Jackson Browne: My [activism] was a natural outgrowth of becoming more interested in the world. I’d read a book called Eco-Catastrophe, by Dr Paul Ehrlich. That, and a book that Linda Ronstadt gave me about the firebombing of Dresden. It became clear to me that a society without justice was not tenable.
The people in the civil rights movement were involved in the anti-war movement, and when the environmental movement emerged it was the same people – all of whom were concerned with justice, in this case environmental justice, and building a sustainable future. I started doing benefits with [activist/concert promoter] Tom Campbell. Sometimes it was about preserving the forests, or focusing on Native American concerns, as well as environmental things.
Tom’s the one that introduced me to the issue of nuclear…
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