Title: Massasauga EF! Supports Arson Attempt
Date: November 2003
Source: Earth First! Journal, vol. 24, no. 1 (edited by Rod, Samantha, Sprig, Tinder, and Turtle). Republished by the Environment & Society Portal. <www.environmentandsociety.org>

Earth First! Journal

Massasauga EF! Supports Arson Attempt

On September 21, the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) attempted to sabotage Ice Mountain, a controversial water bottling plant owned by Perrier in Mecosta County, Michigan (see EF!J January-February 2003). Four unignited incendiary devices were found inside a pumping station.

According to an ELF communique: “The people of Michigan have stated very clearly that we do not want a Perrier bottling plant. Clean water is one of the most fundamental necessities, and no one can be allowed to privatize it, commodify it or sell it back to us.

In response to the action, Massasauga EF! said it endorses and promotes all public and nonviolent actions to shut down the plant. “We recognize the need for an underground resistance that will take action to destroy the profit motive for environmental devastation. Every day that Ice Mountain is allowed to operate, the precedent is set that a corporation has more legal rights than members of the community.”