Archive for June, 2008

12
Jun

Daniel McGowen transferred, possible Grand Jury subpoena

By vegankid 0 Comments
Categories: prisoners

I received an update from Friends and Family of Daniel McGowan. Over the past month, Daniel has been moved from facility to facility, making it nearly impossible to stay in contact with him. I suggest you visit supportdaniel.org and sign up for their email updates… and be sure to make a donation. Here is the update:

It’s 10 pm on the east coast and a few hours ago we finally heard fromDaniel. He called from the Columbia County Jail in Portage, Wisconsin. Daniel was woken up at 4 am and on a plane en route from Oklahoma City to Chicago by 6 am. Daniel and his supporters presumed he was going to Marion, Illinois, but once he landed in Chicago, he was put in a van and driven to Madison, Wisconsin. From there he was driven to Portage. Along the way, Daniel asked if he was being transferred based on facing new charges, and the marshal flatly told him no. Daniel then asked if he was facing a Grand Jury subpoena. The marshal would not come right out and say yes, but he hinted at it and at one point said, “good guess.”

If Daniel is called before a grand jury, he will not testify and is concerned about being held in civil contempt and imprisoned at the
Columbia County Jail, where the time he serves will not count against his 7 year sentence.

At this point, neither Daniel nor his attorney have received a subpoena or any other paperwork to indicate that he will be appearing before a grand jury, but it’s what he is preparing for and what folks would be best served to see as a possibility.

Over the past month, Daniel has been in transfer. And while the time he has served thus far has been without incident and even though he received a good team review before being yanked from FCI Sandstone, he tells us that he has been put in Segregated Housing Units (”The Hole”) and treated differently for the duration of this transfer, all due to the application of the “Terrorism Enhancement.”

For now, it is important to keep Daniel connected to the communities he is a part of. Please write to him and let him know we’re out here for him*.

For now, Daniel’s address is:
Daniel McGowan
Columbia County Jail
403 Jackson Street
Portage, Wisconsin 53901

Daniel wanted us to emphasize how important your support has been thus far and how truly appreciative he is.

Family and Friends of Daniel McGowan
*For guidelines on writing to Daniel, go to
http://www.supportdaniel.org/news/#Anchor-49575
For more information, please visit
http://supportdaniel.org or
http://myspace.com/danielmcgowan

04
Jun

AMC and new blog

By vegankid 3 Comments
Categories: random thoughts

I know that i told a few of you out there that i wasn’t going to go to the AMC due to lack of funds, but my friends Joe and Sparky over at Microcosm Publishing informed me that they are kidnapping me and taking me away to the Allied Squeakers Conference (yes, we know the conference is no longer in Bowling Green, but we still stop at Squeakers on our way to Detroit and our way back). I’m looking forward to hanging out with some fellow bloggers (mala, if you are reading, did i read that you are going? if so, we need to hang out).

speaking of blogging, things in the world of the vegan have changed over the past couple months. I’m getting back to my posi-kid self and i just got high-speed internet at home (yup, you can finally get high-speed internet in the middle of nowhere). I’ve been secretly talking with others (not anyone that reads this blog, and not using this pseudonym) about whether or not it makes since for me to continue blogging. I decided it does. A few things are going to change, though. For example, i’m giving up the half-assed anonymity. I’m going to be blogging using my for real name. That means i’m going to be moving away from this blog. Its time for vegankid to grow up. Don’t worry, i’ll always be a kid at heart. In fact, i even started a new blog a few days ago. I’m not going to reveal anything about it until i have a few more posts up and get some of the details finished, but it is a blog dedicated solely to my illustrations… mostly by daily sketch journal. That blog will always remain separate from my other, yet to be announced, blog that will be far more overtly political. That’s all i’m going to share for now. If you have any ideas for either blog, i would love to hear them.

And, of course, i’ve been blogging along using my for real name over at the Deep Roots: Animal Rights Blog. But, admittedly, i haven’t been putting as much into that blog as i would like to. We just got a second blogger over there, though, and she also wants to start blogging about the interconnections of struggle and getting more into the bigger picture things (instead of lazy updates and second-hand blogging).

Ok, that’s it for now. Stay tuned for more updates.

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