Tag Archive 'Josh Harper'

Herbivore Magazine Article on the SHAC 7: “The World Takes? How corporations and politicians turned animal rights activists into terrorists”

Posted in Activists Arrested, Federal Terrorism Laws, Legal Issues, Legislation on Jan 19th, 2009

[This was published by Herbivore Magazine in one of their mini-books a while back. I realized I hadn't posted it here, and it's not available anywhere else online. Hope you enjoy it.]

"The World Takes? How corporations and politicians turned animal rights activists into terrorists," Herbivore, Volume 13, 26-48.
By WILL POTTER
On some days in [...]

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Recap of the Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty “Terrorism” Appeal in Philadelphia

Posted in Activists Arrested, Federal Terrorism Laws, Legal Issues, Legislation on Jan 13th, 2009

When the animal rights group Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) posted news of both legal and illegal conduct on its website, and publicly supported a variety of tactics in the movement to shut down the notorious animal testing lab Huntingdon Life Sciences, they were acting as “generals” in a campaign of “terrorism,” the U.S. government [...]

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Statement from Josh Harper of the SHAC 7

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 [...]

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