A rare judicial victory was achieved in February as forest defense activist Jefrey “Free” Luers’ 23-year prison sentence for eco-sabotage was overturned by the Oregon Court of Appeals.
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Sentence for Jeffrey “Free” Luers is Reversed
by Friends of Jeffrey Free Luers
Fifth Estate # 375, Spring 2007
Jeff “Free” Luers Freed!
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 382, Spring, 2010
Since the punitive government witch hunt of the Green Scare has commenced, we usually have only apprehensions, snitching, and sentencing on which to report. But, this time it’s good news!
Dispatch from ‘Free’
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 368-369, Spring-Summer, 2005
In June 2001, 23-year-old forest defense activist Jeffrey “Free” Luers was sentenced to 22 years and 8 months in prison for a Eugene, Oregon arson. Free and his co-defendant Critter set fire to three Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV’s) at a …
Brief reviews
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 359, Winter, 2002-2003
Free Free Now a review of Let’s Get Free: a zine about Jeff “Free” Luers: Earth Defender, Anarchist, and Political Prisoner 11×17, 28 pages. Order for $5 (postage paid) from Break the Chains (checks made out to “Howl For …
America as Prison
by Jeff "Free" Luers
Fifth Estate # 364, Spring, 2004
Recently, I was talking politics and revolution with a friend and she said to me the last thing we need is 19-year-old boys fighting a revolution. I think she was referring to me at 19. Sure enough, I don’t feel …
This is what Anarchy Looks Like
by Sunfrog (Andy "Sunfrog" Smith)
Fifth Estate # 364, Spring, 2004
The forces of capital have once again called upon their storm troopers and talking heads to physically and symbolically crush the growing, global anti-capitalist movement. In the United States, building from the tragic embarrassment of September 11 and overreacting to …
June 11th
by Panagiotis Tsolkas
Fifth Estate # 397, Winter, 2017
June 11 brought activists and revolutionaries from across the country together with former prisoners and family members of prisoners for a weekend gathering in Washington, D.C. for a “Convergence Against Toxic Prisons.”
The New McCarthyism
by KK Vega
Fifth Estate # 370, Fall 2005
Anarchist anthropologist David Graeber’s recent purge from Yale University—coming hot on the heels of the trial-by-media of Native American radical Ward Churchill—is one of many recent attacks on radical professors that have shaken the supposedly safe zone of the ostensibly …
Voices from the Inside
by Mike of South Chicago ABC
Fifth Estate # 372, Spring 2006
The two publications to the right [in the print edition] and dozens more anarchist, feminist, abolitionist and prisoner zines are available from: South Chicago ABC Zine Distro, P.O. Box 721, Homewood, IL 60430; write for a catalog.
The ELF/ALF Arrests
by H. Read
Fifth Estate # 372, Spring 2006
On December 7, the sudden arrest of six individuals rocked the activist community. All were accused of arsons claimed by the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) and/or Animal Liberation Front (ALF). Since then, the cases have taken many twists and turns: …