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 …
Jan 10
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 8, 2015 Re: U.S. v. McDavid, Case No. 06-cr-0035 (U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California) Federal Government Agrees To Release Environmental Activist Eric McDavid From Prison Because It Withheld Documents From Him At Trial SACRAMENTO, CA. On Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015, United States District Judge Morrison C. England granted a joint request …
Jan 09
Unconditional Anti-Oppression: The Rise of Anti-Speciesism in the Anarchist Movement Negotiation is over. Moving beyond liberal veganism. About 40 years ago animal rights was a concept promoted and activated by determined individuals, passionate about expanding their sphere of compassion. Not only did many of these animal rights activists go vegan but they also took action …
Jan 08
from Bite Back VIDEO: Lab Liberation Action Received anonymously (translation): “Progress and science have been declared enemies of nature and freedom, managed for those who possess power and want to keep it on their side no matter what it takes. A fundamental part of its development is the separation of humans from the rest …
Jan 05
London School of Economics and Political Science The issue of animal welfare has become increasingly prominent across Europe in recent decades, with several animal rights parties now competing in European elections – most notably in the Netherlands where the Party for the Animals (PvdD) is currently represented in the Dutch parliament. But how should animal …
Dec 30
On Sunday night a pen was cut open at the Oregon Fish and Wildlife game bird exhibit located in the EE Wilson Wildlife Area giving 3 ringneck pheasants a chance to escape into the wild. This action was done to both spare these wild animals from life of captivity and to challenge the societal norm …
Dec 21
Happy Holidays everybody! Sorry if I haven’t been very responsive as of late. I have just been consumed with my language studies (Spanish/Arabic) and my exercise routine. As a prisoner in a counter-terrorism prison unit; with a few years of time under my belt now. I am becoming a bit reclusive as a matter of …
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 …
