2013 archive

Daniel McGowan Back in Jail Days After Writing About His Secretive Prison Unit for Huffington Post

by Will Potter Green is the New Red I was supposed to meet Daniel McGowan for coffee today, and got an email from him last night that his work pass was denied. The revocation of his pass was a surprise, because McGowan has done everything possible to adjust himself to life post-prison, including securing a …

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Cages Emptied at Italian Mink Farm

Reported Anonymously: THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GESTURE IS TO OPEN THE CAGES WITHOUT WAITING FOR SOMEONE ELSE THOSE CAGES WHICH IMPRISON ANIMALS AND THOSE WHICH LOCK US IN INSTITUTIONAL POLITICS THAT LIMIT OUR ACTIONS REGARDLESS OF THE ILLEGALITY OR LEGALITY OF OUR ACTIONS WE STRUGGLE TO DESTROY THE PLANS OF THOSE WHO WANT TO CONTROL AND …

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Radicals claim responsibility for boutique attack

By Brent Richter North Shore News A radical animal rights group has claimed responsibility for an attack on Real Housewives of Vancouver cast member Jody Claman’s West Vancouver clothing boutique. Activists from the Animal Liberation Front publicized their unapologetic communiqué on Bite Back magazine’s website Wednesday morning, claiming responsibility for spray-painting “ALF” on the door …

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Vancouver Fur Profiteer Attacked by ALF

For Immediate release 27 March 2013 received anonymously: In response to the Seattle Fur Exchange: At this moment in Seattle people are gathering in a grotesque celebration of the barbaric fur trade. They are selling untold numbers of skins from innocent animals in the name of their meaningless god, money. In response to these killers …

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Chicks stolen, 200, from Mass. farmer who suspects animal rights activists

By Barry Leibowitz CBS News ASHBURNHAM, Mass. – A central Massachusetts farmer says 200 chicks were stolen from their pen, and he suspects animal rights activists are behind it, after he posted a picture of the birds on Facebook.Keith Kopley at Kalon Farm in Ashburnham says the Cornish cross chicks hatched in Pennsylvania were delivered …

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Political Prison- by Walter Bond

[Walter Bond is an imprisoned Animal Liberation Front operative who in the Summer of 2010 was arrested for the A.L.F. Lone Wolf arsons of the Sheepskin Factory in Denver, Colorado, the Tandy Leather Factory in Salt Lake City, Utah and Tiburon Restaurant in Sandy, Utah. On February 11, 2011, Bond was sentenced to 5 years in …

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Branded for Animal Rights

                        video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8i0oPHkyU0 The moment the brand hits my skin, I can’t help but think of them. Him cramped in a metal cell, absolutely terrified, the barrel of a gun to his temple. Her crying out as her child is ripped away from her …

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Dancing the World Into Being

By Naomi Klein, Yes! Magazine 08 March 13   Naomi Klein speaks with writer, spoken-word artist, and indigenous academic Leanne Betasamosake Simpson about “extractivism,” why it’s important to talk about memories of the land, and what’s next for Idle No More.   n December 2012, the Indigenous protests known as Idle No More exploded onto …

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Hunters are terrorists of animal world

by Gary Yourofsky, Press Officer North American Animal Liberation Press Office Before I refute every hunting lie ever espoused, let me begin with a quote from the great philosopher Pythagoras: “As long as humanity continues to be the ruthless destroyer of other beings, we will never know health or peace. For as long as people …

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The Freedom Fighters of the Animal Liberation Front

by Will Hazlitt, Press Officer North American Animal Liberation Press Office Recently I had the opportunity to have some lengthy discussions with a pair of  self-termed “journalists.” Both conversations were interesting and unsettling at the same time. First of all, when did a ‘reporter,’ as defined by the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language …

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Deer Cul Sabotaged in Cranbrook, BC (Canada)

According to local media reports, on February 19 netted-cage traps used to capture deer as part of a cull in Cranbrook, British Columbia were vandalized. 24 mule deer were killed during the cull, which concluded at the end of February.

Attorney Claims USA Chills Rights of Environmentalists

By RYAN ABBOTT Courthouse News Service WASHINGTON (CN) – An attorney whose client is serving 22 years for destroying private property claims the FBI denied her FOIA request, to cover up the government’s “Green Scare” program, meant to chill the speech rights of environmental activists. New York City attorney Susan Tipograph sued the Department of …

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Cownie Furs in Des Moines, Iowa Sabotaged

According to local media, during the night of February 9-10, “murder” was painted on the side of Cownie Furs in Des Moines, Iowa, and three windows and three glass doors were broken. The fur store is owned by Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie.

Heart Attack Grill ‘spokesman’ dies after apparent heart attack

By JoNel Aleccia NBC News A 54-year-old man who spent his days touting the greasy pleasures of the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas has died of an apparent heart attack, the restaurant’s owner said. John Alleman was waiting for a bus outside the downtown grill last week when he collapsed, Jon Basso told NBC …

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Rebel Wolf has surfaced in Ontario

Received anonymously February 3, 2013   Rebel Wolf has surfaced in Ontario and carried out a soft hit in broad daylight with the local police station directly behind him as he locked down the target Simcoe Furriers in Oshawa. This is only the beginning >>> RW