Editing Eddie Vedder (section)

==Activism==
Vedder has used his role as a musician to speak on several politically-oriented themes. In 2009, he said, "People on death row, the treatment of animals, women's right to choose. So much in America is based on religious fundamentalist Christianity. Grow up! This is the modern world!"<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/aug/13/pearl-jam | title=Pearl Jam: 'People get that this means something' | access-date=August 13, 2009 | author=Simpson, Dave | newspaper=[[The Guardian]] | date=August 13, 2009 | location=London}}</ref> In 1992, ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' printed an article by Vedder, titled "Reclamation", which detailed his views on abortion.<ref>Vedder, Eddie. "Reclamation". ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''. November 1992.</ref> Vedder and Pearl Jam performed at [[Rock for Choice]] in 1994.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Rock in a Hard Place|url=http://www.fivehorizons.com/archive/articles/spin94.shtml|magazine=Spin Magazine|access-date=July 30, 2013}}</ref> During the band's appearance on [[MTV Unplugged]] in 1992, Vedder stood up on his stool during the instrumental break of the song "Porch" and wrote "PRO-CHOICE" on his left arm with a magic marker.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/cuepoint/when-nirvana-and-pearl-jam-stood-up-for-feminism-96ec0b5c13|title=When Nirvana and Pearl Jam Stood Up for Feminism|first=Matthew|last=Reyes|publisher=[[Medium (website)|Medium]]|date=September 8, 2016|access-date=July 16, 2019}}</ref>

Vedder was supportive of [[Green Party (United States)|Green Party]] presidential candidate [[Ralph Nader]] in 2000 and played at Green Party super rallies in Chicago and New York City.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.salon.com/ent/log/2000/09/26/vedder/index.html |title=Vedder on Nader: The better man |access-date=September 3, 2007 |author=Talvi, Silja J. A. |work=[[Salon.com]] |date=September 26, 2000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103041206/http://archive.salon.com/ent/log/2000/09/26/vedder/index.html |archive-date=November 3, 2007 }}</ref> Pearl Jam played a series of concerts on the 2004 [[Vote for Change]] tour, supporting the candidacy of [[John Kerry]] for U.S. president. "I supported [[Ralph Nader 2000 presidential campaign|Ralph Nader in 2000]], but it's a time of crisis. We have to get a new administration in", Vedder told ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine in 2004.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6487639/voices_for_change | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060316085947/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6487639/voices_for_change/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=March 16, 2006 | title=Voices for Change | access-date=September 3, 2007 | magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | date=October 14, 2004}}</ref> In 2005, during Pearl Jam's first South American tour, Vedder said, "next time we come to Brazil, the world will be a better place to live, as [[George W. Bush|George Bush]] will no longer be the President of the United States." Vedder supported [[Barack Obama]] in the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]],<ref>Cross, Alan. [http://www.metronews.ca/edmonton/comment/article/174442 "Eddie Vedder and the New Face of America"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202063415/http://www.metronews.ca/edmonton/comment/article/174442 |date=February 2, 2009 }} ''[[Metro International|Metro News Edmonton]]''. January 30, 2009.</ref> and 2012,<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/obama-hangs-out-pearl-jams-eddie-vedder-hawaii-n279176 Obama Hangs Out With Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder in Hawaii]. ''NBC News''. Retrieved: January 4, 2015.</ref> [[Bernie Sanders]] in the [[2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2016]] and [[2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries|2020]] primaries,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/TheBernReport/status/1229652598224908288|title=Ya just never know who's gonna show up to a @BernieSanders rally in the northwest. It was great seeing Ed there! Got him and @Jamie_Margolin to pose for a shot! #BernieInTacoma|last=Nando|first=The Bern Report|date=January 18, 2020|website=Twitter|language=en|access-date=January 19, 2020}}</ref> [[Hillary Clinton]] in the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 presidential election]], and [[Joe Biden]] in the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]] against [[Donald Trump]].<ref name="biden-2020">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/pearl-jam-biden-harris-spouses-online-conversation-1234798351/|title=Pearl Jam Members Join Biden/Harris Spouses to Espouse Voter Activism in Online Conversation|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=October 8, 2020|first=Jonathan|last=Cohen}}</ref>

In his spare time, Vedder is a surfer and active in surf-related conservation efforts, including supporting [[The Surfrider Foundation]].<ref>Brant-Zawadzki, Alex. [http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/241-toll-road/eddie-vedder-wants-you-to-save/ "Eddie Vedder Wants You To Save Trestles"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227130508/http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/241-toll-road/eddie-vedder-wants-you-to-save/ |date=December 27, 2008 }}. [[OC Weekly|OCWeekly.com]]. April 4, 2006.</ref> In 1993, Vedder supported fellow Surfrider Foundation member/environmentalist, Aaron Ahearn who had gone AWOL from the [[United States Navy]] in protest of the Navy's at sea dumping policies. Vedder and Pearl Jam performed a concert in San Francisco, donating over $3,000 to Ahearn's legal fees.

Vedder supports [[Earth First!]] with a tattoo on his right calf. The logo is of a pipe wrench crossed with a stone hammer.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}

Vedder was a longtime and outspoken supporter for the Free the [[West Memphis Three]] movement, a cause that advocated the release of three young men who were convicted in 1994 of the gruesome murders of three boys in [[West Memphis, Arkansas]]. In an interview with [[Larry King]] on December 19, 2007, [[West Memphis Three|Damien Echols]], who was then on death row for the murders, said that Vedder had been the "greatest friend a person could have" and that he had collaborated with him while in prison.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0712/19/lkl.01.html | title=CNN Larry King Live |access-date=April 26, 2009 |publisher=CNN |date=December 19, 2007}}</ref> The song "Army Reserve" on Pearl Jam's 2006 self-titled album features a lyrical collaboration between Vedder and Echols. On August 19, 2011, Vedder and Natalie Maines attended the release hearing of the [[West Memphis Three]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/west-memphis-three-natalie-maines-eddie-vedder-arrive-131002608.html |title=West Memphis Three: Natalie Maines, Eddie Vedder Arrive at Court (Report) |date=August 19, 2011 |publisher=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date= September 22, 2020}}</ref>

Vedder is a gun control activist and has performed at benefit anti-gun violence concerts and participated on the 2019 Gun Sense Forum.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 9, 2013 |title=Eddie Vedder On Gun Control Opponents: 'I Almost Wish Bad Things Upon These People' |url=https://www.huffpostbrasil.com/entry/eddie-vedder-gun-control_n_4059887 |website=Huffington Post }}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 13, 2016 |title= Eddie Vedder Joins Concert Across America to End Gun Violence Show in Manhattan on September 25 |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/eddie-vedder-joins-concert-across-america-to-end-gun-violence-show-in-manhattan-on-september-25-300326735.html |website=PR Newswire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=August 12, 2019 |title=Eddie Vedder joined Bernie Sanders to the Gun Sense Forum |url=https://www.pearljamonline.it/en/eddie-vedder-joined-bernie-sanders-to-the-gun-sense-forum/}}</ref>