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Netcu Watch // Thoughts on media hysteria post SHAC trial.

31-12-2008 13:11

I’m fed up with the histrionics, the exaggerations and the lies about SHAC and so this is my contribution to counter them.

(Put the kettle on - this is quite a read)

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SHAC - Financial Supporters Of HLS Demoed In London

31-12-2008 13:09

Anyone making money out of the suffering taking place inside HLS will be held accountable.

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SHAC > Demo At Harlan In Bicester

30-12-2008 17:43

HLS' animal breeder gets an evening visit.

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SHAC > PICK YOUR OWN DAY IN LEICESTERSHIRE

30-12-2008 17:41

SHACtivists hit HLS' customers and suppliers in the Midlands

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URGENT -- Influence the Decision on Nepal's MonkeyBusiness!!!

29-12-2008 21:43

21 days ago the new Directors of the Nepalese Tourism Board took up their positions, you can read about them in the original article here:

http://www.welcomenepal.com/brand/news.asp?id=196#196

They've had 21 days to settle in to their new jobs, NOW let's make sure the monkeys are right at the top of their agendas!

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SHAC Newsletter 50 - Out Now!

29-12-2008 18:36

As we come to the end of 2008, we’ve found there is so much to include that we’ve made this special 50th newsletter into a bumper edition! With hundreds of demos kicking off across the globe, throughout the year we have seen a constant and ever-imaginative way to show the collaborators of HLS just what they’re in for.

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Direct Action; USA, Netherlands, Mexico, UK, Italy, Spain & Colombia

29-12-2008 17:53

22nd-28th December

HOLIDAY PACKAGES SENT TO NAUGHTY VIVISECTORS (USA)
13 RABBITS LIBERATED (Netherlands)
POULTRY SHOP CLOSES AFTER ATTACKS (Mexico)
HLS SUPPLIER'S VAN GLUED (UK)
ANIMAL LIBERATION GRAFFITI (Italy)
BRICK SHATTERS BUTCHERS WINDOW (UK)
TURTLE FREED FROM CAPTIVITY (Mexico)
RETURN VISIT TO FUR STORE (Spain)
TWO TRUCKS AT SLAUGHTERHOUSE SET AFIRE (Mexico)
BULLFIGHT SPONSOR SABOTAGED (Colombia)
HOME OF NYSE EURONEXT DIRECTOR COVERED IN SLOGANS (Netherlands)
PAINT SPILLED ON TELMEX PHONE BOOTHS (Mexico)

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National Anti-Vivisection Day of Action - Mon 19th Jan

29-12-2008 14:57

In solidarity with SHAC campaigners in court on this day for sentencing(and all other animal rights prisoners)

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NETCU - helping to facilitate protests!!!

29-12-2008 12:24

A letter to the Guardian from the National Coordinator Domestic Extremism

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Action Alert against HLS Shareholder - Peregrine Capital Management

29-12-2008 04:15

This company is small. We can take care of them easily! Contact them now by email and tell them to sever their ties with this horrendous laboratory.

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Sofia EU: Using Municipal Animal Facilities Raises New Questions

28-12-2008 14:23

Comment on TV report from "Lozenetc" the animal shelter

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Letter from AR Prisoner Luke Steele

27-12-2008 17:07

The following letter was forwarded to ELP

http://www.spiritoffreedom.org.uk by the British Stop Huntindon Animal Cruelty (SHAC) campaign

http://www.shac.net.

Note: The letter was received at the start of the month, but as it was not posted here, as requested, thought it would be a good time for it. Here it is:

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Strategic Importance of HLS in the broader anticapitalist fight

27-12-2008 10:39

The campaign to shut down HLS has become a "meeting engagement"-a battle neither side can afford to lose. Here is what the pro-vivisection "Foundation for Biomedical Research" (or FBR) had to say in their 2006 "illegal incidents report" about the importance of the campaign to close Huntingdon "Life" Sciences (HLS)

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Whalers harassed by Sea Shepherd in Australian Antarctic waters

27-12-2008 02:31

The Japanese whaling ship Haiko Maru emerged from dense fog in front of the the Sea Shepherd MV Steve Irwin, crewed by anti-whaling activists about 0730 GMT December 26th, 2008. During manourvers by both ships a collision occurred causing minor damage to both ships, and no injuries, in Antarctic waters within the Australian Economic Exclusion Zone and Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, north of the Mawson Peninsula.

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Gun and Quarantine Fears over Camden "Super Virus Lab" - Army letters

27-12-2008 01:16

There are plans to build a "Super Virus Lab" in Camden. This has been opposed by locals, councillors, MPs, MI5 etc on safety grounds. In the event of virus leak, as happened at government facility Pirbright there is the very real chance that the soldiers at Regents Park Barracks would have to either evacuate or quarntine the area. Please write to them and ask them to oppose planning permission.

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Fight Speciesism! #7 - Out Now

24-12-2008 22:27

January issue of the latest anti-speciesist, anti-capitalist, abolitionist direct action news is out now.

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SHAC Do Christmas & Solidarity Demos

24-12-2008 18:25

Just because it is Christmas doesn't mean HLS will stop. Neither
will SHAC. Just because they bang up activists, HLS won't take a
break. Neither will SHAC.

On 24th December we paid early Christmas presents to those who fund, buy
and support the animal torture at HLS.

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NZ: The beauty of hindsight - police informant caught after 10 years

24-12-2008 15:38

About a week ago news broke in New Zealand that long time activist Rob Gilchrist had been a police informant for the last 10 years. Working for the Special Investigations Unit - an anti-terror, national security police unit - Rob had been informing on animal rights groups, environmental groups, unions, peace groups, even the Green Party.

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Corporate Watch on SHAC Trial - State Repression of Anti-Corporate Dissent

24-12-2008 15:12

State repression of Anti-Corporate Dissent: Animal right activists convicted of 'conspiracy to blackmail'

On December 23rd, 4 out of 5 activists on trial at Winchester Crown Court were found guilty of 'Conspiracy to Blackmail' at Winchester Crown Court after a 3 and a half month long show trial. The world's media, prompted by police press officers, were quick to condemn activists by pointing to harassment against the employees of Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) and their customers, shareholders and investors. Actions against HLS, not linked to those convicted, such as hoax bombs, letters alleging paedophilia, and threats were pointed to as evidence of the defendants' extremism. Police spokesmen and the National Extremist Coordination Unit (NETCU), the branch of the police set up to deal with the AR movement and other expressions of the public's dissent, hailed the convictions as a victory. (For more information on NETCU see here and here.

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SHAC campaign against HLS continues despite the convictions says the Guardian

24-12-2008 10:25

Today's Guardian reveals that the campaign against HLS continues regardless of the trial & convictions of Heather, Dan & Dan, Gavin, Gregg and Natatsha and Gerrah. There are fears that if people can get a 14 yr sentence for daubing cars and sending sanitary towels in the post there are people who will "do something worth getting 14 yrs for", especially if people such as Heather recieve as such.