Dec 9th Portland Green Scare event/benefit

In accord the "International Day of Solidarity with Green Scare Inditees, Detainees and Political Prisoners" being held on the aniversary of the first "Operation Backfire" arrests. Supports of Green Scare defendents present the following event.

"Liberating Dissent: Refusing to be Silenced"
A benefit for non-cooperating Green Scare defendents and grand jury resistance.

Saturday Dec 9th
Liberty Hall (311 N Ivy, Portland OR)
6-11pm
$7-$100 recommended sliding scale donation
(all money goes to legal support for noncooperating green scare defenedents and grand jury resistancee)

Music by:
The Rag and Bone Men
Shickey Gnarawitz
Tandemnation
Drunken Boat
Nux Vomica

Speaches by:
Paul Loney- attorney to Jeff Hogg (grand jury resister who was imprisoned from May - Nov of 2006)
More speakers TBA
Updates on the Green Scare, Shac 7, Grand jury resistance and the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act

Also lots of Vegan food for sale and Vegan Bake Sale

for more information contact destroycreate@gmail.com
fore more information on the greenscare go to www.greenscare.org, www.cldc.org, www.fbiwitchhunt.com

Flyers to be posted online soon!

Media Release
Event Contact: Anthony von Patch
Email: destroycreate@gmail.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Portland, OR (November 21, 2006) Supporters of the "Green Scare" defendants present "Liberating Dissent: Refusing to be Silenced" a benefit event on Saturday, December 9th. The event is taking place at Liberty Hall, 311 N. Ivy, beginning at 6pm and ending at 11pm. The night starts with the stomping, dancy tunes of The Rag and Bonemen, followed by the gypsy stylings of Schnicky Gnarowitz. From 8-9pm Paul Loney, attorney for Jeff Hogg (a grand jury resistor who was imprisoned from May to November of 2006), will be speaking about the legal aspects of the grand juries and "Green Scare" cases. Other speakers TBA. Information and updates will be given on the "Green Scare": Operation Backfire, the SHAC 7, the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, and grand jury resistance.

Following the speakers, the night continues with music by local bands Tandemnation, (ex-haggard, two piece, melodic-screamy-queercore), Drunken Boat (raw-energetic-pop-punk), and Nux Vomica (a fusion of energetic punk, metal and crust). In addition to speakers and music there will be vegan food available for sale, as well as a vegan bake sale.

"Liberating Dissent: Refusing to be Silenced" is a response to the international call for solidarity on the one year anniversary of the first arrests of FBI "Operation Backfire," on December 7th. Operation Backfire is part of a wider ongoing FBI campaign to criminalize animal rights and environmental activists in what has become known as the "Green Scare."

The "Green Scare" refers to the federal government's expanding prosecution efforts against animal liberation and ecological activists, which is strikingly similar to the "Red Scare" of the 1950s. The "Green Scare" includes the cases from the "Operation Backfire" indictments, and the cases of the SHAC7 ( shac7.com), Eric McDavid (supporteric.org), Rod Coronado (supportrod.org), Jeff Hogg, Josh Wolf and several recent federal grand jury subpoenas.

The primary goal of this event is to raise awareness about the government's use of repression to criminalize dissent and to categorize activism as "homegrown" terrorism. It is extremely important to support those who are targeted by the tactics of repression used by the state and encourage continued work towards environmental justice and animal liberation.

Please join us on Saturday, December 9th for an evening of food, music, and speakers.
Admission is $7-$100 sliding scale donation. The event doors open at 6pm. All funds raised go to benefit non-cooperating "Green Scare" defendants and grand jury resistance.
More information available at greenscare.org, cldc.org, fbiwitchhunt.com