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DESCRIPTION:RESISTING THE GREEN SCARE:\nA Bay Area Event in Solidarity with Political 
 Prisoner Jeff "Free" Luers\nand Environmental/Animal Rights Activists Most 
 Recently Targeted by State\nRepression. (see below for more background 
 information)\n\nSaturday, June 10th\nStation 40 (3030 B 16th Street @ 
 Mission, San Francisco)\nDoors at 1:30pm/Show at 2:00pm sharp\n$3-$8 
 sliding scale, all money to benefit political prisoners\nAll ages 
 welcome\n\nFeaturing Bands, Speakers, and Free Vegan Food!\n\nActs of 
 Sedition\nMyth of Progress\nEntartete Kunst\nChest Full of 
 Arrows\n\nSpeakers include:\nRichard Brown -Black Panther Grand Jury 
 Resister, as well several\nindividuals who will provide information & 
 context on the current "Green\nScare."\n\nPlease join us!\n\nFor questions 
 contact: caps@riseup.net\n\nOn June 10th, San Francisco will participate in 
 the International\nWeekend of Resistance Against the Green Scare, along 
 with over 20 other\ncities worldwide, in order to show solidarity and 
 support for those facing\ncharges and harassment in the recent wave of 
 repression against Eco and\nAnimal Rights activists. At this event, we also 
 aim to contextualize the\nGreen Scare amidst the historic and on-going 
 government oppression and\nharassment faced by people of color here and 
 abroad, particularly in their\nstruggles for 
 liberation.\n_______________________________\n\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 
 2006\nResisting the “Green Scare”\n\nDecember 7, 2005, marked the 
 beginning of the largest roundup of\nenvironmental and animal rights 
 activists in U.S. history. There have now\nbeen nearly 20 arrests and many 
 Grand Jury subpoenas.\n\nThe nation-wide sweep of arrests, dubbed 
 “Operation Backfire,” has been\ndescribed by the FBI as a major 
 hit to environmentalists and animal rights\nactivists who engage in 
 destruction of property as a means to defend wild\nlands and lives of 
 animals. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales stated in\nJanuary that, 
 “Investigating and preventing animal rights and\nenvironmental 
 extremism is one of the FBI’s highest domestic 
 priorities”.\n\nSen. Frank Lautenberg (D-New Jersey) said. "The 
 Oklahoma City bombing\nkilled 168 people. The attacks of 9/11 killed 3,000. 
 Since 1993, there\nhave been at least five fatal attacks on doctors who 
 performed legal\nabortions. Eric Rudolph recently pleaded guilty to placing 
 a bomb in a\npublic area during the Olympic Games in 1996, as well as 
 bombing a\nBirmingham women's clinic and a gay nightclub. All of these 
 cases involved\nthe loss of human life. To date, not a single incident of 
 so-called\nenvironmental terrorism has killed anyone."\n\nDespite the lack 
 of human injury in any of these actions, the government\nis threatening 
 extraordinary sentences, ranging from 30 years to life plus\n335 years. 
 Similar crimes committed without political motivation receive\nfar shorter 
 sentences and even different charges.  For example, a string\nof nine 
 recent church arsons are being described by the authorities 
 as\n“youthful pranks”.\n\nEnvironmental activist Jeff 
 “Free” Luers received a disproportionately\nlong sentence (22.8 
 years) after confessing to attempting to burn three\nSUVs at a Romania 
 dealership in Eugene, OR. At trial, Jeff clearly stated\nthat his action 
 was a desperate attempt to bring awareness to the\ndestruction of the Earth 
 by this unsustainable form of transportation and\nits external costs of 
 global warming, pollution, and war for oil. Because\nof his stated 
 political beliefs, “Free” received an extremely long 
 prison\nsentence; he is charged with a Measure 11 crime despite the fact 
 that this\nfire did not endanger any life; and he continues to suffer 
 harassment by\nthe Department of Corrections due to his designation as a 
 member of a\nSecurity Threat Group’.\n\nJune 2006 marks the sixth year 
 that “Free” has been in prison as well as\nthe 3rd year of 
 International Days of Solidarity with him. The focus of\ninternational 
 events this year will be on “Operation Backfire” and what\nmany 
 are calling a “Green Scare” campaign of government 
 repression.\n\nFor more information, 
 http://www.freefreenow.org\n\n**********************************************************************\nFree 
 All Political Prisoners!\nFree Jeff 'Free' 
 Luers!\nhttp://www.freefreenow.org\nResist Grand 
 Juries!\nhttp://www.fbiwitchhunt.org\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/05/24/99743.php
SUMMARY:Resistance Against the Green Scare
LOCATION:3030 B 16th Street @Mission
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/05/24/99743.php
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