Posted in Legal, Operation Backfire on Jun 19th, 2008
From The Seattle Times:
The woman convicted in an ecoterror attack at the University of Washington has been sentenced to six years in prison.
TACOMA, Wash. -The woman convicted in an ecoterror attack at the University of Washington has been sentenced to six years in prison.
KIRO-TV reports that Briana Waters asked for mercy because she has a [...]
Posted in 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 GNR Media/ Events, Legal, Operation Backfire on Apr 30th, 2008
It’s Not Over: An Update to the “Green Scare”
April 29, 2008
By Will Potter
As the trial of Briana Waters wound down in March, as jurors deliberated her innocence or guilt, and as the press largely ignored her “eco-terrorism” case in lieu of Obama-Clinton-Anybody-But-Bush mania, it seemed, just for a moment, like one chapter of the “War [...]
Posted in Legal, Media, Operation Backfire, Terrorism Rhetoric on Mar 5th, 2008
UPDATE: This blog post was also published by Counterpunch, on March 07, 2008.
Multi-million dollar mansions in a Seattle suburb–each about 4,200-4,750 square feet, going for about $2 million a pop, touted as “green”– were burned Monday. About $7 million in damage on the “Street of Dreams.” Nobody injured, [...]
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.