Judi Bari
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Judi Bari, March 3, 1995, by Xiang Xing Zhou, San Francisco Daily Journal
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November 7, 1949 Silver Spring, Maryland |
| Died | March 2, 1997 (aged 47) Near Willits, California |
| Cause of death | Metastatic breast cancer |
| Residence | Near Willits, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Judith Beatrice Bari |
| Education | Attended university |
| Alma mater | University of Maryland |
| Occupation | Earth First! organizer |
| Known for | Environmental, labor and social justice leadership |
| Website | www.judibari.org |
Judi Bari (November 7, 1949 – March 2, 1997) 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 '90s. She also organized efforts through Earth First! – Industrial Workers of the World Local 1 to bring timber workers and environmentalists together in common cause.
Bari was born and raised in Silver Spring, Maryland, the daughter of mathematician Ruth Aaronson Bari and diamond setter Arthur Bari. The elder Baris were both active in left-wing politics; they advocated for civil rights and opposed the Vietnam War. One of Judi Bari's sisters is New York Times science journalist Gina Kolata; the other sister, Martha Bari, is an art historian. Bari's father was of Italian descent and her mother was Jewish. Although Judi attended the University of Maryland for five years, she dropped out without graduating. She admitted that her college career was most notable for "anti-Vietnam War rioting".
Prior to her move to northern California, Bari was a clerk for a chain grocery store and became a union organizer in its work force. At her next job as a mail handler, she organized a wildcat strike in the United States Postal Service bulk mail facility in Maryland.
In 1978 Bari met her future husband Mike Sweeney at a labor organizers' conference. They shared an interest in radical politics. Sweeney was a graduate of Stanford University and a member of the Maoist group Venceremos in the early 1970s. By 1980 they were married and living in Santa Rosa, California. They were prominent in a neighborhood effort to shut down a west Santa Rosa airstrip, claiming that it would be expanded into a commercial airport. She bore two daughters, Lisa (1981) and Jessica (1985).
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