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Political Prisoner Benefit Show for Marie Mason

10/18/2009 20:00

Political Prisoner Benefit Show for Marie Mason

Sunday October 18th
Bedlam Theater
1501 S. 6th St. Mpls
8pm All Ages

with BROADCAST LIVE (NY)
EVAN GREER (MA)
JUNKYARD EMPIRE
E.G. BAILEY
GUANTE
BARTON STINK
Suggested $5-10 donation

Crucifixion of Marie Mason zine

Here is a link to the zine format of the article Between Orwell and McCarthy: the Crucifixion of Marie Mason by Henry Reed from Fifth Estate that has an “about marie” and “about the green scare” on the inside from cover and instructions for writing to marie on the back cover.  Another zine that will include her poems and drawings is in the works.

For reading on the computer:

Announcing BAMF! Productionz

Announcing BAMF! Productionz

BAMF! Productionz is a brand spanking new zine collective out of the twin cities.  Zines will be posted at http://bamfproductionz.wordpress.com/ upon completion

Current Projects:

Bash Back! Fan Zine (due date May 2009)

Marie Mason Support Zine (due date May 2009)

send in submissions yo!

Will Potter: "Don't turn your back on the fear"

About 90 people came to Cowles Auditorium on the University of Minnesota's West Bank last Thursday to hear journalist and activist Will Potter speak about the "Green Scare" and the use of terrorism laws to silence political activists. Potter is an independent journalist who authors GreenIsTheNewRed.com and earlier in the day spoke at William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul.

Potter was introduced by Dallas Rising of the Animal Rights Coalition, who told of how her organization was targeted in a terrorism investigation last year by the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office. The organization only found out about the investigation after being contacted by a Pioneer Press reporter, she said, and the "investigation" as she knew it mostly consisted of pages from the ARC website, including a nonviolence pledge and articles about animal abuse. The targeting of such groups shows that state and corporate interests "are trying to destroy the entire animal rights and environmental movement," not just underground groups, said Potter.

Related Video: Will Potter on the Green Scare and RNC 8

Marie Mason Sentenced to 22 Years

http://supportmariemason.org/

Marie Mason received a 262 month sentence (a little under 22 years) today. She was also ordered to pay $4+ million in restitution.

The prosecution had asked for 20 years and agreed not to appeal if the sentence was at least 15.

Mason’s lawyer John Minock had argued that, compared to the other Green Scare cases in Oregon, “a non-disparate sentence would be less than 10 years.”

Mason’s sentence is the longest given to any Green Scare defendant to date.

A court report will be posted soon.

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