San Jose Protest This Thursday - Sympthetic Vegetarians Needed!

March 15, 2009

Hi Everybody!

I know that a lot of people are vegetarians for ethical reasons because of the

cruelty towards animals. So this post is sent to appeal to those vegetrains

sympathetic to animal cruelty issues.

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PRESS CONFERENCE - Activists Needed!

Four individuals (Joseph Buddenberg, Maryam Khajavi, Adriana Stumpo and Nathan

Pope) are being prosecuted for speaking out against animal cruelty at the UC

Regent universities. On Thursday at 9:30am the four will be indicted with

federal charges before Magistrate Lloyd in Courtroom 2, 5th Floor.

Please show up to support allegations of essentially free speech behavior. The

protest will be focused on preserving Free Speech and opposing Animal

Experiementation/Vivisection.

Protest Info:

The protest/press conference is set to begin at 10:30am following the 9:30 a.m.

court appearance on the front steps of the U.S. District Courthouse in San Jose,

at the Second Street entrance, 280 S. 1st Street (cross street San Carlos).

Court Info:

If you wish to attend Court to show support for the four youths, the Arraignment

before Magistrate Judge Howard R. Lloyd begins at 9:30am, Ct. Rm. 2.

There will be a media presence there so participation is needed.

If you want to help build posters, come to Long Haul Infoshop at 3124 Shattuck

in Berkeley today at 5pm.

Hope to see you Thursday!

Christine

March 16, 2009

Some information is missing and I would appreciate knowing it. Perhaps

we don't agree with the legal case, or the laws, sometimes, but we

should know what the charges are before we critique them. Are we to

believe that the charge against these people is " speaking out " ? How can

we show support when we don't know what we're supporting? Please advise.

Peace, Dan

PRESS CONFERENCE - Activists Needed!

Four individuals (Joseph Buddenberg, Maryam Khajavi, Adriana Stumpo and

Nathan Pope) are being prosecuted for speaking out against animal

cruelty at the UC Regent universities. On Thursday at 9:30am the four

will be indicted with federal charges before Magistrate Lloyd in

Courtroom 2, 5th Floor.

Please show up to support allegations of essentially free speech

behavior. The protest will be focused on preserving Free Speech and

opposing Animal Experiementation/

Vivisection.

Protest Info:

The protest/press conference is set to begin at 10:30am following the

9:30 a.m. court appearance on the front steps of the U.S. District

Courthouse in San Jose, at the Second Street entrance, 280 S. 1st Street

(cross street San Carlos).

Court Info:

If you wish to attend Court to show support for the four youths, the

Arraignment before Magistrate Judge Howard R. Lloyd begins at 9:30am,

Ct. Rm. 2.

There will be a media presence there so participation is needed.

If you want to help build posters, come to Long Haul Infoshop at 3124

Shattuck in Berkeley today at 5pm.

Hope to see you Thursday!

Christine

March 17, 2009

Well I spent a couple hours last night researching the case, and it's hard to get the facts on what exactly happened. Because the issue is so polarizing it's hard to get a good non-biased account on what these guys did. As much as I can surmise, they were harassing some UC Berkeley professors who were using live animals for testing. (Obviously, accounts vary on the amount of harassment.)

But apparently there's a special federal law regarding this type of animal activism/terrorism, as if our legal system weren't patch-work enough. Why this is different from normal harassment, who knows?

Unfortunately I can't get enough details on the case to decide whether I'd protest this or not. If anything, I'd protest the fact that such a federal law exists.- Brian

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 3:07 PM, CyberBrook <brook wrote:

Some information is missing and I would appreciate knowing it. Perhaps

we don't agree with the legal case, or the laws, sometimes, but we

should know what the charges are before we critique them. Are we to

believe that the charge against these people is " speaking out " ? How can

we show support when we don't know what we're supporting? Please advise.

Peace, Dan

PRESS CONFERENCE - Activists Needed!

Four individuals (Joseph Buddenberg, Maryam Khajavi, Adriana Stumpo and

Nathan Pope) are being prosecuted for speaking out against animal

cruelty at the UC Regent universities. On Thursday at 9:30am the four

will be indicted with federal charges before Magistrate Lloyd in

Courtroom 2, 5th Floor.

Please show up to support allegations of essentially free speech

behavior. The protest will be focused on preserving Free Speech and

opposing Animal Experiementation/

Vivisection.

Protest Info:

The protest/press conference is set to begin at 10:30am following the

9:30 a.m. court appearance on the front steps of the U.S. District

Courthouse in San Jose, at the Second Street entrance, 280 S. 1st Street

(cross street San Carlos).

Court Info:

If you wish to attend Court to show support for the four youths, the

Arraignment before Magistrate Judge Howard R. Lloyd begins at 9:30am,

Ct. Rm. 2.

There will be a media presence there so participation is needed.

If you want to help build posters, come to Long Haul Infoshop at 3124

Shattuck in Berkeley today at 5pm.

Hope to see you Thursday!

Christine

March 17, 2009

There are what called disparagement laws in effect in about 13 states so far (I did a paper on the laws, actually). The mad push for them started when Oprah criticized the beef industry and when it was discovered that Washington apples were covered in a carcinogen spray to make them shiny. After that, food conglomerates pushed to make it unlawful to criticize food choices, etc thereby effectively preventing anyone speaking out against eating animals "meat", for instance (food products-and you can easily thwart/diminish the ethical core of vegetarianism, i.e. the inalienable rights of animals, into where you criticizing a mere "food product"). The conglomerates engage in S.L.A.P. lawsuits, an acronym stands for strategic litigation against public (participation). They are meant to extend the legal battle as long as possible in order to drain a defendant of finances, emotions, etc-to basically force them to give up.

brookCC: From: brian.molnarDate: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:01:55 -0700Re: Re:San Jose Protest This Thursday - Sympthetic Vegetarians Needed!

Well I spent a couple hours last night researching the case, and it's hard to get the facts on what exactly happened. Because the issue is so polarizing it's hard to get a good non-biased account on what these guys did. As much as I can surmise, they were harassing some UC Berkeley professors who were using live animals for testing. (Obviously, accounts vary on the amount of harassment.) But apparently there's a special federal law regarding this type of animal activism/terrorism, as if our legal system weren't patch-work enough. Why this is different from normal harassment, who knows?Unfortunately I can't get enough details on the case to decide whether I'd protest this or not. If anything, I'd protest the fact that such a federal law exists.- Brian

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 3:07 PM, CyberBrook <brook (AT) california (DOT) com> wrote:

Some information is missing and I would appreciate knowing it. Perhaps we don't agree with the legal case, or the laws, sometimes, but we should know what the charges are before we critique them. Are we to believe that the charge against these people is "speaking out"? How can we show support when we don't know what we're supporting? Please advise. Peace, Dan

PRESS CONFERENCE - Activists Needed!Four individuals (Joseph Buddenberg, Maryam Khajavi, Adriana Stumpo and Nathan Pope) are being prosecuted for speaking out against animal cruelty at the UC Regent universities. On Thursday at 9:30am the four will be indicted with federal charges before Magistrate Lloyd in Courtroom 2, 5th Floor.Please show up to support allegations of essentially free speech behavior. The protest will be focused on preserving Free Speech and opposing Animal Experiementation/Vivisection.Protest Info:The protest/press conference is set to begin at 10:30am following the 9:30 a.m. court appearance on the front steps of the U.S. District Courthouse in San Jose, at the Second Street entrance, 280 S. 1st Street (cross street San Carlos).Court Info:If you wish to attend Court to show support for the four youths, the Arraignment before Magistrate Judge Howard R. Lloyd begins at 9:30am, Ct. Rm. 2.There will be a media presence there so participation is needed.If you want to help build posters, come to Long Haul Infoshop at 3124 Shattuck in Berkeley today at 5pm.Hope to see you Thursday!Christine

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