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Update From Daniel McGowan

This is an update on Daniel McGowan, one of the Operation Backfire defendants who recently reported to prison after being sentenced as a “terrorist.” It’s from Family and Friends of Daniel McGowan: July 26, 2007 I’m pretty convinced at this point, nearly 20 months after my arrest, that I am incredibly lucky to have the […]

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New Website Lists Addresses for Animal Industries

Someone has published Final Nail.com (named after the infamous zine “The Final Nail,” which detailed locations of fur farms and encouraged activists to take illegal action against them). It lists addresses for not just fur farms but slaughterhouses, lab animal suppliers and trappers. The Fur Commission had this to say about the original zine: The […]

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“Cooperator,” “Snitch,” or Something Else?

Darren Thurston’s support committee has posted an open letter responding to what seems to be widespread condemnation by other activists that Thurston and others “snitched,” or cooperated with the government (as opposed to the non-cooperating defendants), in hopes of receiving reduced sentences in the Operation Backfire cases. Here’s an excerpt, or also take a look […]

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Destroying 7 SUVs Gets 12 Years Sentence

From Rocky Mountain News: A man who set firebombs in seven large SUVs last March pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 12 years in prison Wednesday. Grant Barnes, 24, pleaded guilty to one count of using an incendiary device and one count of second-degree arson. Barnes, suspected of using the methods of the eco-terrorist group […]

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Activists Running Marathon to Raise Money for Green Scare Defendant

Some activists out West are running a marathon and raising money for Daniel McGowan, one of the individuals arrested in the Operation Backfire cases. All proceeds from this run will go directly to Daniel McGowan’s education fund. Daniel will complete his master’s degree while serving a seven-year sentence in federal prison. We believe that Danniel’s […]

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New Children’s Book to Raise Money for Green Scare Defendants

I just received a copy of The Secret World of Terijian, a children’s book that some folks have put out to raise money for individuals labeled “eco-terrorists” and hit with terrorism enhancement penalties for property destruction in the name of the environment. It’s a cute little book about two kids, Connor and Moriko, who find […]

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Editorial in ‘Nature’ Against Green Scare

Nature has an editorial in the latest issue against “terrorism enhancement” in the cases out West, and also more broadly against the “eco-terrorism” rhetoric we’ve been seeing in legislation like the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. This is big breakthrough, especially considering the source. An excerpt: But ‘terrorist’ is a word so debased and loaded by […]

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First Operation Backfire Defendant Sentenced as “Terrorist”

A federal judge labeled property destruction in the name of the environment “terrorism” yesterday and sentenced the first of the Operation Backfire defendants to 13 years in prison. Activists around the country– and particularly the remaining nine defendants– had been watching the sentencing very carefully, because the judge’s tenor may foreshadow the remaining court dates. […]

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“My Brother, The ‘Terrorist’”

Check out this oped in The L.A. Times by Caroline Paul, whose brother Jonathan is one of the defendants who faces “terrorism enhancement” penalties for environmentally-motivated property crimes: in this case, an arson against a horse slaughtering plant. An interesting sidenote is that Caroline was a San Francisco firefighter for 13 years. Here’s an excerpt: […]

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Closer Look at Court Ruling on Applying “Terrorism Enhancements” to Activists

“Terrorism enhancement” penalties may apply to a group of activists charged with property crimes in the name of protecting the environment and animal rights, a U.S. District Court judge ruled Monday. But the burden will be heavily on the government to “present clear and convincing evidence” during sentencing in order for the T-word to apply. […]

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