October 5, 1999 from MA Infoshop News Kiosk

EARTH LIBERATION FRONT CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR SABOTAGE ON HIGHWAY 55 CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- In a communiqué received Monday, October 4th, the Earth Liberation Front (E.L.F) claimed responsibility for two separate incidents of economic sabotage (property damage) against C.S. McRossan Inc., a company currently involved in building a portion of the reroute of Highway 55.

The E.L.F is responsible for the burning of Vail Associates last winter in Vail, CO. Eco-terrorists Vail Associates were attempting to expand operations at the expense of the Lynx, an endangered species. The E.L.F. inflicted over $12 million in damages on Vail Associates main ski lodge.

According to the communiqué, the ELF claims to have damaged conveyor belts and machinery at C S McRossan's office located in Maple Grove, Minnesota on Monday, September 27. The second incident happened in the early morning of Sunday, October 3. The ELF claims to have poured sand into machines and cut hoses and wires on three machines located at the Highway 55 construction site in South Minneapolis.

This is the type of action that is necessary to end the abuses of a government no longer responsible to the people and destroying the very fabric of life at biological and social levels in favor of corporate profit and elite privilege. This ongoing genocide will not be tolerated. The E.L.F. has opened the tool box, peered inside, and taken out the right tools for the job. Indigenous people and indigenous species should no longer suffer for the extravagant lifestyles of the few. We hope to see more of this in the future.

Communiqué

Greetings from the Earth Liberation Front.

we are claiming responsibility for the second attack upon C S McRossan's machinery. In the early morning hours of Sun Oct 3, the ELF entered the construction site on highway 55 in Minneapolis where the company is working. Machines that were found with accessible holes had sand poured into the oil, the draining of them. Three machines had hoses and wires cut before the elves escaped into the night. This follows an attack earlier in the week on Mon Sept 27 when a visit was paid to CS McRossan's offices in Maple Grove, where we slashed conveyor belts and damaged machinery. We see highway 55 as symbolic of the larger system that is strangling us of our air and water. The NAFTA superhighway and the roads into the forests are all a symptom of the sick capitalist system that puts profits before people or ecosystems. As long as the trees continue to fall, so will the profits made of this project. This is just the beginning of a new level of battling against highway 55 and car culture. We urge the elves of MN and the world to unite against the profit hauling infrastructures around the globe. Target machines, offices , and equipment used to build roads. We are everywhere and we are watching. We will be back.

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