![]() ![]() ![]() Lincoln offers viewers an homage to Abbey. It’s a land of dramatic landscapes, such as the one pictured here in Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. Monkey wrenching now refers to all sorts of direct action environmentalism from the sabotage of industrial equipment to the disruption of bureaucratic or legal proceedings.Ībbey’s writing and politics were deeply rooted in his love for the American Southwest, in particular the Colorado Plateau. In defense of wilderness, the protagonists burn billboards, sabotage bulldozers, and cut power lines. Abbey is best known for his books, Desert Solitaire-essays inspired by his work as a ranger in Arches National Park in the 1950s-and The Monkey Wrench Gang, a novel about a group of environmental activists who plan to blow up the Glen Canyon Dam. Abbey was an author and activist whose writing blended anarchist politics with a deep love of the American Southwest. ![]() Wrenchedis director and producer ML Lincoln’s new film on Edward Abbey and his legacy in the American environmental movement. (thank God!), we are learning finally that the forestsĪnd mountains and desert canyons are holier than ourĬhurches. “An increasingly pagan and hedonistic people ![]()
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