From frontline-news at lists.resist.ca Tue Oct 28 14:45:17 2003 From: frontline-news at lists.resist.ca (frontline-news at lists.resist.ca) Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 14:45:17 -0800 (PST) Subject: [frontline-news] EARTH LIBERATION FRONT TAKES CREDIT FOR SABOTAGE AT WALMART CONSTRUCTION SITE, INDIANA Message-ID: <20031028224517.56358.qmail@web41107.mail.yahoo.com> Frontline Information Service - EARTH LIBERATION FRONT TAKES CREDIT FOR SABOTAGE AT WALMART CONSTRUCTION SITE, INDIANA - 10/28/2003 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - October 28th, 2003 PRESS RELEASE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT TAKES CREDIT FOR SABOTAGE AT WALMART CONSTRUCTION SITE, INDIANA For Immediate Release MARTINSVILLE -- In its 11th known action of 2003, the Earth Liberation Front has taken credit for extensive sabotage at the site of a Walmart under construction in Martinsville, Indiana. An anonymous communique, sent to the ELF Press Office, claims the action took place on the 24th October and did significant damage to heavy machinery being used on site, as well as to the site itself. 10/24/2003 Martinsville, IN we visited a construction site for a new Wal-Mart store. We pulled up dozens of survey stakes, spraypainted building walls and machines. Sabotage was done to over a dozen pieces of heavy machinery and vehicles by putting sand in the fuel tanks, slashing tires, and cutting engine hoses and tubes. Before leaving we broke out 20-30 construction machine windows. We are overwhelmed by the amount of shit society offers us. We look around us and see our lives displayed in neon lighting. In one city block there is a McDonald's, a Chevron, a couple of banks, and a Taco Bell. Two massive car dealerships glow in the short distance, the new SUV's proudly displayed in the front. We can even see the old Wal-Mart which apparently wasn't large enough or new enough to satiate a growing population of consumers. Everything must be new, and it must be big. Even the highway passing through town isn't big enough. And there is nothing unique about this specific location. This is life in North America. This is becoming everywhere. But what life is to be found in this? Some will have us believe that this is what should be desirable to us. Things are just large enough to keep us looking and shopping. Things are just fast enough that we never even have to leave our cars for most of our transactions, as we speed off to work. Everything is convenient and people are satisfied, and for those who might be discontent with this reality, there is plenty of televison to watch. Most people are content with this, but we are not. We know that life does not have to be one monotonous routine played out over and over again. We know that the places we live can offer us much more than Wal-Marts and McDonalds and Chevrons. We know, because at times we have experienced a break with this reality, and know that other possibilities exist. and how can things change really? For us, sabotage may not be a means to change any world but our own, as an expression of our feelings toward this society. We strike for ourselves, out of our own frustrations, and rage and despair...as a means of therapy and adventure. Because to not act, or to resign oneself to such an impoverished life of working and consuming is not good enough for us. We are not content and we intened to express this. This society offers us shit...How can we repay them? E.L.F The Earth Liberation Front is an international underground organization that uses direct action in the form of economic sabotage to stop the destruction of the natural environment. Since 1997, the ELF in North America has caused over $100 million in damages to entities who profit from the destruction of life and the planet. The Earth Liberation Front Press Office is an autonomous entity that serves to publicize news and actions of the ELF, as reported through news media or by anonymous communications from the individuals involved in activities. -30- Contact: North American Earth Liberation Front Press Office elfpress at resist.ca www.earthliberationfront.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - F R O N T L I N E - N E W S Now With 5600+ Subscribers! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Would you like to Unsubscribe or Subscribe to the Frontline-News mailing list? https://lists.resist.ca/mailman/listinfo/frontline-news - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For general questions, feedback and requests: frontline at rocketmail.com - Frontline Information Service Administrator: frontline at rocketmail.com PGP keys available at: http://www.animalliberation.net/about/pgpkey.asc Direct Action Frontline Information Service bringing you uncensored news from around the world since 1994 --------------------- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/ From frontline-news at lists.resist.ca Fri Oct 31 13:00:47 2003 From: frontline-news at lists.resist.ca (frontline-news at lists.resist.ca) Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 13:00:47 -0800 (PST) Subject: [frontline-news] ELF PRESS OFFICE RETRACTS STATEMENT CONCERNING WALMART ACTION IN INDIANA Message-ID: <20031031210047.41525.qmail@web41103.mail.yahoo.com> Frontline Information Service - ELF PRESS OFFICE RETRACTS STATEMENT CONCERNING WALMART ACTION IN INDIANA - 10/31/2003 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For Immediate Release The ELF Press Office would like to issue a retraction of a statement we made in error concerning the Walmart action in Martinsville, Indiana. The sabotage action at the Walmart was not, in fact claimed by the Earth Liberation Front. The action was taken by another group of direct actionists not associated with the ELF, but because the Press Office received the communique anonymously, we made a false assumption that it was intended to be signed ELF. We have been corrected on this error by another anonymous email, and we offer our apologies to those who carried out the action. We certainly did not mean to mislead anyone as to the intentions of those who carried out the action. The ELF Press Office will continue to publicize the actions of the ELF and other underground direct action groups and we hope that those groups will continue to entrust us with their communiques and messages. We will be removing the information from the earthliberationfront.com website concerning this action and ask that this message be forwarded on to ensure that it is made clear that the action at Martinsville was not the work of the Earth Liberation Front, but another unnamed group who is also operating in the United States. The original communique for the action follows: 10/24/2003 Martinsville, IN we visited a construction site for a new Wal-Mart store. We pulled up dozens of survey stakes, spraypainted building walls and machines. Sabotage was done to over a dozen pieces of heavy machinery and vehicles by putting sand in the fuel tanks, slashing tires, and cutting engine hoses and tubes. Before leaving we broke out 20-30 construction machine windows. We are overwhelmed by the amount of shit society offers us. We look around us and see our lives displayed in neon lighting. In one city block there is a McDonald's, a Chevron, a couple of banks, and a Taco Bell. Two massive car dealerships glow in the short distance, the new SUV's proudly displayed in the front. We can even see the old Wal-Mart which apparently wasn't large enough or new enough to satiate a growing population of consumers. Everything must be new, and it must be big. Even the highway passing through town isn't big enough. And there is nothing unique about this specific location. This is life in North America. This is becoming everywhere. But what life is to be found in this? Some will have us believe that this is what should be desirable to us. Things are just large enough to keep us looking and shopping. Things are just fast enough that we never even have to leave our cars for most of our transactions, as we speed off to work. Everything is convenient and people are satisfied, and for those who might be discontent with this reality, there is plenty of televison to watch. Most people are content with this, but we are not. We know that life does not have to be one monotonous routine played out over and over again. We know that the places we live can offer us much more than Wal-Marts and McDonalds and Chevrons. We know, because at times we have experienced a break with this reality, and know that other possibilities exist. and how can things change really? For us, sabotage may not be a means to change any world but our own, as an expression of our feelings toward this society. We strike for ourselves, out of our own frustrations, and rage and despair...as a means of therapy and adventure. Because to not act, or to resign oneself to such an impoverished life of working and consuming is not good enough for us. We are not content and we intened to express this. This society offers us shit...How can we repay them? -30- ELF Press Office elfpress at resist.ca www.earthliberationfront.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - F R O N T L I N E - N E W S Now With 5600+ Subscribers! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Would you like to Unsubscribe or Subscribe to the Frontline-News mailing list? https://lists.resist.ca/mailman/listinfo/frontline-news - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For general questions, feedback and requests: frontline at rocketmail.com - Frontline Information Service Administrator: frontline at rocketmail.com PGP keys available at: http://www.animalliberation.net/about/pgpkey.asc Direct Action Frontline Information Service bringing you uncensored news from around the world since 1994 --------------------- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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