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International Day of Solidarity with Green Scare Indictees, Detainees, and Political Prisoners Olympia Benefit Show Friday, December 8 at Solid Gold - 419 Boulevard Rd SE (at the corner of Pacific Ave. and Boulevard Rd. across from the shell station) Olympia, Washington Doors open at 7 pm, music and performance begins at 8 pm Suggested donation $5-20 Performing: Bridget Irish (performance)
Leonardo (soul, house dj)
Myello (experimental dance electronics)
Onyxoxo (acoustica + dj)
Rachel Diamond, one lady band (!)
Shizunomargot (songs, performance)
Timezone Lafontaine (southern hip hop soulrock)
and more!!! There will be free literature, merchandise and beverages for a donation, and an opportunity to learn more about the "Green Scare" and how to support earth liberation indictees, grand jury resistance, preserving civil liberties & building solidarity, and refusing the criminalization of dissent. This event is a benefit for Olympia Civil Liberties Resource, Books To Prisoners Olympia, and non-cooperating "Green Scare" indictees. This event is in response to the call for An International Day of Solidarity with Green Scare Indictees, Detainees, and Political Prisoners to mark one year since the December 7, 2005 beginning of the federal goverment's sweep of arrests of earth and animal liberation activists, grand jury efforts to compel activists to testify, FBI investigation of activist communities, and the resulting chilling effect on free speech and dissent. The term "Green Scare" refers to the federal government's expanding prosecution efforts against animal liberation and ecological activists, which is strikingly similar to the "Red Scare" of the 1950s. The "Green Scare" includes the cases from the "Operation Backfire" indictments, and the cases of the SHAC 7, Eric McDavid, Rod Coronado, grand jury resisters Jeff Hogg, Josh Wolf and several other recent federal grand jury resisters. Call for International Day of Solidarity: http://greenscare.org/1206call.html "Green Scare" Resources: GreenScare.org http://www.greenscare.org Civil Liberties Defense Center synopsis of cases: http://www.cldc.org/green.html Portland Indymedia "Green Scare" topic page http://portland.indymedia.org/en/topic/greenscare/ Will Potter's "Green Scare" blog: http://www.greenisthenewred.com In Olympia, WA (organizations to benefit from the Olympia event) Olympia Civil Liberties Resource http://www.olycivlib.org Books To Prisoners Olympia http://http://btpolympia.org/ Some "Green Scare" non-cooperating indictees and target activists who have websites: Briana Waters http://www.supportbriana.org Daniel McGowan http://www.supportdaniel.org Eric McDavid http://www.supporteric.org Rod Coronado http://www.supportrod.org Josh Wolf http://www.joshwolf.net SHAC 7 http://www.shac7.com Some Other Political Prisoners Resources Break The Chains Blog http://breakallchains.blogspot.com/ Earth Liberation Prisoners Support Network http://www.spiritoffreedom.org.uk/ ELP Network USA http://www.ecoprisoners.org Jeff "Free" Luers http://www.freefreenow.olrg Jeff "Free" Luers Statement for the International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners (December 2006) Around the world millions of people are suffering from the abuses of power that have become all too common in our human societies. In dozens of countries, generations of people have chosen to fight injustice rather than submit to it. We honor those people today. We raise our voices and our fists to salute those who have fought to free their homelands, who have struggled for self-determination; those who have demanded human rights; those who have raided laboratories and liberated animals; and those who have fought to defend our earth. Today we shout our praises and offer our respect to those captured in the line of duty, serving their cause. We thank them for refusing to submit even behind bars. On this day we bow our heads in reverence to those people who made the ultimate sacrifice and gave their lives for freedom. We remember the price they paid and the loss that their family and friends still feel. We offer more than our gratitude. We offer our solidarity. We make a promise to remember and honor those who have come before. We make a vow that the struggle will continue until all are free. Too many people have had to fight for the freedom they should have been guaranteed at birth; too many have suffered the cruelty of capitalist exploitation. The most important thing we can do today is to make a solemn oath: that ours is the last generation that will have to struggle; that we will apply pressure from all angles until these systems of oppression crack; that we will settle for nothing less than victory. With the memory of those who have come before us; in solidarity with those still standing behind bars; while honoring those who gave their lives: we march forward to bring a new day with our heads high and our fists raised. And I say to you that if we stand united with one voice and we act on our desire for liberation we will carry the day! We will win! - Jeff "Free" Luers Write to: Jeff Luers
#13797671
Oregon State Prison
2605 State Street
Salem, Oregon 97310
USA
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