gypsy~

gypsy was a young earth first! activist from texas, killed by a falling tree in humboldt county, california. he sat right next to me at a camp fire one night while i san songs. he was gone two days later. - from jim page's music cover "getting squeezed...live and then some"

reposted by anonymous with artist's prior permission to get the song out for the world to hear. This is posted for the activists being harassed in the struggle currently taking place in the mattole! climber eric said as he extracted a tree sitter and tied him up and lowered him down out of the tree, unlike what the police report says, that we are loosing in the mattole. you may take the trees maxxam, but we won't give up the fight to protect the ancient ones! The Battle isn't over yet! EARTH FIRST! Gypsy's wrongful death lawsuit against PL is presently scheduled for trial on October 15th, 2001 in the Oakland Federal Court.

Is the penalty for trespassing DEATH?

In the past six months, non-violent forest defenders in the Mattole watershed have been violently assaulted by timber workers. The Humboldt County Sheriffs department has witnessed these assaults, and in some cases, participated. Since May 22nd, 2001, the sheriffs department has not been present in the woods, despite complaints of physical and mental abuse being perpetrated by the timber workers. These events and the county's unwillingness to respond, creates a hostile environment that led to the murder of David Gypsy Chain in 1998.

The Mattole forest defenders have asked the county board of supervisors to place neutral observers, trained by the ACLU, in the woods to docuemtn these incidents. It was hoped that the presence of these observers would de-escalate the tense situation in the woods. The board of supervisors denied this request, citing "liabilty issues" for the county.

Please call the Humboldt County Supervisors and ask them to place neutral observers in the Mattole NOW! Call 707-476-2384

Call the Humboldt County Sheriff and then tell them you want to protect the rights of ALL citizens, not just the right of big timber!

Call District Attorney Terry Farmer and tell him you want him to concentrate on violent crimes and making Humboldt County safe. Ask him to drop charges against Mattole Activists, or at least lower charges to infractions. Call 707-445-7411 or 1-800-962-8261