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| website = http://www.judibari.org | | website = http://www.judibari.org | ||
| wikipedia = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judi_Bari | | wikipedia = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judi_Bari | ||
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| description = Judi Bari was an American environmentalist and labor leader, a feminist, and the principal organizer of Earth First! campaigns against logging in the ancient redwood forests of Northern California in the 1980s and '90. She also organized efforts through Earth First! - Industrial Workers of the World Local 1 to bring timber workers and environmentalists together in common cause. In 1990, she was severely injured by a pipe bomb placed under the seat of her car. The FBI claimed that the pair had made this and was planning to use it, but a 2002 Jury trial exonerated them and awarded $4.4 million damages against the FBI for their violation of the couple's 1st and 4th Amendment rights. She died of cancer in breast cancer in 1997. | | description = Judi Bari was an American environmentalist and labor leader, a feminist, and the principal organizer of Earth First! campaigns against logging in the ancient redwood forests of Northern California in the 1980s and '90. She also organized efforts through Earth First! - Industrial Workers of the World Local 1 to bring timber workers and environmentalists together in common cause. In 1990, she was severely injured by a pipe bomb placed under the seat of her car. The FBI claimed that the pair had made this and was planning to use it, but a 2002 Jury trial exonerated them and awarded $4.4 million damages against the FBI for their violation of the couple's 1st and 4th Amendment rights. She died of cancer in breast cancer in 1997. | ||
| seealso = * [http://www.altruists.org/f791 The Judi Bari Story on BBC, December 2004, 30 min. audio (MP3)] | | seealso = * [http://www.altruists.org/f791 The Judi Bari Story on BBC, December 2004, 30 min. audio (MP3)] | ||
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Judi Bari was an American environmentalist and labor leader, a feminist, and the principal organizer of Earth First! campaigns against logging in the ancient redwood forests of Northern California in the 1980s and '90. She also organized efforts through Earth First! - Industrial Workers of the World Local 1 to bring timber workers and environmentalists together in common cause. In 1990, she was severely injured by a pipe bomb placed under the seat of her car. The FBI claimed that the pair had made this and was planning to use it, but a 2002 Jury trial exonerated them and awarded $4.4 million damages against the FBI for their violation of the couple's 1st and 4th Amendment rights. She died of cancer in breast cancer in 1997. See Also
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