FLAMMABLE – A FEW ANARCHIST NEWS.

Apparently Flammable is not a weekly occurrence, but more of a whenever we can, want, have the time and can be arsed, truly anarchist and whatnot. We bring you four news and a text for you to read that have nothing to do with animal liberation but have everything to do with the revolution. Enjoy.

1- ITALIAN POLICE STATION IS SET ALIGHT.

A moto scooter garage at a police station in Marassi, Genoa, was set alight by persons unknown. At least one scooter was burnt and another two were damaged. With the action, they send solidarity with the revolts in the USA, in Chile and also send love to the anarchists hit by Op Bialystock and to the prisoners rioting in Italian jails.

You can read their report below:

https://anarchistnews.org/content/attack-against-police-italy

2- HOMOPHOBES GET A FRIENDLY VISIT BY QUEER REBELS AND AUTONOMOUS SQUATTERS IN WARSAW.

A notorious hate group in Poland that travels around in a van promoting homophobic politics was stopped just in front of a seat in the centre of Warsaw. Even tho the police station is only 100m away, the cops didn’t arrive before their van was redecorated and their mirrors smashed. In their report they say “Spontaneous action took place in broad daylight in the very center of the city next to the police station, showing that the time of fear and defensive has passed.”

You can read the whole text below:

https://325.nostate.net/2020/06/29/warsaw-queer-attack-against-the-homophobes-poland/

3- THE WEEK OF SOLIDARITY WITH ANARCHIST PRISONERS HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED.

To read about what you can do, how you can organise or why you should, please hit the link below:

https://solidarity.international

4- FIVE EXCAVATORS ARE SET ALIGHT IN GERMANY.

After a judge gave the go ahead to the construction of the new A49 motorway, ignoring the catastrophic consequences to the build, an autonomous group took it upon themselves to get rid of some of the machinery used to destroy the ecosystem.

You can read their report below:

https://anarchistsworldwide.noblogs.org/post/2020/07/06/north-hesse-germany-5-excavators-torched-in-solidarity-with-the-struggle-against-the-a49-motorway/

5- AN OBITUARY FOR IDENTITY POLITICS, A GOOD LITTLE READ.

Flower bomb brings some certainly controversial points of view to the table with their wirte up on identity politics in the current BLM climate and how they affect the leftist and anarchist struggle. You might agree, or you might not, but it is a good read to read.

Find it here:

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/flower-bomb-an-obituary-for-identity-politics

1995, “ANIMAL WARS”. THE FIGHT AGAINST LIVE EXPORTS.

Documentary looking at the campaigns against the live export of calves from the Midlands and Suffolk. Features Carla Lane, Nancy Phipps, Pam Brown, Trevor Love and includes tribute to the late Jill Phipps who gave her life defending the animals.

It shows that the radical vs moderate conversation about campaigning is not a new thing with groups like CIWF and the Vegetarian Society rallying against doing demos at exporters’ addresses as that will not “make vegetarianism fashionable”.

Although this campaign managed to close down multiple live export points in the UK including Shoreham, Kent port still stands. Folks can hear more about the live exports campaign in the UK by following Kent Animal Defenders.

77 HENS OPEN RESCUED IN MEMORY OF MIKE HILL.

June, Czech Republic.

VIA: http://michalkolesar.net

“We lie in a cornfield and wait for the sunset. It is raining. We are wet and muddy. In front of us these is a fence, behind the fence there are several buildings, white and silent. Tens of thousands of birds are in these buildings, most people perceive them only as cackling machines for the production of eggs.
As if birds could not be desperate, feel hope or desire. As if they couldn’t enjoy caress and closeness and happiness. As if only a human being had a meaning and everything else was just for humans need and consumption.

As the guard was checking the areal, the strong light of his flashlight passed over our heads. He walked around the corner and disappeared in the dark. We waited for our patrol in the front to tell us if he is already at the gatehouse. And we can go.

There are three rescue actions in this report with a total of 77 saved animals.
Thanks to those who help us find safe homes for animals and those who care for them.

IN MEMORY OF MIKE HILL

Mike Hill died on February 9, 1991. He was eighteen years old.

Those were the times when there were fierce battles of hunting saboteurs with hunters in Great Britain. At one Cheshire Beagles meeting, at the end of the day, two of the hunters loaded the hunting dogs into a pickup trailer and prepared to leave. The saboteurs thought they were going hunting to a different place, so three of them jumped on the trailer.

The car was driving at high speed on steep village roads. Saboteurs tried to remain on the trailer and the driver did not slow down. In one turning, one of the saboteurs, Mike Hill, tried to jump out, but got tangled under the wheels of the car. The car continued for about another mile.

They stopped when another of the saboteurs managed to break the rear window of the car. The hunter hit him with a whip. One of the saboteurs ran back to the limp body, the other to a nearby house to call an ambulance. The driver of the car, Allan Summersgill, drove off.

Mike Hill died where his broken body landed.

http://www.huntsabs.co.uk/deaths-tragedies/

A MESSAGE FROM THE ANIMAL LIBERATION PRESS OFFICE.

We’ve received a release from the ALFpo that we believe should be published and shared as far and wide as possible. It relates to the multiple actions the ALF has taken in relation to the murder of Regan Russell.

The press officer’s job is to be able to talk on behalf of ALF activists towards the media, newspapers and TV, explaining why folks would take action and keeping the activists safe.

Read it, share it, let folks know.

“FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

On the morning of Friday, June 19, Canadian animal rights activist Regan Russell was hit by a truck and murdered whilst peacefully protesting against a slaughterhouse.

The truck which killed her was carrying the very pigs whose plight she was attempting to draw attention to.

Despite being clearly visible to the driver, who accelerated towards her, and continued to drive even as her body was torn in half, no one has been arrested for the crime.

As a response, Animal Liberation Front (ALF) activists across the world—including the UK–have taken matters into their own hands in order to bring justice to Regan, and to the animals she lost her life trying to defend. Some of the actions taken are liberations; aimed at immediately changing the world for the animals involved. Regan wanted to save animals, and the ALF are directly saving animals from a suffering beyond our imagination. Other actions are acts of economic sabotage, aimed at making the meat industry unprofitable. We live in a world where a plant based diet is readily available, is healthier, tastes delicious, and would save the entire planet. If those involved in animal agriculture will not shift voluntarily to plant based production, then the ALF aims to force them there.

On June 19th, the day Regan was murdered, fifty turkeys being bred for Christmas were saved from a farm in the south east of England. In their communique, the ALF said: “We want to dedicate this action to Regan Russell, murdered under the truck wheels in front of a Toronto slaughterhouse, and we are hoping from our comrades worldwide to wake up to the reality that animal liberation is a war. Regan, like Jill or Mike, fell martyr in the fight for animal liberation.” Jill Phipps and Mike Hill were both animal rights activists, also killed whilst peacefully protesting (live exports and hunting respectively). Full report (including pictures):

https://www.unoffensiveanimal.is/hit-report/fifty-christmas-turkeys-liberated-from-a-farm-in-memory-of-regan-russell/

On June 21st, Randal Parker’s abattoir near Andover, Hampshire, was attacked, with the tires of fifteen vehicles being slashed. The ALF claimed: “As we worked, we could hear the pigs inside the building, crying out as they await a death worse than our wildest nightmares. Our remorse that we had to leave them behind is only equal to our remorse that we could not have disabled the truck which murdered Regan.” Full report:

https://www.unoffensiveanimal.is/hit-report/fifteen-lorries-sabotaged-in-memory-of-regan-russell/

On June 22nd, Choice Cuts, a butcher’s shop in Brighton was attacked. The ALF stated: “We dedicate this action to Regan Russell, who thought doing something was better than nothing. We will remember you, the struggle continues and we will not let up.” Full report (including pictures):

https://www.unoffensiveanimal.is/hit-report/butcher-shop-windows-smashed-spray-painted-and-locks-glued-in-memory-of-reagan-russell/

Also on June 22nd, in the East Midlands, 14 chicks were saved from a factory farm where they would have been killed for meat. Full report (including pictures and video):

https://www.unoffensiveanimal.is/hit-report/fourteen-broiler-chicks-aided-out-of-a-factory-farm-in-memory-of-regan-russell/

On June 25th, a butcher’s shop and livestock haulage firm were targeted in Alberta, Canada. The ALF declared: “It is time that we send a clear message to exploiters. Your time is up. Your reign of terror will come to an end. We will burn your slaughterhouses, we will destroy your death trucks and we will make your lives a living nightmare.” Full report (including video):

https://www.unoffensiveanimal.is/hit-report/butcher-shop-and-animal-trucks-sabotaged-in-memory-of-regan-russel/

It is assumed such actions will continue, in memory of Regan and to bring about Total animal liberation.

For further comment, please contact the ALF Press Office: [email protected]
+447890703292

Please note, the ALF Press Office is not the ALF. We have no further knowledge on these actions beyond that which is printed in the communiques. We did not carry them out, and we don’t know who did.”

THIRTY FIVE DUCKS RESCUED FROM A SHOOT, INFRASTRUCTURE DESTROYED.

25th June, Ireland.

Received anonymously via email:

“In the early hours of the 25th June 2020, ALF Ireland members entered the country estate of Castledillon which resides in County Armagh.
This estate is used as a duck-hunt excursion by the family who own the land. There is one area within the estate in which ducks are encouraged to ‘house’ themselves, so that they are in the right locations in the day time for people to shoot. 

The ALF Ireland activists took it upon themselves to relocate the thirty-five ducks that were in the vicinity at that point in time, but believe there are possibly more than 200 residing in the estate. These ducks were then moved to a private pre-agreed location in which they have their own lake, free from maniacs pointing guns at them. 

Two hunt huts were also gutted and dismantled on the grounds of the property. 
The Castledillon Estate have their own website in which people can book hunt excursions on their land – in season – in which we would like to see taken down or dismantled in the same way their physical attributes on the estate were dismantled.

The ALF Ireland activists will not cease their actions against the Castledillon Estate until all the ducks are relocated and the owners cease using animals to satisfy people’s blood lust. 

Until all are free, none are free. Tiochfaidh ár lá.”

PHOTO: Duck release pond in Castledillon shoioting estate.

PRISONERS’ OVERALL UPDATE + URGENT ACTION NEEDED!

Let’s talk about prisoners because it is really needed and you have some homework to do.

To start with, we want to mention that Walter Bond has been released to prison and is now at a halfway home after a very lengthy prison sentence for arson.

Multiple folks have asked for an update on Peter’s situation. We have talked with his support team, who on advice of the lawyers have recommended to wait before sharing any more information. Once there is an address or a fundraiser we will be sharing it, but for now, we simply have to wait. The support team has created a Facebook page for his prison support specifically and you can follow it over on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/SupportPeterJanssen/

Marius’ appeal to release because of COVID risks was denied on the basis that he has “ties with the ELF”. Send him a letter. Talk to him about nature.

Finally, we need to talk about Eric King. He has been continuously framed in prison by the screws, he has had nazis thrown at him by the administration to beat him up and on the 18th of June, an unknown prison guard kicked the shit out of him in the showers. He needs out of that prison for his own security.

His support team are asking for phone calls to put pressure. You can find the telephone numbers on the linked website. If you are not from the USA, there is something else you can (and should) do. Eric is facing extra 10 years on multiple fabricated cases just because he is an anarchist and an antifascist and the prison guards are fucking nazis. Send some cash to his legal funds. Just a dollar or two, we don’t care. Just send some cash so he can get legal help and a lawyer can ensure he is moved away from the prison he is at before some fascist scumbag kills him or orders some other fascist prisoner to kill him. Do anything and everything you can to help him survive.

All Eric’s support links below:

https://supportericking.org/2020/07/01/call-in-help-needed-urgent/

https://fundrazr.com/e1cKo1

Get on this, visit our prison support page to get information and write letters and please, share and support.

https://www.unoffensiveanimal.is/prisoner-support/

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FIFTEEN LORRIES SABOTAGED IN MEMORY OF REGAN RUSSELL.

21st June, Hampshire UK.

Received anonymously via email:

“For Regan Russell.

On June 21st we gained access to the Randall Parker slaughterhouse, near Andover in the UK.
Every single tyre on every single vehicle was slashed: 13 articulated lorries and two cabs, over 80 tyres in total. All of the vehicles were put out of action, including two from Sainsburys which were already pulled up to the loading bay, waiting to be filled with murdered corpses.
As we worked, we could hear the pigs inside the building, crying out as they await a death worse than our wildest nightmares. Our remorse that we had to leave them behind is only equal to our remorse that we could not have disabled the truck which murdered Regan.

We grew up on stories of the ALF, and we waited too long for them to come and help us. But now we realise, we are the ALF. All of us. And there are more of us than there are slaughterhouses. After generations of oppression, our generation will break this chain.

ALF”

BANDANAS AVAILABLE + WILDFIRE MAGAZINE!

Let’s get the bandanas out of the way first shall we? You’ve asked for them over, and over, and over again, so there are now bandanas back on stock on the website alongside patches. Last time they sold out hours after uploading them. Go check if there still are any left. They are handprinted so expect rough designs and imperfections.

To make it even more exciting, we’ve made TEN bundles of Bandana and Flag for 25 GBP. So basically the fastest ten people will get a really nice deal!

Now, to important business: We are super excited to be stocking Wildfire Magazine, a new anarchist, animal liberation magazine full of artwork, photography, news about direct action, tips and tricks, philosophy, theory and even a ridiculous comic series called Black Mask drawn by Praxis.

We have attached the index of the magazine to this post for you to see how it looks like. It is pretty sick!

Wildfire is also Bulk selling bundles for groups who want to make some cash towards their campaigns, so if you want to sell the mags and put the cash towards a grassroots group or campaign, message them on wildfire magazine (at) riseup (dot) net.

And that’s basically it, go to the shop page on our website and have some beginning of the month radical fun!

www.unoffensiveanimal.is/collections

UNTIL WE WIN!

FOURTEEN BROILER CHICKS AIDED OUT OF A FACTORY FARM IN MEMORY OF REGAN RUSSELL.

22nd June, East Midlands UK.

received anonymously via email:

“In the dark of night we found a hatchery full of thousands of newly hatched chicks, who in just over a month would be killed for their flesh. The shed was brightly lit even in the early hours of the morning.

One of our comrades squeezed through a small hole in one of the wooden sheds, and passed 14 chicks through to safety. We were in and out very quickly and ran away into the cover of night.

We thought we would make a cute video which features the chicks being carried away, and playing so we hope you enjoy it!

Our thoughts are with Regan Russell. Action is needed in her memory.
Keep fighting for total liberation.”

BUTCHER SHOP AND ANIMAL TRUCKS SABOTAGED IN MEMORY OF REGAN RUSSELL.

25th June, Alberta Canada.

received anonymouisly via email:

“!It is time that we send a clear message to exploiters. Your time is up. Your reign of terror will come to an end. We will burn your slaughterhouses, we will destroy your death trucks and we will make your lives a living nightmare.

Recently in Alberta, a butcher shop & “livestock” hauling company were targeted. This butcher shop murders pigs who are raised on their small family farm. These people are a family of killers. The butcher shop was redecorated with the truth “PIG KILLERS”, every single lock glued, including their van and destroyed their refrigeration system. The trucking company targeted takes thousands of cows to their execution, year after year. These drivers have no regard for non human or human life. They have tried to run humans over, time and time again. They brag about trying to kill people and view sentient beings as dollar signs and targets. Approximately 15 trailers were damaged. Every hose was cut on each trailer, the back gate chains cut, a message letting them know the ALF stopped by, building locks glued and their building spray painted. Economic sabotage hits these monsters where it hurts the most, their profits.

PIG KILLERS & DEATH ROW TRUCKERS, you are being watched.

In honour of Jill Phipps & Regan Russell.

Because buying veggie bacon will not save animals or end this injustice.”