Joseph Dibee, former international fugitive and supporter of the Earth Liberation and the Animal Liberation Fronts, got a shorter sentence than his co-defendants, raising questions about how the federal government prosecutes what it considers acts of domestic terrorism

He fled to Cuba among other interesting places.

  • TerminalEncounter [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Reminder that the people who released medflies as an act of agricultural sabotage in order to stop the use of a certain pesticide have: 1) never been caught or punished and 2) accomplished their stated goals and ensured a better environment. Direct action gets the goods.

    • emizeko [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      curious what's the causal mechanism there? how did medfly infestation stop the pesticide

      • 420LetPobedy [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_California_medfly_attack

        In 1989, a sudden invasion of Mediterranean fruit flies (Ceratitis capitata, "medflies") appeared in California and began devastating crops. Scientists were puzzled and said that the sudden appearance of the insects "defies logic", and some speculated "biological terrorists" were responsible.[1] Analysis suggested that an outside hand played a role in the dense infestation.[2][3][citation needed]

        A person or group calling itself "The Breeders"(lol) took responsibility for the bioterrorist attack,[4] as financial retaliation for the environmental damage caused by the state's Malathion aerial spraying; the group's members were never identified.[citation needed] Subsequently, three months after "The Breeders" announced the medfly release, the state ended its decade-long Malathion program and sought alternate ways to handle destructive insects.[4]