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Animal rights activist Peter Young speaks in Milwaukee
Peter Young speaking about animal liberation.  
By Julie Lawrence RSS Feed
OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writer

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Published Oct. 10, 2007 at 12:09 p.m.
Tags: peter young, animal rights, animal liberation, fur farms, cream city collectives, vegan, behind the mask, peta

Former political prisoner and animal rights activist Peter Young is coming to Milwaukee tomorrow, Thursday, Oct. 11, to speak at Cream City Collectives, 732 E. Clarke St.

Young was one of the first people ever charged with "animal enterprise terrorism" after he released mink from fur farms in Wisconsin, Iowa and South Dakota in the late '90s. He was wanted by the FBI for seven years before getting captured in San Jose in 2005.

Young spent two years behind bars and was released in February 2007.

The evening begins at 6 p.m. with a vegan potluck, after which Young will speak about his experiences in the animal liberation movement, living underground, and prison life. An 8:30 p.m. screening of the movie "Behind the Mask" -- a documentary about people who risk their lives and freedom to save animals -- closes the event.

There is a suggested donation of $5-$7, with most of the proceeds going to Young and a small amount going to Cream City Collectives. The Riverwest collective's motto is to "provide an accessible community space that will allow for the creation and diffusion of knowledge, ideas and skills, specifically for the growth of radical and progressive social change."



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Cream City Collectives
732 E. Clark St.
Milwaukee, WI 53212
http://www.myspace.com/creamcitycollective

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