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Spirit of Freedom (August 2008)

pirate — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:16:59 -0400

Produced by
EARTH LIBERATION PRISONERS SUPPORT NETWORK

"The whole experience has been tough, but all the kind and strengthening
words and wise thoughts from strangers made it much easier!"
(Former Swedish Animal Rights Prisoner)

Welcome to the August 2008 edition of Spirit of Freedom. As people will
soon see, ELP's prisoner lists have grown yet again. If we exclude the Geek
anarchist, Vaggelis Botzatzis, and the two Americans Richard Sills and
Michael Sykes (all of whom are listed by ELP as 'Other Prisoners'), there
are now 40 listed animal & earth liberation prisoners in Europe & America.
There are also a number of non-listed prisoners, who are not listed either read more »

The Evilness of Power

pirate — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:08:47 -0400

An examination of the effects of power and hierarchy on individuals, society and the world at large NOTE: I forgot to mention that the Indian woman speaking in the 2nd half is Arundhati Roy, author of "The God of Small Things"

Support the Eco Prisoners (July 2008)

pirate — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:33:57 -0400

Spirit of Freedom (July 2008)
Produced by EARTH LIBERATION PRISONERS SUPPORT NETWORK

"The whole experience has been tough, but all the kind and strengthening
words and wise thoughts from strangers made it much easier!" (Former
Swedish Animal Rights Prisoner)

Welcome to the July 2008 edition of Spirit of Freedom. As a number of ELP
supporters will be aware, ELP has traditionally dedicated our newsletters to
fallen friends, who have either been killed or seriously injured as a result
of their protest activities. For the past few months ELP hasn't carried any
dedication and we hoped that we would not have to dedicate another read more »

July 2008 Indymedia Newsreal

pirate — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:05:33 -0400

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Number of refugees worldwide rises to 11.4 million

pirate — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:43:51 -0400

By JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press June, 17, 2008

LONDON - Tents, sacks of food and a replica of a burnt-out village hut appeared in Trafalgar Square on Tuesday as a tourist hotspot became a refugee camp to highlight the plight of millions of people displaced in Darfur and elsewhere.

The display, set up to mark World Refugee Day this week, came as the U.N. refugee agency reported a record 11.4 million people were driven from their home countries last year. read more »

U.S. detains terror suspects on ships: rights group

pirate — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:25:12 -0400

Mon Jun 2,2008

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has been secretly detaining terrorism suspects aboard floating "prison ships," a British legal charity charged on Monday, but the Pentagon described the report as inaccurate. read more »

Spirit of Freedom June 2008

pirate — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:36:36 -0400

Produced by EARTH LIBERATION PRISONERS SUPPORT NETWORK

"The whole experience has been tough, but all the kind and strengthening
words and wise thoughts from strangers made it much easier!"
(Former Swedish Animal Rights Prisoner)

Welcome to the June 2008 edition of Spirit of Freedom. As ELP goes to print
we look around the world and see a tragedy of events unfolding. In America,
vegan activist Eric McDavid has been sentenced to just under 20 years
imprisonment for THINKING about carrying out direct action. In Britain,
vegan activist Sean Kirtley has been sentenced to over four years
imprisonment for running a website that encouraged lawful direct action. In read more »

111 nations, but not US, adopt cluster bomb treaty

pirate — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:25:11 -0400

By SHAWN POGATCHNIK, Associated Press May 30, 2008

DUBLIN, Ireland - Diplomats from 111 nations formally adopted a landmark treaty banning cluster bombs on Friday after futile calls for participation by the weapons' biggest makers and users, particularly the United States. read more »

Global Warming to Heat Up

Thu, 29 May 2008 18:04:48 -0400

GLOBAL WARMING TO HEAT UP
Thomas Riggins

Well we have learned lately that we have a global warming crisis and we must do something about carbon emissions (CO2 and other greenhouse gases) or else the earth is doomed.

But we also know that capitalism exists to make profits and that given the choice of making money now and killing off the planet in a hundred years or so, profit now wins.

Environmentalists who had hoped the high coast of oil and gas would limit consumption and help reduce pollution will be disappointed. All over the world governments and companies are turning to coal for new power plants. Coal is the worse of all the carbon based pollution sources-- much worse than oil and gas. read more »

New Media Island Forums

pirate — Tue, 20 May 2008 04:27:39 -0400

express yourself freely on the forums .