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Direct Action Mexico - Six Month Review

antispeciesist | 29.05.2008 15:53 | Analysis | Animal Liberation | Ecology | World

multinationals vandalized, circuses sabotaged,
pharmacy locks glued, furriers redocorated,
restuarants sabotaged, grills dismantled,
butchers and markets painted,
puppies and doves liberated,
& meat suppliers torched...

Mexico City Leather Company Painted
Mexico City Leather Company Painted


Cosmetics Store, Butcher Shops Painted
Cosmetics Store, Butcher Shops Painted

"Ask the Duck"
"Ask the Duck"

Red Paint Splashed on Multinational Killers
Red Paint Splashed on Multinational Killers


Restaurants Painted
Restaurants Painted

New Homes For Puppies
New Homes For Puppies


"Passivity Makes You Complicit"
"Passivity Makes You Complicit"


Two Doves and a Turkey Rescued
Two Doves and a Turkey Rescued


In the past four years prior to this activity, there had only been two reports in Mexico, so this is quite a step up to say the least. From the 26th December 2007 - 22nd May 2008, activists reported over 40 communiques, averaging nearly two reports per week. They totalled 15% of all global reports, which was only 7% less than UK activists representing direct action for animal liberation in 2007.

In comparison to other North American activists, Mexicans have already been more active so far this year than in the entire year of 2006 for US activists. In total, actions in N.A. this year are also already trumping the total number of communqiues in 2007. Welcome to the frontlines ALF Mexico!

Mexican Animal Liberation Front On A Roll: 24 Raids in 3 Months
 http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/03/13/18485527.php

ALF Mexico - History in the making:
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/01/390369.html

CELLS:

Frente de Liberacion Animal México (FLAM/FLA Mexico)
Animal Liberation Front México (ALF Mexico)
Animal Liberation Front - Commando Green Black (CVN-FLA)
Animal Rights Militia México (ARM Mexico)

ACTIONS:

May 22, 2008 -- Fur Shop Painted in Solidarity with Imprisoned Activists
May 13, 2008 -- Meat Markets Attacked
May 12, 2008 -- Restaurants Sabotaged
May 10, 2008 -- Restaurateur's Truck Covered in Paint
May 6, 2008 -- KFC Once Again A Target
May 3, 2008 -- Milk Distributor Painted
May 2, 2008 -- May Day Action
April 28, 2008 -- Colorful Surprise for KFC
April 26, 2008 -- Circus Vehicles Painted Red
April 22, 2008 -- Restaurant Windows Broken, Kitchen Sabotaged
April 22, 2008 -- "The Harder the Battle, The Sweeter the Victory"
April 21, 2008 -- Trouble for Mexico's Largest Chicken Killer
April 17, 2008 -- KFC Windows Pay the Price
March 27, 2008 -- Complete Treatment for Butcher Shop
March 26, 2008 -- Bomb Threat at KFC
March 24, 2008 -- Mexico City Leather Company Painted
March 18, 2008 -- Cosmetics Store, Butcher Shops Painted
March 15, 2008 -- Pet Store, Butcher Painted
March 11, 2008 -- KFC Hit with Paint, Windows Etched
March 8, 2008 -- Slogans Etched Into Restaurant Window
March 7, 2008 -- ALF Hit another KFC
March 6 , 2008 -- Restaurants Sabotaged
March 4, 2008 -- "Ask the Duck"
March 2, 2008 -- Poultry Business Painted
February 26, 2008 -- Red Paint Spilled at Butchers
February 25, 2008 -- Grills Made Unusable
February 10, 2008 -- Fire at Poultry Shop
February 10, 2008 -- Locks Glued at 12 Pharmacies
February 8, 2008 -- Red Paint Splashed on Multinational Killers
February 7, 2008 -- Restaurants Painted
February 6, 2008 -- 13 Locks Sabotaged
February 2, 2008 -- Restaurants Vandalized
January 29, 2008 -- Attack on Restaurant
January 23, 2008 -- Fire at KFC
January 23, 2008 -- "Meat=Murder" Painted on Markets
January 19, 2008 -- New Homes For Puppies
January 14, 2008 -- "Passivity Makes You Complicit"
January 7, 2008 -- Two Doves and a Turkey Rescued
January 4, 2008 -- Furrier Painted
December 30, 2007 -- Pet Stores Attacked
December 29, 2007 -- KFC Hit With Paint Bombs
December 27, 2007 -- Circus Big Top, Cars Painted
December 26, 2007 -- Pet Store Attacked

QUOTES:

"For each bourgeois we have a bomb,
For each speciesist we have a knife!"
-May 3rd

"they deserve to be free, they deserve to be avenged,
they do not take up arms but the people can,
they have no voice but the people do,
they can not organize but the people can,
the animals need our intervention to be free"
-May Day Action

"The fight continues because the fight is long.
The harder the battle, the sweeter the victory."
-22nd April

"Until all are avenged!
Until all are free!"
-April 21st

"We are the Animal Rights Militia and one of our principles is to
fight against speciesism, which is nothing more than an
anthropocentric idea imposed on the human animal over all those
other species that live around them"
-March 26th

"Down with speciesist businesses!
Go vegan sXe"
-March 18th

"NO MATTER, SOONER OR LATER,
THESE BUSINESSES WILL FALL BY THE HAND OF THE ALF!"
-March 6th

"Long live the noble and courageous struggle of animal avengers."
-February 26th

"They have no voice.
They can't organize.
They need your help for their freedom."
-February 8th

"Free yourself from the distorted views of the last million years.
Justice for the animals!"
-February 7th

"If they do not close, we will close them.
If they do not stop, neither will we!"
-February 6th

"We will not abandon the trenches of the underground;
we will keep moving forward.
Until all are free!"
-February 2nd

"We can all contribute to this fight,
do not continue just watching-- take action!
Revenge for the animals!"
-February 29th

"Passivity makes you complicit,
use direct action and declare war on speciesm!"
-January 14th

"THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO FIGHT!
TAKE WHAT YOU HAVE AT HAND AND THROW IT AT THE SPECIESTS!"
-January 4th

"NOW IS THE FIGHT, THE FUTURE IS OURS.
GO VEGAN"
-December 29th

Sources:  http://www.animalliberationfront.com/ALFront/Actions-Mexico/BitebackReports.htm

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