South Florida Smash HLS

Targeted Pressure Campaigns: A Manual for Grassroots Activists

February 21, 2019February 21, 2019freetheanimalsCall To Action, Liberation / Victory, Targets

In a world plagued by economic inequality, racism, police brutality, widespread animal slaughter and unprecedented ecocide, it’s easy to feel disempowered. But there’s good reason to keep fighting. When applied […]

How It Was Done – The A.L.F. raid at Worldwide Primates

September 11, 2018freetheanimalsNews

In September 2008, the Animal Liberation Front freed monkeys from cages at the Worldwide Primates holding/breeding facility in Miami. It was an action that was never covered by the news […]

YOUR NEIGHBOR KILLS MONKEYS: South Florida Smash HLS and the Grassroots Fight for Animal Liberation

August 7, 2018August 7, 2018freetheanimalsThe Campaign

[The article that follows was first published in the Earth First! Journal‘s summer 2018 issue. To subscribe to the journal, visit earthfirstjournal.org.] When Matthew Block flipped through the mail at […]

Smash HLS surprises monkey-killer Ira Block for his birthday

June 16, 2018June 16, 2018freetheanimalsNews, Targets, The Campaign

Surprise! On Sunday, May 20th, six activists gathered unannounced in Pinecrest, FL to protest Worldwide Primates president Ira Block (who turned 29 a few days later) and his sister Elana. […]

The Worldwide Primates connection to the Michigan governor’s race

May 4, 2018May 4, 2018freetheanimalsNews

In early 2010, an animal testing lab in New Jersey called AniClin Preclinical Services closed suddenly after its parent company ran out of money. Shri Thanedar, the owner of the […]

Florida Man Busted in Plot to Frame Activists with White Powder, Death Threats

March 9, 2018March 23, 2019freetheanimalsLiberation / Victory, News, Targets, The Campaign

Back in 2014, less than a year after we kicked off our campaign to shut down Worldwide Primates (WWP), the company filed a lawsuit against Smash HLS. It sought permanent […]

Report-back from Avi Haller Neighborhood Protest

March 5, 2018March 5, 2018freetheanimalsUncategorized

In January, two Smash HLS activists paid a surprise visit to Abraham “Avi” Haller, the most recently exposed element of the Worldwide Primates death machine. We leafleted his condo building […]

Spotlight on Avi Haller of Worldwide Primates

January 28, 2018January 29, 2018freetheanimalsCall To Action, News, Targets, The Campaign

Dripping with sweat and sporting only underwear, Avi Haller reluctantly answered the door to his Miami apartment at 6:51pm on Thursday evening. “What?” he asked. We were visiting Avi’s residence […]

Closure of transport company could be bad news for Worldwide Primates

January 8, 2018freetheanimalsCall To Action, News, Targets

There’s a new President and Chief Operating Officer at lab animal supplier Primate Products Inc., and that’s bad news for its competitor Worldwide Primates. Paul Barras (pictured) became the top […]

New Year’s Resolution for JKL Secure Freight: Stop being bad

January 1, 2018freetheanimalsCall To Action, Targets

January 1 could mark a new beginning for Brian Rasmussen of JKL Secure Freight. In 2017, the company was one of only a few transport companies that Worldwide Primates depended […]

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