Month: May 2024

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HOW TO SEND A REPORT TO UNOFFENSIVE ANIMAL

Imagine that someone (not you, you would never break the law) has done some crime to help some animals, or to hurt a nazi, or to scare some earth destroyer, and that someone wishes to share their story with the world in hopes that others might too take action. It is difficult to navigate digital forensics, but fear not!, UA is here to help. We have existed as an anonymous platform for direct action for nearly eight years, we have never wanted to know who the ‘criminals’ are and we have set up a system that helps everybody stay anonymous.

1- write your story. Tell us fun details and motivations and whatever else feels right, but don’t give personal information out. We don’t want it. Also avoid writing fascist shit because we will literally not publish it. 161 always.

2- open the TOR Browser. It exists for computer, it exists for smartphones, literally no excuse. This browser helps you keep anonymous by routing your connection through multiple nodes around the world, like an onion with many layers! It means it is a little slower, but worth the anonymity.

3- Head to www.unoffensiveanimal.is/contact-us and scroll down til you find the contact us box. Paste your text.

4- If you have images, use (through the TOR Browser) any of the service providers that allow for media upload (ufile.io, wetransfer.com…). You should probably clean the metadata first. Use Obscurecam or ExifCleaner. Once you have the media link, paste it with your text in the contact us box.

5- answer the math question. You’re allowed to use calculators if you fancy!!!

6- tap on send. That’s it

If after doing that, your little story is not anonymously published within two weeks, you can use a throwaways email like anonymouse to send us an email with message and media. Hopefully we hear about it that way! If it still doesn’t appear, then consider re-reading your report and checking if you’re a fast. We don’t publish fast shit.

And that’s about it. Happy anonymous reporting!

UA.

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WHY DO WE STILL USE ANIMALS AS TOOLS TO ATTACK THE SYSTEM?

{editor’s note: We are aware UA is mentioned in this article and will address this issue as well as another not mentioned here in the coming days}

Anonymous submission:

Not long ago, a horse that had been locked up in an Atlanta police station was released into the city to fend for themselves. Today I check news from around the world to read that the Atlanta Police Department’s recruitment meeting was sabotaged by pulling a fire alarm AND releasing 300 crickets.

But this is not exclusive to the Atlanta forest struggle. Just this year, the animal rights organisation Viva! UK came under fire for parading a purchased whole pig dead body around London to make the point that animal murder is not OK. Just last week I saw the announcement of National Animal Rights Day 2024, where dozens of groups around the world will organise activists to stand in the centre of their city holding dead bodies in a macabre show to discourage people from eating animals.

These are not made up situations and we need to do much better. As anarchists, anti imperialists and anti capitalists, we cannot buy into the grossly hierarchical notion that animals are props we can use to shock the public, any more than we can buy into the notion that animals are tools to sabotage or inconvenience our enemy.

The mistreatment of dogs and horses (and other animals) by the police is a great injustice that we should be addressing, but releasing a domesecrated animal into a city is irresponsible, not cute and liberating. Those who released crickets in the hotel signed as “the horde of locusts that will destroy you”. You’re not a horde of locusts, in fact you see insects as disposable tools you can condemn to die to make a point.

Until the wild is wild again and we stop the ongoing abuse that is domestication, we have a responsibility to all the animals around us. Not only must we fight for their freedom by any means necessary, but we must understand what that freedom means and make the sacrifices necessary to ensure their safety and well-being.

When we analyse the hierarchy imposed by speciesism, lack of consent is the main explanation for the blatant injustice that is the subjugation of animals for food, entertainment, experimentation or any other use. The excuse that corpses are buried or cremated after being used as shock props does not change the fact that they are completely incapable of consenting to being used as shock props.

Finally, I cannot in good faith send this statement without acknowledging that I am enormously disappointed that platforms such as Scenes from the Atlanta Forest and Unoffensive Animal are platforming these kinds of actions. Do better, because your promotion of animal use only means more animal use.

When I die, you must use my entrails to stink up the ventilation systems of the CEO of RWE, the owners of Faccenda and any police station you like, and I hope you dry my bones and use them as ammunition to smash as many butcher’s shops as possible with a catapult. That is consent. The animals have not given you theirs.

Dismantle your speciesist hierarchy to fight a system that is stronger when you hold oppressive thoughts.

For anarchy, for antispeciesism.

An anarchist.

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CALL FOR JUNE 11: NO SEPARATE WORLDS

On June 11th of every year, we take the opportunity to remember and support Marius Mason and anarchist comrades who are serving long prison terms. We can show our support in different ways. Through actions, as well as donations to prisoners. Every year, the support crew of June 11th publishes a summary of the situation, a list of prisoners, what support is needed (read the full text in the attached link below):

“We once again approach June 11th, a day of remembrance and active solidarity, in a world of multiple crises and struggles for liberation. All of these are interconnected; there are no separate worlds. Across borders, languages, contexts, and identities, both catastrophes and victories of spirit and defiance reverberate around the globe. One environment is not untouched by another. The personal is not separate from the political. The positive project is not separate from that of destruction. Prison is not separate from the “free world.” Means are not separate from ends. Bridging these divides is a shared curiosity and commitment; bridging these divides is solidarity. This is not to flatten or oversimplify diversity and differences in circumstance, intensity, and consequence. Rather, that these different pieces are held together like organs of the body held by connective tissue. So we consider: how do we strengthen this connective tissue? How do we remain strong, yet supple and flexible? Bridges, connection, must also be built through time, especially in a world that moves too fast, from one crisis to the next. June 11th aspires to be one of these bridges: to build solidarity across borders, between movements, and among generations. Remembering and supporting long-term prisoners, as well as carrying on shared struggles, are two ways to strengthen this connective tissue. A stronger connective tissue will, in turn, bolster us against further repression…”

For more information about Marius and the call for 2024 action, check out: https://june11.noblogs.org/2024-call/

TAKE ACTION – IN SOLIDARITY

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OPERATION 1,000 – MBR ACRES – A MASS GATHERING

WHAT: Mass demonstration against MBR Acres, UK.
WHEN: 25th of May.
WHERE: MBR Acres, Sawtry Way, Huntingdon, Cambs, PE28 2DT, UK

Inspired by the demos at Green Hill in Italy in 2012, people have organised a demo outside MBR Acres, the notorious vivisection puppy breeder run by Marshall BioResources, which breeds animals for laboratories internationally and used to own Green Hill. They are calling for a large turnout and asking people to wear black as a mark of respect for the animals imprisoned there. Be smart and wear a mask, for your own and everyone else’s safety. Look after each other and don’t talk to the police.

People will be travelling from all over the UK and you can find folks who are organising lift shares via the event page link below. We recommend that you do not use your legal name on any Facebook profile, especially for organising.

This event is not associated with Free the MBR Beagles, Camp Beagle or any other campaign. Diversity of tactics is needed; the animals used for vivisection need us to stand up and fight. If you want to see something happen, now is your chance. The more of us who take the initiative with different kinds of actions, the harder it is for these companies to stay on top of things. Be ungovernable.

Outside the UK? People are calling for solidarity demonstrations on the day. Is there a Marshall BioResources plant near you? Or one of their customers? Get organised.

Check out the Facebook event for more information, lift shares and more:

www.facebook.com/events/1028509674957396/

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SEND STOP COP CITY FOREST DEFENDER LARRY SOME LOVE

The City of Atlanta has leased 381-acres of Weelaunee Forest, stolen Muscogee land, to the Atlanta Police Foundation for a police military facility funded by corporations. The protests against this have been receiving increasingly high levels of state violence and repression.

Larry is the last #stopcopcity forest defender currently behind bars and would like to receive more letters to keep them connected to the outside world. Write to them and remind them they are not alone.

Remember not to mention any illegal activity, these letters will be read by prison staff.

Laurance Clark #2404538
2 North 604 C/O Securus Digital Mail Center
Fulton County Jail
PO Box 989
Lebanon, MO
65536
USA

SMASH ALL PRISONS! STOP COP CITY!

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THE ANIMAL LIBERATION SUMMIT IN AMSTERDAM

WHAT: One-day gathering / workshop event.

WHERE: Plantage Doklaan 8, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

WHEN: 11 May

From the event website:

“Fighting for animal liberation can feel lonely and pointless. As there will never be a means to and end to these violent industries. Collectively, however, we can bring about meaningful change and connect on our struggle to see it through.

The animal liberation movement nowadays seems to be comprised by a lot of separate groups and individuals working to accomplish similar goals. By organising this event we hope to bring these groups and individuals together and create a wider and more connected movement.”

The Animal Liberation Summit in Amsterdam promises to be an interesting event of solidarity and practice, where you can meet like-minded activists, brainstorm within groups and create a more cohesive animal liberation movement.

So far a number of workshops have been announced, including how to talk to journalists, how to plan direct action, digital security, two separate talks by Christopher Sebastian, a puppet show on security culture and much more. The full programme can be found on their website:

https://animalliberationsummit.nl/program

The event is pay-as-you-feel and the suggested donation for those who can afford it is 5-10 EUR. This does not include meals, which must be paid for separately, with a suggested donation of 8 EUR to cover coffee, lunch and dinner.

More practical information can be found here:

https://animalliberationsummit.nl/practical-information

UNTIL WE WIN!

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ANONYMOUS SUBMISSION AFTER THE GLOBAL WEEKEND OF ACTION AGAINST MAX MARA

{editor’s note: we’ve received a report back from a demo in North Italy against Max Mara. Read the activists words below.}

ENGLISH (TRANSLATION):

“On 20 April, we responded to the call to action calling for activists to protest against Max Mara, guilty of not wanting to subscribe to a no fur policy.

We went in front of their shop in Monza (Monza Brianza) in northern Italy and held up signs showing with pictures and describing in writing the suffering to which foxes and mink used by the Max Mara group to make cuffs and hoods are subjected. We also went into the shop to protest and talked to people on the street. People supported us and spoke out against the use of fur.

We also spread the information on the fur free alliance website and invited people to download the format to write to the Max Mara Group asking them to join the fur free alliance as so many of their high fashion colleagues have already done.

No more cruelty.

MAX MARA YOU ARE GUILTY OF ANIMAL SUFFERING. “

ITALIAN (ORIGINAL):

“Il 20 aprile abbiamo risposto alla chiamata all’ azione che invitava gli attivisti a protestare contro Max Mara colpevole di non volere sottoscrivere una politica no fur. Ci siamo recati davanti al loro negozio di Monza (Monza Brianza) nel Nord Italia e abbiamo esposto dei cartelli che mostravano con delle immagini e descrivevano con delle scritte la sofferenza a cui sono sottoposti volpi e visoni utilizzati dal gruppo Max Mara per fare polsini e cappucci. Siamo entrati anche nel negozio a protestare e abbiamo parlato con la gente in strada. Le persone ci hanno sostenuto e si sono dichiarate contrarie all’uso delle pellicce. Abbiamo anche diffuso le informazioni presenti sul sito delle fur free alliance e invitato a scaricare il format per scrivere al Gruppo Max Mara chiedendogli di unirsi alla fur free alliance come già fatto da tanti dei loro colleghi dell’alta moda. Basta crudeltà. MAX MARA SEI COLPEVOLE DELLA SOFFERENZA DEGLI ANIMALI.”

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APRIL DIRECT ACTION ROUND-UP: AUSTRALIA HAS SOMETHING TO SAY!

During the month of April we received 14 reports of direct action for animal liberation. Most of these were related to the flesh/egg/dairy industry, with ten actions being liberations. Australia saw the largest liberation this month, with 73 pullets, and was also the country with the most reports, with a total of 4. This is partly due to the start of the duck hunting season, which has attracted a lot of direct action since the beginning of the year.

THE NUMBER OF ACTIONS REPORTED BY COUNTRY IN APRIL WAS AS FOLLOWS

AUSTRALIA: 4
UNITED KINGDOM: 2
DENMARK: 2
GERMANY: 2
ITALY: 1
SPAIN: 1
USA: 1
FRANCE: 1

This month was the Global Weekend of Action against Max Mara, with activists around the world putting pressure on Max Mara to ditch fur once and for all. It was also World Day for Animals in Laboratories, and we understand that the Liverpool demo in the UK was a blast!

We also heard that snitch David Agranoff was confronted at an event where he was trying to promote his book. The movement does not forget snitches!

We’ve heard that Sindre has been receiving letters since the support group changed the delivery address. Please write to Sindre today and send some love.

Finally, May is an expensive month for UA, covering the cost of servers and other tech logistics to keep the platform alive. If you can afford it, please donate via PayPal or Patreon. All the links are here: 

https://linkstack.lgbt/@animalliberation

SOLIDARITY!

UA