against timber corporations as well as other environmentalists? Find out how:

• The IWW and Earth First! combined forces;
• How some Earth First! activists gave up tree spiking as a tactic; and
• Why environmentalists need a working class perspective.

The Georgia Pacific Mill PCB Spill - In 1989, workers at the GP Mill in Fort Bragg were injured when a PCB-filled capacitor burst. The company claimed the PCBs were mineral oil. Their AFL-CIO union, IWA Local 3-469 bought the company line, and the local President, once an environmentalist himself, sold out to GP.

Only the IWW and a handful of Earth First!ers stood up for the workers' safety. Eventually, thanks to the IWW, the workers won a substantial settlement.

LP = Logger Poverty - Louisiana Pacific has been a total disaster for the timber workers of Mendocino County; discover how:

• LP closed five mills in Mendocino County and opened up a replacement mill in Mexico;
• LP blamed the closures on environmental regulations, even though they secretly admitted they had cut unsustainably for years;
• LP exploited timber workers for profit and greed.

The Rape of Humboldt County - Find out how a MAXXAM, turned Pacific Lumber from a model of sustainable forestry into an embarrassment to logging and a virtual hell for workers; discover how:

• MAXXAM ruined Pacific Lumber;
• How MAXXAM nearly busted the Steelworkers Union at Kaiser and how the IWW and Earth First! helped prevent it.

The Roots of Sustainable Forestry - It doesn't have to be like this. Old Growth forests can be preserved and timber jobs restored, but only if timber workers overthrow the corporate timber system. Find out:

• Why clear cutting doesn't work;
• Why jobs have really disappeared;
• Sustainable logging yields more wood and jobs
• What logging techniques could replace existing cut and run corporate logging.