Earth Liberation Front, ELF, Topples 2 Everett WA Radio Towers

by alia_d | September 4, 2009 at 01:37 pm

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The Earth Liberation Front toppled two radio station towers in Everett, Washington during the early morning of September 4 because of health and environmental concerns. The ecoterrorist group left its initials, ELF, on a sign at the scene of the attack and an Earth Liberation Front spokesman, Jason Crawford, acknowledged responsibility via an email to a newspaper.

The two radio stations towers were toppled by the Earth Liberation Front using heavy equipment. Neighbors saw the towers being attacked by a bulldozer and called 911 at 3:30am.

The towers belong to KRKO, a local family-owned radio station. The two transmission towers that were attacked by ELF had been built so that KRKO could reach a larger audience in the Seattle-Tacoma; however, planning the tower's construction resulted in years of debate because of environmental concerns.

KRKO's plans to increase its transmission capacity have been embroiled for more than a decade in appeals and litigation over issues ranging from trumpeter swan habitat to potential health hazards to humans.

In addition to expressing concern for health and environmental issues, the ELF toppled the towers in reaction to the radio station's plans to build two new towers in Snohomish County on a a different transmission frequency. On August 14, a local judge upheld the radio station's right to build the towers, even though a hearing examiner had earlier denied them a permit due to concerns that the radio signals of the new towers might be harmful to humans.

"We have to weigh our priorities, and the local ecosystem in Everett, along with the local residents, do not need additional sports news radio station towers that come at the expense of reduced property values and harmful radio waves," ELF press office spokesman Jason Crawford said in an e-mail. " [...] When all legal channels of opposition have been exhausted, concerned citizens have to take action into their own hands to protect life and the planet."

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Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke

at 16:11 on September 4th, 2009

I think that's called anarchy. Good Post.

Uwe Paschen

at 17:01 on September 4th, 2009

There is a serious or rather to take serious movement towards Eco-Terrorism or as other may call it the "Earth defence" and "Natures Army" The "Sea Wolfs" or the "Good Shepherds", there is also the "Sea Shepherd" that some conceder an Eco-Terrorist.

Some of the most radicals groups or members of those groups are willing to declare war on Humanity and if necessary commit Genocide in order to save the Earth and all species other then Humans.

I would not call them Anarchist nor Terrorist, they are a new form of Geo, Eco Political movements that is growing fast and should be taken serious and listen.

For now we can still reason with most of them and work out compromises, however soon they will be more dangerous then any conventional terrorist if you will.

This mainly due to the fact that they count with in their ranks a large number of Scientist and Ecologist that know how to cause maximum damage to Humans.

They do not use guns nor Nuclear bombs, but Bio weapons and those can not be controlled by any Government.

I meet with some of them and debated the issue and moral implications and they see the survival of the Earth and all species as most important even if that may demand the elimination of Humanity it self.

Many of them believe that Humans are the main threat to Nature and since Nature does not seem to be able to defend it self they believe that they have to help as warriors for Nature against their own kind.

I certainly do not take them lightly and believe they wont go away nor can they be contained or controlled unless there are doubt with on an intellectual level and a acceptable plan is worked out to meet some of their demands.

Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke

at 17:20 on September 4th, 2009

Anarchy (from Greek: ἀναρχία anarchía, "without ruler") may refer to any of the following:

"No rulership or enforced authority."
"Absence of government; a state of lawlessness due to the absence or inefficiency of the supreme power; political disorder."
"A social state in which there is no governing person or group of persons, but each individual has absolute liberty (without the implication of disorder)."
"Absence or non-recognition of authority and order in any given sphere."

From what I read about the ELF, it would appear to me that their modus operandi exactly fits the definition of anarchy.

Everyone needs to have a bandwagon. They do it without leader or any direction. I guess somebody had to organize the bulldozer though to take down those towers.

In any case, in a civilized society we do have a rule of law and to take matters in their own hands, no matter how passionate they are about their case, results in anarchy where every dog is for himself.

Uwe Paschen

at 17:35 on September 4th, 2009

I am aware what Anarchy means ACP, there are not Anarchist for the most part. They are structured and organised with a chain of command.

There are some uncontrollable elements in there as you may find every where.

In fact some of those groups have more of Democratic sense then most of our Democratic governments do.

ELF is in support and agreement with those actions and backs their members in every way they can. They are not lone rangers other then a few exception with in that movement....

Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke

at 17:53 on September 4th, 2009

If an organization takes the law in their own hands, as they did with the towers in Everett Washington, they operate outside the law. Just because one may agree with what they stand for, one does not need to agree with them operating outside of the law. There is another post on this topic by the same author and it seems to indicate that they are leaderless.

Part of the problem on this planet is in fact humans. There is a population crisis, for limited resources. Does that mean we start killing off humans to solve the problem, or do we find a solution to curb population through education?

As far as governments go, we get the government we deserve, especially in Western democracies. Those people are our chosen representatives and we should engage them in a respectful way to make them accountable. Taking matters in our own hands is not the solution I;m looking for. I don.t condone lawlessness to make a point.

I like to think that I'm a good shephard of my share of the environment and maybe we need to do it one person at a time.

Uwe Paschen

at 20:16 on September 4th, 2009

I do not disagree with you ACP, however, the White Rose in NAZI Germany where called Anarchist as well as Terrorist by the Government of the time, Same for George Washington and his followers, Those where Anarchist at first and then Terrorist and finally they where Revolutionaries and Freedom fighters.

The point being, those people believe in their cause and believe that Society and Government are abusive and destructive of the Environment and have to be stopped at all cost.

Not much different then the White Rose... It is not as simple at it may seem nor can we categorise this in the traditional good and evil or right and wrong.

Ask your self this question, What is more important the Good of all or the good of one single Human? Is the here and now more important that the future of Humanity and live it self?

Humanity does need to be stopped since it can not regulate it self. As I was a Student in Chemistry in the Early 80s Two of my Professors lectured us that we better hope for a devastating illness that would decimate Humanity down to half a billion or we would be faced with in a generation with either wars and environmental catastrophes or we would be forced to generate the worth genocide of Humans in the our history in order to allow for humanity to survive and for the earth to recover.

I am aware we still have many that live in total or partial denial, so did most people in WWII and this not only in Germany and Japan.

Nevertheless, this time around it is far more serious then WWII.

Maybe, it is time for another specie to take over? We certainly have failed to use our intellectual abilities and let our self's still be driven by primal instincts rather then logic.

jbaumgartner136 (not verified)

at 12:13 on September 5th, 2009

ELF are a bunch of cowards if they can't show their faces in a Town Hall and talk about their problems. Abertacowpoke is correct, ELF is a form of Anarchy. Let me guess, next they are going to go around destroying nuclear power because THEY think it's evil? The world is not going to live how ELF wants them to. And nuclear power is one of the cleanest form of energy around, it is just a matter of finding place to get rid of the CONTAINABLE waste. Unlike coal or oil that spits it out into the atmosphere.