Comments on: Bond Money Needed For Earth First! Power Plant Blockaders http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/02/19/bond-money-needed-for-earth-first-power-plant-blockaders/ Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:22:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Ft Lauderdale Ed http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/02/19/bond-money-needed-for-earth-first-power-plant-blockaders/#comment-79457 Ft Lauderdale Ed Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:52:22 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=4341#comment-79457 Thank you for this. Posts such as these are a big part of why I return to this website. It's exciting to be given the opportunity to participate in a protest that I truly believe in...even though I was unable to actually be there. I will most certainly donate to the cause, with what I can of course. Unfortunately, those individuals do not stand a chance in court, facing something of this magnitude with only a public defender. I feel it is important to offer what I can in order for those brave people to be properly represented in court. All too often, cases like this usually result in average citizens being pitted against conglomerate corporations. And without something more than a public defender, its usually quire obvious who will be victorious...and before the trial even starts. Thanks again for this and I will most definitely be contributing! Thank you for this. Posts such as these are a big part of why I return to this website. It’s exciting to be given the opportunity to participate in a protest that I truly believe in…even though I was unable to actually be there. I will most certainly donate to the cause, with what I can of course. Unfortunately, those individuals do not stand a chance in court, facing something of this magnitude with only a public defender. I feel it is important to offer what I can in order for those brave people to be properly represented in court. All too often, cases like this usually result in average citizens being pitted against conglomerate corporations. And without something more than a public defender, its usually quire obvious who will be victorious…and before the trial even starts. Thanks again for this and I will most definitely be contributing!

]]> By: The Understory » Everglades Earth Firsters Receive Jail Sentences over Power Plant Blockade http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/02/19/bond-money-needed-for-earth-first-power-plant-blockaders/#comment-70666 The Understory » Everglades Earth Firsters Receive Jail Sentences over Power Plant Blockade Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:26:24 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=4341#comment-70666 [...] Last year, over 25 Earth First! activists were arrested after taking confrontational action to protect the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge which sits 1000 ft from the power plant site and to protect the larger Everglades system. [...] [...] Last year, over 25 Earth First! activists were arrested after taking confrontational action to protect the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge which sits 1000 ft from the power plant site and to protect the larger Everglades system. [...]

]]> By: Everglades Earth Firsters Receive Jail Sentences over Power Plant Blockade « It’s Getting Hot In Here http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/02/19/bond-money-needed-for-earth-first-power-plant-blockaders/#comment-70664 Everglades Earth Firsters Receive Jail Sentences over Power Plant Blockade « It’s Getting Hot In Here Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:05:35 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=4341#comment-70664 [...] Last year, over 25 Earth First! activists were arrested after taking confrontational action to protect the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge which sits 1000 ft from the power plant site and to protect the larger Everglades system. [...] [...] Last year, over 25 Earth First! activists were arrested after taking confrontational action to protect the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge which sits 1000 ft from the power plant site and to protect the larger Everglades system. [...]

]]> By: marty http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/02/19/bond-money-needed-for-earth-first-power-plant-blockaders/#comment-61175 marty Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:59:58 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=4341#comment-61175 congrats on a great action! looking forward to some serious fossil foolery on april 1st anyone hit up al gore for some funds yet? i seem to remember him promoting this type of bold action... seriously, theres got to be less than 4 degrees of separation between anyone who's reading this and the big man... congrats on a great action!
looking forward to some serious fossil foolery on april 1st

anyone hit up al gore for some funds yet?
i seem to remember him promoting this type of bold action…
seriously, theres got to be less than 4 degrees of separation between anyone who’s reading this and the big man…

]]> By: PBEC http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/02/19/bond-money-needed-for-earth-first-power-plant-blockaders/#comment-61162 PBEC Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:12:30 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=4341#comment-61162 Thursday, February 21, 2008 Activists Free! By daybreak on Wednesday February 20, all 26 activists arrested at the FPL power plant construction site blockade had been released from jail. Nine were released on their own recognizance, while the other 17 had to post bond ranging from $250 to $1250 each. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE BOND FUND! The total bond cost was $13,350, with Earth First! covering $11,200 of those costs. Most of this money was fronted by a generous individual, and we need to pay them back immediately! So far we have raised $7541.82 including contributions from the arrestees, meaning we need another $3658.18! Please spread the word. For corporate media accounts of the Earth First! gathering or anti-FPL action, check out http://www.furl.net/member/EvergladesEarthFirst Thursday, February 21, 2008
Activists Free!

By daybreak on Wednesday February 20, all 26 activists arrested at the FPL power plant construction site blockade had been released from jail. Nine were released on their own recognizance, while the other 17 had to post bond ranging from $250 to $1250 each.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE BOND FUND!

The total bond cost was $13,350, with Earth First! covering $11,200 of those costs. Most of this money was fronted by a generous individual, and we need to pay them back immediately! So far we have raised $7541.82 including contributions from the arrestees, meaning we need another $3658.18! Please spread the word.

For corporate media accounts of the Earth First! gathering or anti-FPL action, check out http://www.furl.net/member/EvergladesEarthFirst

]]> By: mountaingirl http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/02/19/bond-money-needed-for-earth-first-power-plant-blockaders/#comment-61140 mountaingirl Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:40:45 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=4341#comment-61140 eye <3 EF! you gals and guys kick major FPL butt! keep it up. eye <3 EF! you gals and guys kick major FPL butt! keep it up.

]]> By: willie http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/02/19/bond-money-needed-for-earth-first-power-plant-blockaders/#comment-61139 willie Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:01:11 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=4341#comment-61139 friends, this action was awesome. It felt good to be directly disrupting business as usual for fossil fuels and their complicit government cronies. It felt good to be with so many other people who identify with the core principles of Earth First!: Deep Ecology, Direct Action and No Compromise! Clean energy campaigns, efficiency, LEED building and all these things are great, but for real y'all - if we're really going to stop these industries in their tracks we can't be making requests. We've got to get in their face, get in their way and shut them down ourselves. I hope this is the beginning of a sharp increase in the number of actions like this. We simply will not win without a heavy direct action element. I suggest everyone look up Rising Tide's resources for Fossil Fools Day and prepare yourselves to turn the heat up! Drop out and lock yourself to something people! People over profit! Earth First! willie friends, this action was awesome. It felt good to be directly disrupting business as usual for fossil fuels and their complicit government cronies. It felt good to be with so many other people who identify with the core principles of Earth First!: Deep Ecology, Direct Action and No Compromise! Clean energy campaigns, efficiency, LEED building and all these things are great, but for real y’all – if we’re really going to stop these industries in their tracks we can’t be making requests. We’ve got to get in their face, get in their way and shut them down ourselves. I hope this is the beginning of a sharp increase in the number of actions like this. We simply will not win without a heavy direct action element.

I suggest everyone look up Rising Tide’s resources for Fossil Fools Day and prepare yourselves to turn the heat up!

Drop out and lock yourself to something people!

People over profit! Earth First!

willie

]]> By: Amy Ortiz http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/02/19/bond-money-needed-for-earth-first-power-plant-blockaders/#comment-61134 Amy Ortiz Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:02:53 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=4341#comment-61134 Hey y'all, I'd love to see the youth climate movement help these awesome folks out. If you can donate anything it will be most appreciated. Solidarity! Hey y’all, I’d love to see the youth climate movement help these awesome folks out. If you can donate anything it will be most appreciated. Solidarity!

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