What:
Skin Trade Movie & AETA Victim Fundraiser
When:
Saturday 2009 Aug 08, 1 – 9 pm
Where:
Auditorium of the St Stephens Church in Washington DC
1525 Newton St. NW,
Washington D.C.
(at the intersection of 16th and Newton Streets, NW )
Closest Metro Stop:
Columbia Heights, Green Line
( about a 7 minute walk away ):
Event URL:
http://www.openthecages.org/
Open the Cages Alliance (OTCA) is presenting a Benefit for the AETA Victims and Skin Trade, the new documentary about the fur industry and activists who tirelessly fight for animal rights.
In recent months, there have been arrests of activists that speak up on behalf of animals. In California, there have been 4 individuals arrested under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) for organizing and attending legal demonstrations against animal testing.
Please come and enjoy great vegan food, root beer keg, great music, activist workshops and informative speakers:
* Shannon Keith, animal liberation attorney and filmmaker of Behind the Mask and Skin Trade.
* Will Potter, award-winning independent journalist who focuses on how the “War on Terrorism” affects civil liberties and is the creator of Green is the New Red website.
* Darius Fullmer, former political prisoner sentenced to 1 year in prison as part of the SHAC 7 case.
* Camille Hankins, Press Officer for the N. American Animal Liberation Press Office and co-founder of Win Animal Rights (WAR)
The following musicians will also be performing
* Mobius Strip
* Ryan Harvey
I will not be supporting these individuals.
As I understand it, the “legal demonstrations” of which they are accused involved threatening and harassing researchers and their families in their homes. I’ll admit I’m not familiar with all the legal issues involved, but in my mind, this sort of thing is most definitely unethical, and not something that I think sensible people should condone.
If there’s some dispute over the facts of the case, then I hope their lawyers can sort it out, but they won’t be doing so with my money.