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  Craig Rosebraugh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Craig Rosebraugh is an environmental activist who has been associated with the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) and the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), and who has served as a press officer for both groups.
Rosebraugh owned and operated a vegan bakery in Portland, Oregon, to which ELF and ALF members would anonymously send claims for direct action events.
Rosebraugh later resigned his position as spokesman for the organizations as a result of FBI surveillance.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Craig_Rosebraugh   (588 words)

  
 No Compromise: The Militant, Direct Action Newspaper of Animal Liberationists & Their Supporters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
CRAIG: First and foremost, I am refusing to cooperate because this is an investigation into ALF and ELF activity during the last three years, activity that I strongly support.
CRAIG: Of course the state repression that the grand jury system is a part of has as one of its motives the breaking up of successful social movements.
CRAIG: You have to first realize that one of the goals of state repression is to wear you down, to break you and to force you into submission.
www.nocompromise.org /issues/16craig.html   (1875 words)

  
 Rosebraugh
Rosebraugh is the executive chef at Calendula, as well as the owner, and until he recently hired two managers, he was working 100 hours a week--and all the while sequestering himself in a sort of political isolation ward.
Rosebraugh himself was shaping the menu and relying on his digital scale for salvation--he immediately began the weighing of scraps and monitoring of costs that he thought would save him.
Rosebraugh had contradicted himself once again: The man who'd told me, "There are no utopias" had created what he calls, in his promotional literature, "a gourmet vegan paradise." He'd labored to attain a space that was true to the chiffony vibe of that phrase.
www.animalliberationfront.com /News/2005_10/Rosebraugh.htm   (3554 words)

  
 At War With Calendula   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Craig took a principled, political stand in the face of the attacks against him from the state, refusing to testify before the grand jury, and openly defending actions against property in front of Congress.
Craig’s response was to hire a lawyer, and in conversations with community members attempting to mediate he declared he would “close the business before he would hire those workers back.” Finally, after three weeks of stonewalling from the owner, the workers went to the press.
Craig’s thousands of dollars of advertising are a great opportunity for the IWW to define itself as clearly committed to a revolutionary model that is led by workers themselves.
www.agitatorindex.org /articles/calendula.htm   (2639 words)

  
 SPLCenter.org: Up In Arms
Arissa, the revolutionary group Rosebraugh co-founded after leaving the ELF press office, is in the initial phase of a long-term plan to "spread revolutionary consciousness" in America.
Rosebraugh's book, along with an upcoming memoir of his ELF experiences, is part of Arissa's initial effort to raise money — and consciousness — for the eventual revolution.
Rosebraugh won't make much headway until he can convince progressives, most of whom still worship the gospel of Martin Luther King, that "nonviolent means of social and political change have been exhausted" in America.
www.splcenter.org /intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=389   (1030 words)

  
 FBIwitchhunt.com
Federal agents approached Rosebraugh as he sat in his vehicle and demanded he roll down his window, presumably to accept the subpoena.
Rosebraugh served as an unofficial spokesperson for the ELF from 1997 through 2001.
In February 2002, Rosebraugh was subpoenaed and appeared in front of the US Congress in a subcommittee hearing on "ecoterrorism." He pled the Fifth Amendment at the proceeding to 54 out of 56 questions, effectively stonewalling the hearing.
www.fbiwitchhunt.com /E2-15-06.html   (395 words)

  
 AR.net >> Craig Rosebraugh on the Need for Violent Political Revolution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Former Earth Liberation Front spokesman Craig Rosebraugh gave a lengthy interview to a small anarchist magazine, "The 'A' Word" which was posted to the far Left Infoshop.Org web site.
Rosebraugh: While there have been inspiring developments within the radical environmental movement, realistically the actions at least to me are only inspiring in comparison to many other ineffective and shameful strategies.
Rosebraugh: One perhaps obvious similarity is that both organizations have been considered marginal by their movements.
www.animalrights.net /archives/year/2003/000174.html   (842 words)

  
 FBIwitchhunt.com
Craig Rosebraugh has been excused from appearing at the March 16th Grand Jury in Eugene.
On Tuesday, February 14, 2006, Craig Rosebraugh received a subpoena to testify before a federal grand jury currently convened in Eugene, Oregon investigating a series of actions committed by the Earth Liberation Front.
The grand jury subpoena - the eighth Rosebraugh has received in the last nine years - commands him to appear in Eugene to testify at 9:00am on March 16, 2006 in connection with ELF activity throughout the Pacific Northwest and Colorado.
www.fbiwitchhunt.com /E3-15-06.html   (232 words)

  
 Crimes in the Name of the Environment
And between Mount Angel and Vail, Rosebraugh spoke on behalf of the ALF and ELF as operatives loosed minks in Washington and Idaho, "liberated" rabbits from an Oregon farm and burned down a slaughterhouse in Redmond and a Bureau of Land Management horse barn near Burns.
Rosebraugh is a soft-spoken, painfully thin adherent of Mahatma Gandhi and nonviolent social revolution - "Nonviolence as I define it, of course," he says.
Rosebraugh alleges that a federal agent once accosted him and told him "you're walking a very thin line," and that a federal grand jury once questioned him so aggressively that it aggravated his pericarditis, a heart condition.
www.oregonlive.com /special/series/ecocrime.ssf?/special/series/ecocrime_story2.frame   (4416 words)

  
 Violence and Protest
Rosebraugh, who began his career as an activist protesting the first Gulf War, is one of the few thinkers advocating such an approach.
Rosebraugh then publicized the actions and conducted interviews with media -- during which he disclaimed personal responsibility for the attacks -- and explained ELF's philosophy of doing economic damage to companies it saw as hurtful to the environment.
"Craig Rosebraugh is wrong," says Portland attorney Alan Graf of the local National Lawyers Guild chapter and a longtime activist.
www.propertyrightsresearch.org /violence_and_protest.htm   (1058 words)

  
 phoenixnewtimes.com | News | Fahrenheit 411   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Craig Rosebraugh is the above-ground spokesman for an underground activist group responsible for about $37 million in anti-corporate destruction.
Craig Rosebraugh insists he is not the leader; he's not even a member; he does not order elves to do their elven mischief at construction sites across the country.
Rosebraugh seems somewhat tired and annoyed at absorbing political heat for the actions of others, but says he is entirely unconcerned about their tactics.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com /issues/2001-01-11/sidebar.html   (762 words)

  
 portland imc - 2006.01.29 - Feds Are After Craig Rosebraugh Again!
It is my understanding that Craig is being subpoenaed as a material witness against the defendants in the ELF trials scheduled to being in October 2006.
Again and again, Craig Rosebraugh has proven himself to be anything but a "snitch." In the face of overwhelming repression and harassment, including an unrelenting campaign of disinformation from the dark side, he has always remained a true member of this community.
However, the risk to Craig is much the same as he had to deal with in the past grand juries - contempt of court and lengthy prison sentences for noncooperation.
portland.indymedia.org /en/2006/01/332970.shtml   (1392 words)

  
 portland imc - 2003.07.31 - The Logic of Political Violence- a spoken word cd by Craig Rosebraugh
Rosebraugh resigned his spokesperson position in 2001 after believing that more directed and extreme action was need against the political system in the United States.
Craig's research in this area is as groundbreaking as it is taboo.
When Craig speaks for revolution he isn't just asking for social change, but for a fundamental challenge to the social consiousness, and political reality of the united states.
portland.indymedia.org /en/2003/07/269052.shtml   (1215 words)

  
 portland imc - 2006.02.15 - Craig Subpoenaed to Federal Grand Jury in Eugene; ELF Investigation Continues..
Craig has consistently set an example for the rest of us regarding the way to respond to these witch hunts, and may we all watch his back now that they are coming his way again.
Rosebraugh has taken a principled stance in front of the previous grand juries and the U.S. Congress.
Craig Rosebraugh, as well as others who have been or will be called, needs our support.
portland.indymedia.org /en/2006/02/334091.shtml   (1196 words)

  
 Willamette Week Online | Print Article "Craig Rosebraugh"
For many years, Rosebraugh, 32, was the public face of both the Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation Front, a position that earned him plenty of attention from the media--and the FBI--when ELF arsonists burned down condos in Vail, Colo., and torched sport utility vehicles at a Chevy dealership in Eugene.
Rosebraugh also had a double standard in the privileges he provided for himself, says Fara Heath, a manager who left several months ago.
Rosebraugh, for his part, told the Rogue desk he is being "unfairly targeted." He also purchased an ad in WW (see page 20) saying the terminations were based on "employee misconduct" and that he has not taken a paycheck in five months.
www.wweek.com /print.php?story=5453   (785 words)

  
 On the frontlines: ELF criminals go unpunished - by John Fulton Lewis - The Heartland Institute
Craig Rosebraugh is the shadow-voice of eco-terrorism in the United States and has been for several years now.
Rosebraugh was described by one observer as being tall, skinny, and pale with head shaven.
Rosebraugh, contacted immediately by the news media after the spiking, said from his Portland, Oregon office he knew nothing of the Virginia action.
www.heartland.org /Article.cfm?artId=1077   (1348 words)

  
 2001 PIELC - Greens Look Ahead
Rosebraugh says direct action is needed because capitalism has corrupted democracy and made "state sanctioned" means of social change ineffective.
Rosebraugh says sabotage "will force the economic entities to think twice about what they are doing." The actions also create huge amounts of publicity, says Rosebraugh, citing the "hundreds if not thousands" of news stories generated by ELF actions.
Rosebraugh says the movement should take on a "security culture" and use software encryption and vigilance against infiltrators to foil FBI efforts to subvert environmentalists.
www.eugeneweekly.com /special/pielc/04.html   (1046 words)

  
 The Portland Alliance Rosebraugh support story March 2002
Craig Rosebraugh exercised his constitutional right not to respond to Congressional questioning.
But beyond the taunts were questions seeking to link Rosebraugh with ELF and other groups, creating what the subcommittee hoped would be validation of their idea that a web of interlocking boards connected "terrorist" groups with more mainstream progressive organizations - the "Ben and Jerry are terrorists" theory.
Rosebraugh did enter prior to his appearance a 12-page statement condemning the United States for engaging in terrorism and destruction of the environment.
www.theportlandalliance.org /2002/march/rosebraugh.html   (418 words)

  
 AR.net >> Craig Rosebraugh   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Craig Rosebraugh On Terrorism, Animal and Otherwise - 17 Mar 2004
Craig Rosebraugh Respond to House Subcommittee - 19 Mar 2002
Craig Rosebraugh's Written Testimony to the U.S. House - 12 Feb 2002
www.animalrights.net /faq/people/pro_ar/craig_rosebraugh.html   (362 words)

  
 05/31/00 -- Earth Liberation Front Computer Analyzed for Evidence of Vail Arson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Rosebraugh, whose computers were seized when federal agents stormed his home three months ago, says law enforcement officials are now claiming that they have recovered a number of files linking him and other radical environmentalists to the Vail arson and a rash of other "eco-terrorist" acts.
Rosebraugh is the aboveground spokesman of the Earth Liberation Front (ELF), the underground organization that claimed responsibility for setting the series of fires that ravaged the Vail ski area in the early morning hours of October 19, 1998.
Rosebraugh, the contact person for an underground movement that has taken responsibility for more than $30 million in property damage, said he has long operated under the assumption that every keystroke he makes on his computer is being monitored by the FBI.
forests.org /archive/america/elfcomps.htm   (2203 words)

  
 Activist questioned about arson
Craig Rosebraugh, who had vowed not to testify during the closed-door proceeding, said he gave jurors some answers but none that could solve the $1 million blaze.
Rosebraugh said he had no recollection of some incidents and avoided a few answers by invoking his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
Rosebraugh was summoned before the grand jury Feb. 29 to answer questions about the crimes but refused to testify.
www.oregonlive.com /news/oregonian/index.ssf?/news/oregonian/00/04/nw_51elf27.frame   (459 words)

  
 Craig Rosebraugh
Craig Rosebraugh is a failed restaurateur in Portland, Oregon.
Known for driving his Toyota 4Runner the entire four blocks to work, Rosebraugh one of two people that openly claim to have any connection to the violent Earth Liberation Front (ELF).
Rosebraugh has implied that the anti-war movement simply has not gone far enough.
www.targetofopportunity.com /craig_rosebraugh.htm   (752 words)

  
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Craig is rather a spokesperson for the North American Earth Liberation Front (ELF) from 1997-2001.
When one of the committee members made the reasonable objection that subpoenaing Craig would be a waste of time, he was accused of being "soft on terrorism".
Elaine Close, a Portland activist and partner of Craig Rosebraugh, however, points out the difference between acts of terror like those of Sept. 11th and the actions of ALF or ELF.
images.indymedia.org /imc/twincities/text/elf_spokes.txt   (695 words)

  
 Chronogram.com 2-02 CONVERSATION WITH JOEL KOVEL
Rosebraugh, who resigned as the group’s spokesperson last September, has continually denied having any knowledge of the group’s members or prior knowledge of its actions—a claim he has maintained during two grand jury appearances.
Craig Rosebraugh: I stepped down on September 5, 2001, specifically because during the last four years, I’d become a focal point in relation to the Earth Liberation Front—I’d appeared in hundreds and hundreds, if not thousands, of media stories around the world.
According to Rosebraugh’s Web site, www.protectcivilliberties.com, at the February Eco-Terrorism panel, Rosebraugh took the Fifth Amendment to all but two questions, which he answered in the affirmative—whether he was a citizen of the US and if he had submitted written testimony.
www.chronogram.com /issue/2002/03/conversation.htm   (3294 words)

  
 The American Enterprise: America's Homegrown Terrorists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Rosebraugh defends the burning of a luxury home in Boulder, Colorado on the grounds that “there is no reason…for someone to have…a multimillion-dollar home when there are people living in the same city who can’t afford proper shelter.” Do ELF and ALF expect to win new converts through terrorism?
Rosebraugh says ELF and ALF “pose no threat, and they never have posed any threat.” He claims “no one has ever been injured by the group’s many actions.” But he has encouraged others “to find a local Earth raper and make them pay….
Rosebraugh was “horrified at the slaughter of Iraqi civilians by the U.S. military” and became involved with the anti-war movement.
www.taemag.com /issues/articleid.13749/article_detail.asp   (1166 words)

  
 No Compromise: The Militant, Direct Action Newspaper of Animal Liberationists & Their Supporters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Craig has worked as a spokesperson for the ELF and for other underground organizations for the last three years (he is also known for his former work with the local Liberation Collective), receiving anonymous communiqués from the groups and distributing them and their message to the media and public nationwide.
At the time of the search, Craig was served a subpoena to testify before a federal grand jury convened in Portland to investigate multiple actions of both the Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front.
Craig appeared before the grand jury on February 29th and plead the Fifth Amendment to every question except his name.
www.nocompromise.org /issues/16portgj.html   (344 words)

  
 Craig "Critter" Marshall
Craig "Critter" Marshall calls himself an anarchist, a revolutionary, and a liberator of the Earth.
This action was done in solidarity with Josh Harper, Craig Rosebraugh, Jeffrey "Free" Luers and Craig "Critter" Marshall, Andrew Stepanian, Jeremy Parkin, and the countless other known and unknown activists who suffer persecution, interrogation, police brutality, crappy jail conditions, yet stand strong.
On January 6, 2005, Craig "Critter" Marshall was released and is now a free man. This is what Jeffrey "Free" Luers had to say about the release of Craig Marshall
www.targetofopportunity.com /craig_marshall.htm   (533 words)

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