Cascadia in Anarchy !

Protest at NW Detention Center, Tacoma Sat. 12/9

2006-12-05T20:58:00.000-08:00

Melt I.C.E.!

Peaceful Protest and Vigil for Human Rights

2-4pm, Sat. December 9

Northwest Detention Center

1623 E. J Street - Tacoma, WA

Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents continue to
terrorize immigrant communities in Washington State and across the
country with
increasingly militaristic raids, armed arrests, covert detentions and
deportations. We ask that you join us in protest of these aggressive
enforcement tactics and violations of our neighbors' civil and human
rights. Many of our friends and neighbors are being held in the
privately-run Northwest Detention Center, we want to show them and
our community that we do not condone I.C.E.'s terrorist actions
against hard working immigrants.

Update on December 7th Day of Solidarity

2006-12-02T09:19:00.000-08:00

> Update on December 7:
> An International Day of Solidarity with Green Scare Indictees,
> Detainees, and Political Prisoners
>
> The term Green Scare refers to the Red Scares of the early twentieth
> century, made famous by the McCarthy hearings and the House Un-American
> Activities Committee. The Green Scare demonstrates a similar systematic
> criminalization of dissent as the U.S. government is using all its tactics
> (e.g., grand juries, specialized legislation, paid agents provocateurs) to
> target the radical environmental and animal rights movements, those who
> publicly support them, and others who struggle for a healthy, diverse
> eco-system and the rights of animals.
>
> On December 7th, 2005, the FBI made their first arrests of "Operation
> Backfire," a multi-state sweep targeting alleged Earth Liberation and
> Animal Liberation Front activists with charges of conspiracy and arson
> threatening them with life in prison. Elsewhere, the government has
> convicted organizers of the Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) campaign
> - a campaign that ultimately kept Huntingdon off the stock market and can
> take credit for the divestment of hundreds of their clients and investors.
> The SHAC 7 are currently serving up to 6 years for violating the "Animal
> Enterprise Protection Act" by operating a website. In Sacramento, Eric
> McDavid, waiting in solitary confinement for trial, faces up to 20 years
> for alleged thought crime. In 2001, Jeff "Free" Luers was convicted of
> damaging 3 Sports Utility Vehicles that were later restored and sold. He
> is currently serving his 6th year of a 22 year, 8 month sentence.
>
> This year, on December 7, people all over the world will be organizing and
> participating in events to raise awareness about the Green Scare and show
> solidarity with those targeted by it. Please organize an event in your
> area to support Green Scare Indictees and political prisoners.
>
> So far, we have 42 events confirmed in 29 cities! And more on the way!
>
> If your city isn’t listed below, act now and its not too late to organize
> an event for December 7th! To get ideas or support, please go to
> GreenScare.org. Remember, everything you do to support people who are
> targets of prosecution should be LEGAL and in their best interest. Many
> are in pre-trial or in an appeal process; please do not organize something
> that could jeopardize their cases. Further, if you are organizing events
> specific to targeted individuals, please contact their support committees
> before organizing rallies or fundraisers. You can find their contact
> information here or by emailing us. To let us know what events you have
> planned, please email us at greenscare@mutualaid.org. Thanks to everyone
> who is organizing against the Green Scare!
>
>
> --
>
>
> GreenScare.org
> Illuminating the New War on Dissent
>
>
>
> WEST COAST
>
> Eugene, Oregon (3 events)
>
> Sunday, December 3 - 8pm
> FOR OUR FRIENDS, FOR THE FUTURE
> A Benefit for Green Scare Defendants and Grand Jury Resistance
> Music: Mood Area 52 and Peter Wilde
> Speakers: Kristian Williams (Author: American Methods: Torture and the
> Logic of Domination, Our Enemies in Blue) and Lauren Regan (Civil
> Liberties Defense Center)
> · plus films, information tables, and more!
> Admission: $5 - $50 Sliding Scale.
> At Sam Bonds Garage
> 407 Blair Blvd.
> Contact: femmemilitia@gmail.com
>
> Friday December 8, 6 - 11pm
> All Ages Show to Benefit Joy and Nathan
> PIRATE RADIO
> STREETLIGHT CARDIACS
> THE WOBBLIES
> ADRENALINE JUNKIES
> UGLY LITTER
> THE USLESS FUCKING DERLICKS (ex stop sign go)
> THE BLIMP and maybe more
> Bring money as this is a benefit
> $5-$1,000 suggested donation
> ALL AGES @ THE FLOWER SHOP
> 2086 EAST 15TH (on the corner of E 15th and Walnut- 2 blocks from the PC
> Market on Franklin)
>
> Liberating Dissent: Refusing to be Silenced- A benefit for
> Green Scare defendants and Grand Jury Resistance

> When?
> Saturday Dec 9th, 6-11pm
> Where? Liberty Hall, 311 N Ivy Portland OR
> How Much? $7-$100 suggested donation to benefit
> non-cooperating "Green Scare" defendants and grand jury resistance
> Presentations by: Jeff Hogg - Grand jury resister
> imprisoned from May to November of 2006 for refusing to cooperate
> with a federal grand jury related to the green scare.;Paul
> Loney - Attorney to grand jury resister Jeff Hogg ;Updates and
> information on the Green Scare, the Shac 7 and grand ;jury
> resistance ;Performances by;The Rag and Bone Men -
> oldtimey dance tunes from the middle ages; Shickey Gnarowitz -
> Discordant dancy three piece klezmer;Tandemnation - melodic,
> screamy queer-core; Drunken Boat - raw energetic pop punk  Nux
> Vomica - energetic fusion of metal/punk/crust; Also:
> Vegan food for sale, Vegan bake sale
> http://protest.net/pdxindymedia/index.cgi?span=event&ID=735531
>
> Portland, Oregon (2 events!)
>
> Wednesday, December 6th
> Two screenings of Your Mommy Kills Animals, a new documentary by filmmaker
> Curt Johnson who will be present at the screening for a Q & A session
> afterwards. $6 - all proceeds go to the SHAC 7
> At the Clinton Street Theater
> 2522 SE Clinton St.
> 7pm and 9pm
> More info: info [at] foodfightgrocery.com
> Saturday, December 9th
> at Liberty Hall - Details TBA
>
> Seattle, Washington
> Seattle in Solidarity with the Green Scare Targets!
> Prisoner Letter-Writing Party, Discussion/Networking, Good Food, & Good
> Times.
> December 7th 7-9pm
> at Araya's Vegetarian Restaurant(1121 NE 45th St)
> You don't have to bring anything except yourself! But please bring money
> if you
> want food (we'll be ordering off the regular Araya's menu), and paper,
> envelopes,
> stamps, pens, and cash to donate if you're able. Some supplies will be
> provided,
> and so will addresses and information about the targets of the Green
> Scare. Don't let us be silenced! Come support our friends in struggle and
> learn more about how we can help. For more information please contact
> melissaseyesonly@resist.ca
>
> Olympia, Washington
> Friday, December 8 Benefit Show at Solid Gold - 419 Boulevard Rd SE (at
> the corner of Pacific Ave. and Boulevard Rd. across from the shell
> station)
> Doors open at 7 pm, music and performance begins at 8 pm
> Suggested donation $5-20
> Performing:
> Bridget Irish (performance)
> Leonardo (soul, house dj)
> Myello (experimental dance electronics)
> Onyxoxo (acoustica + dj)
> Rachel Diamond, one lady band (!)
> Shizunomargot (songs, performance)
> Timezone Lafontaine (southern hip hop soulrock)
> and more!!!
> There will be free literature, merchandise and beverages for a donation,
> and an opportunity to learn more about the "Green Scare" and how to
> support earth liberation indictees, grand jury resistance, preserving
> civil liberties & building solidarity, and refusing the criminalization of
> dissent.
> This event is a benefit for Olympia Civil Liberties Resource, Books To
> Prisoners Olympia, and non-cooperating "Green Scare" indictees.
>
> SanFrancisco, California (3 events)
>
> Sunday, December 3rd
> Benefit for the 2nd Annual International Day of Solidarity with Political
> Prisoners & Green Scare Day of Action
> · Featured bands include Eskapo, Myth of Progress, Chest Full of Arrows,
> Slash & Burn, and more.
> · Speakers on the Green Scare, the Black Panther Grand Juries, Oaxaca/San
> Salvador Atenco (Mexico), the Philippines, Lebanon, and Palestine.
> · Art from local artists.
> $5-20 sliding scale with all proceeds going to political prisoners.
> Door 5pm/Show starts 5:30pm (sharp)
> At Balazo 18 Gallery
> 2183 Mission St.
> Contact: caps [at] riseup.net
>
> Thursday, December 7 - 7pm
> Letter writing and Film Screening Against the Green Scare
> Showing Sourcecode: Eco Dissent/Not Terrorism and The Lorax
> Snacks provided, donations accepted.
> At Station40
> 3030b 16th Street (across from 16th & Mission Bart Station)
>
> Friday, December 8th
> Green Scare Solidarity Action at the CAFE Infoshop, 935 F St. (at Tulare)
> in Fresno. There will be a green scare teach-in with letter writing, and
> performers such as Ryan Harvey and Marc Gunnery of the Riot Folk
> collective. Letter writing and the teach-in will begin at 5pm, with the
> show starting at 7:30pm.
>
> Santa Cruz (3 events):
> Weekend of Resistance in Solidarity with the Green Scare Indictees,
> Detainees, and Political Prisoners
>
> DAY ONE
> Thursday December 7, Location TBA
> Letter writing party and vegan potluck.
>
> DAY TWO
> Friday December 8 at the Resource Center for Non-violence:
> Film screenings and speakers illuminating how our rights are being
> lost through these cases and new legislation. All money raised will go
> towards defending activists in the new war on dissent.
> Featuring
> David Hayden--SF Grand Jury Resistor
> Benjamin Rosenfeld--Bay area attorney specializing in Civil Liberties,
> Grand Jury Resistance, and activist defense.
> Source Code: Eco-dissent/Not Terrorism
> A Voice for Liberation: Rod Coronado
> Refusing to Be Silent: Josh Harper
> Plus Green Scare Benefit Marketplace with relevant Books, zines,
> T-shirts, tote bags! Tons of great vegan refreshments.
> 7 PM at the RCNV: 515 Broadway (at Ocean St)
> Sliding scale donation $5-50, no one turned away for lack of funds.
>
> DAY THREE
> Saturday, December 9, Venue TBA
> A day of workshops and discussions beginning at 2 PM. Workshops will include:
> Prisoner Letter Writing 101
> Basic Security
> Responses to State Repression
> Dealing with Feds and Cops
> Proceeding Effectively with Environmental Campaigns
> In the evening, dinner will be provided by Food Not Bombs, with
> musical performances to follow - bands TBA.
>
> EAST COAST
>
> Jersey City, NJ
> Thursday, December 7th - 7pm
> Join us for a tea party (seriously!) complete with homemade vegan
> desserts, finger sandwiches provided by Foodswings and of course tea. Wear
> your daintiest tea party attire, or don't. $5-10 sliding scale - all
> proceeds go to environmental activist Daniel McGowan.
> At The Barracks Jukehouse
> 107 Magnolia Ave.
>
> New York City (4 events)
>
> Saturday, December 2nd
> Daniel McGowan Benefit Party!
> In preparation for the Dec. 7th, International Day of Solidarity Against
> the Green Scare, join us to help raise money for Daniel McGowan's
> continued legal costs.
> 9pm
> 84 Clinton Ave. Apt 1 (between Park and Myrtle in Clinton Hill)
> $5 Suggested Donation
> Two Floors and a Backyard worth of:
> Bands!
> DJ's!
> Delicious, Nutritious Homebrew!
> Food!
>
> DECEMBER 7th - TWO EVENTS IN NYC TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL INDICTEE, FELLOW
> ORGANIZER, AND FRIEND, DANIEL MCGOWAN!
> ··· 12 - 2 PM Rally in Solidarity with Daniel McGowan, Foley Square
> ··· 6:30 PM Dinner and a Movie for Daniel Benefit, Time's Up!
> LUNCHTIME RALLY:
> We will hold a lunch time rally to show our support for Daniel in Foley
> Square on the one-year anniversary of his arrest. Please come on your
> lunch break, and bring your friends!
> Speakers
> Heidi Boghosian, Executive director of the National Lawyers Guild,
> Rachel Meeropol, Staff attorney at Center for Constitutional Rights
> Ashanti Alston, Co-chair of the National Jericho Movement
> Tim Doody from Family and Friends of Daniel McGowan.
> Endorsed by:
> National Lawyers Guild-National Office, National Lawyers Guild-NYC
> Chapter, Jericho Movement-New York Chapter, National Jericho Movement,
> Times Up!, Peoples Law Collective, NYC War Resisters League, Brooklyn
> Greens, NYC Students for a Democratic Society , Wetlands Activism
> Collective, Resistance in Brooklyn, New York Metro Alliance of Anarchists
> (NYMAA), NYC Industrial Workers of the World and Friends of Brad Will.
> DINNER AND A MOVIE:
> In the evening, Friends & Family will be hosting dinner and a movie
> benefit for Daniel at Time's Up! We will have dinner at 6:30, followed by
> an 8pm screening of The Lorax and Pom Poko (Raccoon War). There will also
> be a raffle with lots of nifty prizes and plenty of information on Daniel
> and other targets of the Green Scare. Suggested donation: $10; proceeds to
> benefit Daniel's legal defense.
> This should be a fun, informative day. We know that folks in New York have
> been incredibly supportive of Daniel, and we hope to see you on the 7th to
> help continue to build that support.
> Directions to Time's Up!:
> Time's Up is located at 49 E Houston St., between Mott and Mulberry. Take
> the 6 train to Bleecker St. or the B/D/F/V to Broadway/Lafayette and walk
> about one block east on Houston.
> Directions to Foley Square:
> Rally at Foley Square, (Court district near Lafayette, Centre, Duane &
> Pearl Sts), 4/5/6 to Bkn Bridge-City Hall, J/M/Z to Chambers St, N/Q/R/W
> to Canal).
>
> Friday, December 8th
> OPPOSE THE NEW WAR ON DISSENT!
> Benefit show for targets of the Green Scare!
> Doors at 8:30pm, bands at 9pm, DJ after!
> DUMBA Arts Collective
> 57 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY
> F to York, down the hill towards the water 2 blocks
> For more directions, call DUMBA at (718) 858-4886
> Featuring...
> Indaculture! - Rockaway, NY's reggae, rock and jamband sensation
> Brownbird Rudy Relic! - Acoustic Holler-Blues
> Casa De Chihauhua - Old-Timey Punk
> and Darren Deicide! - Bluesy Punk Roots Music
> $5 at the door
> (Suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds, but, c'mon,
> it's to support prisoners and indictees!)
> Cheap beer, wine, hot cider and vegan treats!
> Learn about the Green Scare and the individuals targeted by this new
> effort to criminalize dissent from speakers and at information tables,
> and, because prison is a lonely place, write to prisoners at a letter
> writing station!
> Proceeds from the show go to benefit the legal funds for our two local
> targets of the Green Scare, Daniel McGowan and Andy Stepanian.
>
> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
> Anarchist Perspectives: Resisting the Green Scare!
> Saturday, Dec. 9th - 3pm
> At A-Space
> 4722 Baltimore Ave.
> Potluck at 3, discussion to follow
> Come to eat, come to chat, come for the resistance. Hot food, hot topics!
> We'll open with a brief overview of recent government attacks on activist
> groups, a refresher on the basics of "security culture," and understanding
> our legal rights.
> · How can we support Prisoners and Accused Activists?
> · Are we all "terrorists" or "supporting terrorists" now?
> · How do we keep up hope and the fight, despite "the scare"?
> · What is being done and what needs to be done to work in solidarity with
> other targeted communities?
> · You don't have to be an anarchist to join in this conversation
> · Keep your eye out at Mariposa Co-op for the optional reading packets to
> help inform our discussion!
> ( folks who don't have access to the co-op can email
> a-space@defenestrator.org to access the readings in other ways. If we can
> get them electronically we will make them available via email and the web.
> We will also try to have some packets at the A-Space )
>
> Worcester, Massachusetts
> What: The Greenscare Day of Solidarity, Northeast Regional Conference in
> Worcester, MA
> When: Saturday, December 9th, 2006 from 10-3 (snacks/refreshments
> provided, eat a meal before)
> Where: Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester Mass, Atwater Kent Hall
> Why: To raise awareness about the Green Scare and show solidarity with
> those targeted by it.
> The Event is Free
> Contact Marty for more info - mdriggs@gmail.com
>
> Portland, Maine
> thurs.DEC7th. Benefit for Green Scare Defendents.
> @ Sahara Club. 135 Washington Ave. Portland.
> 6pm. all ages. $5-$10. vegan potluck.
> SOMETHING'S WRONG (gritty pop-punk like FIFTEEN from Asheville, NC)
> A PRIMITIVE & SAVAGE LAND (Cedar is so dreamy)
> GIFT OF TONGUES (washed up on the banks of the fore river)
> DWAYNE (young punxxx from scarborough)
> There will also be some sort of teach-in/video showing because it's the
> International Day of Solidarity with Green Scare Indictees the left over
> money will go to them, too.
> Ryan sez: Anyone got any ideas?? I'd like to hear them.
> xrywinx@riseup.net
>
> SOUTH
> (INCLUDING SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST)
>
> Washington, DC
> Thursday December 7 - 7pm
> Vegan Chili Dinner and Film Screening of BEHIND THE MASK Documentary
> $6 to benefit Rod Coronado
> At the Brian MacKenzie Infoshop
> 1426 9th Street NW Washington DC 20001
> 202-986-0681
> dcinfoshop@mutualaid.org
> BEHIND THE MASK: the documentary about people who risk their lives and
> freedom to save animals. (72 Minutes)
> Fundraiser for Rod Coronado
>
> Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (3 events)
> The Florida Prisoner Support Network (FLPSN) will be participating in this
> utterly crucial Day of Action for our persecuted comrades of the new war
> on dissent: The Green Scare. Along with activists throughout the globe we
> are proud to announce:
> Join FLPSN and other local grassroots collectives as we take to the
> streets and speak out against the new American Witch Hunt. Many events are
> planned, so finish your homework, get off work, and bring your voice. We
> are here and we won't go away without a revolution.
>
> Gathering on the Downtown Library Lawn
> WHEN:
> Thursday, Dec 7th
> 2:00 - 3:00 pm
> WHERE:
> Main Library
> 100 S. Andrews Avenue
> Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
>
> Demonstration in Front of the Federal Courthouse
> WHEN:
> Thursday, Dec 7th
> 3:00 - 5:00 pm
> WHERE:
> U.S. Federal Building and Courthouse
> 299 East Broward Boulevard
> Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
>
> Screening of "22/8: The Jeffery 'Free' Luers Story" and "The Lorax"
> WHEN:
> Thursday, Dec 7th
> 8:00 pm
> WHERE:
> Cinema Paradiso
> 503 SE 6th St.
> Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
> **Please note the day's events will be peaceful and symbolic forms of
> protest so people of all ages should try to attend.
> Contact: flaprisonersupport@riseup.net
>
> Austin, Texas
> Green Scare!: An Evening of Solidarity with Indictees and Political Prisoners
> Thursday, Dec. 7th - 7:30pm
> · Green Scare Puppet Show
> · Know Your Rights!!
> - Presentation by the Austin People's Legal Collective
> · Film about Rod Coronado
> · Discussion/ Q and A period
> At Monkeywrench Books
> 110 E. Northloop
>
> Charlotte, North Carolina (2 events)
> www.myspace.com/reallyreallyfreecharlotte2.
>
> December 7:
> 7:30 p.m. @ 2005 Stratford Ave.
> Join us for a legal rights survey for activists, an eco-prisoner rundown
> and a letter writing party.
>
> December 16:
> Dinner (5:30 p.m.) and a movie (7:30 p.m.) @ 3103 Cullman Ave.
> Join us for a fundraiser to support activists facing prosecution as part
> of the Green Scare. The event is a vegan dinner party with a guest
> speaker and a film screening of Behind the Mask ( a film documenting
> Animal Liberation Front activists, activities, and the difficulties facing
> the current movement). Suggested donation is $10-$25 and nobody will be
> refused.
> Questions: call Andy at 704-607-0653 or reallyreallyfreecharlotte@gmail.com.
>
> Tucson, Arizona
> Saturday December 9 - 8pm
> you can't green scare us !
> The Insurrection Circus
> a benefit for Rod Coronado's legal defense with:
> Genocide Erotica
> Courtney Robbins
> S-cuk Gogs
> Ventriloquism by Sara T
> Revo-lution
> and members of:
> Dragstar Cabaret
> Midriff Crisis
> $5 and up suggested donation
> At Dry River
> 740 N. Main St. @ University
>
> Phoenix, Arizona
> Thursday, December 7 - 6pm
> Greenscare Movie Night
> Earth First! invites you to an evening of...
> Potluck!
> Movies!
> · 22/8: The Jeff Luers Story
> · Behind the Mask
> & Letter Writing!
> Bring a dish to share, an open mind, an active heart, and a ballpoint pen
> to...
> The Tribe
> 2238 N. 24th St.
>
> Durango, Colorado
> Animas SDS, the Fort Lewis College chapter of Students
> for a Democratic Society [http://www.newsds.org/], is
> proud to announce the "Resist the Green Scare" benefit
> event.
> The benefit will be at Fort Lewis College, 1000 Rim
> Drive, Durango, CO, in Noble Hall room 130 on
> Thursday, December 7th from 7 to 9:30 PM.
> This event will be a benefit event for the
> NON-COOPERATING Green Scare defendants and Grand Jury
> resisters, and part of an International Day of Action
> & Solidarity with the defendants. Many similar actions
> are taking place across the country and the world [see
> http://www.greenscare.org/call.html]. The event is
> free, with a suggested donation of $5-$100, but no one
> will be turned away for lack of funds. All proceeds go
> to the non-cooperating defendants and grand jury
> resisters.
> We will be screening Pickaxe, a feature-length
> documentary about a direct action forest defense
> campaign. It is a VERY powerful and provocative film.
> We will also be screening two short before the main
> feature, "22/8: The Jeffrey Luers Story" and "Rod
> Coronado - A Voice for Liberation.
> MIDWEST
>
> Minneapolis, Minnesota
> Thursday December 7 - 6pm
> Fight the Green Scare! A Panel Discussion on the Green Scare, the "War on
> Terror", and It's Effect on Communities of Resistance
> Featuring:
> Will Potter - Washington, DC based Journalist who closely follows and
> reports on the SHAC7 and "Green Scare" cases - www.GreenIsTheNewRed.com
> Leslie James Pickering - Co-founder of the Earth Liberation Front Press
> Office, has acted as spokesperson for several high profile ELF actions -
> www.Arissa.org
> Dinner/Letter writing to prisoners 6pm
> Panel begins at 7pm followed by a Q & A
> $10-$25 sliding scale, and of course NO ONE turned away due to lack of
> funds. All proceeds to benefit recent "Green Scare" defendants and
> prisoners.
> At the Jack Pine Community Center
> 2815 E. Lake St.
>
> Milwaukee, WI
> Sunday December 3 - 7pm
> A film screening of Pickaxe to bring attention to the Green Scare and the
> plight of the current defendents who are being charged with new extended
> "terrorist" charges in an increasingly blatantly authoritarian political
> climate intending to pacify effective direct action. There will be
> information before and discussion after the film.
> All films are free and open to the public (but donations are appreciated)
> At the Cream City Collective Community Space
> 732 East Clarke Street
>
> Bloomington, Indiana
> December 7th
> "they may be coming for us in the morning, but that just means we gotta
> dance all night"
> a benefit show in solidarity with green scare prisoners and indictees
> bands: disaster, sweet n saurkraut, ddmf, and bitter homes and gardens
> plus: letter writing table, a drag show of songs from the movie Stonewall,
> yummy food to eat, a DJ, and more!
> admission: as much as your heart desires
> at the well well well house 909 w. 9th street
> contact: efindiana@riseup.net
> december 7th
> starting at 8pm
>
> INTERNATIONAL
>
> Guelph, Ontario (Canada)
> Green is the New Red Scare
> Film screenings of:
> · Behind the Mask - a documentary about the ALF (72 minutes)
> · A Voice for Liberation - a video linking the genocide perpetrated
> against indigenous people to the exploitation of animals, featuring
> indigenous Animal Liberation Front activist Rod Coronado (5 min.)
> This event is in support of the many who are trapped in what is known as
> the 'Green Scare' - the US and Canadian government's attempts to demonize
> environmental and animal rights activists as terrorists. Many people are
> facing decades in prison for alleged conspiracies, sabotage, and simply
> speaking out.
> It is a fundraiser for a group of people known as the SHAC7, who are
> imprisoned for 3-6 years on terrorism charges for operating a website that
> campaigned to shut down a notorious animal testing lab.
> $5-20 suggested donation (no one turned away for lack of funds)
> Guelph Googenheim
> 129-B Woolwich St.
> Contact: healingtheearth@resist.ca
> · close event details ·
>
> Paris, France
> Thursday, December 7
> NO PASARAN and CAP ( Collectif antispéciste de Paris) [Paris
> Anti-Speciesist Collective] have decided to show our solidarity with our
> american friends and against repression. Details forthcoming.
>
> Gent, Belgium
> Thursday, December 7
> What: info eve followed by vegan dinner and café
> Where: at "de Poema"
> When: info at 7pm, dinner at 8pm.
>
> Lausanne, Switzerland
> Thursday, December 7
> What: vegan lunch followed by update/info
> Where: at the University of Lausanne, Café autogeré
> When: 1 pm
>
> Athens, Greece (2 events)
>
> Wednesday, December 6 - 6pm
> Info Session, Discussion and Screenings Against the Green Scare
> At the National Technical University of Athens
>
> Thursday, December7 - 7pm
> Solidarity Gathering at the Propylea of Athens

Oaxaca Calls to Action - please repost]

2006-12-02T09:18:00.000-08:00

December 1, 2006 - Oaxaca is under siege. More than 140 people were
arrested November 23rd through 25th and three were killed. The repression
has reached new heights, with disappearances occuring daily. The Federal
Police (PFP) are deploying special operation units to crush the popular
uprising, and have issued statements declaring that they will do whatever
it takes to put an end to the movement by December 1st, when the new
government takes power.

APPO, the popular assembly of the peoples of Oaxaca, has issued a call for
solidarity demonstrations on December 1st. International attention and
pressure is desperately needed.

Oaxaca Solidarity Demonstrations in the US on Friday, December 1st
http://elenemigocomun.net/592
(please add more events as a comment)

Los Angeles: All day protest at Mexican Consulate (2401 W. Sixth St.)
http://la.indymedia.org/news/2006/11/189892.php

Madison: 3:30pm Rally and march for Oaxaca on Library Mall (UW campus end
of State St.)
http://elenemigocomun.net/589

Minneapolis: 5:00pm Demonstration at Channel 4 WCCO (Nicollet and 10th Ave.)
http://radicalendar.org/calendar/twincities/all/display/56113/index.php

NYC: 12:00pm Rally at Mexican Consulate to UN (44th St. btw 1st and 2nd Ave.)
http://elenemigocomun.net/591

Portland: All day Flyer distribution
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/11/350035.shtml

Sacramento: 11:00am Protest at Mexican Consulate (1010 8th St.)
http://indybay.org/newsitems/2006/11/30/18334230.php

San Diego: 6:00pm Silent Vigil for Oaxaca at Mexican Consulate (1549 India
St)
http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2006/11/122545.shtml

San Jose: 12:00pm Protest at Mexican Consulate (540 North First St.)
http://elenemigocomun.net/592#comment-889

DECEMBER 2nd

Atlanta, GA: Call to Action, 12:00 noon at Plaza Fiesta on Buford Highway,
Capital Terminus Collective, capitalterminus@gmail.com

San Francisco: 2:00pm Lessons from Oaxaca at the Womens Building (3543
18th St.)
http://elenemigocomun.net/590

DECEMBER 7th

Chicago: 7:00pm Oaxaca Resiste!!
http://chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/75159/index.php

DECEMBER 8th

Rochester: 6:00pm The Peoples Struggle for a Liberated Oaxaca!
http://rochester.indymedia.org/newswire/display/19781/index.php

DECEMBER 15th

DC 7:00pm Film Screening: Granito de Arena - A benefit for Oaxacas
striking Teachers
http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/136846/index.php

Oaxaca solidarity:

El Enemigo Comun
http://elenemigocomun.net

Mexico Solidarity Network http://www.mexicosolidarity.org

Olympia "Green Scare" Benefit Dec. 8

2006-11-30T22:41:00.001-08:00

please forward


International Day of Solidarity with Green Scare Indictees, Detainees, and
Political Prisoners

Olympia Benefit Show

Friday, December 8

at Solid Gold - 419 Boulevard Rd SE (at the corner of Pacific Ave. and
Boulevard Rd. across from the shell station)
Olympia, Washington

Doors open at 7 pm, music and performance begins at 8 pm
Suggested donation $5-20

Performing:

Bridget Irish (performance)
Leonardo (soul, house dj)
Myello (experimental dance electronics)
Onyxoxo (acoustica + dj)
Rachel Diamond, one lady band (!)
Shizunomargot (songs, performance)
Timezone Lafontaine (southern hip hop soulrock)

and more!!!

There will be free literature, merchandise and beverages for a donation,
and an opportunity to learn more about the "Green Scare" and how to
support earth liberation indictees, grand jury resistance, preserving
civil liberties & building solidarity, and refusing the criminalization of
dissent.

This event is a benefit for Olympia Civil Liberties Resource, Books To
Prisoners Olympia, and non-cooperating "Green Scare" indictees.

This event is in response to the call for An International Day of
Solidarity with Green Scare Indictees, Detainees, and Political Prisoners
to mark one year since the December 7, 2005 beginning of the federal
goverment's sweep of arrests of earth and animal liberation activists,
grand jury efforts to compel activists to testify, FBI investigation of
activist communities, and the resulting chilling effect on free speech and
dissent.

The term "Green Scare" refers to the federal government's expanding
prosecution efforts against animal liberation and ecological
activists, which is strikingly similar to the "Red Scare" of the
1950s. The "Green Scare" includes the cases from the "Operation
Backfire" indictments, and the cases of the SHAC 7, Eric McDavid, Rod
Coronado, grand jury resisters Jeff Hogg, Josh Wolf and several other
recent federal grand jury resisters.

Call for International Day of Solidarity:
http://greenscare.org/1206call.html

"Green Scare" Resources:

GreenScare.org http://www.greenscare.org

Civil Liberties Defense Center synopsis of cases:
http://www.cldc.org/green.html

Portland Indymedia "Green Scare" topic page
http://http://portland.indymedia.org/en/topic/greenscare/

Will Potter's "Green Scare" blog: http://www.greenisthenewred.com


In Olympia, WA (organizations to benefit from the Olympia event)

Olympia Civil Liberties Resource http://www.olycivlib.org

Books To Prisoners Olympia http://btpolympia.org/


Some "Green Scare" non-cooperating indictees and target activists who
havewebsites:

Briana Waters http://www.supportbriana.org

Daniel McGowan http://www.supportdaniel.org

Eric McDavid http://www.supporteric.org

Rod Coronado http://www.supportrod.org

Josh Wolf http://www.joshwolf.net

SHAC 7 http://www.shac7.com


Some Other Political Prisoners Resources

Break The Chains Blog http://breakallchains.blogspot.com/

Earth Liberation Prisoners Support Network http://www.spiritoffreedom.org.uk/

ELP Network USA http://www.ecoprisoners.org

Jeff "Free" Luers http://www.freefreenow.org


Jeff "Free" Luers Statement for the International Day of Solidarity with
Political Prisoners (December 2006)

  Around the world millions of people are suffering from the abuses of
power that have become all too common in our human societies. In dozens
of countries, generations of people have chosen to fight injustice
rather than submit to it.

  We honor those people today. We raise our voices and our fists to salute
those who have fought to free their homelands, who have struggled for
self-determination; those who have demanded human rights; those who have
raided laboratories and liberated animals; and those who have fought to
defend our earth.

  Today we shout our praises and offer our respect to those captured in
the line of duty, serving their cause. We thank them for refusing to
submit even behind bars.

  On this day we bow our heads in reverence to those people who made the
ultimate sacrifice and gave their lives for freedom. We remember the
price they paid and the loss that their family and friends still feel.

  We offer more than our gratitude. We offer our solidarity. We make a
promise to remember and honor those who have come before. We make a vow
that the struggle will continue until all are free.

  Too many people have had to fight for the freedom they should have been
guaranteed at birth; too many have suffered the cruelty of capitalist
exploitation.

  The most important thing we can do today is to make a solemn oath: that
ours is the last generation that will have to struggle; that we will
apply pressure from all angles until these systems of oppression crack;
that we will settle for nothing less than victory.

  With the memory of those who have come before us; in solidarity with
those still standing behind bars; while honoring those who gave their
lives: we march forward to bring a new day with our heads high and our
fists raised.

  And I say to you that if we stand united with one voice and we act on
our desire for liberation we will carry the day! We will win!

  - Jeff "Free" Luers

     Write to:

  Jeff Luers
  #13797671
  Oregon State Prison
  2605 State Street
  Salem, Oregon 97310
  USA

14th Annual Regional Tacoma Leonard Peltier March Statement

2006-11-11T15:48:00.001-08:00

Please Post Widely

From:
Tacoma Leonard Peltier Support Group
P.O. Box 5464
Tacoma, WA 98415-0464
bayou@blarg.net

STATEMENT FOR:
THE 14TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL DAY IN SOLIDARITY WITH LEONARD PELTIER
REGIONAL TACOMA MARCH AND RALLY: FEBRUARY 10, 2007

The shadow of totalitarianism is slowly creeping across the land. Our civil
liberties are under attack. Our government has our country fighting a war of
aggression that is not in the interest of the people of this land. If you
take a close look at all that is taking place you will be able to see direct
parallels to the case of Leonard Peltier and thus understand why all people
who believe in peace, justice and freedom should actively support Leonard.

The first connection can be found in whose interests the government is
acting in. There are few today that cannot see that the war in Iraq is about
oil and the interests of the multi-national energy corporations. Behind the
events that took place on the Pine Ridge Reservation were the interests of
the multi-national energy corporations wanting uranium that was found there.
In both cases armed force was used to seize control of those resources and
to suppress opposition.

In the pursuit of suppressing opposition, constitutional and human rights
were denied. Matter of fact, many things that the FBI did against AIM and
Leonard Peltier, which at the time were illegal, the government has made
legal by acts of congress. Though the government says that such denial of
human rights is justifiable for their war against "terrorism", the fact is
that the government has also targeted those who oppose its policies who are
clearly not terrorists. The case of Leonard Peltier clearly shows why such
power should never be given to the FBI and others in power. For it can be
seen clearly that Leonard's constitutional rights were denied him.

The reasons given by the government for the war in Iraq have been shown to
be fabrications to justify the war. Still the war continues. The evidence
that the government presented at Leonard's trial has all been disproved as
either fabricated evidence or intimidated witnesses, to the point that even
the courts have admitted it. Still Leonard is in prison and no new and fair
trial is granted.

The government has done all that it can to suppress the documents that it
has on both the war in Iraq and the case of Leonard Peltier. In Leonard's
case there are over 120,000 pages of documents that are still being withheld
for reasons of "national security." Whose national security is being
protected? In both cases the national security of the people is being
threaten by the withholding of the truth.

One year the police contacted us about our march and asked us if there will
be any anti-war people in our march. Our answer was, we don't believe that
there will be any pro-war people in the march. Even the police worried about
the connection between peace and justice.

For these reasons we are calling for all people who believe in peace,
justice and freedom to join us for the 14th Annual International Day in
Solidarity with Leonard Peltier Regional Tacoma March and Rally.
In The Spirit Of Crazy Horse
Tacoma Leonard Peltier Support Group
Susan Morales
Steve Hapy
Arthur J. Miller
As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a
mighty fist.
-- Sitting Bull

14th ANNUAL NW REGIONAL
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY FOR
LEONARD PELTIER
MARCH & RALLY FOR JUSTICE

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10th, 2007, TACOMA, WA.

12:00 NOON: MARCH FOR JUSTICE Portland Ave. Park (on Portland Ave. between
E. 35th & E. Fairbanks. Take Portland Ave. exit off I-5 and head east)

1:00 PM: RALLY FOR JUSTICE U.S. Federal Court House, 1717-Pacific Ave.

Performances by:
The Aztec Dancers
United Nations: Native Rap Activists
Albert Combs
Speakers:
Matilaja: Yu'Pik/Yakama, Tacoma LPSG: M.C.
Robert Robideau: Co-Director of the LPDC and Co Defendant
Shelly Vendiola: Indigenous Women's Network, Network
Steve Hapy: Tacoma Leonard Peltier Support Group
Arthur J. Miller, Tacoma Leonard Peltier Support Group
Juan Jose Bocanegra: Every Worker's Movement
Frank Reynolds: Native American Coalition
Bill Bichsel: Catholic Worker, JWJ
Zoltan Grossman: Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace, Faculty Evergreen's
Native American Studies

CARAVANS/CAR POOLS

OLYMPIA: There will be a carpool leaving from the parking lot at Harrison
and Division at 10:30.
EUGENE: Drivers and people needing rides meet at the Grower's Market parking
lot (454 Willamette, by the Amtrak station) at 7:30 am. (The Eugene Caravan
will be meeting up with the Portland Caravan).
PORTLAND: Drivers and people needing rides, meet in the main parking lot
(entrance just north of Killingworth from Albina, parking lot entrance on
the right, behind the student services building) at PCC Cascade Campus at
9:30 am.

(If anyone can set up other caravans/car pools in other areas like the
Bellingham area please contact us at: bayou@blarg.net)

These are very important times for Leonard Peltier. A new lawsuit has been
filed to get all the documents the government has withheld. There are many
parallels between Leonard's case & the war in Iraq. Both were created upon
the foundation of lies. In time many of the fabrications were revealed. In
both cases the government resisted releasing documents that revealed the
truth. Behind both are the same reasons for what took place, the interests
of multi-national energy corporations. This year our call is for:  PEACE
WITH JUSTICE & TRUTH!   FREE THE DOCUMENTS!

We need help getting the word out for this event. Please forward this and
other messages we send out to web sites, blogs, e-mail lists, organizations
and friends. If you can help handout fliers or post fliers and posters
please send your mailing address to: bayou@blarg.net

WE NEED DONATIONS. We are a grassroots organization with no outside funding.
All our donations for our marches for the last 14 years have come from
supporters like you. Any amount helps. All money donated goes to printing
and mailing.

(Donations Needed! Please send to:)
Tacoma Leonard Peltier Support Group
P.O. BOX 5464
TACOMA, WA 98415-0464
bayou@blarg.net

For up-dates and notices on helping Leonard Peltier please sign up on the NW
Peltier Support e-mail list by sending an e-mail to:
nwpeltiersupport-subscribe@lists.riseup.net.

"I have no doubt whatsoever that the real motivation behind both Wounded
Knee II and the Oglala firefight, and much of the turmoil throughout Indian
Country since the early 1970s, was-and is-the mining companies' desire to
muffle AIM and all traditional Indian people, who sought-and still seek-to
protect the land, water, and air from their thefts and depredations. In this
sad and tragic age we live in, to come to the defense of Mother Earth is to
be branded a criminal."
-- Leonard Peltier, Prison Writings  --

"I'M STILL HERE. I am all at once saddened, exhilarated, angry, proud,
defiant, and puzzled by that fact. Here in prison, after 28 years (30 years
now) of unjust incarceration, I am a living example of the injustice,
racism, fear, and inequity that still exists in some parts of the United
States of America. This is particularly true when it comes to America's
views and actions towards Indian people. Residing in the best hopes of all
of us is the dream that America has moved away from the days of hostility
towards the Indigenous people of this land. And yet, we are shown with daily
regularity, a reality that defies this dream. A reality that American
Indians are incarcerated at a disproportionately high rate. A reality that
American Indians are denied decent health care, housing, and education. A
reality so dire, that the United States Civil Rights Commission has had to
address it, calling it "A Quiet Crisis."
Leonard Peltier


Leonard Peltier, a citizen of the Anishinabe and Lakota Nations, is a
father, a grandfather, an artist, a writer, and an Indigenous rights
activist. He has spent more than twenty-seven years in prison for a crime he
did not commit. Amnesty International considers him a "political prisoner"
who should be "immediately and unconditionally released."

The Case Of Leonard Peltier

After a conflict between the Lakota people and the U.S. government and
corporate interests a peace treaty was signed and the great Lakota
reservation was created in the late 19th century. That peace treaty meant
nothing to U.S. interests, for its terms were violated from almost the
moment it was signed. Those interests continued to steal more Lakota land
wherever they found gold and other minerals that they wanted. At the same
time, they sought to destroy the Lakota way of life. U.S. interests outlawed
Lakota religion and massacred the Lakota at Wounded Knee in an act of
religious suppression. U.S. interests kidnapped Lakota children and placed
them in internment, in schools where they were held for years away from
their families, while their language and traditions were being beaten out of
them. U.S. interests carried out a secret forced program of sterilization of
Lakota women. Then, in the 1920s, acting upon the interests of oil and
mineral companies, the U.S. forced a 'government' entity upon the Lakota
people, to be controlled by those corporate and U.S. interests.

In the late 1960s uranium was found in the northwest section of the Pine
Ridge Lakota Reservation. The U.S. interests wanted that uranium for their
weapons of mass destruction and nuclear power plants.

The U.S. interests knew that the Lakota people would not give up any more of
their land willingly: they had already refused to take payment for the Black
Hills, stolen from them for its gold. U.S. interests then set out to
suppress all possible resistance to further theft. That led the resisters'
to request the help of the American Indian Movement (AIM). Upon a request by
Lakota Elders, a stand was taken at Wounded Knee, on the Pine Ridge
reservation of the Lakota people.

In the two and a half years after what became known as Wounded Knee II there
was a 'Reign of Terror' the resisters on Pine Ridge was forced to suffer.
Whole villages were shot up, people were run off the road, many Native
people were wounded and over 67 of them were murdered. The Lakota people
again asked AIM for help and an AIM encampment was set up. Most of the
people in that encampment were from Northwest AIM. And Leonard Peltier was
one of them.

The AIM people were under considerable oppression and lived there daily in
danger from the death squad (they called themselves the Goon Squad). One day
two cars came speeding onto the land of their encampment, in the same manner
that earlier drive-by shootings by the death squad had taken place on Pine
Ridge.  The AIM members there that day defended themselves from what they
saw as another murderous attack. In the firefight that took place two FBI
agents and one AIM member died.

Norman Zigrossi, head of the local FBI office at the time, defended the
illegal actions, saying, "Indians are a conquered nation and the FBI is
merely acting as a colonial police force."  He went on, "When you're
conquered, the people you're conquered by dictate your future."

It is clear that the attack upon the AIM encampment was planned to start a
conflict to draw away resistance to the illegal signing away of Lakota land
that had taken place in Washington, D.C. at that time.  Before the
firefight, hundreds of U.S. Government agents were brought on to Pine Ridge
reservation, the roads leading to the AIM encampment were blocked before the
firefight and local hospitals were given notice to expect casualties.

In the first trial of two AIM members, who had been in the firefight at
their encampment, the jury came back with a verdict of not guilty by reason
of self-defense.

The U.S. interests then put all their efforts into convicting Leonard
Peltier. They fabricated evidence, intimidated witnesses and illegally
changed judges, settling on one who would not allow Leonard's lawyers to
present his case of self-defense.

Through appeals, Leonard's lawyers have been able to disprove the case
against him to the point that the U.S. Government prosecutors have stated
that they don't know what role Leonard played in the firefight -- he was
just there that day and thus by default aided and abetted in the deaths of
the agents. It can be reasoned that since the first two AIM members were
found not guilty by reason of self-defense, then Leonard has been in prison
all these years for aiding and abetting an act of self-defense!

Much of our focus should be on FBI political repression, COINTELPRO, and how
they are connected to Leonard's case, for the FBI has been and continues to
be used as the U.S. Government's and corporate interests' Political Police
Force.

As you read this, Leonard's lawyers struggle to get all the documents that
the FBI has withheld in his case. The FBI claims it needs to withhold those
documents to protect national security. We need to ask,  "Whose national
security needs to be protected from the truth?" Given that documents already
received by the defense team have exposed the U.S. Government's frame-up of
Leonard to the point that the government's lawyers have had to admit that
there is no evidence connecting him directly to the deaths of the FBI
agents, and have shown that the FBI took illegal, aggressive actions to
suppress the right of Native people to organize to air their grievances,
there is no doubt that documents still withheld will show further evidence
of FBI illegal actions.

Even the courts have recognized the repressive nature of the government
actions against AIM and Leonard. Judge Heaney stated, "The United States
Government overreacted at Wounded Knee. Instead of carefully considering the
legitimate grievances of the Native Americans, the response was essentially
a military one, which culminated in the deadly firefight on June 26, 1975."

And in 2003 the Tenth Circuit Court found that, "Much of the government's
behavior at the Pine Ridge Reservation and in its prosecution of Mr. Peltier
is to be condemned. The government withheld evidence. It intimidated
witnesses. These facts are not disputed."

Even with this acknowledgment Leonard has been in prison for over 28 years.
Leonard is not in prison based upon the laws of this land, for the courts
have stated over and over again that the U.S. government has violated those
laws in Leonard's case. Leonard Peltier is in prison for one reason and one
reason alone, and that is because it is in the interests of the few to keep
him locked up: because he represents the essence of this land, the wrong
upon which the United States was established, a simple truth which has to be
recognized before the country can ever be sound. Leonard suffers under the
same interests that hung Chief Leschi, the same interests that massacred the
Lakota at Wounded Knee, the same interests that are behind many of the wars
around the world, the same interest behind the WTO, the World Bank, the
International Monetary Fund, the same interests that strips our schools of
basic funds, that strip you of your unemployment benefits and overtime pay,
and the same interests that we all find ourselves struggling against in our
common pursuit of peace and well-being. Justice for Leonard and the end to
political repression by the FBI will only come from the organized spirit of
solidarity of all people struggling in their true interests.

Illegal actions by the FBI should be the concern of all American people who
believe in social justice, because Leonard was not and will not be the only
victim of political repression.  Among those that were targeted by the FBI's
COINTELPRO were: Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights activists
and organizations including the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People (NAACP) and Jesse Jackson (note that the FBI also carried out
intimidation of Jackson supporters in the south when he ran for U.S.
president), Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers (UFW), the National
Lawyer's Guild, antinuclear weapons campaigns (SANE-Freeze), the National
Council of Churches, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), antiwar
organizations, the alternative press, student organizations including the
National Students Association (TNSA) and  Students for a Democratic Society
(SDS), environmental, anti-racism and feminist organizations, GI
organizations, socialist and communist parties, the Industrial
Workers of the World, organizations of self-determination for people of
color such as the Black Panthers, the Young Lords, the Brown Berets, and
Native organizations such as the American Indian Movement (AIM).

The political repression carried out by the FBI has never ended. It was seen
this year with the FBI's intimidation of antiwar protesters who planned to
protest at the national conventions of the two major political parties.
Though the FBI claimed it needed more power, money and agents to deal with
the threat of terrorism after 9-11, the agency still had the time, money,
and forces to harass people who questioned
the war in Iraq.

The same drive to acquire enormous profits that keep this country in Iraq
over the opposition of its own people is also what led to the U.S.
Government's suppression of traditional indigenous people, AIM and in its
frame-up of Leonard Peltier.

And as to making connections, the infliction of war on Iraq was justified by
using false documents, lies about weapons of mass destruction and sham
connections to terrorists. That is the same tactic the U.S. Government used
in its suppression of AIM and in its frame-up of Leonard Peltier.  The
government used the war in Iraq in the interest of bringing global U.S.
company's huge profits, and on the Pine Ridge reservation that same
government carried out its repression in the interest of U.S. energy
corporations.

The Oglala People are unconquered -- We will not, and Leonard Peltier will
not give up the fight for justice.

Our annual focus for 14 years has been to hold a peaceful march in
solidarity with Leonard Peltier's struggle. We will not stop marching, we
will not be intimidated and we maintain the right to come out in public in
support of Leonard Peltier without persecution.

We call on you as sisters and brothers to join us at our Annual Regional
Tacoma March and Rally in Solidarity with Leonard Peltier, as we send the
message: We will not give up! We will not surrender! We will continue to
stand for justice for Leonard Peltier and for justice for all that he
represents for as long as it takes to set him free! Our strength is building
and time is on our side, the sweep of justice is moving throughout the world
and we are a part of that great wave of truth and justice. Please join with
us on Feb.4, 2006 for a tremendous show of solidarity, a march and rally in
Unified Solidarity for Justice for Leonard Peltier. All of us working
together will free Leonard Peltier.

In The Spirit Of Crazy Horse
Tacoma Leonard Peltier Support Group
Susan Morales
Steve Hapy
Arthur J. Miller

Oregon eco-saboteurs plead guilty but are not implicating others

2006-11-10T19:59:00.000-08:00

From the open publishing newswire of Portland Indymedia:

Eugene, OR - The four remaining non-cooperating defendants in the Oregon "Green Scare" case today changed their pleas and agreed to drop their request for production of NSA surveillance materials and data. Joyanna Zacher, Nathan Block, Daniel McGowan and Jonathan Paul appeared in federal court this morning before U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken to enter pleas related to acts of property destruction and arson. The next status hearing will be on December 14 to determine when sentencing will occur. Despite the agreement however, federal prosecutors have asked the court to apply a "terrorism enhancement" at sentencing.

Despite the pleas entered today which resolve the Oregon cases in their entirety Jeff Hogg remains imprisoned without having been charged with any crimes for his refusal to testify against others after being subpoenaed to a federal grand jury. After the hearing, Hogg's partner Cecilia Storey made an emotional plea for his immediate release from custody. [ read more ]

Plea Documents for Four Non-Cooperating Defendants | Press Conference Audio
Plea Hearing Notes | Jonathan Paul's Post-Appearance Statement

Daniel McGowan and codefendants accept non-cooperation plea agreement

We do not want there to be any confusion about Daniel's plea agreement so we have posted it at http://www.supportdaniel.org/files/McGowanPlea.pdf Daniel agreed to plead guilty with the understanding that he would not implicate or identify anyone at all other than himself. The other three remaining co-defendants entered pleas with the same terms. Daniel has done everything possible to maintain his integrity, and he wants to be as open about his agreement as possible. We have also provided Daniel's statement to Judge Aiken and Daniel's lawyers statement below. [ read more ]

http://www.supportdaniel.org

Os Cangaceiros & Revolutionary Solidarity (Presentation this Tuesday!)

2006-11-06T10:58:00.000-08:00

A Murder of Crows magazine & Wayward Cafe present:

Os Cangaceiros & Revolutionary Solidarity
a book presentation and discussion

Tuesday November 7th @ 7pm
Wayward Cafe
901 NE 55th St.

Eberhardt Press’s new book, A Crime Called Freedom:
the Writings of Os Cangaceiros, is the first
english-language work to detail the actions and
present the writings of the French rebel group. Os
Cangaceiros arose from the ashes of May ‘68 and
carried on their revolutionary struggle through
squatting, participating in insurrections across the
European continent, and
acting in solidarity with various prison uprisings.

Their legacy of revolutionary solidarity with the
struggles of others is a valuable lesson that speaks
directly to the need for solidarity against the US
government’s “Green Scare” and the wider necessity of
solidarity with conflictual situations across the
globe such as Oaxaca and the Six Nations occupation.


Coffee and tea will be provided by Wayward Cafe, and
variety of literature will be available including the
new Os Cangaceiros book.

Protest at NW Detention Center, Tacoma Sat. 11/11

2006-11-03T18:57:00.000-08:00

Protest at NW Detention Center, Tacoma Sat. 11/11

Melt I.C.E.!

Peaceful Protest and Vigil for Human Rights

4-6pm, Sat. Nov 11th

Northwest Detention Center

1623 E. J Street - Tacoma, WA

(360)752-3344  - notinmycounty@qwest.net

http://WWW.NOTINMYCOUNTY.ORG

Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents continue to terrorize
immigrant communities in Washington State and across the country with
increasingly militaristic raids, armed arrests, covert detentions and
deportations.  We ask that you join us in protest of these aggressive
enforcement tactics and violations of our neighbors' civil and human
rights. Many of our friends and neighbors are being held in the
privately-run Northwest Detention Center, we want to show them and our
community that we do not condone I.C.E.'s terrorist actions against hard
working immigrants.

Protest at the Mexican Consulate

2006-10-31T18:08:00.000-08:00

From Tacoma LPSG:

The Tacoma LPSG is not the initiating the protest below, but we are doing all that we can to support it. Not only because we are a human rights organization but also because many of the people involved in the Oaxaca struggle are indigenous people and belong to indigenous organizations. In the direction given us by Leonard Peltier, he has stated many times that the struggle of his support organizations are not just about his case, but are also about human rights and the struggles of indigenous people. So we are asking that all people who believe in a free and just world to please come out for this protest if they are able to do so. Thank you

Tacoma LPSG

PROTEST AT THE MEXICAN CONSULATE

IN SUPPORT OF THE STRUGGLE IN OAXACA

AND AGAINST THE DEADLY REPRESSION

THURSDAY, 2, 2006

11:00 AM TO 3:00 PM

AT:

Mexican Consulate
2132 3rd Ave
Seattle, WA 98121
(206) 448-3526

PLEASE ALSO SEND LETTERS OF PROTEST TO THE CONSULATE AND MAKE PHONE CALLS TO THE CONSULATE, EXPRESSING YOU VIEWS TO THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT!

Please bring signs and your friends to this important protest.

INTERNATIONAL ZAPATIST CALL FOR ACTION

OFFICIAL NOTICE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY INDIGENOUS CLANDESTINE COMMITTEE - MILITARY COMMAND OF ZAPATISTA ARMY OF NATIONAL LIBERATION. MEXICO. 30 OF OCTOBER OF 2006.

TO THE TOWN OF MEXICO:
TO THE TOWNS OF THE WORLD:
TO ALL THE OTHER IN MEXICO AND NORTH OF THE RIO GRANDE:
TO ALL THE INTERNATIONAL SIXTH:
COMPANIONS: SISTERS & BROTHERS:

AS IT IS OF PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE, YESTERDAY, 29 OF OCTOBER OF 2006, The
FEDERAL FORCES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF VICENTE FOX, ATTACKED THE TOWN OF OAXACA AND IT'S WORTHIER REPRESENTATIVE, THE POPULAR ASSEMBLY OF THE TOWNS OF OAXACA, The APPO.

AS OF TODAY, THE FEDERAL POLICE FORCES HAVE ASSASSINATED AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE, AMONG THEM A MINOR OF AGE; LEFT MANY PEOPLE HURT, AMONG THEM SEVERAL OAXAQUEÑA WOMEN; AND MANY WERE ARRESTED AND TRANSFERRED ILLEGALLY TO MILITARY PRISONS. ADDED TO ALL THIS ARE THE DEAD, ARRESSTEES AND MISSING WHO FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE MOBILIZATION THAT DEMANDS THE RESIGNATION OF ULISES RUIZ FROM THE OAXACAN GOVERNMENT.

THE FEDERAL POLICE FORCES ATTACK DOES NOT HAVE MORE OBJECTIVE THAN TO MAINTAIN ULISES RUIZ IN POWER AND TO DESTROY THE POPULAR ORGANIZATION OF THOSE OF FROM BELOW IN OAXACA.

THE OAXACA TOWN RESISTS. NO HONEST PERSON CAN REMAIN IN IMMOVABLE & SILENT WHILE AN ENTIRE TOWN, MAINLY INDIGENOUS, IS ASSASSINATED, BEATEN AND JAILED.

WE, THE ZAPATISTAS, WILL NOT SHUT UP AND WE WILL MOBILIZE IN SUPPORT OF OUT BROTHERLY TOWN AND COMPANION OF OAXACA.

THE SIXTH COMMISSION OF THE EZLN HAS ALREADY CONSULTED ZAPATISTA COMMAND AND THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN DECIDED:

FIRST. - THROUGHOUT THE FIRST OF NOVEMBER OF 2006, THE HIGHWAYS AND ROADS WILL BE CLOSED THAT CROSS THE TERRITORIES WHERE THE EZLN MAINTAINS PRESENCE IN THE SOUTHEAST STATE OF CHIAPAS.

CONSEQUENTLY, WE EXHORT THAT EVERYONE ABSTAIN FROM TRAVELING CHIAPAS HIGHWAYS THAT DAY AND TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS FOR IT.

SECOND. - THROUGH THEIR SIXTH COMMISSION, THE EZLN HAS INITIATED
CONTACTS AND CONSULTATIONS WITH OTHER POLITICAL AND SOCIAL
ORGANIZATIONS, AS WELL AS WITH GROUPS, COLLECTIVES AND PEOPLE OF THE OTHER CAMPAIGN, TO INITIATE DAYS OF SOLIDARITY WITH OAXACA AND TO SUMMON JOINT ACTIONS TO ALL OF MEXICO FROM BELOW AND MAKING NATIONAL HALT DAY ON THE 20 OF NOVEMBER OF 2006.

THIRD. - THE EZLN MAKES A CALL TO THE OTHER CAMPAIGN IN MEXICO AND NORTH OF THE RIO GRANDE, SO THAT THIS FIRST OF NOVEMBER OF 2006 IT IS MOBILIZED, WHERE IS POSSIBLE, CLOSING OF TOTAL, PARTIAL OR INTERMITTENT, REAL OR SYMBOLICALLY, THE STREETS, ROADS, HIGHWAYS, TOLL BOOTHS, STATIONS, AIRPORTS AND ANY MASS MEDIA.

FOURTH. - THE MESSAGE THAT WE THE ZAPATISTAS SENT AND WILL SEND TO THE TOWN OF OAXACA IS ONE: THEY ARE NOT ALONE. ¡ULISES RUIZ OUT OF OAXACA!

IMMEDIATE EXPULSION OF FEDERAL FORCES OCCUPYING OAXAQUEN TERRITORY!

LIBERTY AND FREEDON TO THOSE DETAINED!

CANCELLATION OF ALL THE ORDERS OF APPREHENSION!

PUNISHMENT TO THE ASSASSINS!

JUSTICE! FREEDOM! DEMOCRACY!

From the north of Mexico.
By the Revolutionary Indigenous Clandestine Committee
- Military command of the Army Zapatista of National Liberation.
By the Sixth Commission of the EZLN.

anti-G8 Infotour needs West Coast USA hosts

2006-10-31T18:07:00.000-08:00

hi!

j from the German infotour group plans to do a West Coast USA infotour
about the coming G8 Summit in Gemany, travelling from LA to Seattle from
early Jan to mid Feb 2007. If you can host a presentation, please write
to this email address:
jfkeuro@gmx.net

Of course, funds to help cover travel costs are appreciated, and quite
necessary to make the tour a reality. By the time of the tour, some more
US specific infomaterial will be prepared. Also, this info will be made
available on the web so those people from USA not able to come to a West
Coast info presentation can "D.I.Y." (Do Infotour Yourself). If anyone
can translate materials from German to English, please write.

For some English info on the mobilisation against the G8, you can find
at www.gipfelsoli.org some info in English such as:
International Callout, Englishspoken Websites, International Websites,
International Newsletter.

Also, you can find many films in English as well as most of our power
point presentations here:
http://gipfelsoli.org/Media+Tools.html

Sorry the web-site is mostly in German, but we still have 9 months to go
before the G8, and there will be more info coming soon in English.

hope to see you!
j,
berlin

Zapatista Call: Blockades Nov. 1, Strike Nov. 20: OAXACA IS NOT ALONE!

2006-10-31T00:06:00.000-08:00

A Call from the Zapatistas: Oaxaca Is Not Alone

Shut-Down of Roads, Highways and the Media on November
1; General Strike Called for November 20

By the Sixth Commission of the EZLN
The Other Mexico

October 30, 2006

Message from the
CLANDESTINE REVOLUTIONARY INDIGENOUS COMMITTEE-GENERAL
COMMAND
of the
ZAPATISTA ARMY OF NATIONAL LIBERATION
MEXICO.

October 30, 2006.

To the people of Mexico:
To the people of the world:
To the Other Campaign in Mexico and the other side of
the Rio Grande:
To the entire Sixth International:

Compañeros and compañeras:
Brothers and sisters:

It is now known publicly that yesterday, 29th of
October 2006, Vicente Fox's federal forces attacked
the people of Oaxaca and its most legitimate
representative, the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of
Oaxaca (APPO).

Today, the federal troops have assassinated at least 3
people, among them a minor, leaving dozens of wounded,
including many women from Oaxaca. Dozens of detainees
were illegally transported to military prisons. All
this comes in addition to the existing total of
deaths, detainees and missing persons since the
beginning of the mobilization demanding that Ulises
Ruiz step down as Oaxaca's governor.

The sole objective of the federal attack is to
maintain Ulises Ruiz in power and to destroy the
popular grassroots organization of the people of
Oaxaca.

Oaxaca's people are resisting. Not one single honest
person can remain quiet and unmoved while the entire
society, of which the majority are indigenous, is
murdered, beaten and jailed.

We, the Zapatistas, will not be silent; we will
mobilize to support our brothers, sisters and comrades
in Oaxaca.

The EZLN's Sixth Commission has already consulted the
Zapatista leadership and the following has been
decided:

First: During whole day of November 1, 2006, the major
and minor roads that cross Zapatistas territories in
the southwestern state of Chiapas will be closed.

Consequently, we ask that everyone avoid traveling by
these roads in Chiapas on this day and that one make
the necessary arrangements in order to do so.

Second: through the Sixth Commission, the EZLN has
begun making contact and consulting other political
and social organizations, groups, collectives and
individuals in the Other Campaign, in order to
coordinate joint solidarity actions across Mexico,
leading to a nationwide shut-down on the 20th of
November, 2006.

Third: the EZLN calls out to the Other Campaign in
Mexico and north of the Rio Grande, so that these
November 1st mobilizations happen wherever possible,
completely, partially, at intervals or symbolically
shutting down the major artery roads, streets, toll
booths, stations, airports and commercial media.

Fourth: The central message that the Zapatistas send
and will continue sending is that the people of Oaxaca
are not alone: They are not alone!

Ulises Ruiz out of Oaxaca!

Immediate withdrawal of the occupying federal forces
from Oaxaca!

Immediate and unconditional freedom for all detainees!

Cancel all arrest warrants!

Punish the murderers!

Justice!
Freedom!
Democracy!

From the North of Mexico.
For the Clandestine Revolutionary Indigenous
Committee-General Command of the Zapatista Army of
National Liberation.
For the EZLN Sixth Commission.

Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos

Olympia Critical Mass Harassed by Police

2006-10-29T20:08:00.000-08:00

from Olympia Indymedia

Every last Friday of the month, Critical Mass rides through the streets of Olympia. Today folks got together to ride, leaving the Evergreen State College at 5:00 and reaching downtown about a half an hour later. In costumes and good spirits, waving and ringing bells, the ride started off on a positive note. In fact, it was the biggest ride ever, with rider-numbers at their highest ever. The ride, around 80 strong, reached downtown to be greeted by a number of police cars and four bike cops.

Most rides go over smoothly, but this time, presumably, a commuter tipped off the Police and they encroached on the flank of the riders. The police watched for any viable legal reason to harass riders, and ticketed several riders throughout the ride for unlawful riding styles. In response to police harassment of the ride, one rider allegedly slashed the tires of a police officer's car. As the man rode away, a cop ran after him, tackling and strangling him. He was put under arrest, and when another rider went to ask if he was okay, the rider was arrested as well.

The ride continued to the city jail, where riders spoke to the police about the arrest. After standing outside the jail, riders took off to continue the mass. Two riders were ticketed again for uncertain reasons. The ride broke up shortly after.

Electronic Blockade against Mexican Embassy and Consulate Websites

2006-10-29T19:56:00.000-08:00

spread the word -- brad will presente!

In Solidarity With Oaxaca Barricades, Electronic Blockade against Mexican Embassy and Consulate Websites

In response to a call to action to remember Brad and all the companer@s killed in the popular struggle to oust the bloody tyrant Ulises Ruiz, to show solidarity with the teachers and protesters of Oaxaca, and to attempt to interrupt the invasion of Oaxaca that Mexican President Vicente Fox is beginning, join this electronic blockade of the websites for all of the Mexican embassies and consulates in the United States and Canada.

Portland Residents Protest Police Killings

2006-10-22T21:06:00.000-07:00

Portland, OR—Around fifty people gathered at the North Park Blocks in downtown Portland today to protest police brutality and the recent death of James Chasse who died in police custody. The event was held in conjunction with similar events around the country to highlight police abuses, but was organized autonomously of the national coalition. Most participants dressed in black to show support for the families of people killed by police.

People started banging on plastic bucket drums and a parade formed
behind the banner "Cops and Klan go hand in hand." People paraded
through downtown streets chanting against police abuse and the system that fosters it. Portland police remained mostly out of sight except for a few plainclothes officers videotaping the crowd.

The parade ended in Pioneer Square where people unrelated to protest
held signs reading "free hugs." Many people accepted the free hugs.
People soon gathered again to talk about police abuse and why they
were there. The names of people killed by the police in the Portland
area were announced over the megaphone. One man spoke in detail about how his cousin Fouad Kaady was murdered by police. These speeches attracted more people from the square who were curious what was going on.

The event ended without incident. Some participants expressed the
need to do more outreach and education to get more people involved in the future. Others expressed the continued importance of people standing in solidarity with the families and friends of people victimized by the police.

Breaking the Spell (1999)

2006-10-18T19:32:00.000-07:00

Dec. 7th - A call for a Day of Solidarity with Green Scare Targets

2006-10-18T19:22:00.000-07:00

from Olympia Indymedia

On December 7th, 2005, the FBI made their first arrests of "Operation Backfire," a multi-state sweep targeting alleged Earth Liberation and Animal Liberation Front activists with charges of conspiracy and arson threatening them with life in prison. Elsewhere, the government has convicted organizers of the Stop Huntingdon (Life Sciences) Animal Cruelty (SHAC) campaign - a campaign that ultimately kept HLS off the stock market and can take credit for the divestment of hundreds of their clients and investors. The SHAC 7 are currently serving up to 6 years for violating the "Animal Enterprise Protection Act" by operating a website. In Sacramento, Eric McDavid, waiting in solitary confinement for trial, faces up to 20 years for alleged thought crime. In 2001, Jeff "Free" Luers was convicted of damaging 3 Sports Utility Vehicles that were later restored and sold. He is currently serving his 6th year of a 22 year, 8 month sentence.

This year, on December 7, people all over the country will be organizing and participating in events to raise awareness about the Green Scare and show solidarity with those targeted by it. Please organize an event in your area to support Green Scare Indictees and political prisoners.

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Tacoma IWW interest meeting 8/21

2006-10-18T18:27:00.000-07:00

There will be a Tacoma Industrial Workers of the
World meeting this weekend to see if there is interest in reviving Tacoma IWW.

Here's the info:

Sat 8/21 @ 7pm
Tom's house
801 S. Cushman / Tacoma

For info on the IWW visit: iww.org

Pickaxe - The Cascadia Free State Story

2006-10-17T20:23:00.000-07:00

Os Cangaceiros & Revolutionary Solidarity: a book presentation and discussion

2006-10-17T11:22:00.001-07:00

A Murder of Crows magazine & Wayward Cafe present:

Os Cangaceiros & Revolutionary Solidarity
a book presentation and discussion

Tuesday November 7th @ 7pm
Wayward Cafe
901 NE 55th St.

Eberhardt Press's new book, A Crime Called Freedom:
the Writings of Os Cangaceiros, is the first
english-language work to detail the actions and
present the writings of the French rebel group. Os
Cangaceiros arose from the ashes of May '68 and
carried on their revolutionary struggle through
squatting, participating in insurrections across the
European continent, and acting in solidarity with
various prison uprisings.

Their legacy of revolutionary solidarity with the
struggles of others is a valuable lesson that speaks
directly to the need for solidarity against the US
government's "Green Scare."

Coffee and tea will be provided by Wayward Cafe, and a
variety of literature will be available including the
new Os Cangaceiros book.

Insurrectionary Anarchists of Seattle
http://www.geocities.com/seainsur

Support Flag Three Arrestees

2006-10-15T23:32:00.000-07:00

09.10.2006 - 00:41 from Olympia Indymedia

On October 5th, 2006, a small contingent of Students for a Democratic Society and anti-capitalists converged at the World Can't Wait rally in Seattle, Washington at Cal Anderson Park. The group planned to attend the rally then leave to hold workshops and skill shares with their peers. While sitting in the park sharing a melon before the rally, a cop on a bike approached the group and seized their red and black anarcho-syndicalist flag. Matthew Hyra of the Seattle Police Departmend began to walk away from the crowd telling the person who had been holding the flag that if he wanted it back he would have to follow him, alone. At that time everyone who was in the area stood up and followed Hyra, demanding to know why he had taken the flag, abridging their right to free speech.

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Anarchist Guide to Flyposting

2006-10-15T22:53:00.001-07:00

1999 Battle of Seattle

2006-10-15T22:47:00.001-07:00

Clips from "Breaking the Spell"

2006-10-15T22:40:00.001-07:00

Interview with Jeff Monson

2006-10-15T22:20:00.000-07:00

Welcome to Cascadia in Anarchy blog

2006-10-15T22:06:00.000-07:00

Welcome. Here you will find news and announcements about anarchists in the bioregion of Cascadia.