Benefit Show for Daniel McGowan

Brookyn, NY, Saturday, February 11

7pm, Saturday, February 11
$5–15 sliding scale

Asterisk
258 Johnson Ave, Brooklyn

Take the L to
Montrose, Walk down Bushwick,left on Johnson, a block
and a half and it's on the right, look up and you'll
see the big asterisk *

With:

The Cankickers — Old-timey punk from CT
(cankickers.com)

Snaked — Pop punk from Brooklyn

Oogle Orphanage — 3 punks, no facial tats, really good

Ghost Mice — Folk punk, duh.

Dance party to follow with DJ Thadeaus.

Info about Daniel McGowan:

Daniel McGowan is an environmental and social justice
activist, unjustly arrested and charged in federal
court on multiple counts of arson, property
destruction, and conspiracy, relating to two incidents
that occurred in Oregon in 2001. Daniel asserts his
innocence by pleading not guilty to all charges. He is
facing a minimum of life in prison if convicted.

Daniel is from New York, and has been an active member
of the community, working on diverse projects such as
the demonstrations against the Republican National
Convention, Really Really Free Markets, and supporting
political prisoners such as Jeff "Free" Luers and
others. Daniel was a graduate student earning a
Master's degree in acupuncture and was working at
Women's Law, a nonprofit group that helps women in
domestic abuse situations navigate the legal system,
which is where he was arrested by federal marshals on
December 7th, 2005.

Daniel had originally been indicted separately, but
his arrest comes in the context of a well-coordinated,
multi-state sweep of numerous activists by the federal
government, who has charged the individuals with
practically every earth and animal liberation case
left unsolved. Many of the charges, including
Daniel's, are for cases whose statute of limitations
were about to expire.

In order to help Daniel, his family and friends have
created a support network (Family and Friends of
Daniel McGowan) in order to help fund Daniel's legal
representation which is expected to be hundreds of
thousands of dollars. We are asking his friends and
supporters to donate what they can to help Daniel's
family with the legal bills. The support group will
also be covering the cost of postage and telephone
calls, travel expenses for prison visits, reading
material for Daniel, his commissary fund, and whatever
other needs might arise.

Daniel was released on bail on January 25th, and is
coming back to NYC. Despite his being on house arrest,
his friends and family are thrilled that they can once
again be with him and that he is not in jail, but he
still needs tons of support.

Please come celebrate his temporary release and show
your support for him. Donations are kindly accepted
at the door and inside the show for his legal defense
costs.