Posted in Events, Prisoner Support on Jan 1st, 2009
[ January 2, 2009; ] Sorry for the short notice on this one, but I hope ya’ll can pass the word on to folks in NYC about this event. It’s a benefit for Green Scare political prisoners Daniel McGowan, Jeff Free Luers, and Eric McDavid. I’ll be speaking (I’m not sure what time) and tabling (with “eco-terrorist” booty shorts, of [...]
Posted in Grand Juries, Legal Issues, Prisoner Support on Aug 4th, 2008
Eight years ago, the Earth Liberation Front claimed responsibility for sabotaging the U.S. Forest Service Facility in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, because the facility was performing genetic engineering research on trees. Underground activists “girdled” about 500 trees, removing a strip of bark, a few inches wide, around the circumference of the trees that caused them to die. [...]
Posted in Activists Arrested, Legal Issues, Prisoner Support on Jul 14th, 2008
Josh Harper wrote this letter to the attendees of the Let Live conference in Portland, OR. Harper is one of the SHAC 7, and is currently in prison on “animal enterprise terrorism” charges. I read this at the opening session of the conference.
Dear friends,
Let me just start by expressing how happy I am to [...]
Posted in Activism & Activists' Response, Prisoner Support on May 14th, 2008
I was out in Washington for part of the Briana Waters trial, just before she was found guilty on two counts of arson for an Earth Liberation Front arson at the University of Washington. What struck me most about the experience was that not only must she deal with former friends becoming government informants, and [...]
Posted in Activism & Activists' Response, Prisoner Support on May 13th, 2008
This looks like an interesting event. Marie Mason was arrested recently and charged with a 1999 arson at Michigan State University, and subsequently had her co-defendant become a government informant. Derrick Jensen is a wonderful author, and his writing blends a wide variety of issues, including environmental and civil liberties concerns.
They’re holding a [...]
Posted in Prisoner Support on Feb 24th, 2008
When environmental and animal rights advocates are sentenced to lengthy prison terms—many as “terrorists”—they depend on the support of friends, family and the larger activist community. They need money in their commissary account. They need books and magazines. They need visitors, phone calls, and perhaps above all else, according to many current and former prisoners [...]
Posted in Activists Arrested, Legal Issues, Prisoner Support on Jul 30th, 2007
This is an update on Daniel McGowan, one of the Operation Backfire defendants who recently reported to prison after being sentenced as a “terrorist.” It’s from Family and Friends of Daniel McGowan:
July 26, 2007
I’m pretty convinced at this point, nearly 20 months after my arrest, that I am incredibly lucky to have the best [...]
Posted in Legal Issues, Life as a Terrorist, Prisoner Support on Jun 12th, 2006
The Brooklyn Rail has a profile up today of Daniel McGowan, a well-known activist in the NY area who is facing life in prison. McGowan and 14 others were arrested earlier this year as part “Operation Backfire,” a government roundup of activists in the name of fighting “eco-terrorism” and property crimes.
Many of those targeted [...]
The War on Terrorism has come home. Corporations and politicians are labeling activists "eco-terrorists" and national security threats. Think red-baiting, with a green twist. Here you'll find original reporting and analysis of the Green Scare, and history repeating itself.