the streets of canada are. trying to come up for asians room today. it's. nine thirty pm here in the russian capital good to have you with us all to live here in moscow top stories now greece scraps plans for referendum and consider the creation of a national unity government dollars to twenty leaders meeting karen to discuss how to prevent the euro zone being dragged down by greek debt. and down the road from the county g. twenty marches on the turn of the gatherings are being held surrounded by massive police operation. oakland street soliciting gas canisters and spend rubber bullets after a rock police crackdown on a massive occupy protest america's fifth largest port paralyzed. plus russia

questions of fairness and business when a pick to bring strada most to bring in more for a new york jury finds him guilty of all means trafficking for. more news more developments in less than thirty minutes from now here on r.t. now that's a great green threat next and take a look at the radical environmentalist groups that will go to any lengths to support their cause that's in the second part of our special report eco warriors. one o'clock in the morning. and fran love to the remain your car dealership through. i made sure that there were no people around the buildings that were nearby were vacant. and they started

a fire that resulted in forty thousand dollars with damage to three trucks unfortunately it's taken me to start a fire be found guilty of several different crimes be sentenced to twenty years before people want to pay attention to things that i had to say or people like me had to say. should i stay here for the duration of my sentence the entire world and life that i've had up to this point will be non-existent twenty one was from them that's hard to swallow. since that's real difficult but i can't look back and knowing what i know and how and what i have in my heart. crew trying. this was the longest prison sentence for any environmental

and animal rights activists in oregon the average sentence for arson if you're convicted of arson is two years so for jeff to get twenty three years for the same exact crime based on his political beliefs was outrageous and completely unheard of i think that the sentence that the judge imposed was meant to be an extreme deterrent to any other activists who had ever considered this form of economic sabotage as as a sign of their protest. when his appeal was finally heard the decision was declared unlawful and the sentence was ruled as unjust after nine and a half years of prison he began his life as a free man at the age of thirty one having spent all of his twenty's in

a maximum security prison. prior to going to prison when i used to travel whenever possible i would have trains and in fact just about a mile doubt where is where we used to hop out of eugene and we would hide in the bush is a way for a train moving just slightly slower than this me my buddies would load all of our stuff. i'd carry my dog underneath my arm and we'd take the train down to serve francisco. that used to be where all the tree sitters from fall creek used to go on vacation.

we live in a world that's forgotten how to survive without industry we've forgotten how to be part of nature and because of that we've lost a piece of ourselves we have a system of government and an economic system that is mathematically impossible the whole theory behind calculus is infinite expansion infinite growth of profits and you can't do that when you live on a planet with finite resources what happens if we don't resist is we completely lose our souls whether you're using legal or extra legal tactics to. resist corporate dominance and government oppression and put

a stop to climate change those it's justifiable resisting this is justifiable. when nine eleven happened the bush administration could not find any terrorists bin laden was out hiding they couldn't find anyone to bring into the courts of justice so that they could claim we've got terrorists and so in the wake of nine eleven even though all of these crimes occurred prior to nine eleven we all of a sudden heard the drums beating of this anti-terrorist. and because the feds couldn't find any real terrorists they decided to take these young people who are accused of property sabotage and label them as terrorists my days of direct action are over considered

a registered domestic terrorist in this country with five zero inches they have no idea how big it is. i can't do the things that used to do but what i can do is share my story share my experiences and continue to advocate for the world that i want to see and continue to try to create real and meaningful change. today we're announcing the addition of the annual andrea. to the f.b.i.'s most wanted terrorist list san diego is wanted for his alleged involvement in the bombing of two biotechnology facilities in the san francisco bay area san diego's criminal acts of violence were the mystic acts of terror planned out and possibly intended to take long lives destroy property and create economic hardship for the companies involved the f.b.i. is announcing today a reward of up to two hundred fifty thousand dollars for information leading to the

location and arrest of daniel andrea's san diego animal rights and environmental extremists remain a significant threat based on the economic damage and widespread nature of this threat. these extremists have been responsible for over one thousand eight hundred criminal acts and more than one hundred ten million dollars in damages. and i tell people that i was thrown in jail for refusing to testify at this thing that a grand jury where wasn't even a trial they don't believe me they say no they can't do that that's unconstitutional or that's that's not allowed in this country this is

a free country. and people say that all the time so i was in nursing school it was late may two thousand and six and these f.b.i. agents showed up at my door and gave me these papers that said i was subpoenaed to a grand jury i was targeted because i had a history of environmental activism and but specifically because i you know how dissociation this with people who they thought may have been involved with crimes i knew that a grand jury was this court hearing where they're going to ask you ask me all these questions about anything they want to and there was not going to be a judge there and i wouldn't have be able to have a lawyer present and i was pretty sure they were going to ask me about these people

and what i knew about them and if i knew any other people who may know them and you know things along those lines they i think they were investigating the operation backfire investigation the only thing i know is they put gave me showed me a picture of this one person. and said do you know this person and at that point i said i'm not cooperating. so they sent me to jail and they ended up keeping me there for six months without being charged with a crime at all i still support that everybody who's working on those issues but i for my own mental health i had to step back and and take a deep breath and a look at. what was going on around me and rethink what i was doing with my life.

operation back far was an attempt by law enforcement or the congress working jointly with corporations and for mr groups to not only try and stop individuals who were communities actions but to also make sure that public opinion did not support these organisations and nature of these movements as a whole were completely destroyed completely destroyed so there's no trace of any

kind of resistance no threat to the us economy no threats to cooperate. with. the real people who are green in this country are the housewives who recycle and the children who plant trees on the weekend with their cub scout troops. and the fathers like me who might buy a hybrid car that's the green you have an a loose confederation of activist groups that are bent on causing damage and violence and destruction in order to get what they want and what they want is a return to nineteenth century agriculture a return to nineteenth century. homebuilding one nine hundred century population

numbers they want to revert society to the way it used to be it's a very shortsighted way of looking at the world our mission is to talk to the public to talk to americans and to educate them about the threats from activists and governments and everywhere else other threats to the food they eat and the choices they make and frightens we have financing from many many ordinary people and also a handful of companies that like what we do and want to see us keep doing it right well we don't need them and never. the people behind us are actually some of the largest corporations in the country

people like pfizer glaxo smith kline the national cattlemen's beef association the first commission all these industries and corporations with a vested interest in labeling activists as terrorists in addition to that they're all industries with a lot of financial influence on congress and they've donated heavily to these campaigns they've helped elect many of the same people but they've been called upon to label activists as terrorists lady and gentleman please and raise your right hand. they should be sorry for the testimony you are about to give this time to edition with the truth the whole truth so help me god. and akko terrorists same who want to destroy civilization as we know it in order to save the planet close quote h.r. forty two thirty nine would expand the reach of the animal enterprise terrorism

statute to specifically quote the use of force violence or threats against entities that do business with animal enterprise organizations we need this legislation to enable the police to become proactive in the way they conduct their investigations these people are organized along terrorist cells independently operating and using the internet and emails crime distantly and web sites that do not operate within the united states who are you not secure mr carter property crimes are already punishable or so-called in what enterprise terrorism this bill though which further expanding as we think category cleared protests boycotts undercover investigations whistleblowing and nonviolent civil disobedience this legislation will add to this climate of fear and distrust and it will force

americans to ask themselves is it worth it is standing up for my beliefs really worth the risk of being labeled a terrorist. i urge you to reject this bill make sure the limited anti-terrorism resources are used to protect national security interest in law not profits we thank you for your cooperation attendance and without objection subcommittee. on. the irony of all this eco terrorism legislation and rhetoric is that it's happening at a time when everyone says they're an environmentalist everyone who cares about the environment everyone is going green right now you know there's more public support for environmental issues than ever before and these corporations and these politicians understand this very well there is a report by the department of homeland security that talked about the threat of so-called eco terrorism one of the points that they raised in this report was that

there is a danger with the growing awareness of the current on the issues that mainstream people being becoming radicalized and not only taking a more radical belief system but also have to be on those balloons. i am married to an accountant or is currently serving a seven year sentence for arson conspiracy. he was involved in property destruction for two facilities one of them being a lumber company and one of them being a company that creates genetically modified trees. he was originally facing life in prison. it was the night of her anniversary i think and i didn't get

a call from him. which was really strange because he would have definitely called and then i called the prison to find out if anything happened and then of course they couldn't tell me anything and then later we find out he was moved she was in the process of being moved to. marion illinois it's in southern illinois and he's been moved to a unit called a communication management unit something that actually no one had ever heard about and we didn't know anything about. so these units pooled what they consider people not necessarily charged with terrorism but somehow associated with terrorism which is very vague and it could basically mean anything they want it to mean. i lived in new york for nine eleven i experienced that. for me it's a kind of. really difficult to swallow that label being put on him considering i

actually do know what. terrorism is and. someone who destroyed property. with absolutely zero intention of harming i think all human being. in my mind is not a terrorist. for president obama's pledge to close guantanamo on the secret overseas cia prisons calls are increasing for him to reexamine the treatment of prisoners detained as part of the so-called war on terror being held inside the united states with little public scrutiny the bush administration open to secretive prisons and indiana and illinois known as communication management units or c m units that are designed to severely restrict personal communication with family members the media and the outside world dozens of muslim men are still being held at the cme news as well as

other person or some clothing environmental and animal rights activists the government's provided little information about the special prison units a search on the bureau of prisons website just one document even mentioning the program only a handful of news articles have covered what's been described as a little guantanamo by some of the person hours. in april of two thousand and ten we filed a lawsuit against the bureau of prisons the attorney general eric holder. director of the bureau of prisons harley and on and other high level individuals within the bureau and we are alleging that the communications management units are unconstitutional but another part of this is really defending activists as they are charged on and challenging these new laws as unconstitutional you know the federal government is now attempting to prosecute protesters as terrorists and we need to

call attention to this mean need to argue about it in court and we also need to educate people on educate other social justice activists who maybe even next target for instance in the case of scott the youth in minneapolis minnesota the government attorney in that case actually argued before the court that scott the youth is a known and archivist therefore he is a domestic terrorist who is that not a direct he is an anarchist therefore he is a terrorist and has enough evidence of that i talked about literature that was found in his whole books but i'm a cold i mean about that remark more risen from so it's purely about beliefs and target. it does resonate with me you know my grandparents were julius and ethel rosenberg of course they were executed in the one nine hundred fifty s. for conspiracy to commit espionage that was the charge but really the trial was all about them allegedly having given the secret of the atomic bomb to the soviet union to the russians and the wall there was

a huge outcry of support from many activists across the country and internationally you know huge international movement to support them and to see clemency there were many others who we would have expected to have been involved in that battle who were afraid and it's not hard to understand why they were afraid given the climate of the times but it's you know it's a history lesson that we can't afford to repeat. we have approximately here in the f.b.i. approx three hundred seventy cases that are throughout all of our divisions and the

f.b.i. did. just killing specifically with eco terrorism. we're going to say a word to the questions that were presented. in this. case it is a. christian is it specific to the u.s. i think that it will probably go it will be international and that's why it's very important that we here in the united states within the federal bureau of investigation and sure that we work very diligently with our international partners to ensure that these types of ideologies and crimes do not occur at their home.

real source or a mistake to think that in this building just some months ago where hundred and twenty heads of state and the largest gathering outside of the u.n. building and they had they failed to deliver. a deal to stop climate change that the whole world was waiting for at the moment so we dressed up in my eyes the evening blown hired street cars bought some toy just on the internets blue lights we made some force number plates serious serious seven like james bond. on the eve of the summit's final day to activists with the group greenpeace and trumpeted a state dinner for over one hundred world leaders at the danish royal palace dressed in formal evening wear and the couple on pearl banners raiding politicians talk leaders the action came one day after two activists briefly interrupted the summit finery chanting slogans for climate justice. about.

those with power in government and the business sector why engage in mass kill clutch and mass scale and buy them include crimes and who can the absolute impunity and and get away with it. there. what we did was not something different from what we have done before but the twenty one days we got here the tension is actually the toughest sentence without trial that's anyone that greenpeace activists ever have both in europe so it's really a change i know that i will be charged with something that's possibly could give me up to or in principle could give me up to two years.

element of trying to show time. public protest trollish. direct action this is a phenomenal usually were a white from the u.k. where we've seen preventative arrest where we see if that's true potential police infiltration with the college and we went definitely happens in the us barely a country going to. see the cell is identified by the police as a key thing ones do much better so before major actions like nuclear waste transports she's under surveillance last time they arrested her before the transfigured that we tie up in the police took a risk is it legal to take preventive action on the basis of superstitions when

visiting we think the police went way too far and that the law doesn't cover such arrests so when i'm finished with its architecture that's around to always enable police to our cause innocent people i think that's a lot easier holding a template trial where i file fifteen thousand motions below ground citizens their rights to demonstrate make them be airplanes like on this condition that condition and that's how they do it that's how our basic rights are restricted up there someday they'll disappear if we don't the fandom. it takes fifteen to twenty million years for the planet to recover from a major extinction event but the planet has time we don't so this is really about

saving ourselves are we intelligent enough to save ourselves or not it's really up to the younger generations to take a stand because we're going to be left holding the bag in the end we're going to have to face the consequences of all the damage that's happened over these past centuries and. we can't wait for somebody else to do it. see. a. lot and a. bit of a. wealthy

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