Grand Jury Resister Danae Kelley Arrested at Animal Rights Demo- $50,000 Bail!
Njeri - repost from indybay.org,

UPDATE from sdimc volunteer Wed afternoon: According to a bailiff in the sd felony arraignment court, charges were not filed against Danae and she should be released this evening. (see also this blog post on alongingforcollapsepress on myspace: click here

UPDATE from Troy Tuesday evening: Danae will be arraigned on Wednesday at 1:30pm. She will be in Judge SZUMOWSKI's courtroom, which is Dept. 12 at the downtown county courthouse. According to jail information, she is currently being charged with PC 422, which is essentially threatening to cause great bodily injury to another person. Anyone can go down to Dept. 12 and observe the arraignment, but be warned: it is likely to be a very routine, scripted process. The only reason to go would be to offer emotional support through your presence. But, know that you won't be allowed to communicate with Danae at the arraignment, and it's possible that she won't even be able to see any courtroom supporters.

from Njeri / San Francisco Bay Area Indymedia: California activist [and Grand Jury Resister] Danae Kelley was arrested after a legal demonstration in San Diego over the weekend. (13 others were detained but then released without charges just as Danae should have been.) Phone calls need to be made on her behalf. Please call [Los Colinas Detention Facility] and ask when she will be released.

Danae Kelley - Booking #7762437 - is at the Las Colinas Detention Facility-- Please call 619-258-3176 & ask when she'll be released and if she's getting vegan food. --Read More--; see also article on infoshop.org; updates at alongingforcollapsepress on myspace

SD City Beat description of arrest: click here

from fuck the green scare: you can/should also contact city council and the district attorney to speak out about her unfair arrest and inflated bail: san diego city council | San Diego District Attorney

from Janice Jordan: The people wielding the power of the justice system, law enforcement agencies and political administrations want working-class communities to live in fear. For if we live in a constant state of fear, "I can't get involved", "I can't go to jail", "I might lose my job", "It's none of my business", the disease of fear spreads and its' infectious wrath takes more and more people down with it... It is imperative that all concerned parties of free speech, civil rights, and the right to assemble unconditionally support both Rod Coronado and Danae Kelley. Just when we all think it couldn't get more reactionary-IT HAS!--Read More--

Related: Rod Coronado's Hearing/Trial | Midwest ALF/ELF Grand Jury | More info about the Minnesota Grand Jury | Eric McDavid's Trial | Solidarity for Non-Cooperation Political Prisoners | greenscare.org | ecoprisoners.org | greenisthenewred.com
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Important Hearing/Trial Dates - Rod Coronado
repost,

InLims Motions hearing:
Friday, August 31st at 11:00am

Judge Miller’s Courtroom, Room 5, Third floor

940 Front Street, San Diego

Rod’s Trial:
September 10, 2007
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Voluntary family planning
Kenneth Andersson,

On February 25, 2006 world population reached 6.5 billion.

By, 2050, our human numbers are estimated to reach 9.1 billion, but they could rise as high as 12 billion people.

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EL FRAUDE VENEZOLANO DE MAYRE MARTINEZ
Noemi Andrade,

RECUENTO
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Eco Gardening and weight loss
Gene Wilder,

review and links to methods for organic gardening and eco farmiing and natural health

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Two articles about Rod Coronado
repost,

Rod Coronado gave a talk in San Diego and the feds called his words ‘terrorism.’ How new laws are equating environmentalists with Al Qaeda.
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G8 Dissent Tour! coming to San Diego
j,

Come learn about QUEER, FEMINIST, BIKE, BLOCKADE, CLOWN AND ANTI-RACIST resistance to the G8!

G8 DISSENT TOUR! FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD 7-10 PM
$5 SUGGESTED DONATION @ THE RUBBER ROSE



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Canine Brutality in Rosarito Beach!
rocky neptun,

Those caught are thrown into the metal cage. Healthy dogs, people's pets and puppies are tossed in with sick and dying dogs. Those who survive are driven to the dog pound, where over 80% will be strapped to electrical cords......

Incredibly, due to the secretiveness surrounding city hall and the ego of its animal control director, Raul Pena, Rosarito has refused to ok a $50,000 dog rescue program... Please contact Rosarito city officials and let them know that humanity knows no boundaries, when it comes to barbarism and cruelty against defenseless animals. Tell them you will not visit Rosarito until it creates human methods of canine control and until the city begins a free sterilization program. --Read More--

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Green Scare Benefit Reports
sdimc volunteer,

From Danny:
On December 7th, 2006, around 20 people showed up at Voz Alta for a fundraiser organized to raise awareness about the Green Scare, and show solidarity with those targeted by it.

Janice Jordan took the stand and recounted... all the orange groves and untouched land that was Orange County... and the [subsequent] disappearance of agriculture and open space to make way for sprawling office buildings in the name of 'progress'. Rocky Neptun mentioned the 'SHAC 7', who are all serving prison sentences for running a website bent on shutting down Huntingdon Life Sciences, a notorious animal-testing corporation. Troy Picknard, a soon-to-be lawyer, drove home the point that it is never a good idea to talk to the police or FBI. --Read More--

From Rocky:
They understand that the Green Scare is here. It is the weapon of choice by CEO’s and wealthy speculators to bring yet another generation to its knees by insuring that youthful animal rights activists and environmentalists, who commit civil disobedience for ethical or political reasons, get more time in prison than street thugs and rapists. “In defiance of the order that ushers our dying Earth to her grave, let us stand together so that the fires of our hearts may burn against this dark hour of repression,” a T-shirt proclaims as the young man talks about the need to support ecoprisoners. --Read More--

Background and Links: SDIMC Stories: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 | ecoprisoners.org | SHAC7.com | greenscare.org | FBIwitchhunt.com | greenisthenewred.com
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Report on Green Scare Benefit
Danny,

On December 7th around 20 people showed up
at Voz Alta for a fundraiser organized to raise
awareness about the Green Scare, and show solidarity
with those targeted by it.

The event organizer, Danae Kelley, welcomed
everybody and explained what the Green Scare was and
why those arrested urgently need support.

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Support Victims of the Green Scare
rocky neptun,

As several dozen young people gathered last Thursday at Voz Alta, downtown, to raise money for other young people imprisoned for their activism, their quiet strength as a movement became illuminated. What is it about this segment of a new generation that strikes so much terror into our corporate owned government?

They understand that the Green Scare is here. It is the weapon of choice by CEO’s and wealthy speculators to bring yet another generation to its knees by insuring that youthful animal rights activists and environmentalists, who commit civil disobedience for ethical or political reasons, get more time in prison than street thugs and rapists. “In defiance of the order that ushers our dying Earth to her grave, let us stand together so that the fires of our hearts may burn against this dark hour of repression,” a T-shirt proclaims as the young man talks about the need to support ecoprisoners.

But where is the left? The tragedy is that this inner courage, this ethical strength, this commitment to fundamental change not tinkering, this Earth first mentality, on the part of young environmentalists and animal rights activists frightens mainstream, liberal and progressive groups.

Background and Links: SDIMC Stories: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 | ecoprisoners.org | SHAC7.com | greenscare.org | FBIwitchhunt.com | greenisthenewred.com
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The FBI, Cell Phones and You
san diego indymedia volunteer and repost from CNET,

I am not a paranoid conspiracy theorist. I do not believe the twin towers fell because Dick Cheney planted explosives in them. I do not think the Kennedys were assassinated by space aliens. But I have one request: before you read another word of this story out loud to yourself or your friends, TAKE THE F*N BATTERY OUT OF YOUR CELL PHONE!

Let me explain. We all know that the NSA is monitoring our phone conversations and reading our e-mails, without warrants or oversight or any of that messy red tape, because, any one of us, especially if we have a tendency to question the corporate security state, could at any time turn into a TERRORIST. We also know that the FBI as well as local security forces have been infiltrating groups who advocate for peace, animals and the Earth, because, well, you know. These actions combined with the recently revealed Automated Targeting System and numerous other programs have led most people to self-regulate their speech and actions, to avoid the possibility of being branded an eco-terrorist (green scare), a potential presidential assassin or an Islamic terrorist.

But to the clever geeks at the FBI, this climate of fear and paranoia simply isn't enough. And so they, in partnership with their corporate collaborators, have devised a way to listen to our conversations using cell phones. But, you say, the NSA is already doing that! No, the FBI is listening to you even when you aren't talking to someone using your cell phone. What? As revealed in a judge's ruling related to investigation of the feds' competitors, the Mafia, the FBI's eggheads have figured out how to reprogram your phone, without ever having access to it, so that they can activate the microphone and listen by calling your phone from anywhere, without you having a clue. OK, you say, I will just turn off my phone. Nope. Many models of phones (thank you Verizon!) can be turned on remotely, again, without a trace.

And so all of us who have cell phones are wired directly to the den of thieves. Even amongst trusted friends, we have to "watch what we say, watch what we do." The only ways to defeat this intrusion are to take the battery out of your cell phone, leave your phone at home, or responsibly recycle it.

Welcome to homeland insecurity. How can we help you?

Original Report from CNET

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Green Scare Benefit: Thurs Dec 7 6:00PM Voz Alta
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Vegan Potluck/Film Screenings/Know Your Rights to Benefit Victims of the Green Scare
Thursday, December 7 - 6:00PM
Voz Alta 1549 Broadway 1 Block from City College
$5 with a Vegan Dish, $10 without.

Screening: The Lorax + Surplus
Speakers: On the Green Scare and Know Your Rights
Raffle: Vegan Stuff

Recent Articles, Background and Links: 1 2 3 4 5 6
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Ethics Toward Animals
Animal Advocates of SDSU,

A talk by Gary Yourofsky

One person's inspirational actions have been covered by every newspaper, radio outlet, and TV station in his native Detroit, and by countless other media outlets nationwide.
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Systematic Abuse of Cats & Dogs in Bulgaria
Emil Kuzmanov,

Recent letter to supreme Prosecutor of Bulgaria concerning inadequate behaviour of Minister Nihat Kabil, Mayor Boyko Borissov and German SPCA
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Animal and Earth Defenders Under Attack by Feds and Corporations
san diego indymedia volunteer/reposts,

Today the US House of Reps passed by voice vote the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA), which was previously approved by the Senate. AETA labels as terrorism any action that would cause loss of profits by corporations that exploit animals, including whistleblowing or nonviolent civil disobedience. Herr Bush is expected to sign the bill gleefully. Read More

In Other Recent Green Scare News:
From greenisthenewred.com and SupportRod.org:
Rod Coronado, the government’s poster-child for “eco-terrorist” scare-mongering, is involved in multiple court cases right now, including charges under an obscure section of a law dealing with “Distribution of Information Relating to Explosives.” At a speech in San Diego, someone in the audience asked how Coronado committed an arson years ago in the name of animal rights and the environment. He grabbed a plastic juice bottle from a table and said he used a bottle like that one, filled with gasoline and attached to a timer, then went to the next question. For that he’s facing 20 years in prison under a rarely-used federal statute... Rod’s next court date is February 8, 2007. If his motion to strike down the statute is denied, the judge will set a date for a future motion hearing where Rod will bring additional challenges to the Indictment against him and the facts alleged by the government. If the case proceeds to trial, it is anticipated that the trial will occur in the summer of 2007. Read More

From ecoprisoners.org:
Seven activists in Los Angeles had their homes raided in connection with a campaign against the POM Wonderful juice company, makers of POM pomegranate juice and Evian water. POM has funded $10 million in research into the health effects of its juice, including conducting numerous studies on animals which included inducing erectile disfunction and depriving newborn mice of oxygen to the brain. The raids are yet another transparent attempt by the government to stifle free speech at the request of large corporations (POM is based in Santa Monica, CA, the town whose police carried out the raids) Read More

From greenscare.org International Day of Green Scare Solidarity:
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... 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. Read More
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Green Scare Defendents Plead Guilty but are Not Implicating Others
repost from portland indymedia, fbiwitchhunt,

The term "Green Scare" is widely used to refer to the U.S. government's current stepped-up program of harassment, intimidation and fear targeting the Earth and animal liberation movements. The government's campaign has been carefully crafted, with the help of Earth and animal-exploiting big business, in an effort to silence these growing political movements. The "Green Scare" has so far resulted in numerous grand juries, indictments and arrests.

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. Recent negotiations between federal prosecutors and the defendants resulted in a global resolution non-cooperation plea agreement whereby the four defendants will agree to accept responsibility for their own roles in environmentally motivated crimes, but do not agree to provide information or testify against anyone now or in the future.

Despite the agreement however, federal prosecutors have asked the court to apply a "terrorism enhancement" at sentencing. Should Judge Aiken grant the government's request, the non-cooperating defendants could face up to 20 years in prison in addition to the terms of the plea agreement. The government is seeking the "terrorism enhancement" despite the fact that the crimes to which they have admitted responsibility only involve the destruction of private property; no government property was damaged in any of the incidents.

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