Olympia, WA Green Scare Benefit Dec. 8

International Day of Solidarity with Green Scare Indictees, Detainees, and

Political Prisoners

Olympia Benefit Show

Friday, December 8

at Solid Gold - 419 Boulevard Rd SE (at the corner of Pacific Ave. and
Boulevard Rd. across from the shell station)
Olympia, Washington

Doors open at 7 pm, music and performance begins at 8 pm
Suggested donation $5-20

Performing:

Bridget Irish (performance)
Leonardo (soul, house dj)
Myello (experimental dance electronics)
Onyxoxo (acoustica + dj)
Rachel Diamond, one lady band (!)
Shizunomargot (songs, performance)
Timezone Lafontaine (southern hip hop soulrock)

and more!!!

There will be free literature, merchandise and beverages for a donation,
and an opportunity to learn more about the "Green Scare" and how to
support earth liberation indictees, grand jury resistance, preserving
civil liberties & building solidarity, and refusing the criminalization of
dissent.

This event is a benefit for Olympia Civil Liberties Resource, Books To
Prisoners Olympia, and non-cooperating "Green Scare" indictees.

This event is in response to the call for An International Day of
Solidarity with Green Scare Indictees, Detainees, and Political Prisoners
to mark one year since the December 7, 2005 beginning of the federal
goverment's sweep of arrests of earth and animal liberation activists,
grand jury efforts to compel activists to testify, FBI investigation of
activist communities, and the resulting chilling effect on free speech and
dissent.

The term "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 SHAC 7, Eric McDavid, Rod
Coronado, grand jury resisters Jeff Hogg, Josh Wolf and several other
recent federal grand jury resisters.

Call for International Day of Solidarity:
http://greenscare.org/1206call.html

"Green Scare" Resources:

GreenScare.org http://www.greenscare.org

Civil Liberties Defense Center synopsis of cases:
http://www.cldc.org/green.html

Portland Indymedia "Green Scare" topic page
http://http://portland.indymedia.org/en/topic/greenscare/

Will Potter's "Green Scare" blog: http://www.greenisthenewred.com


In Olympia, WA (organizations to benefit from the Olympia event)

Olympia Civil Liberties Resource http://www.olycivlib.org

Books To Prisoners Olympia http://http://btpolympia.org/


Some "Green Scare" non-cooperating indictees and target activists who have
websites:

Briana Waters http://www.supportbriana.org

Daniel McGowan http://www.supportdaniel.org

Eric McDavid http://www.supporteric.org

Rod Coronado http://www.supportrod.org

Josh Wolf http://www.joshwolf.net

SHAC 7 http://www.shac7.com


Some Other Political Prisoners Resources

Break The Chains Blog http://breakallchains.blogspot.com/

Earth Liberation Prisoners Support Network http://www.spiritoffreedom.org.uk/

ELP Network USA http://www.ecoprisoners.org

Jeff "Free" Luers http://www.freefreenow.olrg


Jeff "Free" Luers Statement for the International Day of Solidarity with
Political Prisoners (December 2006)

 Around the world millions of people are suffering from the abuses of
power that have become all too common in our human societies. In dozens
of countries, generations of people have chosen to fight injustice
rather than submit to it.

 We honor those people today. We raise our voices and our fists to salute
those who have fought to free their homelands, who have struggled for
self-determination; those who have demanded human rights; those who have
raided laboratories and liberated animals; and those who have fought to
defend our earth.

 Today we shout our praises and offer our respect to those captured in
the line of duty, serving their cause. We thank them for refusing to
submit even behind bars.

 On this day we bow our heads in reverence to those people who made the
ultimate sacrifice and gave their lives for freedom. We remember the
price they paid and the loss that their family and friends still feel.

 We offer more than our gratitude. We offer our solidarity. We make a
promise to remember and honor those who have come before. We make a vow
that the struggle will continue until all are free.

 Too many people have had to fight for the freedom they should have been
guaranteed at birth; too many have suffered the cruelty of capitalist
exploitation.

 The most important thing we can do today is to make a solemn oath: that
ours is the last generation that will have to struggle; that we will
apply pressure from all angles until these systems of oppression crack;
that we will settle for nothing less than victory.

 With the memory of those who have come before us; in solidarity with
those still standing behind bars; while honoring those who gave their
lives: we march forward to bring a new day with our heads high and our
fists raised.

 And I say to you that if we stand united with one voice and we act on
our desire for liberation we will carry the day! We will win!

 - Jeff "Free" Luers

    Write to:

 Jeff Luers
 #13797671
 Oregon State Prison
 2605 State Street
 Salem, Oregon 97310
 USA