If it comes down to direct action, Evans will not be alone. An Aug. 5 direct action training near Yachats saw 52 people come out to learn the theory and practice of civil disobedience. The group mostly came from the local area, and by a show of hands, only eight had participated in direct action before. By all reports, if this group shows up for action, the event will have a distinctly more mainstream look to it than many forest civil disobedience actions of the 1980s. Bauman emphasizes it is not a desired outcome.
Civil disobedience is a last resort.
We absolutely do not want to do it. Nobody wants to do it. Nobody is gung ho. But people will do what they feel they must. If I have to be at one place I'm going to be at our Audubon place.