Marie Mason is a 46 year old mother of two. She is an avid community gardener, a musician, a writer, an Earth First! organizer, a volunteer for a free herbal healthcare collective and one of America's growing population of political prisoners. Granted, Marie's is an extreme instance of the miscarriage of justice and judicial heebie-jeebies. On March 10, 2008 Marie was arrested by federal agents. She has been charged with involvement with a December,1999 arson at a Michigan State University genetics laboratory at Agriculture Hall and a January, 2000 arson of logging equipment in Mesick, Michigan. Both arsons were claimed by the Earth Liberation Front.
The burning of MSU’s Agriculture Hall was the first time arson had been used to further the cause against genetic engineering (GE) in the US. Furthermore, it was the first time the ELF had taken credit for any GE-related action. Mainstream media played pathos and claimed the act deprived starving children of genetically modified glop. But MSU’s research was funded by the US government and corporations like Monsanto, which then dump the GMO surplus on developing nations destroying indigenous economies and guaranteeing that recipient economies remain permanently indebted to the IMF and WTO. In recent years resistance to GE crops and seeds is on the rise. Agribusiness still sells significant risks to human health, cultural identity, biological diversity and ecological integrity. Agribusiness still kills. And agribusiness has the money to move policy and politicians into 'compromising positions'.
Write to Marie:
Marie Mason #04672-061
Federal Correctional Institution
P.O. Box 1731
Waseca, MN 56093
Write to the new warden and ask - politely! - for Marie to be provided with vegan meals.
Warden EnglishFCI Waseca
Federal Correctional Institution
PO Box 1731
Waseca, MN 66093
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