{"product_id":"9781764145909","title":"Blockade: Two weeks on the Franklin River blockade","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: Ian Wright\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1978 the Tas government announced plans to create a hydro-electric dam on the Gordon River in South West Tasmania. This book is a personal account of what followed – the greatest environmental protest ever seen in Australia – richly illustrated with original, never-before published photographs, by someone who spent two weeks at the blockade immediately prior to the Federal election in 1983 that ultimately resulted in the dam being stopped. Includes a foreword by Bob Brown.A key element of the protest was non-violent-action to disrupt work at the dam site on the Gordon River, that resulted in hundreds of protesters being arrested. A protest base was established by the Tasmanian Wilderness Society near Strahan on a property affectionately named ‘Greenie Acres’.The stunning photographs have an immediacy that enable the reader to share in the intense experience of being part of the blockade on the Gordon. Includes a foreword by Bob Brown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN 9781764145909. Ian Wright. pb. 124 pages. 136 colour \u0026amp; b\/w ills. 29.7 x 21 cm.\u003cbr\u003ePublication date: November 2025.\u003cbr\u003ein stock\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ian Wright","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47374279377053,"sku":"9781764145909","price":59.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/1439\/9645\/files\/9781764145909.jpg?v=1780617887","url":"https:\/\/wholesale.manic.com.au\/products\/9781764145909","provider":"Books at Manic Wholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}