19 Jul 2001
Frontline Information Service - News 7/19/01
EARTH LIBERATION FRONT CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR A SERIES OF ECONOMIC
SABOTAGE ACTIONS IN THE DETROIT, MI AREA; SUV'S & WEYERHAEUSER OFFICE
TORCHED
URGENT NEWS ADVISORY
DETROIT, MI - The underground Earth Liberation Front (E.L.F.) has officially
claimed responsibility for three actions targeting McDonald's, SUV's at Roy
O'Brien Ford, and an office of Weyerhaeuser in June and early July, 2001
in the Detroit, Michigan area.
A communique sent by the E.L.F. claimed credit for the following actions,
1)A newly built McDonald's was vandalized approximately four weeks ago. Two
plateglass windows, a drive-thru window, and the drive-thru order unit were
destroyed.
2)Eight Ford Expeditions were torched at Roy O'Brien Ford in June.
3)An executive office of Weyerhaeuser Co. was torched July 4th.
Referring to the action at the Ford dealership the E.L.F. communique stated,
"Four incendiary devices were placed amongst eight Ford Expeditions
causing an unknown amount of damage. All that's known is that eight Expeditions had
been removed from the lot the following day. This action was a snarl of rage
directed towards the planet rapers who constructed these unregulated
petroleum guzzlers and the capitalist whores who pander them and profit off the
pollution caused by fuel emissions and the needless use of natural resources."
The E.L.F. is an international anonymous organization that uses direct action
in the form of economic sabotage to stop the exploitation and destruction of
the natural environment. Since 1997 in North America alone, the E.L.F. have
caused over $40 million in damages to entities profiting from the destruction
of life.
Regarding the fire at Weyerhaeuser the E.L.F. communique stated, " This
action was taken in protest of the company's part in funding O.S.U. and the
University of Washington's poplar and cottonwood genetic engineering research. TGERC and
PMGC are more evidence of negligent corporate executive backing of profit
motivated research in agricultural biotechnology. Their complete
disregard for the Earth and the humans and nonhumans that inhabit it is not only
reprehensible but totally unforgivable. To risk our planet and life upon
it in exchange for profit is deserving only of the most extreme measures in
stamping genetic modification out."
Other recent actions by the E.L.F. include the May 21, 2001 simultaneous
fires which burned an office and trucks at Jefferson Poplar Farm in Oregon and the
Center for Urban Horticulture at the University of Washington in Seattle.
The group previously struck in Michigan at M.S.U. on 12/31/99 when the offices of
Catherine Ives, a GE researcher, were burned causing an estimated $900,000 in
damages.
Contact:
North American Earth Liberation Front Press Office 503.478.0902
*A copy of the communique sent by the E.L.F. follows on page below.
COMMUNIQUE SENT BY THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT
"To whom it may concern,
Greetings from the Great Lakes nation-state of Michigan. Not so long ago we
had informed the ALF press office of an action against Butcher Boy Meats
where six trucks had been vandalized: windshields and side windows broken and
abrasives introduced into the lubricating systems. We'd also reported on
some monkeywrenching of heavy machinery utilized in the erection of yet another
industrial complex; these two actions were only a humble genesis.
Approximately four weeks ago a newly built McDonald's was vandalized. Two
large plateglass windows and a drive-thru window were broken, and the
drive-thru order unit was destroyed. This action was in solidarity with the
actions of women farmers in Brazil against 'worldwide neoliberal economic
policies'; not to mention the clearing of rainforests to raise cattle for
fast-food hamburger patties. Considering 'the golden arches' are a nefarious
symbol of economic globalization, ecological destruction and worker
exploitation, we felt they were an appropriate target (even though a small
one), and we left graffiti and flyers stating our motives and vision.
Two days later, eight SUV's were torched at Roy O'Brien Ford dealership.
Four incendiary devices were placed amongst eight Ford Expeditions causing an
unknown amount of damage. All that's known is that eight Expeditions had
been removed from the lot the following day. This action was a snarl of rage
directed towards the planet rapers who construct these unregulated petroleum
guzzlers and the capitalist whores who pander them and profit off the
pollution caused by fuel emissions and the needless use of natural resources. This was
our sounding of class war in Macomb CountyÖ we have just begun!
Finally on July 4th, at approximately 2:45 am, an office of Weyerhaeuser Co.
was torched. Amount and extent of damage unknown. We believe only one
executive office was gutted, but we're uncertain. This action was taken in
protest of the company's part in funding O.S.U. and the University of
Washington's poplar and cottonwood genetic engineering research. TGERC and
PMGC are more evidence of negligent corporate executive backing of profit
motivated research in agricultural biotechnology. Their complete
disregard for the Earth and the humans and nonhumans that inhabit it is not only
reprehensible but totally unforgivable. To risk our planet and life upon
it in exchange for profit is deserving only of the most extreme measures in
stamping genetic modification out. GE testing must be systematically and
strategically eliminated wherever and whenever possible. We are striking the financiers
and supporters of GE testing in support of and in solidarity with all nighttime
gardeners and eco-warriors everywhere - we cannot be stopped.
In love and struggle,
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