From the 9th to the 11th of August, BiteBack NL is running an animal liberation gathering in the anarchist camping “Tot vrijheidsbezinning” in Appelscha, Netherlands.
Multiple workshops have already been anounced, from History of the ALF to creative activist, history of SHAC and many more.
The event can be booked in BiteBack’s website, and prices range between 15 and 75 EUR. They also have let us know that no one will be turned around for lack of funds, so hit them up if y simply can’t afford the cost!
July is soo far the month with more reported arsons in 2024. A total of four separate arsons were reported, all targeting hunting infrastructure. There were two liberations (both of chickens) and three other acts of sabotage also reported this month.
On the prisoner support corner, we have now posted all Susaron fundraiser tees and tote bags, and we will work out how much we’ve managed to fundraise later on in the week.
We also produced an interview with Sindre, who is still locked up due to actions against a fur farmer in Sweden, and we also heard about Leonard’s parole denying his release, essentially condemning him to die in prison. We keep fighting on prisoner support every single day because those inside need us, and we truly appreciate the support you lend us to help us do the job!
Earth First! UK gathering came and went and we heard it was a blast of plotting, planning and mingling with likeminded individuals, and we also heard from Wildfire Magazine, who said they are very close to printing volume 4. We certainly cannot wait and will be bulk ordering a couple hundred, so that folks can buy them from the shop whenever they want.
Short update this month because we also took a break, so we produced less content, but just a quick reminder that taking time off is extremely revolutionary, and that productivity is a tool useably the capitalist system to keep us oppressed.
“In a corner of the territory occupied by the oppressive state of Argentina. In solidarity with the 269la activists who blocked a slaughterhouse in Switzerland and did not manage to liberate any lives, four anarchist and antispeciesist activists liberated six hens from a farm.
After working out the surrounding area and the inside of the farm, they decided to not waste any more time and take action, even tho they knew the house of the farmer was adjacent to the barns.
The night and the cold accompanied them and after cutting the fence to access the farm they only needed to cut the cages, and that’s what they did!
Many staid there, and we saw so many combs moving in the dark between their noise and the noise of rats. It is such a horrible feeling to be unable to liberate them all, but at least these six will not be exploited.
From the ALF, even if the city is surrounded by cameras and social control, wee keep fighting against the speciesist system against all odds. Animal Liberation!”
SPANISH (original)
“OPERACIÓN GINGER: LIBERACIÓN DE 6 GALLINAS DE UN “CRIADERO”
En algún lugar del territorio ocupado por el estado opresor argentino. En solidaridad con los Activistas que hicieron el bloqueo en el matadero de gallinas en Suiza (@269.liberation_animale ) y no lograron liberar ninguna vida, cuatro Activistas Anarquistas y Antiespecistas liberaron seis vidas de un criadero.
Luego de un trabajo de inteligencia a los alrededores y en el mismo interior del campo de concentración, decidieron no perder más tiempo y tomar acción, incluso sabiendo que la casa del cuidador del criadero se encontraba cerca de las naves.
La noche y el inmenso frío los acompañaron y luego de cortar el alambre para ingresar al lugar solo quedaba entrar a cortar las jaulas, ¡y así fue! Muchas quedaron ahí, aún quedó en nuestros ojos esas crestas enormes que se movían con incertidumbre en la oscuridad entre sus voces y las de las ratas. Es una impotencia enorme no poder liberarlas a todas, pero son sus vidas, son sus cuerpos los que ya no serán explotados.
Desde el ALF, aunque la ciudad esté rodeada de cámaras y control social, seguimos luchando contra el sistema especista porque para nosotros es contra todo pronóstico… LIBERACIÓN ANIMAL.”
Our comrades at Warzone Distro have produced a very nice interview with the people imprisoned for Caso Susaron.
The interview is too long for a short post, but it can be found as a reading version in the Anarchist Library, or as a print version on their website. Both links below.
“We call all animal liberation activists and anarchists to come to the Earth First! Gathering in Shrewsbury next week, to mingle, plot against the industries that destroy the earth and harm animals and to learn from one another. We are aware it is at the same time as VCO and to that we say fuck that capitalist enterprise!
Earth First! Gathering is a five day event where everybody is crew (that means if you see a job, you have a job!), pay-as-you-feel priced and with an anti capitalist, eco anarchist ethos. You bring your own tent, you get fed vegan food by Veggies kitchen (it is their 40th anniversary, isn’t that cool!?) and you learn shit from people who do shit, or teach shit if you fancy, or plot your next actions, or relax and have a breather after continuously organising for the year!
We want to see more animal liberation folk involved (because the gathering is what we make it!) so lets meet and organise! EF!UK has uploaded a few of the workshop descriptions to their website already and a few are looking awesome, from How to care for a rescue fox hound to discussions on violence, there is. Lot to talk about! See you next week in EF!
We are taking a little break. We could write heaps about how rest is revolutionary and whatever else, but we are burnt out enough to not want to take it on.
Over this week we will publish all prisoner support posts, submissions and hit reports sent to us through the last couple of weeks. After that, we will not monitor our emails or socials until the 29th. This means that any submissions sent between today til the 29th need to be set with a longer expiration date than normal, as we will not be taking care of emails for the next 14 days!
We will resume our standard work on the 29th, and if we could request for people to email us if they need something instead of DMing us, that’d be grand. We don’t really give many fucks about social media and it is very possible we will not see your DMs, but we always check emails!
If in the meantime folks need to publish any submissions that cannot wait, we are sure that NAALPO will take reports, just email [email protected] to contact them.
“Earlier this year a series of holes were drilled into the mountain valley pipeline. These attacks were strategically placed between mile markers 236 and 239. It is clear to us that those who built this black snake did not adequately fix these holes. As there is now gas flowing through this horrendous beast, we are forced to ask for help in holding them accountable. These entire sections of pipe need to be replaced. Be creative. Make sure they hear you.
For those interested, decorating a pipe with holes (before gas is in it), is quite easy. All it takes is a normal household drill, larger drill bits made for metal (can be found at any hardware store, the ones with a tooth on the tip work best), WD-40, lots of extra drill batteries, and the ability to push hard for 5-10 minutes per hole. We’ve found that it is sometimes helpful to have two people pushing on the drill together. Replace the drill bit after each hole to make the most of your time. It’s fun! We recommend giving it a try.
This fight ain’t over. The blood of this black snake is gushing out. Don’t let anyone convince you that people are done fighting this project.
“With the closing of the duck shooting season occurring early June, the ALF thought Jacinta Allan’s office deserved a closing message after the bloodshed she allowed to take place this year. Having been targeted twice this year already, the third time we came back with heavier equipment. The words “Heartless”, “Gutless” and “Spineless” spray painted on her windows yet again to describe exactly her character, a sledge hammer to her windows and door, as well as super glue to the locks and keypad to her office.
While this action was taken for the ducks slaughtered on the wetlands, not only this year but the many years this poor excuse for a sport has been allowed; we keep in mind the struggles of First Nations people on this land, the colonisation that has impacted them, and continues to impact them. We express our solidarity to all groups facing oppression, especially to the Palestinians fighting an apartheid state, a state that the Australian government and Jacinta Allan continues to fund, and provide weapons for.
Arla is the largest producer of cows milk and other dairy products in Denmark and several other countries. The dairy industry enslaves and rapes cows, steal their calves from them and abuse their bodies. And when the dairy industry no longer profits off of abusing the cows bodies, the cows are send to the slaughterhouse, where they get shot in the head and have their throats slit, so they bleed to death.
Activists passed by a parking lot for Arla, near one of their distribution centers in Denmark. Did you know that if you screw off the plastic cap on the valve on a tire and put a lentil or two in it and put it back on, it deflates the tires?
All 20 trucks parked in their parking lot were deflated, presumably making it difficult for them to deliver their products of abuse the next day.
We were quite few activists doing this. Never underestimate what you can do, even if you’re few people, or even just one. Everything helps in the fight for total liberation.”
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