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Received: from scorpio.queenbee.net (SCORPIO.QUEENBEE.NET [38.231.105.3]) by echonyc.com (8.8.5/8.8.3) with SMTP id DAA08957 for <pdr@echonyc.com>; Sun, 2 Mar 1997 03:42:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from BOZO (BOZO [38.231.105.202]) by scorpio.queenbee.net (NTMail 3.02.10) with ESMTP id ua013202 for <pdr@echonyc.com>; Sun, 2 Mar 1997 03:41:51 -0500 Message-ID: <331A8D27.19A2@queenbee.net> Date: Mon, 03 Mar 1997 03:34:47 -0500 From: Aron Kay <pieman@queenbee.net> Reply-To: pieman@queenbee.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: derienzo <pdr@echonyc.com> Subject: [Fwd: Judi Bari near death (fwd)] Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Andy Caffrey wrote: > > It is with great sadness that I'm passing on the latest on Judi's > condition. This last Sunday at the Earth First! activist conference in LA, > Alicia Little Tree, Judi's dear friend and personal assistant, announced > that Judi is now experiencing liver failure and is bedridden 24 hours a > day. She is not expected to make it past next week, and could very well die > any day now. The disease progressed faster than was expected. She has two > round the clock nurses now, and is surrounded by some of her closest > friends. She has created her own ritual space and arrangements for dying at > home. Her two daughters will be lovingly taken care of by many of the > family's friends, and they will live with their father after Judi passes. > There's not much for any of us to do for her in a tangible sense, > since everything is pretty well taken care of. It is now important for us > to allow Judi the peace to die quietly at home with her closest friends and > family members, undisturbed by the rest of us. > It is so very strange to write this to you now, knowing that my > friend is about to die so tragically soon. I'm letting you know about this > now, because Judi can still use your love and prayers, and the fund for her > children can still use your financial help. You can send contributions to > the Mendocino Environmental Center in Ukiah, California. I just got back in > to town, and can't lay my hands on the specific details about the fund. > Perhaps someone else can post that info. I believe it's the Judi Bari Trust > Fund. But if you wrote a check to Judi Bari, I believe that would be fine > too. I'll add the address and phone number for MEC at the end of this note. > I'm also writing to you now, because after she dies, I may not be > up to posting something right away. I heard that there will be some kind of > Memorial Service, and I believe that will be in Judi's home town of > Willits. Again, call MEC for info. > > BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'm writing to you now, because the next > hearing in Judi and Darryl's law suit against the FBI will be this Friday > in Oakland, CA. Everyone is hoping Judi will make it. So it will be the > last time she's in Oakland, and if people in the area want to come out and > show their support at the trial, that would be great. Everyone can also > call your local press, and tell them to attend the hearing AND COVER THIS > CASE! > I know it sounds crass, but the major press have all but ignored > Judi's case, her last political battle, and one of her greatest gifts to us > all. Perhaps her dying will get them to turn out finally. I think getting > as much attention to her case and the horrors of the FBI assault on her and > so many others, would be the best parting gift we could give to her. And > continuing to support and draw attention to the case, and to FBI violence, > would be the most meaningful way we can continue her legacy after she dies. > The case will continue after she dies. Darryl Cherney is also a party to > the suit. But the Bull Dog of the case won't be with us anymore. > And let us not forget Darryl, Karen Pickett, Peg Millett, Judi and > Gary Ball at MEC, Alicia Little Tree, and the others who have been closest > to Judi. It's so easy to forget these people who are giving so much to Judi > in her last weeks and months. These people who love her dearly, and have > given so much of themselves to Judi before, supporting her and attending to > her needs, and PROTECTING HER from those who attacked her in the car > bombing attempt to murder her in 1990. If you know these people, please do > what you can to comfort them and thank them for their tireless loving > support. I don't think many people are doing that yet. > If you don't know them, then send them your love and prayers, or > send them a note. And for Judi and the rest, for all of us two-leggeds and > our fellow Earthly species, please continue the fight for the Earth, the > forests, for justice, and for the new ecological societies yearning to be > born from our efforts. > Feel free to email me for more info. Later today I'll try to get > the court info and any other info you might want to know. Then I'll post it > ASAP. I'll also post the memorial service info when I hear about it. If > someone finds out about it before me, I would very much appreciate receivng > that info ASAP. > > Peace, > Andy > > Judi Bari Trust Fund > Mendocino Environmental Center > 106 West Standley Street > Ukiah, CA 95482 > > (707) 468-1660 > > -Food Not Bombs List fnb-l@tao.ca > -distributing food in opposition to violence > -archive: http://www.tao.ca/wind/fnb/ > -active cities: http://webcom.com/peace > -send '(un)subscribe fnb-l' to majordomo@tao.ca for more info on the FBI assanation attempt on Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney go to: http://MediaFilter.org/MFF/S37/S37cointelpro.html -- * distributed via nettime-l : no commercial use without permission * <nettime> is a closed moderated mailinglist for net criticism, * collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets * more info: majordomo@is.in-berlin.de and "info nettime" in the msg body * URL: http://www.desk.nl/~nettime/ contact: nettime-owner@is.in-berlin.de