The Green Scare movement
posted by Caelidh | February 6, 2010
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IcerocketJust a heads up.. to keep this in the current consciousness......
About
Marie Mason is a 46 year old mother of two. She is an avid community gardener, a musician, a writer, an Earth First! organizer and a volunteer for a free herbal healthcare collective. She also was an extended care assistant at a small Cincinnati school when she was arrested on March 10, 2008 by federal agents. She has been charged with involvement with a December,1999 arson at a Michigan State University genetics laboratory at Agriculture Hall and a January, 2000 arson of logging equipment in Mesick, Michigan. Both arsons were claimed by the Earth Liberation Front.
The burning of MSU’s Agriculture Hall was a significant act and one that was bound to be targeted for response as part of the Greenscare repression. As former ELF press officer Craig Rosebraugh explains in his memoir, Burning Rage of a Dying Planet, “Not only was the damage quite significant,… but this was the first time arson had been used to further the cause against genetic engineering (GE) in the US. Furthermore, it was the first time the ELF had taken credit for any GE-related action.”
Predictably, the media presented the action as an assault on scientific efforts to relieve famine in the so-called developing world. But, as the ELF communiqué plainly stated, MSU’s research was funded by the US government and corporations like Monsanto, which then use their considerable power to force such crops on desperate nations. These nations often resist the importation of GE crops and seeds, given their significant risks to human health, cultural identity, biological diversity and ecological integrity.
A long-time environmental, animal rights and social justice organizer, Mason had previously experienced government repression when ELF actions occurred in her community. An easy target for the federal agents in their quest to criminalize dissent, Mason was an identifiable and outspoken critic of genetic engineering and destructive forestry practices.
Comments
even if you don't agree.....
— Feb 06, 2010
It is improtant to be aware of the current "battle" "war" whatever.. that real folks are fighting to prevent MONSANTO and other corporations from destroying what is left of this planet.
Maybe you think we shoudl just work in the rule of law.. but the recent Supreme court decision is a great example of how broken the rule of law is...
If they make it impossible for us to fight within legal "civilized" channels... then.. how can we protect and fight for what we feel is right?
They own the media.. they own the govt.. they own the Supreme court and elections....
Just don't forget those who have taken the risks.. and who are being made into criminals for only doing what they feel is right and just...
and they are not murdering people.. unlike the "pro life" movement is..
I still think communications and boycott is key.
— Feb 07, 2010
I have thought for awhile that when people resort to violence it justifies the other side increasing their budgets and manpower which increases their power. However when you talk with people and communicate and avoid products that hits them in the wallet and weakens them economically. It's all about consciousness. Conscious revolution. But your article...wow almost ten years later they arrested her? That seems strange.
It took them that long to
— Feb 08, 2010
It took them that long to infiltrate the ELF. The ELF worked as groups of independent cells, and the FBI was never able to get any witnesses or evidence. They eventually arrested some folks who rolled over on each other, then began to sing like birds.
What happened is referred to as The Green Scare, and people have been hit with hard time, effectively "neutralizing" (to use an FBI word) the ELF.
Never snitch.
Read more here:
— Feb 08, 2010
