increasing right-wing extremism, what we do or don’t define as terrorism, racial double standards, and the eyebrow-raising legal process behind the resentencing of the Hammonds for the arson they are accused of committing. All of this is important and worthy of discussion. But far fewer people seem to be talking about the concrete issues underlying the situation, the deep-rooted land use battle…The Malheur standoff is the latest in a long-running battle over Western land use. Here’s why we all should care
">No one’s talking about land use: Regardless of what the Bundys think, we still need the feds controlling public lands
Since I first heard about the takeover of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge by a group of militiamen against federal land management, I have been reading and stewing. The occupation of the refuge has gotten people talking about a range of interconnected issues: increasing right-wing extremism, what we do or don’t define as terrorism, racial double standards, and the eyebrow-raising legal process behind the resentencing of the Hammonds for the arson they are accused of committing. All of this is important and worthy of discussion. But far fewer people seem to be talking about the concrete issues underlying the situation, the deep-rooted land use battle…
The Malheur standoff is the latest in a long-running battle over Western land use. Here’s why we all should care
Source: salon.com