Book · 1994 · Fiction
The Monkey Wrench Gang
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Also, you look back in Tucson's past, love him or hate him or somewhere in between, the somewhat infamous author Edward Abby lived in Tucson and wrote the monkey wrench gang and wrote a lot of environmental activism.
The best things said about it
It wouldn't surprise me man if you have you heard the book monkey wrench gang no eot terrorism.
Warren Smith The Joe Rogan Experience · Jan 2025 In fact Earth First that movement started based on one of his books called the monkey wrench gang.
Why people recommend it
The Monkey Wrench Gang is an eco-anarchist novel by Edward Abbey that follows a group of activists engaging in sabotage to protect the American Southwest. James Stout mentioned the book on Behind the Bastards, discussing Edward Abbey's legacy in Tucson, his association with environmental activism, and his eco-anarchist novel while drawing parallels to fictional characters, though he also critiqued the misogyny and racism present in the work. In another episode, the speakers humorously summarized its plot about a group traveling and playing with trains while looking at a potential first edition. Warren Smith brought up the title on The Joe Rogan Experience during a conversation about eco-terrorism and individuals starting fires. Christopher Ryan also referenced the book on The Joe Rogan Experience, noting that the Earth First movement was founded based on the ideas within Abbey's novel. Speakers across these podcasts used the book to illustrate the roots of radical environmentalism, its cultural resonance in places like Tucson, and the complicated legacy of its author, whose work inspired real-world ecological defense alongside significant criticism regarding its dated and offensive elements.
Every mention
James Stout Also, you look back in Tucson's past, love him or hate him or somewhere in between, the somewhat infamous a… 3
“Also, you look back in Tucson's past, love him or hate him or somewhere in between, the somewhat infamous author Edward Abby lived in Tucson and wrote the monkey wrench gang and wrote a lot of environmental activism.”
“If you're familiar with Hey Juke and Edward Aby's ecoanarchist novel, The Monkey Ranch Gang, that's a pretty good way to envision Paul, albeit without the misogyny and racism that makes it pretty hard to have any respect for that book or its author.”
“Do do you want to tell the crowd what this book is about? Wrench gang. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, it's a group of people who have some fun times. Uh it's people who travel around. They play with some trains.”
Christopher Ryan in fact Earth First that movement started based on one of his books called the monkey wrench gang 1
“in fact Earth First that movement started based on one of his books called the monkey wrench gang”
Warren Smith it wouldn't surprise me man if you have you heard the book monkey wrench gang no eot terrorism 1
“it wouldn't surprise me man if you have you heard the book monkey wrench gang no eot terrorism”
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“So he inadvertently also gave us uh the monkey wrench gang. Yeah. So he has he has in the space of what we've talked about so far given us like modern patent law and all of the people that get killed”