Category: News Articles

An underground cell, eco-terrorists, and environmentalists: a former fugitive shares his story in ‘Burn Wild’

Pod Sauce For over 10 years, two of America’s Most Wanted Domestic Terrorists topped the FBI’s list for leading an eco-terrorist movement in 2005. The FBI’s Deputy Assistant Director identified these 2 individuals as a “domestic terror priority” in America. Since then, 1 former fugitive, Joseph Dibee, has been found. In BBC Radio 5 live’s podcast …

Continue reading

More Graffiti at Malta’s Dolphin Park

‘Let Us Be Free, Empty The Tanks’: More Graffiti Shows Up Outside Malta’s Dolphin Park By Sasha Vella Lovin Malta A new set of hard-hitting graffiti has popped up leading to Malta’s marine park in Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq. Photographs of the freshly painted graffiti were anonymously submitted to Lovin Malta, this time telling people “welcome to dolphin …

Continue reading

Let Us Now Praise Infamous Animals

Counterpunch BY JEFFREY ST. CLAIR In the spring of 1457, a gruesome murder took place in the French village of Savigny-sur-Etang. A five-year-old boy had been killed and his body partially consumed. A local family was accused of this frightful crime by local residents who claimed to have witnessed the murder. The seven suspects, a mother …

Continue reading

Confessed arsonist claims FBI has video of his extradition they are not releasing

OPB.ORG Long-time fugitive, Joseph Dibee pleaded guilty this year to helping burn down an Oregon horse meat factory in 1997, but he says the FBI is withholding evidence that could affect his soon-to-be-decided sentence Joseph Dibee, a former international fugitive who pleaded guilty to the 1997 arson of a Central Oregon abattoir that sold wild …

Continue reading

Animal rights protesters ‘film themselves drilling holes’ in Muller lorry tyres at Willenhall

By David Stubbings Express and Star A group of animal rights protesters have been arrested after holes were drilled into around 200 tyres at a milk distribution centre. Protesters from a group called Animal Rebellion allegedly filmed themselves drilling holes into tyres of a number of lorries at Muller Wiseman Dairies, Ashmore Lake Way, Willenhall, in …

Continue reading

‘Don’t Fund Slavery’: Ominous Graffiti Shows Up Leading To Malta’s Dolphin Park ‘Prison’

By Sasha Vella Lovin Malta Ominous graffiti has appeared leading up to Malta’s only marine park in Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq. The freshly-painted and stencilled graffiti was spotted by a resident who sent the photos to Lovin Malta, showing the blunt and controversial messaging. “50 metres to dolphin prison,” one graffiti reads, with another telling people “don’t fund …

Continue reading

The Moral Atrocity of Factory Farming and Why We Must Not Look Away

Journalist Marina Bolotnikova argues that factory farming is a fascist industry in which violence and domination of animals is justified without argument. Current Affairs 11 August 2022 https://www.currentaffairs.org/2022/08/the-moral-atrocity-of-factory-farming-and-why-we-must-not-look-away Current Affairs is proud to be a publication that takes animal rights seriously. From our lighthearted looks at manatees, ants, and cats, to our more serious pieces on the Orwellian language of the factory …

Continue reading

An Extreme Voice from the Past Resurfaces

Dr. Jerry Vlasak, Who Has Repeatedly Proposed Killing Scientists, Seeks to Inspire the Next Generation of Animal Activists July 15, 2022 Americans for Medical Progress (Front Group for Vivisectors) Animal rights extremist Dr. Jerry Vlasak resurfaced earlier this summer  to take part in a workshop hosted by Animal Activism Mentorship (AAM), a group which seeks …

Continue reading

Husband of Ontario animal activist killed during protest files $5M lawsuit

Regan Russell died in June 2020 after being hit by a truck outside a pork plant in Burlington, Ont. Liam Casey · The Canadian Press · Posted: Jun 27, 2022 7:55 AM ET | Last Updated: June 27 Every Monday, Mark Powell drives to the Burlington, Ont., pork plant where his wife died to give water to pigs on …

Continue reading

Eco-activist and former international fugitive Joseph Dibee pleads guilty in 1997 Oregon arson

By Conrad Wilson (OPB) Prosecutors say Dibee was a member of the Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front, which the U.S. Department of Justice has held responsible for acts of domestic terrorism. An environmental and animal rights activist pleaded guilty Thursday to decades-old federal arson charges, including involvement in a 1997 central Oregon fire that destroyed …

Continue reading

Lessons of radical activism from the animal rights movement

Opinion Piece By Dusan Pajovic DiEM25.orgActivism Animal Rights Dusan Pajovic takes a look at some of the methods used by the animal rights movement and whether they could be applied to other activist causes  The Animal Rights (AR) movement is one of the fastest growing social justice movements in history. There are now a number of groups …

Continue reading

Joseph Dibee agrees to plead guilty to decades-old charges of environmental extremism

The U.S. Department of Justice alleges Dibee was a member of the Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front, which engaged in acts of “domestic terrorism.” By Conrad Wilson (OPB) A Washington man who belonged to environmental groups and was accused of activism-motivated attacks in Oregon in the late ‘90s before fleeing the country has agreed to …

Continue reading

‘I found out my best mate’s a spycop’

Morning Star (UK) Animal rights activist Daryl Dixon speaks to the Star after discovering his friend in the 1980s was an undercover copper AN ANIMAL rights activist has spoken out about his shock at recently discovering his best mate in the 1980s was actually a police spy. The officer, known only by his cover name …

Continue reading

U.S. House Passes Sweeping Ban on Mink Farming Citing Cruelty and Contagion Risks

Legislation comes after hundreds of mink farms experience SARS-CoV-2 Outbreaks Washington, Feb. 04, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, in voting to approve the America COMPETES Act, the U.S. House of Representatives included a provision to ban mink farming throughout the United States, signaling disapproval of an industry that harms and kills animals for their pelts, …

Continue reading

Can a Non-Lethal Eco-Terrorism Strategy Pay Off?

With natural shocks becoming increasingly common due to climate change, the specter of future eco-terrorism looms much more prominently. By Elizabeth Dykstra McCarthy Fair Observer In 2025, the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is hit by a killer heatwave. The astronomical temperatures resulting from solar radiation kill 20 million people. In the wake of this climate …

Continue reading