World Animal Liberation Newswire Archive

27th-4th Feb/Mar

TRAPS DESTROYED, SHOOTING PENS TRASHED, BIRD SET FREE (UK)
GRAFFITI PROTEST AGAINST SLAUGHTER OF DOGS (Mexico)
CIRCUS POSTERS TRASHED (France)
VIVISECTOR, MINING EXEC. VISITED AT HOME (USA)
TELMEX PHONES PAINTED (Mexico)
TELMEX PHONES GLUED (Mexico)
POSTAL ANNOYANCE BRIGADE TARGETS VIVISECTORS (USA)

Wikileaks.org, the site responsible for leaking a multitude of useful documents to media and activists, has posted an article titled, "FBI: Tactics Used by Eco-Terrorists to Detect and Thwart Law Enforcement Operations, 15 Apr 2004," an appraisal of counterintelligence resources in our community.

Though government intelligence is widely known to be an oxymoron, this could lend some insight into their thinking and methodology, acting as a guide to activist counter-intelligence for the animal & earth liberation movement. The document studies the successful methods in which the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), Earth Liberation Front (ELF), Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC), Earth First! and anarchist groups evade and/or thwart law enforcement methods to gather intelligence.

26th: MOSCOW PROTESTS AGAINST BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
27th: NYSE AND TWO BARCLAYS DEMOS IN FRANCE
27th: MORE ITALIAN BARCLAYS PROTESTS
27th: IN BOLOGNA THE STRUGGLE AGAINST HLS GOES ON!

Part 1  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/02/422831.html
Part 2  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/02/423188.html
March feature  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/03/423255.html

There are plans to build a deadly "super virus" lab in Kings Cross, alongside St Pancras International behind the British Library. this has been opposed by MI5, MPs and councillors on Health and Safety grounds. Foot and Mouth disease was leaked into the water supply from Pirbright in Surrey. Local people want community / education facilities and council homes here with realistic employment opportunites rather than this ill thought out lab project. Please also see the online petition.

The Obama govt. originally said the war against
the people
animals and Mother Earth in Iraq sould stop in 6 months... then 12
and now 19... as the government steps up the war
on the people and animals of Afghanistan.
Meanwhile the USDA continues to promote the genocide
of animal products, NIH continues to fund animal torture.
The DOI continues to allow grazing on federal lands, etc.

Additional information regarding original article "Truth about Gladys Hammond"

23rd: SWEDISH ACTIVISTS PROTEST AT HLS CUSTOMERS
24th: DAY TWO OF CHILEAN ACTION DAYS
27th: BARCLAYS PROTEST IN CAMBRIDGE
27th: POLISH PROTEST AGAINST NOVARTIS

Part 1:  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/02/422831.html
See newswire posts for photos and videos of London march

The City of London trembled on Friday as Animal Rights protesters marched its streets in what has been one of the largest Animal Rights turnouts since some unlucky activists got 50 years.

We do not advocate violence as a tactic so much as we argue that there are strong justifications for the use of violence, such as in a “just war,” to intervene on behalf of genocide victims, or in self-defense. And we advance the concept of “extensional self-defense” to say that humans can be legitimate proxy agents for animals who rarely can defend themselves against their tormentors.

30 CHICKENS REMOVED FROM CAGES (Italy)
VEHICLES SABOTAGED AT WAGENINGEN UNIV. (Netherlands)
CIRCUS TRUCK DAMAGED IN FIRE (Italy)
NEW MAXMARA COLLECTION GREETED WITH A BRICK (Spain)
ELF TORCH EARTH-DESTROYING MACHINES (Mexico)
FUR FARM RAID - CLAIM OF RESPONSIBILITY (Italy)

Most people are aware of the plans to build a "super virus" lab in Camden, alongside St Pancras International behind the British Library. The lab is likely to be level 3 facility meaning that it could contain anthrax and bird flu. I have just been told today by Helia Evens the secretary for Somers Town tenants association that work has indeed started to "explore risk assessment". A news item was also shown very late on TV two days ago...so late that most people would have missed it.

On February 19th and 20th, the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force arrested Adriana Stumpo, 23; Nathan Pope, 26; Joseph Buddenberg, 25; and Maryam Khajavi, 20 - 4 people it described as "terrorists". Their "terrorism" apparently consisted of writing with chalk on a sidewalk, wearing bandanas while protesting, and distributing flyers about animal research at UCSC. No, seriously.

Darius Fullmer co-founded and organized Animal Defense League- New Jersey, organized countless outreach and educational events, organized hundreds of protests against the fur trade, including the Fur-Free New Jersey Tour, as well as the campaign against HLS. He was sentenced to a year in prison as part of the Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty 7 case. James interviewed him about his experience in prison, the SHAC campaign model and its implications on the animal liberation movement.

Nepalese Parliament Orders End To Monkey Exports!!!!
 http://groups.google.com/group/AR-News/browse_thread/thread/230ee091fd6050bc

We welcome the Nepalese Parliament's decision to order a ban on monkey
exports, however there are still some fundamental points which we utterly
oppose.....

24th: FINANCIAL FRENZY WEEK STARTS IN LONDON
23rd: DAY THREE OF DUTCH PROTEST TOUR
23rd: ITALY WEEK OF ACTION AGAINST HLS SPEEDS AWAY!
23rd: DAY ONE OF CHILEAN ACTION DAYS

There are plans to build a deadly virus containment facility and animal testing lab on a Camden Council house estate, alongside St Pancras International behind the British Library. The threat of virus leak is very real, Foot & Mouth disease was leaked form govt facility Pirbright in Surrey into the water supply. Camden needs council homes and community facilites not a deadly lab.

Thursday, 19th February - Eight HLS customers and a supplier are demoed
Friday, 20th February - Another nine HLS customers are demoed

'Our mission is clear, our demands simple and straight forward, our motivation indestructible. We will not sit idly by or look the other way whilst animals pine away and suffer inside HLS!'

For Immediate Release
February 22, 2009

Federal Authorities Arrest Peaceful Protesters
Animal Liberation Front, Other Clandestine Groups Prosper as Result

Urgent ELP! Bulletin (21st February 2009)

Dear Friends

ELP has just heard that two Swedish boys/young men have been remanded into custody today accused of an arson against a fur/leathershop in Orebro.

17th-21st February

FUR STORE COVERED IN RED PAINT (Estonia)
FREEDOM FOR TWO HENS (Mexico)
DIRECT ACTION AGAINST THE FUR TRADE (Germany)
TELMEX PHONES GLUED SHUT (Mexico)
GRAFITTI IN SUPPORT OF DAN WADHAM (France)
HOME VISIT FOR ANALYST AT HLS INVESTOR (UK)
FAST FOOD RESTAURANT LOCKS GLUED (USA)
BOOBY-TRAPPED LETTERS SENT TO VIVISECTORS (USA)