Bite Back is one of the only publications on Conflict Gypsy that is still operating. (Please support them by buying issues on their web site, DirectAction.info!) We’re posting the first five to give you a taste of their early years. Here’s an introduction from their publisher:
“Bite Back was formed in 2002 to give voice to activists who choose to break the law to help animals, and to feed an animal rights movement hungry for news about non-violent direct action. Our goal was to produce a magazine that was professional looking, creative and exciting.
In the years since our first issue, we’ve shipped the magazine to activists around the world, posted close to 4,000 reports of actions on our website, fought back lawsuits by some of the largest corporations in the world, and raised thousands of dollars to support animal rights prisoners of conscience.
Bite Back reports news often not found anywhere else. We hope our work is both inspirational to those who seek a more humane world, and unnerving to those who seek profit through exploitation and terror.
Bite Back is an all-volunteer organization.”
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UK ALF SG Barry Horne tribute issue. (2002, London, England.)
Although this was not a stand alone issue of the SG newsletter, we wanted to post it separately in order to highlight Barry Horne’s contributions to the liberation of animals.
Prior to his death on hunger strike, Barry had participated in many famous actions in the UK. From attempting to liberate dolphins, to raids on Park Farm, Interfauna, and Boots, and ultimately a campaign of arson attacks that resulted in his arrest, he never failed to risk his own freedom as he fought to bring it to others. This edition tells many of the stories of his time in the trenches, and the self sacrifice that led to his demise. It is essential reading for militant activists of all stripes and generations.
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