Olympia WA Benefit - This Friday!

From: Family + Friends of Daniel McG <friendsofdanielmcg@yahoo.com>

September 7, 2007: Olympia WA Benefit Concert for Imprisoned Eco-Activists
@ 10 PM until late, ALL AGES, $5-8.
Manium, 421 4th Ave. E., Downtown Olympia

Featuring:
Filastine - Cascadian export-product laptopista returns carry transnational soundclash of incendiary beats in his shopping cart. His only performance in the Pacific NW on this North American tour.
Orkestar Zirkonium- 12 piece balkan-style brass marching band featuring musicians from Circus Contraptions and the Infernal Noise Brigade
Tremel - trajects digitally saturated 4 track tape loops
Superjar DJ Fukumup - comes all the way from Amsterdam to spin us the finest cuts of neoanalcore and thrashhouse

Where the money goes:
Operation Backfire is a nationwide FBI campaign against radical environmentalists. Most defendants are being charged as terrorists. Funds from this event will support the defendants who refused to become police informants, all of whom will be spending the next 7+ years in prison for crimes against property.

See more upcoming events here.
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Also, Daniel is still at FCI Terre Haute in Indiana, but there's no way to know for how long. If you'd like to write, his new address is:
DANIEL McGOWAN
#63794-053
FCI TERRE HAUTE
FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
P.O. BOX 33
TERRE HAUTE, IN 47808

Check news page for updates.

Thanks!



Daniel McGowan is an environmental and social justice activist. He was charged in federal court on many counts of arson, property destruction and conspiracy, all relating to two incidents in Oregon in 2001. Until recently, Daniel was offered two choices by the government: cooperate by informing on other people, or go to trial and face life in prison. His only real option was to plead not guilty until he could reach a resolution of the case that permitted him to honor his principles. As a result of months of litigation and negotiation, Daniel was able to admit to his role in these two incidents, while not implicating or identifying any other people who might have been involved. He was sentenced to 7 years in prison on June 4, 2007 and began serving his time on July 2, 2007.