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Posted in Political Repression, Recent Articles on Oct 31st, 2009
Activists will from across the country will be converging on Morgan, Utah for Fur Free Saturday (November 28th). Morgan is the largest fur farming town in the country, with 15 active mink farms. In the spirit of the march to Birmingham in 1965, this convergence will climax in a one mile march through the heart [...]
Posted in Animal Liberation Front, Direct Action, Recent Articles on Oct 26th, 2009
300 mink were released the night of October 4th in Astoria, Oregon. At 1:23 AM, the farmer reported to police that someone was “releasing her mink”, indicating the liberators were spotted in the act, but escaped unarrerested. The release comes just weeks before pelting season, when every mink on every farm in the country is [...]
Posted in Recent Articles on Oct 17th, 2009
On October 16th, a Minneapolis activist appeared before a grand jury and read a statement that she was refusing to testify. It is looking increasingly likely the grand jury is investigating the 2004 Animal Liberation Front raid of the University of Iowa, in which 401 animals were liberated. The activist, Carrie Feldman, was issued another [...]
Posted in Animal Liberation Prisoners, Animal Research, Direct Action, Political Repression on Oct 17th, 2009
Longtime animal rights activist and current SHAC prisoner (and the best man on the megaphone at some of the earliest protests I ever attended) Jake Conroy is slated from release November 6th. Below is a letter from Jake’s partner on Jake’s release and what we can do to help.
I recall how significant employment was in [...]
Posted in Political Repression, Recent Articles on Oct 15th, 2009
The following is a letter just released by one of the lawyers defending the AETA 4, Bob Bloom. The letter captures both the absurdity of the charges, and the significance of the case for the animals and all of us. For a blunt and succinct explanation of how far the FBI is willing to go [...]
Posted in Recent Articles on Oct 14th, 2009
In loving memory of the U.S. Constitution
Almost three years since the imprisonment of the SHAC 7, the verdict has just come in from the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. With one dissenting opinion, their conviction has been upheld.
“The overarching issues in this appeal are whether the
AEPA violates the First Amendment, whether there was
sufficient evidence [...]
Posted in Recent Articles on Oct 14th, 2009
On Tuesday, October 13th, a Minneapolis woman was pulled over by a black SUV and served a grand jury subpoena. It is not yet known what the grand jury is investigating, but evidence points to their interest being an incident in Iowa in 2004. A review of all A.L.F. / E.L.F. actions show that during [...]
Posted in Animal Liberation Prisoners, Animal Research, Direct Action, Recent Articles on Oct 6th, 2009
Last month’s post on upcoming films covering persecuted and repressed methods of achieving animal liberation had one glaring omission: The upcoming SHAC (Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty) documentary, “Terrorist“.
A word on film: I believe as individuals we should spent less time watching, and more time doing. And as a movement, one of our biggest failures is [...]
Posted in Animal Research, Recent Articles on Oct 2nd, 2009
As a follow up to the previous post, the news is now out: Steve Murphy is being charged with a 2006 E.L.F. action in Pasadena, CA. The criminal complaint accusing Steve of this action can be viewed here. Read the complaint to receive a glimpse into the investigative tactics of the FBI, and learn how [...]
Posted in Recent Articles on Oct 1st, 2009
Information is unclear at the moment, but this is what we have:
Steve Murphy, an animal rights activist, was arrested on Wednesday, September 30th, in Texas on federal arson charges. He is charged in the Central District of California (Los Angeles). The charges may or may not be related to animal liberation activity. Nothing is yet [...]
