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"Green Scare" Defendants The term "Green Scare," alluding to the Red Scare of the 1940s and ’50s, refers to legal and extralegal actions taken by the U.S. government against environmental and animal rights activists. Like the Red Scare, the Green Scare uses new laws and new arms of the state to harshly punish a few individuals in order to repress an entire movement. In December 2005, government agents carried out a nationwide sweep of arrests, charging fourteen individuals with actions claimed by the Earth Liberation Front and/or Animal Liberation Front in the Northwestern U.S. dating back to the mid-90's. The actions include a 1997 fire that destroyed a horse slaughterhouse in Oregon (the plant was not rebuilt), and fires that destroyed pens and chutes at Bureau of Land Management wild horse holding compounds in Oregon, Wyoming and California (horses were also freed during the actions). Despite no injury caused to any living being, a judge determined that some of the arsons constituted "terrorism" under Federal Sentencing Guidelines. In November 2006, Nathan Block, Daniel McGowan, Jonathan Paul and Joyanna Zacher entered non-cooperation plea agreements in which they accepted responsibility for their own roles in environmentally-motivated property crimes, but did not agree to provide information or testify against anyone now or in the future. Unfortunately, other individuals admitted guilt after their arrests and proceeded to provide information to the government. In order to receive reduced sentences, these individuals agreed to cooperate with the state in ongoing investigations against the environmental and animal rights movements. Those individuals are not listed here. -------------------------------------- Nathan Block Joyanna Zacher In May 2012, Joyanna Zacher ("Sadie") and Nathan Block ("Exile") were released from prison and will complete their sentences at a halfway house. In June
2007, Sadie and Exile were sentenced to 7 years and 8 months imprisonment each. For more information,
please contact their support campaign: solidaritywithsadieandexile@gmail.com. Daniel McGowan In June 2007, Daniel
McGowan was sentenced to seven years in prison. Learn more about Daniel
at the following websites: www.SupportDaniel.org, www.facebook.com/supportdanielmcgowan Jonathan
Paul Jonathan
Paul was sentenced to 51 months. He began his sentence in October
2007. Jonathan said as he reported to prison, "This is way bigger
than us, this is for the animals and the planet, we will never suffer
as much as they do." Rebecca Rubin #2013001108 Rebecca turned herself in to U.S. authorities in November 2012. She has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and arson charges. -------------------------------------- Justin Solondz #98291-011 In early 2009, Justin Solondz was arrested in China on local charges, more than three years after he was indicted on arson and conspiracy charges related to actions in the U.S. claimed by the ELF/ALF. In July 2011, Justin was taken into federal custody upon his expulsion from China, after completing a prison sentence. In March 2012, Justin was sentenced to seven years in prison. |
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