Oral history interview with Jay Hamburger (audio recording and transcript)
Description
In discussing his biography, Jay talks about his involvement with other types of activism and how this led to his and his wife, Atty’s, engagement with the Clayoquot Sound blockade. He talks about his first impressions on arrival at the camp, from food to rules to his reaction to the ecofeminist principles underpinning the camp organisation. He talks about the all women/children arrest, and the reaction of men in the camp to this organisation. Jay also goes into some detail discussing his arrest and his views on how the judicial system treated the activists.
Date
23-Sep-96
Type
Sound recording, Oral histories
Collection
Citation
Moore, Niamh, “Oral history interview with Jay Hamburger (audio recording and transcript),” Clayoquot Lives: An Ecofeminist Story Web, accessed October 9, 2025, https://clayoquotlives.sps.ed.ac.uk/items/show/42.