**Judi Bari** (1949 - 1997) was an [anarchist](Anarchism "wikilink"),
[environmentalist](Environmentalism "wikilink") and
[feminist](Feminism "wikilink") involved
[IWW](Industrial_Workers_of_the_World "wikilink") and [Earth
First\!](Earth_First! "wikilink") [organizer](organizer "wikilink"),
activist notable for her efforts to organize [Redwood
Summer](Redwood_Summer "wikilink"), an effort to unite timber workers
and environmentalists to protect forests in Northern California.

## Life

### Family

The daughter of a famous mathematician and a diamond settler. Her
grandparents were Polish-Jewish and Italian immigrants to the United
States of America.

## Assassination Attempt

On the 24th of May, 1990, a car she was driving around Oakland,
California had a pipe bomb explode under her seat, seriously injuring
her and placing her in critical condition.
[FBI](Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation "wikilink") bomb squads and
Oakland police rapidly descended on the scene and she was accused of
carrying explosives, which was dismissed by the district attorney and
herself for insufficient evidence. This led to multiple conspiracy
theories about who really planted the bomb.

### Theory 1: Far-Right Terrorists

### Theory 2: Darryl Cherney

### Theory 3: Her Ex-Husband

### Theory 4: The FBI