April 20th, 2004. A quiet suburban development outside Seattle. Brand-new homes. Fresh lawns not yet grown in.
Then, in the middle of the night—sirens. Flames ripping through two houses.
Investigators quickly find the cause: homemade incendiary devices. And a message, left behind at another site: “urban sprawl has become a central issue in the struggle to protect the earth.” Signed, the Earth Liberation Front.
The ELF is already known to authorities: a shadowy network of environmental activists who operate in secret, striking targets they see as destroying the planet. But this attack feels different. Closer to home.
Today: one man’s journey into the Earth Liberation Front. From suburban childhood to underground cells…from protest to arson.
What draws someone into a movement like this? How does activism turn into sabotage? And when it comes to defending the Earth…how far is too far?
Special thanks to Matthew Wolfe, author of <a href="https://amzn.to/3Qv9ia7">Fires in the Night: The Earth Liberation Front, the FBI, and a Secret History of Eco-Sabotage</a>.
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