Darryl Cherney
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Darryl Cherney is a musician and environmental activist. He is member of the Earth First!
environmental movement. He lives in Humboldt County
, California
.
On May 24, 1990, Cherney was slightly injured when a pipe bomb
exploded in the car he and fellow activist Judi Bari
were travelling in. Bari was severely injured by the explosion. The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) who accused Bari and Cherney of bombing themselves. Bari and Cherney subsequently sued the FBI and Oakland Police agents for violations of the United States Constitution. Cherney and the late Bari's estate were awarded $4.4 million for violations of first amendment
(freedom of speech) and fourth amendment
(the right to be free from unlawful arrest and illegal search and seizure).
Cherney ran for Congress in the 1988 Democratic primary, which is where he met Bari.
Together with Greg King he founded the Headwaters Forest Reserve near Eureka, California
. He organised four rallies in support of Julia Butterfly Hill
's 2 year tree sit. With Bari he organised the Redwood Summer
campaign.
He has produced 4 albums of his own political satire, and founded Environmentally Sound Promotions.
Earth First!
Earth First! is a radical environmental advocacy group that emerged in the Southwestern United States in 1979. It was co-founded on April 4th, 1980 by Dave Foreman, Mike Roselle, Howie Wolke, and less directly, Bart Koehler and Ron Kezar....
environmental movement. He lives in Humboldt County
Humboldt County, California
Humboldt County is a county in the U.S. state of California, located on the far North Coast 200 miles north of San Francisco. According to 2010 Census Data, the county’s population was 134,623...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
.
On May 24, 1990, Cherney was slightly injured when a pipe bomb
Pipe bomb
A pipe bomb is an improvised explosive device, a tightly sealed section of pipe filled with an explosive material. The containment provided by the pipe means that simple low explosives can be used to produce a relatively large explosion, and the fragmentation of the pipe itself creates potentially...
exploded in the car he and fellow activist Judi Bari
Judi Bari
Judi Bari was an American environmentalist and labor leader, a feminist, and the principal organizer of Earth First! campaigns against logging in the ancient redwood forests of Northern California in the 1980s and '90...
were travelling in. Bari was severely injured by the explosion. The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency . The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...
(FBI) who accused Bari and Cherney of bombing themselves. Bari and Cherney subsequently sued the FBI and Oakland Police agents for violations of the United States Constitution. Cherney and the late Bari's estate were awarded $4.4 million for violations of first amendment
First Amendment to the United States Constitution
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. The amendment prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering...
(freedom of speech) and fourth amendment
Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution is the part of the Bill of Rights which guards against unreasonable searches and seizures, along with requiring any warrant to be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause...
(the right to be free from unlawful arrest and illegal search and seizure).
Cherney ran for Congress in the 1988 Democratic primary, which is where he met Bari.
Together with Greg King he founded the Headwaters Forest Reserve near Eureka, California
Eureka, California
Eureka is the principal city and the county seat of Humboldt County, California, United States. Its population was 27,191 at the 2010 census, up from 26,128 at the 2000 census....
. He organised four rallies in support of Julia Butterfly Hill
Julia Butterfly Hill
Julia Butterfly Hill is an American activist and environmentalist. Hill is best known for living in a -tall, roughly 1500-year-old California Redwood tree for 738 days between December 10, 1997 and December 18, 1999...
's 2 year tree sit. With Bari he organised the Redwood Summer
Redwood Summer
Organized in 1990, Redwood Summer was a movement of environmental activism aimed at protecting old-growth Redwood trees from logging by northern California timber companies...
campaign.
He has produced 4 albums of his own political satire, and founded Environmentally Sound Promotions.
External links
- Darryl Cherney's home page
- Interview with Cherney on Independent EyeIndependent EyeThe Independent Eye is an underground newspaper, founded in Yellow Springs, Ohio in February, 1968. The first four monthly issues were mimeographed pamphlets, and in June 1968 it became a broadsheet. HQ moved to Cincinnati in January 1969...
's public radio series Hitchhiking off the Map. - Infamous Troubadour: The Life, Times and Future of Darryl Cherney, North Coast Journal February 17, 2005.
- Interview with Darryl Cherney in Modern Pagans, RE/SearchRE/SearchRE/Search Publications is an American magazine and book publisher, based in San Francisco, founded and edited by Andrea Juno and V. Vale in 1980. It was the successor to Vale's earlier punk rock fanzine Search & Destroy , and was started with $100 from Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti...
publications.