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the exxon valdez, selendang ayu , cosco busan , cougar ace,and dubia star all spilled oil and still havent paid to have the oil spill containment nets made that would assist in containing more oil than water from the underwater currents being isolated with hand braided nets from some bering sea fishermen who have been foresaken by the activist community for simply being a fishermen " point in fact.. wild caught real salmon runs in alaska still have to be saved given thier omega 3 protein value... shutdown aquaculture (farmraised vaccine induced) ignonble uses of bad discovery that wrongly persists ( prohibition malt liquor fortified wine .. give local inncocents a chance from the uncle sam squander charity welfare money going back to the 3rd world quality liqour/convenience store that gets tax writeoffs ( as if benifitting the local community..( also boycott bartells drug .. end bush era healthcare subsidies that put homeland security in bartell drugs 3rd and union to enforce a no bathroom policy......
On Saturday, June 26th at 6:30pm the Portland Animal Defense League will be staging a unique protest event against two Portland restaurants that sell the fatty goose liver dish foie gras. Peter Young, Jeffery Luers, Andrew Stepanian, and Darius Fullmer who have been charged, convicted, and incarcerated as "domestic terrorists" will be joining the Animal Defense League in addressing the restaurants & press about the extreme cruelty involved in the production of foie gras. Beast Restaurant and Le Pigeon are the last of Portland's restaurants to continue to sell foie gras. The fatted goose liver pâté is only made by the force-feeding of factory-farmed geese, a violent and abusive process that the Animal Defense League calls "extreme and depraved."
Oral argument has been scheduled...
Jordan Halliday will be going to trial soon. So we wanted to get the word out so that everyone knows what is going on and when the trial dates are going to be.
A year ago (June 8, 2009) Tre Arrow greeted a small group of well-wishers at PDX's Arrival terminal, climbed onto a tandem bicycle and merged into a sunny Portland afternoon. He wasn't home free, but--after two years as a fugitive and five and a half years of incarceration--he was home.
If you had been at Arrivals that day, you may not have recognized the biblically long-haired man with the slightly stern blue eyes. After all, it's been eight years. You may not have remembered the trebly voice that is somewhat out-of-sync with his more baritone-ish musculature--or even the tightly wound laugh that sometimes goes on just a bit long. You may not have recognized Tre, until you looked down. Tre was characteristically bare foot. It's this podiatrical peculiarity that is Tre's most attributable feature. ... May 8, 2010, I arrive late in the morning to Tyron Life Community Farm (TLC) in SW Portland to interview Tre. I actually passed him on the way in. Me in my car and Tre on his mountain bike pulling a kids trailer that he uses to carry food. The hand-me-down condition of his bike and trailer reveals a kind of financial vulnerability. I wait for him at a turn-out that TLC shares with Tryon Creek State Park. He's affectionate. He's sweating from the ride but hugs me openly. And, yes, he does ride barefoot. Not only that, but his bike pedals have round cleats. I'm reminded of an anhedonistic Sadhu holy man. ... T[re]: "I think that the government has certainly tried to label me with big T word. And so has the media with all of its misinformation and sensationalism, in order to sell newspapers. "There's a whole section of people that regard me as a criminal--that's a big word--and there's a lot of people that regard me as a political prisoner . . . or former political prisoner. And certainly supported me throughout the entire ordeal and during the time I was on the run and incarcerated. I've been very grateful for all the love and support I've had. From all around the world really. Various people that have written to me while I was incarcerated. People I've never met, really. That really helps. It definitely helped while I was in prison, to stay focused and stay grounded." ... G: "I'm wondering how people--your opposition, for lack of a better word--feel knowing that you've spent 6 number of years in prison. How does that play in?" T[re]: "I don't really know. I haven't been put in that position. I think for some people, especially loggers, they would think, Good, that's what you deserve. I don't think they would have any more respect or sympathy for me. A lot folks that kills trees have the mentality that you should join the military and you murder people in the Middle East for oil so that you can drive your car here in this country. That's what you do. If you love this country, you join the military. And if you do something against this government, then you don't love this country and you deserve to be in prison. A lot folks that kill trees have that mentality." ... G: "What's the big thing you would tell people they need to be worried about? Something they should be thinking about that maybe they're not thinking about?" T[re]: "There's lots and lots of things. It's a lot of the same things I was saying a decade ago while I was on the ledge and that is we must change the way that we consume. We need to put the word "eco" back into the word "economy" and have a truly sustainable, egalitarian, conscientious way that we make money and have goods and services provided. "One of the major things people can do is stop driving their automobile and eat a plant-based diet and be very conscious about what they put in their mouths and where it came from. Local, organic. Keep in mind that every time we purchase something, we're voting for that good or service. We have an enormous amount of power, simply by what we choose to buy or boycott. "The system is still supply and demand. The corporations need us to buy their shit, so let's stop buying the shit, the crap, the garbage, that which is destructive, and let's spend our money and invest in things that are truly healthy and sustainable. For our health and the health of the planet." [CLICK "Read More" to read the whole article]
There are oil spill nets still needed that would contain the spill and keep the currents underwater from picking up the oil and sloshing it all over the place..
Jeff Luers joins BURN tonight for a romping good time.
What's the latest?
In March 2010, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a federal lawsuit challenging the policies and conditions of two Communications Management Units (CMUs) on behalf of prisoners and their family members.
scorecard.org lets you enter your zip code and gives you environmental/pollution information.
Please join us in court on Monday in LA....
FBI agents and law enforcement from multiple agencies have raided a well-known activist group house in Salt Lake City, Utah, today in connection with an investigation of Animal Liberation Front crimes in Iowa.
The focus character of the Monkey Wrench Gang, Ed Abbey's classic novel is our guest this week on BURN.
The govt has filed their response to Eric's opening appeal brief. Donations needed.
Please continue to contact the Waseca prison warden to ask that Marie Mason be granted vegan meals.
-Friday, Feb 19
5pm Reed College-3203 SE Woodstock Boulevard Eliot 314 -Saturday, Feb 20th 6pm Red and Black Cafe 400 Se 12th Ave-Friday, Feb 19 5pm Reed College-3203 SE Woodstock Boulevard Eliot 314 -Saturday, Feb 20th 6pm Red and Black Cafe 400 Se 12th Ave
"Any movement that does not support their political internees ... is a
sham movement" -Ojore Lutalo
Ways you can support Steve, and email list problems...
Speaking: Jeff "Free" Luers, Walidah Imarisha, Lauren Regan, Nadia Winsted, and Claude Marks.
This event, held in conjunction with the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, is a benefit for the Civil Liberties Defense Center's activist defense programs, as well as for Green Scare ecoprisoners Marie Mason, Briana Waters and Eric McDavid.
Update and letter writing call for Political Prisoner Marie Mason.
Civil Liberties Monitors Charge That Federal Prosecutor Is On Personal Crusade
Against Anarchist Ideology; Courts Do Not Rein Him In
Civil Liberties Monitors Charge That Federal Prosecutor Is On Personal Crusade
Against Anarchist Ideology; Courts Do Not Rein Him In
Today marks the fourth year of Eric's imprisonment...
Steve needs support!
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Note: Older/past works relating to the themes are also welcomed. LAST CALL FOR ART!!! NOW IS THE TIME TO SUBMIT!!
THIS MONDAY, November 30, CALL IN to Cronk's boss, US Attorney Nicholas Klinefeldt, from 9am to 4pm to demand that they dismiss Carrie's subpoena and release her immediately.
Monday November 30, 9am-4pm CST, (515) 473-9300
DALI, China — Justin Franchi Solondz, an environmental activist from New Jersey who spent years evading charges of ecoterrorism in the United States by hiding out in China, was sentenced to three years in prison by a local court on Friday on charges of manufacturing drugs in this backpacker haven.
Al Gore calls out the astroturf protesters, who numbered in the hundreds, it seemed, outside Keller Auditorium and in the park just west of it.
I have never seen a fabri-protest before, but this was wild, complete with a band playing supposed Patriotic music (heard some tune about "remember the twin towers"...not my idea of patriotism!) on a bandstage, and vendors selling AFP and Teabagger T-shirts. Can we find out who poured the money into the staging of protests of Al Gore and his message about Global Warming, and perhaps use the courts to do so? This is a stain on Portland that should not resurface!!
BREAKING 11:00am THURSDAY: The Quad City Times reports DeMuth has been charged with conspiracy under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act.
On Novermber 17, Minneapolis-based activists Carrie Feldman and Scott DeMuth refused to testify in front of a grand jury in Davenport, Iowa, and were found to be in contempt of court.
The federal government's Green Scare campaign took another depressing turn Tuesday morning as a federal district judge in Iowa ordered the detainment of Twin Cities activists Scott DeMuth and Carrie Feldman at a contempt hearing. As previously reported, DeMuth and Feldman were subpoenaed to a grand jury in Davenport, Iowa, compelling them to testify regarding a animal rights-related vandalism incident at the University of Iowa.
Feldman and Scott spoke to the local press and 30 to 40 supporters at a rally beforehand in Davenport, then refused to testify. At the contempt hearing, the judge offered both immunity, but they still refused to talk, and were taken away. The judge believes they will remain in jail until they comply or the jury ends (likely in 11 months).
A very generous supporter of Jeff's has offered to match any donations dollar for dollar made to Jeff's release fund up to $1,000!
The only catch is you have to donate by December 15th. You can donate online at  http://freejeffluers.org/donate.html
Bail hearing on Wednesday, important food update
Update from Carrie, who was subpoenaed to a federal grand jury in Iowa on October 15th:
The SHAC 7's convictions were upheld and an appellate court decided the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act is constitutional.
Early Tuesday evening, a Twin Cities anarchist was pulled over by Cedar Rapids, Iowa FBI agents and served a grand jury subpoena, potentially related to an investigation surrounding a 2004 incident. The subpoena, dated October 6, asks her to appear in federal court in Davenport on Wednesday morning. A lawyer is seeking to have the date postponed.
Fusion Fundraiser for the Civil Liberties Defense Center
Music, Speakers, Auction, Food and Drink 10/23 @ 6:30 @ Cozmic Pizza in Eugene
Steve was arrested on Oct. 1st and is being accused of a failed arson attempt in Pasadena, CA claimed by the ELF. He is currently in Texas waiting to be extradited to California. He has a long and scary road ahead of him and could use as much support and encouragement as possible.
A Lane County Circuit Court Judge has just signed a supplemental judgment granting Jeff an additional 30% reduction in his total incarceration time!!!
Appeal, Birthday, and More...
Come hang out, and chuckle for a good cause. Ok?
Got Your Back Collective has updated and released on our Solidarity is a
Weapon! zine. Originally released as an educational support zine for cities participating in last Junes solidarity event with Marie Mason and all Green Scare prisoners it has been expanded to be a regular support zine.
Come out to support green scare political prisoner this Sunday at Red & Black Cafe, we'll get started at 6!
July 5, 2009 -- A Federal Grand Jury has convened in New York City, New York. It is believed this grand jury is part of a federal investigation into the bombing of the Times Square military recruitment center on March 6, 2008.
To public knowledge, only one person, Gerald Koch, has been subpoenaed to testify. His initial grand jury hearing was scheduled for June 30 but this has been delayed while his lawyer files relevant legal motions. The hearing is expected to be postponed until sometime this week, though no date has been set. Gerald has indicated his unwillingness to cooperate with the unconstitutional grand jury proceedings and needs support.
Got Your Back Collective has a couple of new music CDS for sale. When either CD is purchased directly from Got Your Back 100% of sales go to support Green Scare prisoner Marie Mason.
Hugh Farrell was arrested April 24, 2009, along with Gina "Tiga" Wertz, on Corrupt Business Influence/Racketeering charges for publicly organizing in opposition to the controversial I-69 superhighway. These charges carry a maximum of 12 years in prison. This is his first public statement since being arrested:
Join us for a video presentation and live music tonight!
* Thursday, June 25th, 3p
Laurelhurst Park (west side of Park) FREE Learn all you want to know about Direct Action: Media, Lockdowns, Tri-pods & a DA role-play ------------------------------ * Saturday, June 27th, 7p Red & Black Cafe (12th & Oak) $ 3-5 - Music: The Rising Phoenix Society (Old Timey Party Down Crunk) Slow Teeth (Harmonic Folk Punk) Here Comes Trouble (Ukelele Country Funk) - Presentation: Learn about Direct Action, the Greenscare, Earth Forst! History & more through a puppetshow, a slideshow and skits! ------------------------------ * Saturday, June 28th Let Live Animal Rights Conference http://www.letlivefoundation.org/conference
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Josh Harper was released today!
Environmental activist Justin Solondz has been apprehended in China.
Please keep Daniel's blog active - POST A COMMENT, even if you just say a few words. It is VERY IMPORTANT that this story remains in the public eye as much as possible. We need all the attention we can get.
Twitter, Share, Buzz up, Digg, Facebook, etc - do it up!! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-mcgowan/tales-from-inside-the-us_b_212632.html
For the rest of the article (resources, citations, endnotes, links) and to download as a PDF, please go here: http://www.supportdaniel.org/cmu/exposing_cmu_dm.html
SPREAD FAR AND WIDE. Thank you.
Tre arrived in Portland Monday afternoon. Some folks met him at the airport bringing spring water, yummy food, including coconut dates of course, and flowers
Benefit event for Eric McDavid at the Apocalypse on Broadway in Eugene Friday, June 13
This June marks the 9th and final year that Jeff Free Luers will spend in prison. Jeff was originally sentenced to 23 years for setting fire to 3 SUV's at Romania Chevrolet to bring attention to global warming. Since then Jeff has won his appeal and was resentenced to 10 years. Jeff will be released this December 2009.
Events for the June 2009 Day of Solidarity with Jeff Free Luers are listed below.
a new writing from Eric
translation of very recent interview
The following link is to a program by This American Life with an intro by radio producer and media activist Mike Cannon. It contains interviews with Darby, those around him, and chronicles his transition to becoming a snitch.
http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/33549
New Marie Mason zine now available
with live music, a speaker and poetry reading!
Come out to support Green Scare Political Prisoner Marie Mason, watch a damn fine film, and write her a letter!
This will be my last June in prison but I ask and I hope that henceforth June
12th will serve as the International Day of Action and Solidarity for Earth Liberation Prisoners. I hope that each year the events, benefits, rallies, and actions grow stronger until all our warriors come home. I hope June 12th serves as an inspiration to future warriors who know that should they face imprisonment they will have the support of an entire movement behind them.
Mail issues, appeal status, tour and more...
'Fifth Estate' contributor Marie Mason was sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison on February 5 in a Lansing, Michigan federal courtroom, after pleading guilty to two acts of eco-sabotage. Mason is now serving the longest sentence of any environmental activist in the US; an appeal is currently underway. Her sentence was one of the latest in a string of recent arrests and convictions of environmental and animal liberation activists, which has been dubbed the Green Scare.
Activists persisted through the winter and a one day weekly demo evolved into a weekday daily demo. Every day that Ungar furs is open there are demonstrators outside to inform people of the inherently cruel industry. Modern fur garments are an eco-failure. Synthetics and natural fibers are warmer and cheaper, yet one great fur substitute cannot be grown in the United States, that is our co-evolved symbiote HEMP. Through steaming and non-chemical processing the hemp fiber is worked into a durable faux material. A gay vegan hemp store on Hawthorne has an exemplary selection to see what I mean. Monday - Friday, 1 - 5pm @ SW 12th & Yamhill.
Jordan Halliday is an animal rights activist who was subpoenaed to a grand jury that was going on a
fishing expedition about Utahns who stand up for animals. Jordan plead the 1st and 5th amendments, but of course they do not exist in Grand Juries, so he has been held in jail since March 13th.
These food scares are 100% Total Bullshit! "They" - Corporate Agriculture Interests are sacrificing little bits of the Industry to shove the Monsanto, ADM, agenda to disenfranchise people From farming their own food. And to finish driving non-corporate farms into the proverbial graveyard.
Three amazing PDX benefits are planned for 6 activists charged under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA). Your support is needed.
We will be headed north soon, and would love to stop in your community...
The allegations against the AETA4 seek to criminalize legitimate free speech. The
defendants are charged with serious federal crimes, charges that have already significantly impacted their lives and that will bring harsh penalties if they are convicted—including being labeled as "terrorists" in their own country for the rest of their lives.
indictments for the AETA 4
On Friday, March 13th 2009, Utah animal rights activist Jordan Halliday was held in contempt of court for refusing to testify before a grand jury. Jordan Halliday is still not getting *full* vegan meals. Please call and request he receive *full* vegan meals. He is getting dairy and egg free meals, but *not* meat free meals.
Two Benefits for the AETA 4 coming up.
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