May 1, 1977: 47 years ago, May 1 1977, Santa Cruz-based ecological guerrilla group [...]
47 years ago, May 1 1977, Santa Cruz-based ecological guerrilla group Environmental Life Force marked May Day by firebombing five planes used for pesticide application in Salinas, in what was likely the first left-wing environmentalist bombing in American history
ELF, led by UC Santa Cruz research boat pilot John Hanna, called for the collectivization and democratization of agricultural labor, an end to destructive capitalist monoculture, and improvements in health conditions in jails and prisons. Hanna was eventually jailed in 1978
