Earth Liberation Front Burns Another Home On Long Island
Latest In A String Of Actions Against Urban Sprawl
Communique
December 19, 2000
Greetings from the front,
The Earth Liberation Front claims responsibility for
the torching of a luxury home under construction in Miller Place, Long Island
on December 19th. Anti-urban sprawl messages were spraypainted on the walls,
then accelerants were poured over the house and lighted. Let there be no
mistake that this was a non-violent action and the house was searched for any
living thing before being set alight. This is the latest in a string of
actions in the war against urban sprawl. Urban sprawl not only destroys the
forest and green spaces of our planet, but also leads directly to added runoff
of pollutants into our waterways, increased traffic that causes congestion and
air pollution, and a less pleasing landscape. Our earth is being murdered by
greedy corporate and personal interests. The rape of Earth puts everyone's
life at risk due to global warming, ozone depletion, toxic chemicals, etc.
Unregulated population growth is also a direct product of urban sprawl. There
are over 6 billion people on this planet of which almost a third are either
starving or living in poverty. Building homes for the wealthy should not even
be a priority.
Forests, farms, and wetlands are being replaced with a sea of houses, green
chemical lawns, blacktop, and roadkill.. Farmland is being bought out by land
developers because of their inability to compete with cheap corporate,
genetically-engineered, pesticide saturated food. The time has come to decide
what is more important: The planet and the health of its population or the
profits of those who destroy it. The purpose of sloganeering is not self
righteous posturing as has been reported, but a direct warning to the Earth's
oppressors. Apparently, Long Islands growing smog and cancerous water is not a
good enough warning to those directly responsible for it. The site of this
recent action was warned twice of impending actions with the monkeywrenching of
several vehicles and spraypainted messages. Its time for the people of Long
Island to put their foot down and no longer passively tolerate our islands
rape. It is time for Nassua and Suffolk County Police to realize we are but the
symptoms of a corrupt society on the brink of ecological collapse. Law
enforcement should be directing their time and resources towards the real
terrorists. Those who commit murder and theft upon our populace daily. Big
business is the enemy of the people, yet most people remain blind of it due to
the massive propaganda and the power they wield. Every major media outlet on
Long Island is in their pockets. The time for action is upon us. We are
watching.
Earth Liberation Front
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