A website dedicated to exposing the supposed mistreatment of Foster Farms’ chickens is under attack for allegedly infringing on intellectual property and defaming the company’s name. A lawyer representing Foster Farms, a family-owned American poultry company since 1939, ordered the operators of fosterfacts.net to turn over the domain and “refrain from any libelous or slanderous activity toward Foster Farms” or risk legal retribution. Fosterfacts.net details alleged health violations such as unsanitary living conditions and inadequate veterinary care uncovered in surreptitious investigations of Foster Farms facilities. The website is owned by the East Bay Animal Advocates (EBAA), an animal rights group based in Martinez. Full report here.

FBI repression against eco-activists continues! Four new indictees include Darren Thurston, Joseph Dibee and Rebecca Rubin who have already been indicted in relation to the large, overarching Oregon cases. Also indicted is Justin Solondz, 26, who has not been charged in any of the other Northwest allegations. Defendants are alledged to have committed acts during the time period of September 1, 2001 through or on October 15, 2001 in Lassen County, CA. Charges are "Conspiracy to Commit Arson, Arson of a Government Building and Use & Carrying of a Destructive Device and in Relation to a Crime of Violence." Alledged acts took place at the Bureau of Land Management's Litchfield Wild Horse and Burro Corrals located at Susanville, CA. Full report here.

In Fresno, federal immigration agents arrested 51 illegal immigrants during a targeted sweep Thursday and Friday, according to a spokeswoman with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. ICE agents arrested 49 Mexican nationals and two people from El Salvador, all of whom were under court orders to leave the United States, said Virginia Kice. "The people we're targeting are people who have had their day in court, had their due process, and been ordered to leave," said Kice. Three of ICE's "fugitive operations" teams conducted the sweep in cities across the county, in many cases making arrests before dawn. ICE is the enforcement arm of the agencies created from the old Immigration and Naturalization Service under the auspices of the Department of Homeland Security. Full report here. Also, an organizer with the Industrial Workers of the World, recentally wrote this piece, on the movement against HR 4437. Report here.