8 Mar 2001
Frontline Information Service - News 3/07/01
EARTH LIBERATION FRONT CLAIMS
URGENT NEWS ADVISORY
HUNTINGTON, LONG ISLAND, NY - The Earth Liberation Front (E.L.F.) has
officially claimed responsibility for smashing over eight 10x10 insulated
plate glass windows and one neon sign at the Old Navy Outlet Center in downtown
Huntington, Long Island on March 5, 2001.
A communique sent by the E.L.F. stated, "This action served as a protest
to Old Navy's owners, the Fisher family's involvement in the clearcutting of old
growth forest in the Northwest. These actions will continue until the Fisher
family pulls economic support from the lumber industry, regardless of whether
with the Pacific Lumber Company or otherwise."
The Fisher family, which owns the Gap, Banana Republic, and Old Navy,
recently purchased 235,000 acres of Mendicino County redwood forest in northern
California. The Fisher's logging company, Mendicino Redwood Company,
plans to clearcut large sections of land within this purchase. The company is also
spraying Garlon, an herbicide related to Agent Orange, to eliminate ground
vegetation. Garlon induces vomiting and weakness in humans and is known to
severely disorient juvenile Coho salmon.
The E.L.F. is an international underground organization that uses direct
action in the form of economic sabotage to stop the exploitation and destruction of
the natural environment.
The communique continued, "Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic care not for the
species that call these forests home, care not for the animals that comprise
their leather products, and care not for their garment workers underpaid,
exploited and enslaved in overseas sweatshops."
Since 1997, in the United States alone, the E.L.F. has caused near $40
million in damages to entities profiting off the destruction of the natural
environment.
The communique finished by stating, "As more and more minds continue to be
exposed to the true nature of their greed, fewer and fewer will sit idly by,
and the cries of the earth will not fall upon deaf ears. We will not stop.
Love, The Elves."
Contact: North American Earth Liberation Front Press Office
503.478.0902
http://www.earthliberationfront.com
*A copy of the communique sent by the E.L.F. follows on page 2.
COMMUNIQUE SENT BY THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT
"During the evening of March 5th, members of the earth liberation front
descended upon The Old Navy Outlet Center in downtown Huntington, Long
Island, NY. We smashed over 8 10'x10' insulated plate glass windows and one neon
sign.
This action served as a protest to Old Navy's owners, the Fisher family's
involvement in the clearcutting of old growth forest in the Pacific
Northwest.
These actions will continue until the Fisher family pulls economic support
from the lumber industry, regardless of whether with the Pacific Lumber Company or
otherwise.
In the past week, mother nature has blessed the Northeast with snow, and
we are reminded of our brothers and sisters in the Northwest, and their struggle to
preserve what mother nature has blessed them with, the forests in the land
that they call home. We will not sit idly by, and will do our best to amplify
their voices, so that their message will get through to the Fisher family in the
only language they know--economics.
Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic care not for the species that call these
forests home, care not for the animals that comprise their leather products, and care
not for their garment workers underpaid, exploited and enslaved in overseas
sweatshops. As more and more minds continue to be exposed to the true nature
of their greed, fewer and fewer will sit idly by, and the cries of the earth
will not fall upon deaf ears. We will not stop.
Love,
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