Bush Administration attempting to shut down Greenpeace

[denny]

In a move unprecedented in U.S. history, John Ashcroft's Justice Department has indicted an entire organization – Greenpeace! -- for the peaceful protest activities of its members.

For years, we have been working to halt environmental destruction and human rights abuses by criminal enterprises in Brazil's Amazon rainforest. In April 2002, miles off the coast of Florida, two Greenpeace activists boarded a ship that was carrying wood illegally exported from the Brazilian Amazon. Their goal was to hang a banner that said "President Bush: Stop Illegal Logging."

But instead of intercepting the contraband and prosecuting the smugglers, the federal government has charged Greenpeace with crimes for boarding the ship. This case poses a serious threat to citizens' right to free speech and to engage in peaceful dissent. A trial is currently scheduled for December.

http://www.greenpeaceusa.org/bin/view.fpl/8154/article/853.html

(yoinked from wechsler)

Comments

Re: hey

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

The screened comment is my first ever blog-comment-spam, so I'm saving it for posterity.

Re: hey

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't bother, everyone's getting them today.

Re: hey

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

Well, it's my first one, so I'm all happy about it :)

They actually bollixed up their link, which amused me... and they wouldn't get any google-juice from my journal anyway, it's robot-blocked.

Re: hey

[wechsler.livejournal.com]

Google have probably delisted them already

[lzz.livejournal.com]

Argh! Any suggestions for who I can write to to express my disgust at this? (Or any more effective tactics?)

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

As it's the americans, I'm not sure how much we can do except point and grimace. The Greenpeace site would be the place to look for suggested action though, I'd say.