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Date Posted: Tuesday, December 06, 0:14:42
Author: Danielle Ni Dhighe
Subject: IRSCNA: Support Chris McIntosh!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

5 December 2005
Irish Republican Socialist Committees of North America

Support Chris McIntosh!

On behalf of the Irish Republican Socialist Movement, the Irish
Republican Socialist Committees of North America issue the following
statement in support of Chris McIntosh, an anarchist and
environmentalist whom the US government charged with an arson attack
on a McDonald's Restaurant in Seattle, Washington, USA, an action that
was jointly claimed by the Animal Liberation Front and the Earth
Liberation Front.

Despite there being only some property damage to an empty restaurant,
the US government initially charged him with terrorist offenses with a
penalty of a minimum thirty year sentence in a federal prison. Those
charges were based on the testimony of two known police informers.
Faced with that, Chris pled guilty to lesser charges with a penalty of
eight to ten years. Sentencing will take place on December 16th in a
federal court in Seattle.

Chris is a vegan and recently undertook a hunger strike to protest
against the federal detention center inadequately providing for his
dietary needs. He called off the hunger strike after five days under
threat of being force fed by detention center staff.

We believe that his case highlights the fact that under capitalism
crimes against private property are considered more serious than
crimes against people, especially when there is a political motive.
Even an eight to ten year sentence is more than many pedophiles,
rapists, or killers receive. The initial charges of terrorism would be
farcical were there not such serious penalties attached to them.

Despite no person ever being harmed in an ALF or ELF attack, the US
government considers them as big of a threat as al-Qaida, which shows
how seriously skewed the government's priorities are.

In conclusion, we send our solidarity to Chris McIntosh and his
supporters, and we condemn the US federal and state governments for
their heavy handed treatment of Chris and other activists like Jeff
"Free" Luers (who received a twenty-two year sentence for a property
crime where no person was harmed). We stand with these activists in
condemning a system where property and profit come before people and
the environment. We urge everyone reading this to lend their support
to Chris McIntosh as a political prisoner.

Further information about Chris can be found online at:
<a rel=nofollow target=_blank href="http://www.supportchris.org/">http://www.supportchris.org/</a>

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Irish Republican Socialist Committees of North America
PO Box 8266
Austin TX 78713-8266
USA
irscna@irsm.org
<a rel=nofollow target=_blank href="http://www.irscna.org/">http://www.irscna.org/</a>
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