Charlie Angus, Unlikely Radicals: The Story of the Adams Mine Dump War (Between the Lines)
For twenty-two years politicians, promoters, and businessmen pushed for the Adams Mine landfill project as a solution to Ontario’s garbage disposal crisis. Now MP Charlie Angus tells the gripping story of Ontario’s fight for environmental justice in this first-hand, front lines account. The plan to dump millions of tons of waste into the fractured pits of the Adams Mine prompted five separate civil resistance campaigns, mass demonstrations, blockades, and non-violent resistance. This “Grisham-like political thriller with the feel-good accents of a Frank Capra movie” (Quill & Quire, starred review), tells the story of how an incredibly diverse community in Northern Ontario organized itself to fight a very creative and militant campaign and, against all odds, win the war. Unlikely Radicals: The Story of the Adams Mine Dump War traces a compelling history, but is also a prophetic call to arms for Canadian Citizens to fight for environmental accountability.