Green Scare: The Case of the EcoEleven

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Green Scare The Case of the Eco-Eleven
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Green Scare Cases 2005-06

• Eco-Eleven (Darren Thurston, Joseph Dibee,
  Rebecca Rubin, Jonathan Paul, Kevin Tubbs, Stan
  Meyerhoff, Suzanne Savoie, Chelsea Gerlach,
  Justine Overaker, Sarah Harvey, Daniel McGowan) -
  plus additional related indictments.
• Sacramento Three (Eric McDavid, Zachary Jensen,
  Lauren Weiner)
• SHAC Seven (Kevin Jonas, Lauren Gazzola, Jacob
  Conroy, Darius Fullmer, John McGee, Andrew
  Stepanian, Joshua Harper)
• Rod Coronado

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Eco-Eleven (?)

• Operation BackFire
• 17 actions, 1996-2002 - all except one involving
  arson or the use of incendiary devices - ELF/ALF
  and unclaimed.
• Conspiracy Arson Conspiracy Destruction of an
  Energy Facility Arson
• Arrests - Dec 7th, January February - more
  expected
• Continuing Grand Juries West East
• Hundreds of people investigated, dozens of people
  named.

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Investigative Techniques
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Informants

• Jacob Ferguson - not charged, spent a year and a
  half (at least) helping the FBI gather evidence.
• Jenn Kolar - not charged, gave evidence to FBI
  after being subpoenaed to a Grand Jury
• Kevin Tubbs - in custody facing life in prison,
  talking in attempt to lessen sentence
• Stanislas Jack Meyerhoff - in custody facing
  life in prison, talking in attempt to lessen
  sentence
• Sarah Kendall Harvey - on bail, talking in
  attempt to lessen sentence.
• At least a few more unknown informants.

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Ten Lessons

• Do Not Focus on Guilt or Innocence
• Dont Spread Fear and Paranoia
• Your Support Does Matter
• An Injury to One is an Injury to All
• Combating Marginalization

• Map Our Connections
• Expand Our Base of Support Through Our Network of
  Connections
• Racism Resources
• Strategic Thinking
• Stopping Nightmares and Fulfilling Visions

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Charged Not In Custody
Joseph Dibee Tech-worker, and activist facing
life in prison For alleged involvement in ELF
and ALF actions including fires at Cavel West
Horse Slaughterhouse, a US-Government Animal
Health Facility, and a Bureau of Land
Management corral in Lichtfield California.
Josephine Overaker Believed to be living
outside the US since 2001, faces charges relating
to ELF/ALF actions including fires at two
Oregon Forest Ranger Stations, Childers Meats,
a BLM facility and a Boise Cascade office, as
well as powerline sabotage.
Rebecca Rubin BC animal advocate who has worked
in several animal rehabs. Facing extradition to
the United States in connection with alleged
involvement in ELF and ALF actions including
fires at three different Bureau of Land
Management facilities, and a US Forest
Industries HQ.
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Suzanne Savoie

• Home-care worker and environmental activist
  facing 8-10 years in prison for alleged
  involvement in ELF-fire at Superior Lumber in
  Glendale Oregon.
• Currently out on bail in Southern Oregon.

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Jonathan Paul

• Wilderness firefighter and well-known animal
  rights activist. Facing up to 25 years for
  conspiracy arson in relation to ALF-fire at Cavel
  West Horse Slaughterhouse.
• Currently out on bail (bond posted at 700,000).

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Darren Thurston

• Facing up to life in prison on two conspiracy
  counts and two federal ID violations. Alleged
  involvement in 2001 ELF action at Bureau of Land
  Management facility where there was an attempt to
  free wild horses and a corral was burned.
• Awaiting trial in a Portland-area prison.

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Daniel McGowan

• Long-time social and environmental justice
  activist currently living in New York City.
  Facing life plus for alleged involvement in ELF
  actions including fires at Jefferson Poplar Farm,
  and Superior Lumber Co.
• Out on bail (posted 1.5 million bond) in NYC.

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Chelsea Gerlach

• Portland-area DJ, and long-time environmental
  activist currently facing life plus 230 years in
  prison for alleged involvement in a half-dozen
  actions including fires at Childers Meats, Boise
  Cascade, a Eugene Police Substation, Jefferson
  Poplar, and Vail Ski Resort.
• Currently being held at Lane County Jail in
  Eugene Oregon.

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Bill Rodgers (Avalon)

• Certain human cultures have been waging war
  against the Earth for millennia. I chose to fight
  on the side of bears, mountain lions, skunks,
  bats, saguaros, cliff rose and all things wild. I
  am just the most recent casualty in that war. But
  tonight I have made a jail break -- I am
  returning home, to the Earth, to the place of my
  origins."
• Bill Rodgers committed suicide in his Arizona
  jail cell December 21st, 2005 after being accused
  by the FBI of involvement in a half-dozen ELF and
  ALF actions spanning a period of several years.

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What I ask is that people continue fighting for
what's right for the wilderness, animals and each
other. Don't forget those who have fallen already
and those facing life behind bars. Darren
Thurston, 2006
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RESIST THE GRAND JURY AND SUPPORT THOSE
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