It’s been years. Eleven years actually. And it’s how people are remembered. Eleven years ago some of the horror at Alamogordo was ending. Despite years and years of animal cruelty violations, the USDA finally closed the infamous Coulston laboratory where unspeakable cruelty was inflicted on our closest relative, the chimpanzee. We’ve all heard about the …
December 2013 archive
Dec 27
Japanese govt’s websites hacked by Anonymous over dolphin hunt
Japanese government’s websites, including the ones of the prime minister’s office, Taji, Wakayama Prefecture, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, have been cyber attacked by Anonymous, a group of “hacktivists” (hacker-activists) who primarily hack websites to bring about social change. “STOP these slaughters IMMEDIATELY, or get ready to …
Dec 21
Earth Crisis and Liberator to Collaborate on New Comic Series
Press Office Note: Liberator is a revolutionary comic series about animal liberation, written by Matt Miner. We have seen Liberator blossom into a new and creative medium to reach other audiences (outside of preaching to the choir) about the importance of animal liberation and those who risk their freedom behind the mask to free others. …
Dec 19
FBI Raids San Diego House Over Mink Farm Raids
By Animal Liberation Frontline First known house raid in connection with last summer’s Animal Liberation Front fur farm campaign. The following is a report of a house that was raided this week in San Diego, apparently in connection with the recent wave of mink releases. Since July, anonymous activists have raided 10 fur farms in …
Dec 17
What will happen after animals are legally recognized as persons?
by George Dvorsky The first real attempt to see chimps legally recognized as persons may have failed, but it’s an historic case that undoubtedly represents the first of many to come. It’ll only be a matter of time before chimps and other animals are no longer seen as mere property, but rather as subjects worthy …
Dec 14
Daniel Andreas San Diego Listed on FBI’s Most Wanted (again)
from the SF Gate The FBI sought Friday to renew interest in the manhunt for Daniel Andreas San Diego, an animal rights activist accused of bombing two offices in the Bay Area a decade ago. San Diego, a 35-year-old former resident of Schellville in Sonoma County, is one of 25 of Northern California’s “most wanted” featured …
Dec 13
Uniting Our Struggles: Where Animal Liberation and Anti-Oppression Meet
from Earth First! Newswire by liz gurley flynn Days ago, a supporter of the Animal Liberation Front issued a communique calling for movement support and action in dismantling the fur industry. At first glance, that this call was delivered to the Earth First! Journal Collective may seem peculiar. The North American Animal Liberation Press Office …
Dec 11
Political Prisoner Steve Murphy Released, in Halfway Home
On December 11, 2013, Steve Murphy was released from federal prison in Texas. He will complete his sentence at a halfway house (his release date is February 25, 2014). Steve Murphy was sentenced to 5 years in prison in 2010 after pleading guilty to charges relating to an attempted arson at a luxury housing development …
Dec 01
Why science is telling all of us to revolt and change our lives before we destroy the planet
By Naomi Klein, October 29, 2013. Source: AlterNet In December 2012, a pink-haired complex systems researcher named Brad Werner made his way through the throng of 24,000 earth and space scientists at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, held annually in San Francisco. This year’s conference had some big-name participants, from Ed Stone …