<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Earth First! Newswire]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://earthfirstnews.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[EF! J Collective Everglades Office]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://earthfirstnews.wordpress.com/author/efjcollective/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[&#8220;Radical Environmentalists&#8221; Threaten Timber&nbsp;Sale]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><p class="jetpack-slideshow-noscript robots-nocontent">This slideshow requires JavaScript.</p><div id="gallery-540-2-slideshow" class="slideshow-window jetpack-slideshow slideshow-black" data-trans="fade" data-autostart="1" data-gallery="[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/earthfirstnews.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/06\/postcard2.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;544&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;postcard2&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;},{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/earthfirstnews.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/06\/postcard.jpg&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;546&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;postcard&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;itemprop&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}]" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageGallery"></div><br />
Unsigned <a href="http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20100609/NEWS/306080069">postcards</a> were sent to timber companies and saw mills involved in the Globe Forest timber sale in North Carolina. The <a href="http://savetheglobe.wordpress.com/">Campaign to Save the Globe Forest</a> and others work very hard to protect old growth forest, but have failed to stop industry. We support their efforts, but more is obviously needed. <a href="http://croatanearthfirst.wordpress.com/">Croatan Earth First!</a> has organized several <a href="http://www.earthfirstjournal.org/article.php?id=495">protests</a> against the Globe Forest timber sale as well as action camps to discuss and practice further tactics to save the Globe.</p>
<p>Although no one has admitted responsibility for the postcards, we support direct action in defense of our Earth. Earth First! is not a top-down organization; it is a movement, a rallying cry. When a person wants to protect their environment, their whole world, no authorization is necessary. We do not compromise with industry. We must protect the Globe Forest. When protests don&#8217;t work, we have to step up our game. If they are Earth First!ers like we are, those who sent the postcards have our full support.</p>
<p>Save the Globe!</p>
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