A special presentation "U.S. out of my living room: The case of Leslie James Pickering, the Earth Liberation Front Press Office, & Burning Books"

Enough Is Enough is supporting the Flying Squirrel's End Mass Incarceration in October programming with...

A People's History of the FBI film & discussion series

A special presentation "U.S. out of my living room: The case of Leslie James Pickering, the Earth Liberation Front Press Office, & Burning Books" with Leslie James Pickering!

Pickering is coming to Rochester to talk about the current ongoing FBI investigation into his work and life in Buffalo, NY.

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

7:00pm - 9:00pm

Flying Squirrel Community Space

285 Clarissa St.

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1533532383528312/

A decade after being under heavy federal surveillance for exercising free speech in support of the underground Earth Liberation Front, Leslie James Pickering discovered that his associates were being questioned by the FBI, the US Post Office is copying his incoming mail and he was put on a secret list for maximum security screening at airports. Not only that but a federal grand jury subpoena was issued for records on him, his family and his bookstore, Burning Books.

Leslie has launched an extensive legal and public campaign to resist this surveillance, which he believes is aimed to repress Burning Books and the surge of activism and awareness that the bookstore generates, as well as harass and intimidate the radical environmental movement. This multimedia presentation will open eyes to methods used by the federal government to repress activists and freedom struggles, and how they can be resisted.
Burning Books & NYC Anarchist Black Cross will have a merchandise table on hand as well.

For more information, see:
Artvoice (Buffalo's weekly): http://artvoice.com/issues/v12n14/week_in_review/usa_vs_pickering
Buffalo News (Buffalo's daily): http://www.buffalonews.com/20130501/bookstore_owner_singled_out_for_his_radical_past.html
New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/us/monitoring-of-snail-mail.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

Enough Is Enough will meet from 6:15pm - 7:00pm.