Friday, April 18, 2008: An Earth Day Benefit for the Pacific Northwest's Old-Growth Forests and Daniel McGowan

What: Music, Food, Fun, and More
When: 8 PM, Friday, April 18th
Where: 1087 Broadway (In Brooklyn, between Dodworth and Lawton Streets, above Goodbye Blue Monday-- see below for directions)
Cost: $7-$10, Suggested Donation (this is a benefit, so please be prepared to make a donation)

Join us on Friday, April 18th for an evening of revelry to support political prisoner Daniel McGowan and the forests he fought to defend.

The evening will be filled with food, drinks (including fresh juice and spirits), music, vegan treats, a video installation, carousing, a raffle, information tables, and socializing.

Among the bands performing will be:
Your 33 Black Angels (Ol' time rock 'n roll, but this ain't Bob Segar)
Darren Deicide (Roots music to keep you moving)
Oogle Orphanage (If it was easy to describe, they wouldn't be playing it)
The Forthrights (Think Desmond Dekker Meets Toots & The Maytals, only younger)
Shit Lovin' Angels (Streetwise punk with a heart of gold)

We will also be a raffle, the prize being a hand-screened print by Borf. The print was designed and screened specifically for Daniel and is limited to a printing of 50. You can see the print at http://www.justseeds.org/other_artists/04borf.html Tickets will be available at the door.

Directions:
By Subway
Take the J train to the Kosciusko Street stop. From the station walk on Broadway toward Kosciusko Street and Dekalb Avenue (away from Kossuth Place and Patchen Avenue). About two blocks up on the left is 1087.

By Bicycle
Take the Williamsburg Bridge and continue down Broadway. Once you have crossed Lawton Street, look for 1087 on your right.

This Earth Day event is not just a benefit for Daniel, but also for groups that are fighting to save the very areas that motivated him to take action in the first place. All proceeds will be split between Daniel's education fund and the following groups that he selected:

Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center
KS Wild focuses on the exceptional wildlands of the Siskiyou Crest and the roadless areas along the Wild Rogue River. They strive to protect remaining native forests and their wild inhabitants, water and aquatic eco-systems, as well as permanently protect and restore threatened and endangered species in the region.

Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project
BMBP's mission is to increase regional and national awareness of the Blue Mountains ecosystems, to insure the protection for and reintroduction of diverse native wildlife species, to promote ecologically sound restoration, and address the root causes of ecological and community instability.

Cascadia Wildlands Project
The CWP uses a combination of education, organizing, agitation, litigation, advocacy, and collaboration to defend wild places against destructive resource extraction and promote sustainable, restoration-based forestry. CWP focuses on Cascadia-- the lush, old-growth forested region extending from Northern California the Southeastern Alaska and home to many cherished and unique plant and non-human animal species.

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PAST EVENTS

December 7-9, 2007: Green Scare events nationally
November 17, 2007: DC Event - State Repression in the Era of the War on Terrorism
October 5, 2007: DC Benefit with Defiance, Ohio, The Max Levine Ensemble and The Andalusians
Septebmer 7, 2007: Olympia WA Benefit for Imprisoned Eco-Activists
September 2, 2007: NYC Benefit Book Sale
September 1, 2007: NYC 'Back to School' Benefit
July 12, 2007: Letter writing night and discussion. Washington, DC
June 4, 2007: Support Daniel Meetup and Await Daniel's sentence. New York, NY
May 5, 2007: 2nd Annual Support Daniel McGowan Booksale. New York, NY.
March 3, 2007: Benefit show for Daniel and Jaan Laaman. Los Angeles, CA
February 22, 2007: Benefit show for Daniel: Durham, NC.
January 13, 2007: Benefit show for Daniel. Houston, TX
December 8, 2006: Benefit show for Daniel and Andy Stepanian, Brooklyn, NY
December 7, 2006: Dinner and Movies at Times Up!
December 7, 2006: Rally for Daniel, New York, NY. See pictures here and here.
December 7, 2006: Tea party for Daniel, Jersey City, NJ
December 2, 2006 Release party for World War 3 Illustrated
October 16, 2006: Benefit music show and vegan potluck in Portland, Maine
August 27, 2006: Music benefit in White Plains, NY. See photos.
August 24, 2006: Info session on Daniel's case at Vox Pop Books
July 29, 2006: Info session on Daniel's case at the Park Slope Food Coop
July 27+28, 2006: If they come for you in the morning: Art Auction for Daniel McGowan. New York, New York. View photos.
July 7, 2006: Info session on Daniel's case at Bluestockings Books
July 2, 2006: NYC Book Sale Benefit at Book Thug Nation
June 26, 2006: NYC NLG Green Scare symposium
June 13, 2006: Benefit at University of Lausanne, Switzerland
June 10, 2006: NYC: Resisting the Green Scare: film screening and discussion
May 27, 2006: Freedom Fights on Empire Street: Providence, Rhode Island
May 19, 2006: London benefit show/film screening for Daniel & Last Hours fanzine. See pictures here.
May 8, 2006: Seattle benefit show at Camp Nowhere
May 3, 2006: DC benefit with Defiance, Ohio, the April Decca & the Max Levine Ensemble Orchestra
April 28, 2006: Critical Mass afterparty/Brooklyn benefit
April 8, 2006: Belgium benefit show
March 9, 2006: NYC benefit screening of This Revolultion and The F Word
March 5, 2006: NYC Support Daniel @ St. Pat's for All Parade
February 25, 2006: Gent, Belgium benefit
February 11, 2006: NYC benefit - see pictures here
February 10, 2006: DC benefit

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Special thanks to all of you who have helped set up the events so far!

Contact FriendsofDanielMcG@yahoo.com with any questions.
www.supportdaniel.org