Archive for January, 2010

Dairy’s Dark Side : The Sour Truth Behind Milk

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Dairy’s Dark Side : The Sour Truth Behind Milk

Fisheries Minister Gail Shea gets pied!

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

“Shame on you Gail Shea … it is a shame on Canada, it is a shame that she has not denounced this bloody seal hunt,”

Stop the Canadian Seal Slaughter

Margin of Certainty: From Veganism to Activism

Monday, January 25th, 2010

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Another subpoena for 2004 A.L.F raid

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

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Taken from Voice of the Voiceless

Former University of Iowa student and barred attorney subpoenaed to testify in Animal Liberation Front investigation.

A University of Iowa graduate has been named as the latest person subpoenaed to testify to a grand jury seeking those responsible for the 2004 Animal Liberation Front raid of the University of Iowa.

Leana Stormont, a barred attorney and graduate of the University of Iowa law school, was involved with animal rights activism on campus at the time of the 2004 A.L.F. raid. The action saw the rescue of 401 animals from the Spence psychology labs in an overnight raid by the A.L.F.

A visible animal rights activist on campus, Leana Stormont appears to have been on the FBI’s radar since the Animal Liberation Front break-in. After experiencing harassment in the post-raid FBI investigation, she published an article in the American Chronicle titled “Caring About Animals is Not a Crime” on being surveilled by the FBI and the government’s practice of spying on activists.

Read the article at full HERE

Former University of Iowa student and barred attorney subpoenaed to testify in Animal Liberation Front investigation.

Abandon ‘The Death of Urgency’

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Pre-order the first full length from Abandon from Death of A Modernist Records

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FBI broke law for years

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

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The FBI illegally collected more than 2,000 U.S. telephone call records between 2002 and 2006 by invoking terrorism emergencies that did not exist or simply persuading phone companies to provide records, according to internal bureau memos and interviews. FBI officials issued approvals after the fact to justify their actions.

The records seen by The Post do not reveal the identities of the people whose phone call records were gathered, but FBI officials said they thought that nearly all of the requests involved terrorism investigations.

FBI general counsel Valerie Caproni said in an interview Monday that the FBI technically violated the Electronic Communications Privacy Act when agents invoked nonexistent emergencies to collect records.

Read the article at full HERE

Activists want jallikattu banned ( India )

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

Though Vijayan, 25, was gored to death on Friday at Palamedu in Madurai, participants turned up in large numbers for the event on Saturday.

Blue Cross of India, along with Animal Welfare Board of India, had approached the court seeking a ban on jallikattu. “How can any person show valour by torturing oneself and others?” its secretary, Sarswathi Haksan, said.

The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), too called for a ban on such a “barbaric” sport. “I feel sorry for such acts of heroism,” SPCA secretary S Natana Rajan said.

Read more HERE

Steve Murphy pleads guilty in california arson attempt

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

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Steven ‘Steve’ James Murphy, 44, pleaded guilty this afternoon in United States District Court in Los Angeles to one count of conspiracy to commit arson. The attempt was an incendiary device set up with a lit cigarette used as a delayed timer. Since this was just an attempt, this means the cigarette failed to detonate the device.

The attempted arson was at the construction site of the multi-million dollar historic condominium project known as the ‘Vista Del Arroyo Bugalows’.

This action was most likely taken in defense of our earth. Destroying the construction of the condo’s inflicting economic damage to corporations and the entities to blame for the earths pollution and destruction.

Steve also allegedly admitted to disabling the ignition of a tractor that was being used on the job site and writing”ANOTHER TRACTOR DECOMMISSIONED BY THE E.L.F”

We will bring you news on Steve, as it becomes available.

AETA 4 Benefit. St. Catharines, Ontario

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

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The Niagara Music Forum will be hosting a fun vegan fundraiser featuring a cooking demo with Suie Moffat, guest lecture from Brock Professor Lauren Corman, film showing of The Cove, and a Hardcore show. The event will raise funds for the AETA 4, 4 animal rights activists from the U.S. who are currently facing terrorism charges (10 years) for allegations like chalking sidewalks, wearing balaclavas at demonstrations, etc.

Although these charges are all frivolous, the defendants are up against a major piece of legislation, the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA), and legal fees are mounting.

Let’s all get together to help all our jailed activists and show the world that unjust legislation like this will not stop the call for an end to animal cruelty.

Read more about the event HERE. Learn more about the AETA 4 and read about the case at Green Is The New Red.com

Contend/ Slow Teeth/ Adhamh Roland in PDX tomorrow!

Monday, January 11th, 2010

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Contend ( xvx hardcore from Reno )

Slow Teeth ( Vaudvillian anarcho folk from PDX )

Adhamh Roland ( Radical Queer Folk from SF )