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Presence of Malice: UK Activists v. Lee Hall

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Jason Miller

To conclude, as I could go on (and on, and on), but this is quite enough time to spend on one animal rights book, we are not to blame for our own oppression, our opponents are, and “Capers in the Churchyard” lies by omission and relies on media and police propaganda. Activists on the ground need to be free to make their own decisions about how they act. It is not the right of someone sitting at home or in an office to pontificate over activists on a peaceful demonstration who defend themselves against a violent attack.

Lynn Sawyer

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Joan Court was a midwife in India in the 40s and pioneered birth control in Pakistan. She then practiced in the United States before working for child protection in the NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) in the UK. She became an animal rights activist in 1978 and continues to campaign against all cruelty.

Janet Tomlinson is a long-time animal rights activist living in England.

Lynn Sawyer is an animal rights/environmental activist who has been involved in the SHAC, SPEAK, SNGP, and SSAT (Stop Sequani Animal Testing) anti-vivisection campaigns, along with sabbing hunts and anti-fur demos. She became a vegan and an animal rights activist after being a hunt supporter and farm worker. She is also a practicing midwife and a main contributor to the NETCU (National Extremism Tactical Coordination Unit) Watch website which critiques oppressive policing.

Dr. Steve Best is TPC’s senior editor of total liberation and animal rights. Associate professor of philosophy at UTEP, award-winning writer, noted speaker, public intellectual, and seasoned activist, Steven Best engages the issues of the day such as animal rights, ecological crisis, biotechnology, liberation politics, terrorism, mass media, globalization, and capitalist domination. Best has published 10 books, over 100 articles and reviews, spoken in over a dozen countries, interviewed with media throughout the world, appeared in numerous documentaries, and was voted by VegNews as one of the nations “25 Most Fascinating Vegetarians.” He has come under fire for his uncompromising advocacy of “total liberation” (humans, animals, and the earth) and has been banned from the UK for the power of his thoughts. From the US to Norway, from Sweden to France, from Germany to South Africa, Best shows what philosophy means in a world in crisis.

Jason Miller, Senior Editor and Founder of TPC, is a tenacious forty something straight edge vegan activist who lives in Kansas and who has a boundless passion for animal liberation and anti-capitalism. Addicted to reading and learning, he is mostly an autodidact, but he studied liberal arts and philosophy at the University of Missouri Kansas City. In early 2005, he founded the radical blog Thomas Paine’s Corner and is now the Senior Blog Editor and Blog Director for the Transformative Studies Institute. An accomplished, prolific essayist on social and political issues, his writings have appeared on hundreds of alternative media websites over the last few years.

Additional Resources:

“The Truth About Gladys Hammond”
http://netcu.wordpress.com/2009/03/02/netcu-watch-the-truth-about-gladys-hammond/

Save the Newchurch Guinea Pigs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNGP

Save the Newchurch Guinea Pigs Campaign Film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DONT2Aucgs

Cruelty Footage: Inside HLS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpZ-j5OU6rQ

“Response to Reporting on SHAC Sentencing”
http://netcu.wordpress.com/2009/01/26/response-to-reporting-on-shac-sentencing/

“Thoughts on media hysteria post SHAC trial”
http://netcu.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/thoughts-on-media-hysteria-post-shac-trial/

“SHAC Interviewed: Greg Avery Speaks Out”
http://www.abolitionist-online.com/interview_shac-interviewed.shtml

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