Commentary, Opinion

Armed Militia in Oregon Part of Long-running, Right-wing Fight Against Public Lands

WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–January 4, 2016.  An armed militia has taken over a federal building in southeastern Oregon as part of a long-running campaign of violence, intimidation and right-wing paranoia that has festered for decades in the West, most recently with the standoff with Cliven Bundy in Nevada in 2014. Among the demands at the latest standoff is to shut down Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, which provides crucial protections for wildlife, especially birds that migrate through the area.

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