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Direct Action; Afghanistan, UK, Mexico & Switzerland

Liberationists | 22.05.2009 21:56 | SHAC | Animal Liberation | Ecology | Social Struggles | South Coast | World

19th-22nd May

SOLDIERS STOP DOG FIGHT (Afghanistan)
SMEAR CAMPAIGN TARGETS NOVARTIS VIVISECTORS (UK)
SUPPORT FOR PRISONERS BY MEANS OF HAMMERS, PAINT AND FIRE (Mexico)
ARSON DESTROYS EARTH-DESTROYING TRUCK (Mexico)
WINDOWS SMASHED AT BUTCHERS, VEHICLES PAINTED AT FISH FARM (Switzerland)

SOLDIERS STOP DOG FIGHT (Afghanistan)

received anonymously:

"In November 2008 a patrol from the British Army in Southern Afghanistan discovered an organised dog fight with locals betting on the outcome. The soliders decided to end the dog fighting event. Action was taken and 6 dogs were rescued. We want it to be known that we will not stand by and allow animal abuse."

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SMEAR CAMPAIGN TARGETS NOVARTIS VIVISECTORS (UK)

reported anonymously:

"100 letters have been delivered to residents of Horsham. The letters, printed on headed Sussex Police paper, and signed from PC Sean McDonald, claimed that the following two Novartis vivisectors are paedophiles. Whilst some may call this a smear campaign, it is a fact that animal abuse often leads to child abuse, after all we have all seen the video of the senior Novartis scientist in the USA being caught out on 'To Catch A Predator'.

We hope that the rumours spread quickly about:

Steve Charlton of [...], Horsham, West Sussex, [...]

And

Joseph D Fullerton, [...], Worthing, West Sussex, [...] (We wonder what the parents of Iona's friends will think?).

More to follow

ALF CRU (Civic Responisbility Unit)"

[...] Personal details removed as per:  http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/static/privacy.html#Personal_Information

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SUPPORT FOR PRISONERS BY MEANS OF HAMMERS, PAINT AND FIRE (Mexico)

anonymous communique (translation):

"Because of coordination that took place between groups with the goal of organized direct action in Mexico State as well as in Mexico City, from May 18 to 19 the following sabotages were carried out:

- A BBVA bank was attacked, smashing the windows.
- An incendiary device was placed on top of an ATM belonging to another BBVA bank, leaving it completely melted and unusable and a note was left claiming the action.
- The windows of another BBVA bank were smashed with hammers ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHGYyqscHfE).
- Red paint was spilled on the windshield and the hood of a truck belonging to the Lala milk company

These actions are done in solidarity with prisioners, human and non-human (animals), some imprisoned for putting into practice their anti-authoritarian ideals and others imprisoned for simply being another species, but both are victims of the dominant system.

The human jails and prisons, just like the industrial farms, are full of mistreatment and inhumanity, of overcrowding and fear.

Therefore, any person or movement that claims to be truly revolutionary should fight actively for the abolition of both centers of mental, physical and psychological extermination.

We wanted to show our support for prisioners by means of stones, hammers, paint and fire, because that is what truly affects the powerful; direct action, individually and collectively, will be the response they will receive to their repression and prison systems.

We know that the state will always be a staunch enemy of those people who do not let themselves be domesticated and who leave fear behind in order to face up to the consequences of their acts, crying out for consistency of ideals. Because of this, we in the underground, in some place plotting the next strike, say:

No more framing of Amadeu Castellas!
We want his freedom, if not, these acts will continue and will multiply! (it is not a coincidence that we have attacked the Spanish bank BBVA)
Fire to the prisons, which impede freedom at any cost!
Solidarity with human and non-human prisioners!

Autonomous Cells for Propagation of the Anti-authoritarian and Anti-speciesist Offensive (CAPOAA)"

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ARSON DESTROYS EARTH-DESTROYING TRUCK (Mexico)

received anonymously:

"In Guadalajara there is an agency called SIAPA in charge of the control of water and the exploitation of natural resources to supply our city. This organization is guilty of environmental degradation, of removing water from the rivers and lakes and worse still, directing ultra-technological projects like the new Arcediano dam which will destroy hectares of vegetation and wildlife for the benefit of human egotism. Before all these injustices, the FRENTE DE LIBERACION DE LA TIERRA decided to give these exploiters a lesson, burning a truck used for exploitation of the earth; a device was placed during the early morning hours of Tuesday, May 19 in the front tire of that machine, leaving it completely destroyed. The exploiters looked confused and did not understand what had happened so an email was sent to their organization so that they would know that this is not a game and we are a threat to all those who wish to master the wilderness.

FLT-FLA"

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WINDOWS SMASHED AT BUTCHERS, VEHICLES PAINTED AT FISH FARM (Switzerland)

anonymous report:

"Windows smashed and spray painted at two butchers in Tesserete and Rivera, and some walls and vehicles spray painted at one fish 'farm' in Sigirino (Switzerland)"

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Related articles

Global
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/05/430435.html (18th)
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/05/430160.html (14th)
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/05/429315.html (4th)

Australia: Orangutan attempts zoo escape
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/05/430037.html (13th)

More information
 http://www.animalliberationfront.com
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Liberation_Front

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  1. Hypocrits — AR activist
  2. This is one the reasons why... — Another reader
  3. What has this got to do with anarchism? — Steve Discombe
  4. Well done... — realist
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