Operation Backfire: a Survival Guide for Environmental and Animal Rights Activists is a useful resource offered by the National Lawyers Guild. This pocket-sized booklet describes how environmental and animal rights activists have been targeted by the government and branded as the top threat to domestic security. Operation Backfire discusses new federal legislation written to allow environmental and animal rights activists to be charged as terrorists. It also provides information on recent prosecutions under these laws.
Subjects covered include:
* handling encounters with the police and FBI in various situations;
* suggestions for how to respond when questioned or presented with a warrant;
* information about your rights when asked for identification or a DNA sample;
* a discussion of grand juries, subpoenas, and FBI attempts to turn activists into informants.
To request free copies of Operation Backfire, call the National Lawyers Guild office at (212) 679-5100.
Or click to download the .pdf version: Operation Backfire: a Survival Guide for Environmental and Animal Rights Activists
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