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| '''Monkeywrenching''' is ] ] by ] with the intent to slow down or halt activities which the '''monkeywrencher''' perceives as destructive corporate activities. | |||
| ==History of the term== | |||
| The phrase to ''throw a monkey wrench into the machinery'' dates to 1918, although the metaphorical sense of throwing a monkey wrench, meaning an obstacle or hindrance, is a bit older. On ], ], the ] published the following: ''It should look to them as if he were throwing a monkeywrench into the only market by visiting that Cincinnati circus upon the devoted heads of Kentucky's best customers.'' | |||
| The British version of this phrase, ''to throw a ] into the works'', dates to 1934. (Source: Oxford English Dictionary Online) | |||
| The term "monkeywrenching" received a public boost from ]'s novel '']'', and later on, '']'' by ]. | |||
| The term ''monkeywrenching'' was also used in a more general sense, not specifically related to the environment, in the book ''101 Things To Do 'Til the Revolution'' by ]. Wolfe used ''monkeywrenching'' to mean ] and sabotage of what she saw as oppressive government agencies and policies in the United States, especially the ], ], ] and the ]. Although not herself sympathetic to the environmental movement, Claire Wolfe recommended Edward Abbey's ''The Monkey Wrench Gang'' in her book as a reference for developing ideas which could be applied to any issue. | |||
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