You can see much about how the prison system screws people over and it's incompetence! There's a lot here about the criminal justice system if that is of interest to the reader and there is a sense of prison life in the book. Handing out leaflets can now get you a few years and certain liberation activities which cause economic harm to abusers get sentences far greater than sex offenders and murderers. Compare that to now where animal liberation activity is treated as the same as those who commit mass murder 'terrorism'. In the 1970's and 80's there was still a sense that lawbreakers were acting in the best interest of others and that there was a moral argument to the actions. You can see a clear change in perspective of the police and courts over the decades. Much is made of crime and punishment in this book.
It's remarkable how we go around bombing Muslim countries to 'protect our way of life and freedom' whilst the state has become ever more increasing draconian.
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If anything the grip on free speech has identified. Don't ever let anyone tell you we have a free press. I distinctly remember how Green Anarchist and the ALF press office were hounded for incitement.
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The GANDALF trial is covered and this is an area I would have preferred to see more content on. A hunger strike is always a problematic issue and I did not agree with Mann and his assertions. Again, as a tactic it could be argued that Horne's hunger strike was limited in saving the lives of any animals although it did so indirectly due to it's energising of the movement in solidarity. There's extensive coverage of Barry Horne's hunger strikes. I do understand that no matter how many safeguards are put in place once something is torched there is always a risk to life. Much is made in the media about tactics such as the use if incendiaries and shady activity such as grave robbing. Taking a wider scope and it's clear that many people have died as a result of drugs rushed to market based on exceptionally shady animal research findings. However the people who contribute to the suffering of animals have taken the lives of animal liberationists. Not one person has ever died as a result of an action by an animal liberationist.
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Anyone who has ever been on a demo knows full well how quick the police are to dish out a beating. Anyone who has ever sabbed a hunt knows full well the aggression of the hunt community. Even if one takes a speciesist argument and disregards the suffering and deaths of millions of innocent, individual, intelligent creatures every year the violence against the movement far outweighs that dished out. Much is made of the 'violence' of the ALF. Indeed every significant piece of legislation that has benefitted the many has been fought for. Whilst not everyone will agree with the tactics of the ALF and others involved in the movement (and indeed - those within the movement will disagree at times over tactics) one thing that is made clear is that nothing has ever been achieved by writing a letter to an MP. It's astounding how many of these campaigns succeeded and the variety of tactics used. I remember many of these campaigns well - Shamrock Monkeys, Consort Beagles, Regal Rabbits, Huntingdon Life Sciences, Hillgrove Cats are all here. In the 1990's campaigns were targeted against specific firms. Campaigns against the meat industry and vivisection industry are covered.
In terms of the history of the movement every significant campaign and action of the animal rights movement is covered from the early days of hunt sabotage (to it's eventual demise), the campaign against the fur trade (although this has made a comeback the work of the animal liberation movement in the 1980's did a sterling job of largely eradicating this vile practice). On top of all this you have Mann's clear and well defined views on the treatment of animals and how we can lead a more compassionate life. The book is also an account of the British prison system. The book is not also a history of the Animal Liberation Front in the UK and further afield, it is also a biography of the author and also a scathing attack on the State's attack on political protest. An absolutely superb book covering the history of the animal liberation movement in Britain.
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