Category: Call to Action

Max Mara has been a target by anti fur activists for decades, but has truly seen a relentless campaign against them over the past couple of years. Only two months ago there was yet another push to contact Max Mara and ask them to join competitors on signing a fur free policy, which was ignored.

Next weekend, Max Mara is the target of a global weekend of action. Folks are asked to use whatever means they deem logical in order to send a clear message that Max Mara will lose money for as long as they continue torturing animals for their fur.

Many local grassroots groups will be organising their own demos throughout the weekend, but remember that you have the agency to organise yourself too.

Here is a link that shows all Max Mara retail locations worldwide: 

https://world.maxmara.com/store-locator

And here is another link with some other locations not necessarily related to retail:

https://www.maxmarafashiongroup.com/places?lang=en

If by any chance you don’t have any Max Mara locations nearby, here are a few brands owned by Max Mara Group that you might have nearby, just make sure you make the message clear:

https://www.maxmarafashiongroup.com/brands?lang=en

ALL AGAINST THE FUR INDUSTRY!!!!!

received anonymously via email:

Photo unrelated, fishing barn sabotage in 2020.

ENGLISH (translation):

“Call to sabotage fishing.

The murder of fishes, commonly called “fishing”, is the murder activity more normalised by the human. So normalised in fact that it isn’t a standard point of attack by the antispeciesist movement. Those animals are chased, trapped and with the pleasure of any serial killer, tortured until death asphyxiating and suffering for a long time.

Usually fishes are some of the less cared for animals and people give very little value to their life and existence. We don’t believe it is needed to explain in detail the amount of suffering fishes are forced into, or why we should respect their existence, and instead we just want to call to action.

We believe in direct action for animal liberation, both violent and non violent, and inspired by the hunt sabotage and its incredible efficacy, we have decided to call all antispeciesists around the world to sabotage fishing and to create a front of resistance where there is none yet, so that we can keep pushing the fight against the abuse of animals in every possible angle.

We call for:

– the liberation of fish that have been trapped (and all other sea life)
– to try and stop all fishing acts by diverse tactics
– to try and make fishing more difficult if stopping it is impossible
– to attack or scare fisher people
– to cause as much economical damage to fishing equipment.
– to share the message against fishing.

The call to action is simply to try and stop the murder and if they actually manage to do it, for it to not be as easy as it currently is. Slowly with this we create a reality where subjugating animals is dangerous for all the animal murderers.

We don’t limit ourselves to fishing sabotage, but we believe fishing should be a target equally as important as any other animal abuse. The chances of sabotage are as vast as our imagination and will is and it would be beautiful to read about actions.

Go fishing saboteurs! “

SPANISH (original):

“Propuesta para saboteadorxs de la pesca

El asesinato de peces, encubiertamente llamado “pesca”, es la actividad de asesinato más normalizada practicada por humanos promedio. Tan normalizada, que no es parte de un punto de ataque por parte del movimiento. Estos animales son acechados, atrapados y con la saña de cualquier asesino en serie, torturados hasta la muerte en una asfixia que será de una larga agonía.

Usualmente lxs peces son de lxs animales que menos consideración se tiene de su vida y existencia. No consideramos necesario explicar en este ámbito con detalle el sometimiento al que son sometidxs lxs peces, o porque deberíamos respetar sus existencias, sino intentamos dar un panorama general de nuestra intención.

Creemos en una lucha por la liberación animal de acción directa tanto violenta como no violenta, e Inspiradxs en el saboteo de la caza y la sorprendente eficacia que posee esta práctica, decidimos convocar a antiespecistas de todo el mundo a sumarse al saboteo de la pesca y así generar un frente de resistencia donde no lo hay, y de esta forma seguir avanzando en la lucha contra sometimientos de animales, desde todos lados posibles:

Hacemos un llamado a:

• tratar de salvar o liberar los peces atrapados y la vida marina en general
• tratar de detener actos de pesca mediante diversas tácticas
• entorpecerla la pesca de no ser posible detenerla
• atacar o atemorizar a los pescadores
• generarles el mayor daño posible a sus objetos de asesinato y pertenencias
• difundir el mensaje en contra de la pesca

El llamado es básicamente evitar de que asesinen y si lo hacen que no les sea tan fácil como lo es, a su vez creando paso a paso un frente que construya una realidad en la que someter animales sea peligroso para lxs asesinxs de animales.

No pretendemos limitarnos a atacar solamente el asesinato de peces, sino que la pesca forme parte de los tantos objetivos que tenemos contra el sometimiento de animales. las posibilidades de sabotaje son tan amplias como nuestra voluntad y creatividad, seria hermoso enterarnos e inspirarnos con todo tipo de ideas llevadas a la práctica.

Adelante saboteadorxs de la pesca!”

WHEN: 15th April
WHERE: Worldwide
WHAT: Fightback against the annihilation of Palestine
MORE INFO: a15action.com

For decades the zionist project has murdered with impunity. SinceOctober 7th, people globally have woken up to the reality of a genocide in Palestine of which the west is not only complicit, but willing to fund and manipulate to its own benefit. Since early October, at least 33,000 people have been murdered in Gaza. 13,000 of those, children.

Whilst demonstrations and boycott campaigns have shown that the people are unwilling to put up with genocide, it is not enough. The west profits from this war. Capitalist enterprises benefit from this war, and when the resistance stands against the murder of Palestinians, like Yemen has done, they will be bombed by the west to “protect trade connections”. We all profit from their murder, and it is on us to put our bodies on the line.

On April 15th, a global network of people will act in affinity and block and attack the economic system that upholds the murder of Palestinians. There are actions organised in every single continent and organising teams have agreed to show solidarity between actions and groups (regardless of the tactics used!0, to not coordinate or communicate with the police and to debrief internally instead of publicly after the action. If you want to be involved, you can visit www.a15action.com to read more information or to find your nearest organising team’s email address to coordinate with them.

If you do not wish to be part of an organised action, remember that PalAction published a great manual on underground direct action called Palestine Underground as well as the release of www.elbitsites.uk/map which hosts Elbit and secondary businesses related to Elbit, who manufacture weapons systems used to murder people in Palestine. Sadly the website only maps UK based locations, but the manual should be of use for everybody.



It seems like PalAction’s website is struggling a tad, but we have managed to find the Palestine Underground Manual though their archive links:

https://web.archive.org/web/20240309164651/https://www.palestineaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Pal_Manual_2.pdf

The time is now to chose to either be accomplices against the murder machine, or complicit in genocide. 



FIGHT BACK!

This summer the network Take Concrete Action is going for the forestry capital. A mass direct action will take place in Gävle, in so called Sweden, 15-19 June. 

“We’re a mixed group of climate activists from Sweden who are tired of politicians and their inability to take the climate crisis seriously.

We refuse to remain passive – we’re taking action, and YOU can be a part of it!

Join us in Gävle this summer for the raddest climate camp in sweden’s history, in tandem with an even radder mass action!”

More info at,

– takeconcreteaction.info (as for now only in Swedish) 

– IG: https://www.instagram.com/takeconcreteaction (some info in English)

– FB: https://www.facebook.com/takeconcreteaction (some info in English)

Support at,

– Firefund: https://www.firefund.net/tca (in English)

WHAT: Mass protest camp for climate justice.
WHEN: 8th-13th August 2024.
WHERE: UK

Reclaim the Power has sent us a call to join their action camp in august this year fighting back against Drax, a company chopping woods and burning trees under the disguise of bio fuel who is also the single largest carbon emitter in the UK. Read their words below:

“Reclaim the Power Action Camp 8-13th August

Reclaim the Power is back this summer with a mass protest camp for climate justice. As a decade old direct action network we will welcome new faces and old to a mass action camp targeting Drax – the biggest emitter in the UK, the world’s biggest burner of trees and a key driver of environmental racism.

Join hundreds (hopefully thousands) of others from across the country and further afield for six days of workshops, communal living and action to fight the greenwashing eco-genocide of Drax. We will be camping from the 8-13th of August and attendance is entirely free, supported by donations.

Interested? Sign onto the mailing list here https://actionnetwork.org/forms/rtp24

Want to help organise with us? Come to the next gathering – a two day space to make decisions, get to know people and learn new skills. Gatherings are for everyone: new faces and those around since the Drax train hijack of 2008.

There will be a crash space, childcare, cheap and vegan food, and it will be wheelchair accessible.

Our next gathering will be on the 24th and 25th of February in York.

Sign up and find out more here: https://reclaimthepower.org.uk/news/york-gathering/

We can’t wait to see you all!!”

WHAT: Mass action against Swedish forestry industry.
WHEN: Summer 2024
WHERE: Gävle Sweden.

Take Concrete Action (TCA) is a network of autonomous radicals in so called Sweden. Two years ago TCA did a successful blockade against the concrete factory Cementa, on Gotland. This summer TCA is going for the forestry capital, with a mass direct action in Gävle. (Date is TBA)

“What lobby organizations, easily bought politicians and dubious scientists call a forest is not the same as what most of us think of when we hear the word. It’s not a bushy, messy, busy place. They are gigantic plantations. Since the end of the nineties, both the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Swedish forestry companies have been using a definition of forest that even includes clear-cut forests (where all tress are literally cut down). An incestuous relationship exists between Swedish authorities, the forest industry and research.

The PR image that the forestry and pulp industry have managed to establish on their business is total fiction – pulp fiction.

Our network have spent some time studying, writing about and taking action in questions about forestry. In the summer of 2024 we will arrange a climate camp in Gävle, with aim at the pulp industry, together with both old and new comrades… Conscious consumption choices are not enough, we have to change the whole shit.. Join!”

Read more at,

– takeconcreteaction.info (as for now only in Swedish)

– IG: https://www.instagram.com/takeconcreteaction

– FB: https://www.facebook.com/takeconcreteaction

Support,

– Firefund: https://www.firefund.net/tca

Melbourne Hunt Sabs is asking for support on the local hunt’s opening meet day. If you are near, go shout at some scum!

“For the first time, we are asking for community and supporter presence at our first hunt sabotage without our founding sab, Liam.

This is going to be a big one. We are determined to not let their abuse of power mean they can get away with hunting illegally. Are you annoyed at the hunt? Want to stand with Melbourne Hunt Saboteurs?

Come and show your support for all Saboteurs as we reintroduce ourselves to the hunt at Barwon Hunt Club’s official “Welcoming hunt” on July 8th.

This will be a protest out the front of the property that they use their illegal hunting methods on (of which they are inviting to teach others including children how to be cruel to animals)

This will take place on July 8th @10am right out front of Mt Hesse estate, which is on Mt hesse Rd in Eurack. We will have flags set up for you to spot us!

Bring snacks, bring chairs, bring yourselves! its going to be a big day!
Make some noise with us!!!”

From June 24th to July 1st in Atlanta Georgia, USA, a week of action will begin to head-off the Weelaunee Summer.

Come for the week.
Stay for the summer.

Previous weeks of action have been bristling and bursting with energy, excitement, and activity. The following week after these, when large numbers of people that were there for the week leaves, there has consistently been what’s called a “week of repression.” During that time the police do raids and the empire strikes back in retaliation. The energy and pressure from a long hot Weelaunee summer could resist their attempts at repression.

Remember that solidarity can be felt from around the world, maybe join from wherever you are, drop a banner, send smopke signals, whatever you fancy!

On April 1st the Weelaunee forest being protected against the building of Cop City began being clear-cut and the destruction of the forest is moving forward. There has been calls for action, calls of solidarity, and calls for protest.

As a multi-faceted campaign, folks can expect to see a variety of tactics being used to fight back against the destruction of the forest. What folks SHOULDN’T do is wait to see those tactics in action.

The destruction of the Atlanta forest is a worldwide attack with consequences that will be shown in every aspect of our life. The first step towards increasing the effects of climate change in the areas surounding the forest isn’t the only problem. The problem stems from their capability to destroy in order to build even more oppressive tools that will be used to train cops who will be let lose to murder more people. The problem is letting the police build their mock city is allowing them to justify the murder of Tortuguita for an even greater evil.

Wherever you are, whatever your preferred methods are, fight back. Don’t wait for others to show you how. Don’t expect others to fight for you. If you are far, you can send solidarity via smoke signals, or via banner drops. Remember that subsidiaries and businesses involved in the destruction of the forest have locations all around the world. If you are near, you can demo, you can blockade, you can chew the machine that destroys the woods. It is on you, on us, to win the fight.

Follow Defend The Atlanta Forest on instagram, twitter, and mastodon for updates.

Visit scenes.noblogs.org

THE WILD FIGHTS BACK!

Shut Down T&S Rabbits has been throwing blow after blow to T&S Rabbits, a fur farming enterprise in the UK that uses a loophole in the fur farming prohibition laws to exploit rabbits and sell their skin for huge profits.

The campaign launched a few months ago and they’ve shut down multiple planning applications in multiple locations, closed down one of their farms and is now tackling the last standing farm owned by the company using pressure campaigning as their main tool to success.

They have published a new website that exposes businesses associated with T&S as well as addresses from everybody involved. They have a page where they’ve published all the undercover footage they have gathered during the campaign, and a week ago they announced a week of action against T&S Rabbits.

From UA, we want to support their fight against the rabbit farm and we are joining their call. From wherever you are in the world, you can join the week of action (8th to 14th of August). If you do not have targets nearby to organise a demo, do a banner drop, or maybe go protest outside your nearest fur shop in solidarity with the campaign!

If you take action in solidarity, contact Shut Down T&S Rabbits through their socials or email so they hear about your actions. Find all the info here:

https://shutdowntnsrabbits.farm

There are many tactics that people can use, and the only way to win the fight is to try them all. What will you do to help those rabbits?

SOLIDARITY IS OUR BIGGEST WEAPON!