Feb 20
MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT It has been clear for years that the US government and mass media’s application of the word “terrorism” is highly subjective. If the US kills civilians in drone attacks it is, according to the White House, not terrorism; it’s self-defense. If a white male gun enthusiast kills three …
Feb 19
Huffington Post By Rachel Meeropol, Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights. In a Chicago courtroom today, I will urge a federal judge to dismiss terrorism indictments against two animal rights activists accused of freeing thousands of mink from fur farms. Tyler Lang and Kevin Johnson are charged under the federal Animal Enterprise …
Feb 19
The Guardian Two men will plead for dismissal of federal charges under obscure 2006 law for which damaging property or profit line of animal businesses can carry terrorism conviction despite absence of violence Two animal rights activists who have served prison terms for releasing mink and foxes from fur farms in the US midwest are …
Feb 19
by Julie Matthaei The Guardian When freeing 2,000 minks from a mink farm, and painting “Liberation is love” on a barn are considered forms of terrorism, one has to stop and wonder what is going on. On Thursday, animal rights activists Kevin Johnson and Tyler Lang went on trial in federal court. Charged with violating …
Feb 02
by Chris Hedges Common Dreams NEW YORK—Malcolm X, unlike Martin Luther King Jr., did not believe America had a conscience. For him there was no great tension between the lofty ideals of the nation—which he said were a sham—and the failure to deliver justice to blacks. He, perhaps better than King, understood the inner …
Jan 14
Emails show FBI informant encouraged a conspiracy By: The Editors Outside Magazine On Wednesday, a judge ordered the release from prison of convicted eco-terrorist Eric McDavid after previously undisclosed documents pertinent to his case were made public by the FBI, the Guardian reports. In 2008, McDavid was sentenced to nearly 20 years in federal prison …
Jan 10
By COLIN MOYNIHAN JAN. 8, 2015 New York Times A man serving a 19-year prison sentence for environmental terrorism won an early release from prison on Thursday, with a California judge approving a settlement between defense lawyers and prosecutors. The defense said that the authorities had withheld evidence that could have bolstered his case at …
Dec 20
By PAUL ELIAS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Radical environmentalists who threw acid and smoke bombs at Japanese whalers were found in contempt of court for continuing their relentless campaign to disrupt the annual whale hunt off the waters of Antarctica. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Friday ordered a commissioner to determine …
Dec 19
By Sivan Hirsch-Hoefler and Cas Mudde In 2004, John Lewis, deputy assistant director of the FBI Counterterrorism Division, declared in testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee: “the FBI’s investigation of animal rights extremists and ecoterrorism matters is our highest domestic terrorism investigative priority.” To most Americans this statement, if it had been given serious attention …
Nov 26
George Dvorsky Filed to: daily explainer The United States prides itself on being a country of animal lovers. But when it comes to the ethical treatment of lab animals, few countries perform worse. Here’s how the U.S. practices measure up to the rest of the world. [UPDATE: io9 has editorial concerns with this article.] Animal …
Nov 07
ABC News, Fresno County(KFSN) By Corin Hoggard For the first time in three years, a development in the arson case at Harris Ranch. Action News has exclusive details about where the investigation has led and the target who’s already in jail. “This is a major breakthrough in the case,” said ABC30 legal analyst Tony Capozzi.A …
Oct 29
Raw Story Wildlife numbers have plunged by more than half in just 40 years as Earth’s human population has nearly doubled, a survey of over 3,000 vertebrate species revealed on Tuesday. From 1970 to 2010, there was a 39-percent drop in numbers across a representative sample of land- and sea-dwelling species, while freshwater populations declined …
Oct 24
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has approved and issued a license to a commercial fur farm southwest of Roy. “Based on the analysis in the environmental assessment, applicable laws, regulations and policies,” says Gary Bertellotti, FWP Region 4 supervisor, “FWP has determined that this action will not have a significant effect on the human or …
Oct 20
Columbus, OH –-(Ammoland.com)-Sportsmen partaking in the annual Wisconsin wolf hunt are finding themselves with unwanted partners, as a group of animal rights activists, led by a known eco-terrorist, are taking it upon themselves to trail sportsmen in the field this season. The group of animal rights activists, who call themselves the Great Lakes Wolf Patrol, …
Oct 15
Chicago Sun Times Kim Janssen An animal rights protester who allegedly freed 2,000 mink from an Illinois fur farm presents a “risk to the safety of the community” and should be locked up until he stands trial, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Kevin Johnson, 27 allegedly teamed up with codefendant, Tyler Lang, 25, to release the …
