DIMITRIA’S WORDS AFTER BEING ACQUITTED OF STEALING A GUN FROM A HUNTER.

Dimitria was acquitted of the assault and theft of a weapon charges they received back in 2018 in Evia, Greece. Read their words below:

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“For the trial with the hunter in Evia – A victory dedicated to comrade Lary

On November 28, 2024, the case with the hunter in Evia was tried on charges of robbery and theft. The prosecutor’s original proposal included the penalties of unlawful violence and vigilante justice. The final decision of the court announced by the president after a half-hour recess was acquittal of all charges, with the prosecutor himself stating that the charges were not arising from anywhere.

The lawyer appointed by the hunting club disappeared like lightning with the announcement of the decision, ashamed and with his face on the floor, as I was informed by comrades who were there since I personally did not even have time to notice when his seat went empty. Likewise, the hunter and his wife who had been roaring two days before – as she did this time on hearing the prosecutor’s proposal on the sentences – left the courtroom rapidly, so that I only had time to see their backs and unfortunately not their faces.

Be that as it may, what is certain is that it is not the court decision that gives this incident its just or unjust character. Preventing a killer from killing either a human or a non-human animal is just at its core, self-evident and non-negotiable. Nevertheless, there is now a precedent and I urge the people of the struggle not to let it go unheeded. Hunters continue to kill non-human animals and they will not stop on their own unless we stop them. We must never stop trusting our source instinct for immediate and direct action as it is only by doing so that this world is changed. Whether in or out of the courts, the fight for total liberation never stops.

A huge thank you to all the comrades who stood by my side all over the years and supported in any way they could each and every one of them both me and this case and its political opening, contributing to the spread of anti-hunting, anti-speciesist and total liberation discourse and struggle on the occasion of this trial.

This court victory is dedicated to my comrade and original attorney Lary, without whom the outcome of this trial would certainly not have been the same. He was there in my first phone call from the detention centre in Istiaia where I was completely disoriented and lost, in the formation of the defence line already on the phone, in the first pleas to the investigating judge and the prosecutor in Chalkida. He stood as a comrade defending with his lawyer identity an intense situation in the prosecutor’s office at the moment when the control was lost and we were shouting at her, risking pre-trial detention. He was there, in the preparations before every trial for 5 whole years, in the irregular phone calls in the midst of pressing moments, like a guardian angel at rallies and marches in the street, outside the Petrou Ralli hellhouse and elsewhere, where he never missed an opportunity to remind me that I have a court and I have to be careful. He was there to support both with his words and with an open hug when circumstances got tough. Always available whether in his office, in a hangout or squat, or on the street, wherever I might just happen to run into him, and he was always eager to discuss the case. He was there even when he was absent from court in adjournments due to health issues, on the phone ready to reassure, advise, guide, support in any way. And as he was there then so he was there now. His words – etched in my mind. His advice along with new guidelines – my guide in the court room. He was there and even though he wasn’t there. He was always there and without him nothing would be the same now.

LARY THANASIS ARMAOS PRESENT THROUGH OUR STRUGGLES.
FIGHT UNTIL THE DESTRUCTION OF EVERY CELL AND EVERY CAGE
UNTIL THE TOTAL LIBERATION

Dimitra
Athens, 01/12/2024”

TEN DAYS LEFT TO PRE-ORDER THE TSHIRTS AND PRINTS FUNDRAISING FOR THE MINK LIBERATION TRIAL!

Last month we released a pre-order only fundraiser, selling t-shirts and art prints to raise funds for Cara and Celeste, who are facing trial accused of being involved in a mink liberation in the USA.

We have received a few orders and reached the minimum to print t-shirts, but it would be great if we could raise extra funds, so please have a look and grab yourself a print, or a collection of prints, or a t-shirt or three! If you order both a t-shirt and a print collection, we will send some free stickers designed by Praxis with your order!

We’ve priced minimum payment for t-shirts at 20GBP, for the print collection 15GBP and for single prints 7GBP, but we are not a shop and simply collect donations, so if you can afford paying more for them please consider adding a few coins towards the fundraiser, you can name your price in the shop! 

Remember that if you order pre-order items alongside other bits from the shop, we will send them all mid December when the pre-orders are ready, so they will take a little while!

Grab a tee or a print here: https://unoffensiveanimal.is/product-category/mink-trial-solidarity/

If you want to donate but don’t want to grab any tees you’re also welcome to just send your donation to the Philly ABC fundraiser for Cara and Celeste. Find it on www.unoffensiveanimal.is/nu2

Remember that Cara and Celeste have not been found guilty of the mink releases and you should not imply they are guilty of anything! Just support them because the state bites hard on anyone they fancy and we should protect everybody as that is the very best self defence.

SOLIDARITY ALWAYS!

24 TURKEYS LIBERATED BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

29th November, France.

ENGLISH:

“CALL TO ACTION

Liberation of 24 turkeys before Christmas in France.

The capitalist and speciesist system had sentenced them to life imprisonment and death. Sentenced them to end up as christmas turkeys.

That night, 24 young turkeys escaped their prison. All they needed was little help to open the door and to drive them to a safe place.

This post is a call to action: Be an accomplice of the animals. Help them fighting against their oppressors. Mask yourself up and open the doors.

Total Liberation can’t wait !”

FRENCH:

“APPEL À L’ACTION

Liberation de 24 dindes/dindons juste avant Noël

Le système capitaliste et spéciste les a condamnées à la prison à vie et à la mort. Il les a condamnées à finir en dindes de noël.

Cette nuit-là, 24 jeunes dindes se sont échappées de leur prison. Tout ce dont elles avaient besoin, c’était d’un peu d’aide pour ouvrir la porte et pour les conduire en lieu sûr.

Ce post est un appel à l’action : Soyez le·a complice des animaux. Aidez-les à lutter contre leurs oppresseurs. Mettez votre masque et ouvrez les portes.”

EGG LAYING HENS LIBERATED, CALL TO ACTION ISSUED.

1st December, Scotland.

Received anonymously via email:

“The first of December we broke into an egg farm and took as many chickens as we could carry with us. The action was easy and those chickens will have a life of freedom and care for the rest of their lives, instead of being exploited for their eggs until they are no longer profitable.

We want to use this opportunity to call for direct action in the wake of Christmas. Tis the season for trouble, liberation and revenge. We would love the very speciesist ’12 days of Christmas’ carol to be re-written with direct action, so go out there, bash a window, save an animal, make a butcher sad this Christmas, wear your favourite Christmas jumper for the photo and report it as “12 days of Christmas”. Let’s remind each other that we are not alone this Christmas with messages of liberation from the underground.

Merry troubles!”

NOVEMBER ANIMAL LIBERATION ACTIONS ROUND UP – UNOFENSIVE REPORTS.

What a month it has been for reported actions and for prisoner support news!

Over the month of November we received a total of nine reports related to animal liberation direct action. As it is standard, a vast majority of them were sabotages targeting hunting, but three of them also targeted the flesh and egg industry, including the an arson of two meat lorries.

By country, the number of reports was:

UK: 3
France: 2
Italy: 2
Germany: 1
Argentina: 1

On the prisoner support side, we head that Toby Shone is finally out of jail. Welcome back! We were elated to hear that Cara and Celeste had been granted bail and are outside too awaiting trial accused of liberating mink from a fur farm in the USA. We have a t-shirt and prints fundraiser running which will close on the 12th of December, with all profits going to the NU2, so if you can support Cara and Celeste check our shop and grab a mink trial solidarity tee!

Last week we also read that Daniel San Diego was arrested after 20 years wanted by the FBI. He had an arrest warrant related to two explosions back in the early 2000s that were reported by the Revolutionary Cells – Animal Liberation Brigade as being linked to Huntingdon Life Sciences targets.

We also re-published an explanation on how to anonymously report direct action to Unoffensive Animal. Have a read if you haven’t yet!

SEE YOU IN THE STREETS!

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AFTER 21 YEARS, DANIEL SAN DIEGO IS KIDNAPPED BY THE POLICE.

As has been widely reported, Daniel San Diego was arrested this week in Wales, 21 years after he was named as a person of interest in two bombings at companies connected to the notorious animal research laboratory Huntingdon Life Sciences.

At this moment, we would like to be clear that Daniel has not been charged with, nor convicted for these actions and is therefore, as far as society is concerned, innocent until proven guilty.

While he has been wanted by the FBI for two decades, he has never escaped custody and has not been ‘on the run’. He has seemingly chosen not to talk to an organisation that labelled him as significant a threat as Bin Laden (who they famously assassinated in his own home).

We would encourage everyone to respect Daniel’s position at this time, and to avoid speculation, or praising/critiquing him for actions he may have played no part in.

We will of course keep you updated, and offer whatever support we can as we learn more.

TWO HUNTING TOWERS DESTROYED.

19th November, Dorset UK.

Received anonymously via email:

“Two shooting towers have been toppled by concerned citizens in Dorset. These structures were being used to kill our wildlife, and so the supports were damaged, and the towers knocked down. We hope we have brought our fellow animals at least a few nights of safety.”

HOWLING WOLF COMMANDO SET TWO MEAT TRUCKS ON FIRE IN MEMORY OF LOBO.

25th November, Lincolnshire UK

Received anonymously via email:

[editor’s note: Image unrelated, arson at Harlan trucks in Canada, 2015]

“On the night of the anniversary of the death of Lobo, Elefteria Hambi, we set alight two meat trucks parked on the road next to a slaughterhouse in Lincolnshire. We placed a small bottle of gasoline next to the front tyre and used fire starter paste to create a quick fuse that would allow us to monitor the safety of the operation. With no buildings or people around, the operation was successful and nobody risked being hurt.

We remember through fire, with the hope that from the ashes we can build a world all our martyrs would be proud of.

Lobo never forgotten.
Kyriakos Ximitris always present.

Howling wolf commando.”

ANARCHISTS BURN DOWN A MCDONALD’S.

30th August, Roma Italy.

Via: ActForFreedom

[editor’s note: Image unrelated, Arson at a McDonald’s in USA in 2013]

ENGLISH (translation):

“Fire to McDonalds

IN THE NIGHT OF WEDNESDAY 30TH OCTOBER WE SET FIRE TO TWO  ELECTRIC CONTROL PANELS FOR VENTILATION SYSTEMS AND LEFT WRITINGS AGAINST THE GENOCIDE IN COURSE IN PALESTINE AND THE SUPPORT TO ISRAEL ON THE ROOF OF A  MCDONALDS IN ROMA IN VIA DEI PRATI FISCALI.

IN SOLIDARITY’ WITH THE  PALESTINIAN PEOPLE WHO RESIST – ATTACK ISRAELI AND US ECONOMIC INTERESTS
A BURNING THOUGHT FOR KYRIAKOS X: YOU WILL ALWAYS LIVE IN OUR ACTIONS OF ATTACK

STRENGTH AND CLOSENESS TO  MARIANNA M. AND HER FRIENDS COMRADES AND CLOSE ONES: WE ARE WITH YOU IN THESE DIFFICULT DAYS

COMPLICITY’ WITH THE ESCAPED ANARCHIST PRISONERS

LONG LIVE ANARCHY! – DEATH TO THE STATE, TO ITS WARS AND ITS SERVANTS!”

ITALIAN (original): 

“Fuoco a McDonalds

LA NOTTE DI MERCOLEDI 30 OTTOBRE ABBIAMO INCENDIATO DUE QUADRI ELETTRICI DI CONTROLLO DI ALTRETTANTI SISTEMI DI VENTILAZIONE E LASCIATO SCRITTE CONTRO IL GENOCIDIO IN CORSO IN PALESTINA E IL SUPPORTO AD ISRAELE SUL TETTO DI UN MCDONALDS A ROMA IN VIA DEI PRATI FISCALI.

IN SOLIDARIETA’ CON LA POPOLAZIONE PALESTINESE CHE RESISTE –> ATTACCARE GLI INTERESSI ECONOMICI ISRAELIANI E USA

UN PENSIERO INFUOCATO PER KYRIAKOS X: VIVRAI PER SEMPRE NELLE NOSTRE AZIONI OFFENSIVE
FORZA E VICINANZA A MARIANNA M. AX SUX AMICX, COMPAGNX E AFFETTI: SIAMO ACCANTO A VOI IN QUESTI GIORNI DIFFICILI

COMPLICITA’ CON X ANARCHICX PRIGIONIERX E IN FUGA

VIVA L’ANARCHIA! – MORTE ALLO STATO, ALLE SUE GUERRE E AI SUOI SERVI!”

THE ANIMAL LIBERATION FRONT DESTROY A LARSEN TRAP.

9th November, North Italy.

Received anonymously via email:

ENGLISH (translation):

“In the night we attacked, completely destroyed and then rendered harmless a “Larsen” trap cage used to catch and kill corvids.

The trap was approved by the province of Como.

For security reasons we were unable to film, but the Fight for Animal Liberation continues!
Sabotage, always, anyway, everywhere!

Animal Liberation Front, The Wolf Brigade.”

ITALIAN (original):

“Nella notte abbiamo attaccato, completamente distrutto e quindi resa inoffensiva una gabbia trappola “Larsen” utilizzata per catturare e uccidere i corvidi.

La trappola era approvata dalla provincia di Como.

Per motivi di sicurezza non abbiamo potuto filmare ma la Lotta per la Liberazione Animale continua!
Sabotate, sempre, comunque, ovunque!

Animal Liberation Front, La Brigata Dei Lupi.”