Confronting Climate Change with Direct Action: Hundreds Converge for 44th Annual Earth First! Gathering - UNICORN RIOT

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Confronting Climate Change with Direct Action: Hundreds Converge for 44th Annual Earth First! Gathering - UNICORN RIOT

Walking up the path to the Kirkridge Retreat Center outside Bangor, Pennsylvania in early July, you may have sensed something was afoot. Cars with license plates from far-flung states lined the driveway and wild-haired twenty-somethings mingled with kids, tweens and adults in their 30s, 40s and beyond. A hand painted cardboard sign reading simply “EF!” would have directed you, with an arrow pointing to the activity. A blend of laughter, music, a…