The Camden 28: EWOK! Movie Screening on May 24th
Join us for a potluck and screening of The Camden 28 on Sunday, May 24th. All proceeds benefit recent anti-NAFTA superhighway arrestees in Indiana.
When: Sunday, May 24, 4:00 pm
Where: Mayday Books, 301 Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis
Cost: $5-15 suggested donation (no one turned away for lack of funds)
About the movie: How far would you go to stop a war? The Camden 28 recalls a 1971 raid on a Camden, N.J., draft board office by “Catholic Left” activists protesting the Vietnam War and its effects on urban America. Arrested on site in a clearly planned sting, the protesters included four Catholic priests, a Lutheran minister, and 23 others. Read the rest of this entry »
Anti-I-69 Activists Arrested, Bail Money Needed
Additional details are contained in the statement below but, in short, two anti-I-69 activist were unexpectedly arrested on Friday April 24th, are facing serious charges, and $30,000 is needed to bond them out. For more info, to download the arrest warrants, and to DONATE, go to http://mostlyeverything.net or email freetigaandhugh(a)mostlyeverything.net. Read the rest of this entry »
April 23: Evan Greer plays benefit for CRASS and EWOK
CRASS AND EWOK! BENEFIT SHOW
Thursday April 23rd
7:00pm in Kagin Commons
Macalester College
1600 Grand Ave. St. Paul, MN 55105
Join us for a concert by Evan Greer (MA) of Riotfolk! collective and ShugE from Anti-Civ records (and possibly others) for the Community RNC Arresstee
Support Structure and Earth Warriors are OK! Read the rest of this entry »
Apr 19: Lecture and Reception with Ramona Africa
Repression and Resistance, Then and Now
Lecture and Reception with
Ramona Africa of the MOVE Organization
April 19, 2009
2:00 p.m.
Hallie Q Brown/Martin Luther King Community Center
270 N Kent Street, St. Paul
Flyer here.
Ramona Africa is international spokesperson for the MOVE organization, a revolutionary back-to-nature organization whose main belief is in life. This organization has experienced violent repression at the hands of the government, with nine members– known as the MOVE 9– incarcerated for a crime it is obvious they did not commit. In 1985, Philadelphia police dropped a military-grade bomb on MOVE headquarters, killing six adults and five children. Ramona is the only adult survivor of that attack.
Ramona will speak about the nature of political repression and resistance as experienced by members of the MOVE family, including Mumia Abu-Jamal, and how these threads run to the prosecution of the RNC 8 and others. A reception will follow.
Rhinelander Sentencings
According to various news sources, Bryan Lefey (aka Bryan Rivera) and Katherine Christianson have both been sentenced for their roles in a 2000 ELF action at a US Forest Service research facility in Rhinelander, WI. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb 26: Letter Writing with Peter Young
Join EWOK! for an exciting prisoner letter writing night (and potluck!) featuring…
former Political Prisoner, Peter Young!
When: 6:30 pm, Thursday, February 26, 2009
Where: Mayday Books, 301 Cedar Ave, Mpls
What: an evening of food and letter writing to prisoners with formerly imprisoned animal liberationist Peter Young. Peter will be available for discussion, input and guidance on writing to prisoners, and generally good company.
Free of charge, kids welcome.
Flyer here.
January EWOK Movie Showing
This month’s EWOK! movie night is the classic cannibalistic comedy, Delicatessen. Dinner will be a potluck of cannibal-themed food (bring your own concoction!), along with soilent green stew, brains (which strangely resemble pasta), and bloody chocolate cupcakes, provided by the folks in EWOK!
When: Thursday, Jan 29, 6:30 pm
Where: Mayday Books, 301 Cedar Ave S, Mpls
It’s a benefit for eco-prisoners, so a donation of $5-15 is requested, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Bryan Rivera and Katherine Christianson Take Pleas
Aaron Ellringer sentenced to four days in jail
Below is a newspiece from an Eau Claire, WI paper, regarding the sentencing of cooperating Rhinelander defendant Aaron Ellringer. If you have any information regarding the plea agreements and sentencing of either of the remaining defendants- Katherine Christianson and Bryan Rivera aka Bryan “Rat Dog” Lefey- please contact EWOK! by emailing fightthegreenscare@riseup.net.
*Note that this and many news articles refer to a nonexistent fourth co-defendant because of the multiple names Bryan Riverahas gone by.
Co-op store owner sentenced to four days in jail
By Kevin Murphy, Special to the Leader-Telegram, 12/30/2008 11:22:01 PM
MADISON – An Eau Claire man will spend four days in jail for trespassing at a U.S. Forest Service facility near Rhinelander while the people he drove there damaged research projects and equipment valued at $500,000. On July 19, 2000, Aaron Ellringer drove four people at their request to a research facility, where they damaged 500 trees and vandalized vehicles. Read the rest of this entry »
Dec 7: Solidarity Born of Love
Join EWOK! for a special event on the 3rd anniversary of the Green Scare…
What: “Solidarity Born of Love”: a panel on political prosecution and incarceration, from the perspective of family and friends
Who: Jenny Esquivel, partner of Green Scare prisoner Eric McDavid
Aaron Zellhoefer, of SHAC 7 prisoner Kevin Kjonaas’ support committee
Fred Peterson, husband of political prisoner Sara Jane Olsen
Leslie James Pickering, former ELF spokesperson
Help us publicize this event! Downloadable flyer here. Two-sided version for quarter-sheets here.
