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Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Benefit for Jonathan Paul! 

Come show support for Jonathan Paul and all the Green Scare defendants!

When: Sat. April 26, 6pm
Where: Red & Black Cafe SE 12th & Oak
What: Music, slideshow, speakers, and tabling
$5 suggested donation (but no one will be turned away)

Jonathan has been an animal and environmental activist since the 1980s and a vegan for 25 years. He is currently serving a 51 – month sentence in federal prison in Phoenix, Arizona for his role in the 1997 arson of the Cavel West horse slaughterhouse in Redmond, OR.

Jonathan was arrested in January of 2006 in the largest roundup of animal rights and environmental activists in history. This was what the FBI dubbed “Operation Backfire”, also called by others the Green Scare. Fifteen activists were arrested in late 2005 and early 2006, then charged with numerous property destruction crimes. Many faced multiple life sentences.

posted by Food Fight! Vegan Grocery  # 4:22 PM

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