The AETA is being used for the first time since its passage by Congress in 2006 to do exactly what civil rights advocates feared it would do – criminalize activities protected by the First Amendment of the U.S.
At the main entrance to UC Santa Cruz, faculty members held a demonstration in support of their colleagues who were targeted with firebombs on August 2nd.
Peter Young, an animal liberation activist and former Green Scare prisoner, spoke in Santa Cruz before a screening of "Behind the Mask" at a benefit for the SHAC 7.
The parking lot and trees are slated to be replaced by a highly-controversial Biomedical Sciences building, the first project under the University’s plan to develop 120 acres of forest in order to accommodate 4,500 new students by 2020.
Early in the morning of November 7th, activists opposed to UC Santa Cruz's Long Range Development Plan launched a tree-sit in redwoods near Science Hill.
Activists were able to outreach to almost everyone in attendance. Most people were very receptive to learning about the lifestyles and living conditions of circus animals.