Author's posts
Feb 20
Patterns of Oppression by Walter Bond
Whenever we the human race set about oppressing another group from within or from outside our own species the justifications we use are not only similar in design but often times exact verbatim. There is a fairly intricate pathology to how we determine the otherness of different groups. Unfortunately, it is far to complex for …
Feb 20
Animal Liberation Forum 2014, March 21-22 in Long Beach, CA
JOIN US! For the fifth annual Animal Liberation Forum, a two day FREE event dedicated to the animals! The event kicks off Friday March 21st at 6pm in Kinesiology Room 59 at CSULB. 6-8pm, there will be a potluck and mixer for conference attendees so please bring vegan snacks and food to share! And then …
Feb 19
Fur Coat Smeared with Red Paint in CA
Received anonymously A fur coat was smeared with red paint at a second-hand shop in the Bay Area rendering it unsellable. This was a small action to send the message that the wearing of fur, and profiting off the miserable captivity and slaughter of fur bearing animals, is never acceptable – even if it’s ‘second …
Feb 12
New Donation Page for Animal Liberation Prisoner Brian Vaillancourt
The Earth First! Prisoner Support Project just created a new donation page for Brian Vaillancourt, in hopes of getting legal funds for him to appeal the 9 year sentence. Here’s the site: http://www.gofundme.com/6s3pvg Also, new links to records in Brian’s case: indictment: http://nycabc.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/brian-vaillaincart-indictment.pdf investigative report: http://nycabc.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/bvinvestigativereport.pdf Brian Vaillancourt, a long-time animal rights activist …
Feb 12
Twelve years ago today…
I was hauled in front of US Congress as part of their attempt to stop the work of the Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front. Thanks to my good friend and attorney Stu Sugarman who represented me during the hearing, the Congressional inquiry was a failure, an embarrassment for Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Scott McInnis, …
Feb 08
Man Killed by Cockfighting Rooster
Opposing Views By Michael Allen Jose Ochoa died after a rooster stabbed him in the leg during an illegal cockfight near Tulare County, Calif. The rooster had a razor-like knife attached to its leg, which the birds use to fight each other to the death, notes LA Weekly. Ochoa may have lost too much blood …
Feb 07
Brian Vaillancourt Gets 9 Years for ALF Arson
Brian was arrested on February 9, 2013 in Chicago for allegedly trying “to burn down a slaughterhouse known as McDonalds.” Negotiation Is Over has learned that days ago after serving a year in Cook County Jail, on February 3, 2014, he was convicted of aggravated arson and sentenced to 9 years in Stateville Prison. He …
Feb 03
Is Freeing a Duck Terrorism?
By Ryan Shapiro, Truthout | Op-Ed A lawsuit filed today seeks to strike down the federal Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. Politicians, industry and law enforcement too long employed the rhetoric and apparatus of national security to counter effective animal advocacy, labeling those who exercise constitutionally protected rights “terrorists.” It is only by chance that I …
Jan 28
Eco-saboteur from Vancouver gets 5-year federal prison sentence in Oregon court
Rebecca Rubin Rubin pleaded guilty last October to arson, attempted arson and conspiracy to commit arson in Oregon, Colorado and California as part of the underground Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front. Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — A Canadian woman who admitted taking part in ecoterrorism firebombings has been sentenced to five years in …
Jan 26
Vegan Angela Davis Connects Human and Animal Liberation
“The food we eat masks so much cruelty”… by JON HOCHSCHARTNER Counterpunch While Angela Davis is well known for her progressive perspectives on race, gender, and class, less well known are her views on species, which are quite forward-thinking. The great socialist scholar, it might surprise some to hear, does not consume animal products. “I …
Jan 25
Largest fox farm in U.S. named as target of “burglary tool” conspiracy
by Peter Young AnimalLiberationFrontline Prosecutors name the Aeschleman fox farm as the intended “burglary target” of Kevin Olliff and Tyler Lang. Since the arrest of Kevin Olliff and Tyler Lang for “possession of burglary tools,” one thing was suspiciously missing from the prosecution’s case: A target. At no point was the intended “burglary” target named, …
Jan 22
U.S. court demands stiff sentence for ‘eco-terrorist’ Rebecca Rubin
Rebecca Rubin, a North Vancouver animal rights activist guilty of several arsons, should get a stiff prison sentence to dissuade those who consider her a hero, the U.S. government says By: Sandro Contenta TheStar.com (Canada) A North Vancouver animal rights activist guilty of several arsons should get a stiff prison sentence to dissuade those who …
Jan 20
Activist Kevin Oliff Sentenced to 2.5 Years for Wire Cutters
by Peter Young AnimalLiberationFrontline Kevin Olliff receives 30 month sentence for possessing fur farm “burglary tools”. Tuesday, Kevin Olliff accepted a plea deal and was sentenced to 2.5 years in Illinois prison. The only allegation against him was possessing tools the prosecution claimed were intended to be used to “burglarize” a fox farm. With credit …
Jan 19
Josh Eldridge on Animal Liberation
What’s In A Name Anyway? Would you consider Martin Luther King Jr. a terrorist? How about Mohandas Gandhi? Maybe the Suffragettes or those who participated in the Boston Tea Party? Those Salvation Army workers always seemed like a bunch of no-good terrorists to me. Obviously, I’m being facetious but the point is very simple. Why …
Jan 17
Walter Bond: The Roots Of Compassion
According to the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary 11th edition the definition of the word “compassion” is: “Sympathetic consciousness of others’ distress together with a desire to alleviate it”. Very well, by the definition thus given we see right off the bat that compassion is more than just a feeling, or a pretentious connection with others’ pain. …