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We are not terrorists!
Activists are not terrorists...we must rise up together, in non-violence, and end this war on our Mother Earth!
For immediate release, Friday, October 18, 2001
Contact: Shunka @ shunka_1999 [at] yahoo.com or (707)269-9731(numerical pager)
Environmental and Social Activists Are Not Terrorists!
We are the people seeking non-violent, positive social change…
Look into those eyes…what do you see? Can you see the Love of the Earth, and all of her creatures? Can you see the excitement of being 110 feet up in an Old Growth Douglas Fir tree, in the Mattole River Watershed Free State? Can you see the sadness of those eyes looking across hills and valleys of clearcuts and landslides, having already witnessed the murder of David "Gypsy" Chain, and having been the second set of eyes to see the cut in Luna, almost a year after Julia "Butterfly" Hill descended? Can you see the hope in those eyes, those eyes that watched Luna get saved, after watching Julia’s supply bag go up and down that tree, countless times? Or do you see what the government wants you to see…?
In the wake of the insanity that has enveloped the world over the past five weeks, we find the government attempting to create laws that would even further erode our rights to privacy, speech, protection from illegal search and seizure, peaceful assembly, express our grievances with the government, among others. These laws (SB 1510 and HR 2975) cannot be tolerated, and must not be allowed to become "business as usual." This is another form of McCarthyism, already enacted in the "War on Drugs;" September 11th has opened up a whole new opportunity for the Bush administration, on behalf of Corporate America, to attempt to squelch any kind of dissent as "terrorism."
The Bush administration is also using 9-11 as an opportunity to fill their pockets with war dollars, hoping to further increase their incomes with oil and opium money. It is so obvious what is going on, and now we have anthrax popping up all over, which is a direct reaction to the U.S./NATO bombing campaign! Imagine what will happen if ground troops move and, and if this war continues for even one more day. We must break the cycles of violence, and we can only do that by stopping all violence, immediately. Violence only propagates more violence, so we, the U.S., must take a stand, and set an example, for peace.
Those of us who live in the trees, organize/attend rallies and mass demonstrations, such as the ones at the WTO, IMF/World Bank, FTAA, and G8 meetings, do Food Not Bombs, and speak out in public are NOT "terrorists." Maybe we are terrified by the terrible things we see happening, every day, in this capitalist system, yet we are the ones spreading love and bravery, to replace hatred and fear. We try to spread hope, by sharing our visions of what a better world could look/sound/taste/feel like, to replace the despair that we encounter in the eyes of our brothers and sisters, every day. We speak out for peace, calling for an end to all wars, and all forms of violence, physical and verbal, and encourage people to share what they have with those who have not.
We are calling for the whole world to be fed organic food, to have free holistic health care, to have shelter, clean air and water, and a healthy happy life. If we used all the energy and resources wasted on militaries, worldwide, to provide these things to all people, then watch how fast the wars end. We must set the example for peace, and we can do that by ending the war, and beginning to help get this planet going in a good way.
Contact: Shunka @ shunka_1999 [at] yahoo.com or (707)269-9731(numerical pager)
Environmental and Social Activists Are Not Terrorists!
We are the people seeking non-violent, positive social change…
Look into those eyes…what do you see? Can you see the Love of the Earth, and all of her creatures? Can you see the excitement of being 110 feet up in an Old Growth Douglas Fir tree, in the Mattole River Watershed Free State? Can you see the sadness of those eyes looking across hills and valleys of clearcuts and landslides, having already witnessed the murder of David "Gypsy" Chain, and having been the second set of eyes to see the cut in Luna, almost a year after Julia "Butterfly" Hill descended? Can you see the hope in those eyes, those eyes that watched Luna get saved, after watching Julia’s supply bag go up and down that tree, countless times? Or do you see what the government wants you to see…?
In the wake of the insanity that has enveloped the world over the past five weeks, we find the government attempting to create laws that would even further erode our rights to privacy, speech, protection from illegal search and seizure, peaceful assembly, express our grievances with the government, among others. These laws (SB 1510 and HR 2975) cannot be tolerated, and must not be allowed to become "business as usual." This is another form of McCarthyism, already enacted in the "War on Drugs;" September 11th has opened up a whole new opportunity for the Bush administration, on behalf of Corporate America, to attempt to squelch any kind of dissent as "terrorism."
The Bush administration is also using 9-11 as an opportunity to fill their pockets with war dollars, hoping to further increase their incomes with oil and opium money. It is so obvious what is going on, and now we have anthrax popping up all over, which is a direct reaction to the U.S./NATO bombing campaign! Imagine what will happen if ground troops move and, and if this war continues for even one more day. We must break the cycles of violence, and we can only do that by stopping all violence, immediately. Violence only propagates more violence, so we, the U.S., must take a stand, and set an example, for peace.
Those of us who live in the trees, organize/attend rallies and mass demonstrations, such as the ones at the WTO, IMF/World Bank, FTAA, and G8 meetings, do Food Not Bombs, and speak out in public are NOT "terrorists." Maybe we are terrified by the terrible things we see happening, every day, in this capitalist system, yet we are the ones spreading love and bravery, to replace hatred and fear. We try to spread hope, by sharing our visions of what a better world could look/sound/taste/feel like, to replace the despair that we encounter in the eyes of our brothers and sisters, every day. We speak out for peace, calling for an end to all wars, and all forms of violence, physical and verbal, and encourage people to share what they have with those who have not.
We are calling for the whole world to be fed organic food, to have free holistic health care, to have shelter, clean air and water, and a healthy happy life. If we used all the energy and resources wasted on militaries, worldwide, to provide these things to all people, then watch how fast the wars end. We must set the example for peace, and we can do that by ending the war, and beginning to help get this planet going in a good way.
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Some of you at least. Especially the asswipes who destroyed my Ph.D. research last year. Thanks a lot, you set my entire career and life back five years. The Earth Liberation Front is indeed a terrorist organization.
...if you were doing human genome testing, then you could reasonalby blame Bush and the pro-lifers. Not that I'm supporting uneducated folks who just go out and fuck shit up without knowing their facts, but it seems you don't need a PhD to know the social, political, and economic consequences of terminator crops.
Sucks to be you? Well, I know some farmers who think different. At least you can still leach of the university system. Maybe you can find a middle ground. It shouldn't be hard eh? doctor doolittle?
Signed,
Not Really All That Much Of An Environmentalist.
Sucks to be you? Well, I know some farmers who think different. At least you can still leach of the university system. Maybe you can find a middle ground. It shouldn't be hard eh? doctor doolittle?
Signed,
Not Really All That Much Of An Environmentalist.
If you are not a terrorist, why did you show a picture with your face hidden? What do you have to hide? Unless of course, you are a terrorist. Or perhaps just a petty criminal.
Well, you definitely are not very smart. Why bother with the bandana and hood, if you are going to plaster a 8x10 glossy like this on the internet? Perhaps you are not really interested in security, but only in "more radical than thou' posturing?
Being a criminal doesn't automatically mean you've done anything wrong. America enforces a great many laws forbidding harmless, even good, actions.
His face is probably hidden to protect him from people who would do him harm for his activism. Duh.
Exactly what "harm" would someone do to him. Put him in jail? Shoot, jail would probably give Shunka the first decent meal and shower he has had in a long time.
BS, you should probably stop being so stereotypical. It's not pretty. Just makes you look like a jackass.
as the u.s. military slowly warms up to destroy every militant anti u.s. terrorist organization on the face of the earth, i imagine lots of mask wearing fruitopians will get squashed like flys on our windshield.
angry gay men with utopian illusions seem to think the world is one huge conspiracy against them. so when alive aware awake people laugh at you on here, its not cause youre gay, its because your anger has filled your heads with shit your mouths cannot contain.
great you all have this forum to vent the filth though.
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