52,000 Mink Liberated from Cages (GREECE)

August 29th, 2010

Taken from DirectAction.Info

anonymous communique (photo: newsit.gr):

“26.08.2010 – Heliodendro, Kastoria (Greece)

One of the biggest greek mink farms has been hit in our first night of action. All the cages imprisoning animals in 37 sheds of the farm were opened and machinery sabotaged. To let the animals out part of the fence was cut and both gates opened smashing the locks (using the farmer’s tools). Two hours and half of work and we could run away along with thousands of minks (according to media 50.000 were released).

27.08.2010 – Kaloneri, Siatista (Greece)

Another mink farm was our target for a second night of action, this time near the town of Kaloneri, on a road where 10 farms can be easily seen. 8 sheds full of animals had their cages opened in just ten minutes. Before leaving we opened a gate to let the animals run towards freedom (according to media 2.000 were released).

In both cases we had checked carefully the farms to know how to organize a faster and more secure action. With these actions we decided to hit the fur industry and especially the disgusting ‘fur towns’ of Siatista and Kastoria, plagued with hundreds of fur stores. Liberating animals from cages is a way to put our ideas into practice. We oppose the oppression, exploitation and imprisonment that this civilization has created for any living being, regardless of species, race, gender or sexual preferences.

In these desperate days we still strive for freedom. Eat vegan on the barricades!

A.L.F.”

Greek media has reported that as many as 50,000 mink were released from cages. In an article in the Makedonia newspaper, the president of a Greek fur breeders association said that it was a “black day” for the industry. The owner of one of the targeted farms estimated his losses at 1 million Euros and said that his farm had been ruined.

Free the Animals…..THE ORGANIZER

August 26th, 2010

Free the Animals Organizer is NOW AVAILABLE from BAND OF MERCY

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After countless hours and a full crew’s blood, sweat and tears, we are proud to present a high-quality product full of militant direct action fun! Every page of the “Free the Animals Organizer” is completely unique and brings memories of past actions into your daily life.

The organizer is 162 pages with an encapsulated, laminated cover to ensure that it lasts all year round. Calendar year is from July 2010 through December 2011.

Other organizers have left out what is closest to our hearts — the love of animals and their liberation. To fill that void, we created the “Free the Animals Organizer”. This organizer supports Band of Mercy, a Los Angeles based collective working towards total animal liberation.

For the Animals – never compromise!

Check out more pics and info on the organizer HERE!

Take 5 Save 5.com

August 17th, 2010

“After many years of fighting for animal liberation, I have never felt more optimistic than I do right now. Why? I recently started using Take5Save5.com – the most efficient outreach tool in our arsenal.

Now every time I open up my email, my inbox is filled with requests from people all over the country who are interested in vegetarian diets. I can provide them with the information they need to move towards a more compassionate diet. Not only can I change the world from the comfort of home, it doesn’t cost me a cent to do it.

The premise is simple: post ads to the “Free Stuff” section of Craigslist classifieds offering free Vegetarian Starter Pack booklets. Take5Save5.com provides a semi-automated way to do this.

The entire process of posting an offer takes just a couple minutes. First hit the “Pick Me A Craigslist” button and you will be directed to a listing from somewhere in the country. You will need a Craigslist account to post. If you don’t aleady have one, don’t worry. It’s free and takes only minutes to set up. You’ll be glad you did.

There is sample text for the subject line and body of the ad on the Take5Save5.com page. You can cut and copy from there if you want. Or, just make up slightly different variations. For the subject, you could use…

Vegetarian Starter Kit booklet

Free Vegetarian Starter Kit Booklets!

Vegetarian Info & Recipe Booklets

…or a million other variations. Changing it up a little is important because if you try to post multiple listings, Craigslist will block the repeat post. But minor changes will allow you to post as many listings as you want. The same goes for the body.

As a bonus, I like to include a picture, as it draws more attention to the posting. For ideas, just put “vegetarian” into Google Images. Try a few different ones and see what gets the best response.

Once you have posted your add the fun begins. Requests for booklets will start popping up in your inbox. After years of trying to give out information on veganism to people, what an awesome feeling to have them coming to you!

You don’t need to send them anything yourself. Remember, I promised it wouldn’t cost you a cent. Just got back to the Take5Save5.com website and hit the “Click Here to Enter Past Orders” button. Then simply cut and paste their name and address into the fields provided, and magical vegan elves in the North Pole will mail them one. (I’m not sure where they actually come from, but I like to think that it’s elves)

So you put up and add and it got flagged and removed? Don’t worry. About half of the ads that go up get flagged. Just keep plugging away. It only takes a couple minutes to put another one up. Those that stay up get an average of 4 to 6 responses each.

To remind myself to put up an ad (or more) every day, I set Take5Save5.com as the homepage on my browser. So every time I start up my computer I am at the page and reminded to put a posting up—it only takes a couple minutes.

Sometimes it gets even easier. Go into your Craigslist account page from time to time and look for postings that have been colored purple. These have expired, which means with just a couple clicks of the button you can repost them!

Here is what makes Take5Save5.com such a powerful tool: unlike the random person on the street, these people are actually requesting our materials, so they have a very high likelihood of changing their diets as a result. How high? Follow up studies have shown that around 60% of them will subsequently reduce or eliminate their meat consumption.

Do a little math and you’ll see how efficient this is. That means you can realistically cause one person to reduce their meat consumption for every one to two minutes of effort. A truly amazing opportunity for you to change the world. So get to it!”

-Darius Fullmer

I am danger.

August 12th, 2010

I may have posted this before, but if I have, its time to watch again. Let this flow through you and inspire you. Get active, stay active!

For real? Thats it?

August 12th, 2010

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January 1, 2010 Melodi Dushane physically assaulted a McDonalds employee, the employe’s boss, then bashed in the drive thru window. This was all because she was denied chicken nuggets because the shitty fast ‘food’ place had stopped serving them. After busting the window, she took off and was arrested that day. She was booked with felony vandalism, but only ended up getting a misdemeanor vandalism charge. Melodi was caught on take attacking people, and breaking windows of one of the biggest corporations in the world and all she gets is a slap on her hand?

We all know that if Melodi was a vegan animal rights activist, attacking and breaking windows while screaming about how McDonalds tortures and kills animals for greed and consumption, she would be in jail facing  federal charges for violating the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. Why is this not the case? Why did she get off the hook? Was it because Melodi did not do this out of protest? Because she did not make it political? It just doesn’t make sense. She did way more harm and damage than above ground animal rights activists, and THEY are the ones getting years in jail? Well, SHIT.

Prop 8 Overturned: Gay Marriage Ban Ruled Unconstitutional

August 4th, 2010

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Taken from Huffington Post

SAN FRANCISCO — A person close to the case says a federal judge has overturned California’s same-sex marriage ban in a landmark case that could eventually land before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker made his ruling Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by two gay couples who claimed the voter-approved ban violated their civil rights.

A copy of the ruling had not yet been publicly released.

Both sides previously said an appeal was certain if Walker did not rule in their favor. The case would go first to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals then the Supreme Court if the high court justices agree to review it.

Demo Legal Basics: Know Your Rights

August 4th, 2010

Open The Cages Conference

August 4th, 2010

Check out Open the Cages for more info

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veganTHIS.org social networking

August 2nd, 2010

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In case you didn’t know, you can now follow, like & friend veganTHIS.org on multiple social networking sites! These sites are a really cool and easy way to stay in contact with us and keep up with animal rights and animal liberation updates within the movement and MORE. We also like to post giveaway’s every now and then, so stay tuned and keep an eye out!

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Catalonia Bans Bullfighting in Landmark Spain Vote

July 28th, 2010

The parliament of Catalonia has finally voted to ban bullfighting-the first region of Spain to do so.  68 backed the ban, 55 voted against and nine abstained. The vote took place as the result of a petition brought to parliament by the animal rights group, PROU ( ENOUGH!) . The petition was signed by 180,000 people who sa the practice is barbaric and outdated.

Bullfight supporters fear, but we hope, that this ban will the first of MANY in Spain. The ban takes effect in January 2010. Not soon enough, but at least they have a date for the torture to end.

Check out the article on BBC News.