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FBI arrests effective activists
On September 12th Josh Connole, a known environmentalist and peace activist, was arrested by the FBI. The FBI is accusing Josh of being involved with the arson and vandalism of SUV dealerships in West Covina CA, resulting in over a million dollars of damages. The FBI is charging the WRONG man! Although they have no evidence connecting Josh to this incident, the FBI, along with the ATF, had been following him for several weeks. After his arrest, the FBI turned their attention to his home, the Regenerative Cooperative, also home to 14 other co-op members, and surrounded the house for hours while waiting for state and federal warrants to search the co-op. After a grueling and dehumanizing wait, Regen V was searched by the FBI and ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms) while residents stood out on the streets watching their home being torn apart throughout the night. Among items seized were over half a dozen computers; most of Regen’s residents are students from the Claremont colleges, CalPoly Pomona, and Cal State Fullerton. Regen V is a Cooperative that promotes environmental sustainability and community.
Just like the false arrest and imprisonment of Sherman Austin, the FBI are at it again. Their continued frustration and ineffectiveness at finding the truth has them grabbing at straws and arresting the wrong people. Anyone who critisizes the corporate power structure and is effective at getting this message across like Sherman and Josh are suspect of violence. Sherman and Josh were outspoken and logical in their arguments against the destructive corporate power structure. Perhaps this is why the FBI sees them as a threat..
"FREE JOSH CONNOLE!
RE: FEDS RAID SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE STUDENTS
The word Fascism harkens from an extreme worship of the " fasces", a bundle of sticks, carried by special officers as the symbol of Roman state power.
Abuse of state power occurs often, in small measure; when it is institutionalized and overweening, Liberty weeps, and Freedom withers. It is not only the values and hopes of those afflicted by the excesses, it is the vast influence of example, which smothers and destroys in all of us the joys of personal expression and freedom of speech, that which makes life worth living.
On Sept. 12 and 13, the awful face of the future was revealed. The broad exercise of unjustified power brought tears to Liberty, and to the gentle people who live in two houses in Pomona, students mostly, who devote their lives to leaving a light footprint on the environment. People who eschew hypocracy, people who try to live in accordance with their beliefs--the Regen Coop, http://www.Regen.org
These "Regens" are the folks who volunteer for community service, who will help you if your car is stalled, who will listen to your troubles and who pick up after themselves.
Folks who, in four years, have never lost a dollar through theft -- until the FBI descended upon them under false pretenses. In a modest-income area, the first raiders and destroyers of the peace in this caring environment were State forces of what is misleadingly called "law and order".
In this case, the FBI was the only disturber of the peace.
Liberty, and the gentle Regens, were left weeping."
"FREE JOSH CONNOLE!
RE: FEDS RAID SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE STUDENTS
The word Fascism harkens from an extreme worship of the " fasces", a bundle of sticks, carried by special officers as the symbol of Roman state power.
Abuse of state power occurs often, in small measure; when it is institutionalized and overweening, Liberty weeps, and Freedom withers. It is not only the values and hopes of those afflicted by the excesses, it is the vast influence of example, which smothers and destroys in all of us the joys of personal expression and freedom of speech, that which makes life worth living.
On Sept. 12 and 13, the awful face of the future was revealed. The broad exercise of unjustified power brought tears to Liberty, and to the gentle people who live in two houses in Pomona, students mostly, who devote their lives to leaving a light footprint on the environment. People who eschew hypocracy, people who try to live in accordance with their beliefs--the Regen Coop, http://www.Regen.org
These "Regens" are the folks who volunteer for community service, who will help you if your car is stalled, who will listen to your troubles and who pick up after themselves.
Folks who, in four years, have never lost a dollar through theft -- until the FBI descended upon them under false pretenses. In a modest-income area, the first raiders and destroyers of the peace in this caring environment were State forces of what is misleadingly called "law and order".
In this case, the FBI was the only disturber of the peace.
Liberty, and the gentle Regens, were left weeping."
For more information:
http://regen.org/
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FBI arrests effective activists
Mon, Sep 22, 2003 1:06PM
scary
Sat, Sep 20, 2003 6:39PM
Which is ir?
Sat, Sep 20, 2003 9:20AM
?
Fri, Sep 19, 2003 9:33PM
Liver Damage
Fri, Sep 19, 2003 9:09PM
Re:
Fri, Sep 19, 2003 8:24PM
SUVs are a major part of the problem
Fri, Sep 19, 2003 7:54PM
so
Fri, Sep 19, 2003 7:17PM
Your changing the topic
Fri, Sep 19, 2003 6:39PM
Simple solution...
Fri, Sep 19, 2003 10:47AM
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