Terrorists or Freedom Fighters by Steven Best -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Page Praise for Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? Copyright Title Page Acknowledgments Dedication Contents Foreword Introducing the Animal Liberation Front Animal Liberation Front Guidelines Introduction: Behind the Mask: Uncovering the Animal Liberation Front

I. The ALF: The Newest Liberation Movement II. Direct Action and Democracy III. Origins of the ALF Migration to the US IV. Philosophy and Structure of the ALF V. The “Principled” Critique of the ALF Semantic Quagmires: Defining “Violence” and “Terrorism” Dilemmas and the Politics of Language VI. The “Pragmatic” Critique of the ALF Exploiters on the Run VII. Rifts in the Movement VIII. Against Hypocrisy IX. About This Volume Difference in Unity, Unity in Difference X. Into the Future

History

Liberation

Legitimizing Liberation At the Gates of Hell: The ALF and the Legacy of Holocaust Resistance

Exposing the Ethical Tension The Ethical Challenge of Holocaust Resistance Fighters The Ethical Challenge of the Animal Liberation Front Exposing the Methods of Destruction Holocaust Resistance, The ALF, and Direct Action Against a System of Destruction Exposing Liberation

Abolition, Liberation, Freedom. Coming to a Fur Farm Near You

Missed Opportunities Path to Liberation Let Them Read Lies The Aftermath

Mothers with Monkeywrenches: Feminist Imperatives and the ALF

ALF and Ecofeminism ALF and Anarcha~Feminism ALF and Radical Feminism ALF and Feminist Ethics

Motivation

Aquinas's Account of Anger Applied to the ALF

The Pleasure of Revenge The Expressions and Effects of Anger Kinds of Anger The Cause of Anger Identification with Others Anger and Animal Rights Activism

Direct Actions Speak Louder Than Words Touch the Earth Take No Prisoners

Perception

The “Disappearance” of Animals in Western Culture The Role of the ALF United Poultry Concerns Forum On Direct Action for Animals Undercover Investigations of Battery-Caged Hen Facilities The Drama of Open Rescue Open the Cages

From the Front Line to the Front Page—An Analysis of ALF Media Coverage

Our Little Civil War Good Press, Bad Press? Foie Gras: In the News, Off the Menus Mink: To Free or Not to Free? Should We “Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Bomb”? If Somebody Dies, Does Our Movement? ALF and Ronnie Go to Hollywood Arming the Forces for the Media Ambush

Tactics

How to Justify Violence Direct Action: Progress, Peril, or Both?

Direct Action for Animals Pros and Cons of the ALF The Nonviolent Path Lessons at Hegins Comparing Movement Strategies In the End Afterword: Where We Go From Here

Defending Agitation and the ALF

Drawing Lines and Making Choices: Which Side Are You On? Looking for Cues from Other Movements Limitations in Extrapolating from Gandhi and King to Animal Rights The Value of the ALF Blow It Up Taking Responsibility: Reflections on the Pragmatism of “Doing Time” Freedom Cannot Wait All Roads Lead to Liberation: Maintaining a United Front

Bricks And Bullhorns

The One-Two Punch When Harry Met Sally “SHAC Attack” You Scratch My Back, I'll Scratch Yours The Dreaded “T” Word Friend or Foe?

Revolutionary Process and the ALF

Terror

The Patriot Act, Title 18, and Animal Liberation ALF and the Misnomer of “Terrorist” Implications of the Patriot Act

It's War! The Escalating Battle between Activists and the Corporate-State Complex

A Specter Haunts Society: Animal and Earth Liberation Patriot Games “Shock and Awe” Attacks on Democracy Lobbying for Tyranny: The Texas Eco-Terrorism McBill Pump Up the Volume: The War of Words Will the Real Terrorists Please Shut Up? Post-Constitutional America Creeping Fascism One Struggle, One Fight

Afterword: The ALF: Who, Why, and What?

Appendices

1: My Experience with Government Harassment

Feds Cry “Terrorism” First Encounter Feds Target Visible Warriors Witch Hunts: The ALF Betrayed FBI Terrorize Family and Friends Closing In Non-Cooperation: Our Best Defense In the Crosshairs Help the Underground Resistance Stand Up For Your Rights

2: Letters from the Underground, Parts I and II

Part I: How I Came to Join the ALF Overcome the Excuses An Army of One The First Action Part II: Looking for Partners Friends and Comrades Critiquing the Action Building Trust and Solidarity

3: Defining Terrorism

Semantic Chaos The Exploitation of Language Definitional Exclusion #1: The US and State-Sponsored Terrorism Definitional Exclusion #2: Species Terrorism For the animals, every second is a 9/11 attack. What is Terrorism? I. General Definitions II. State and Political Definitions III. Definitions of “Domestic Terrorism” and “Animal Rights and Ecological Terrorism” IV. Definitions of “Bioterrorism” and “Agroterrorism”

Contact Resources

ACADEMIC ALF INFORMATION WEB LINKS MEDIA PRESS OFFICE PRISONER SUPPORT GROUPS

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