Judi Bari was a leader in the activist group Earth First! worked to protect Northern California’s old-growth forests and who. As a former labor organizer, she connected the struggle for the environment with the struggle of timber workers.

In 1990, Judi, along with passenger Darryl Cherney, were injured by a bomb planted in her car by the FBI. Claiming that the explosive had been Judi’s, Oakland police and the FBI arrested her. While the charges were never substantiated and the case against Judi was eventually dropped, Judi and the EarthFirst! community understood the implications of the attack against them as exemplifying extreme tactics of government repression and violence against activists that must not go unchallenged. 

With the support of her comrades, Judi sued seven officers of the Oakland police department and the FBI. After a 12 year battle, their legal team successfully argued that Judi and Darryl had been framed and their First and Fourth Amendment rights violated by local and federal authorities. The jury ultimately awarded damages of $4.4 million.

Collection Contents:

Folder: Press Clippings - Judi Bari Bombing

Folder: Press Clippings - Judi Bari Trial 

Folder: Ephemera

Folder: Flyers

Folder: Newsletters and Periodicals

Folder: Anti EarthFirst! / Hate mail

Folder: Photos + Images

Folder: Judi Bari Jury Request Forms

Folder: Judi Bari Plaintiff’s Opening Statement

Folder: Judi Bari Published Court Opinion

Folder: Judi Bari Verdict Form

Folder: Judi Bari Supplemental Plea and Petition

Folder: Courtroom Drawings

Folder: Wrap of Week 3

Folder: Article - The Believer Behind Bars

Folder: Petition - Old Growth Tree Preservation Initiative Statute

Folder: Who Bombed Judi Bari? FBI Repression of Activists in the 90s

Folder: Timber Wars and Other Writings by Judi Bari

Folder: EarthFirst! And Timber Workers

Folder: Revolutionary Ecology - Biocentrism and Deep Ecology

Folder: EarthFirst! Journal

Folder: Bombing Case Update - May 1997