Seems like it could be a scam. $300 to resurrect a bunch of anarcho "how to build a molotov cocktail" text files? Especially when Dave T. has already mirrored the site at CMU and google has the rest? Yeahright.
-Declan On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 07:48:44PM +0200, Jei wrote: > http://www.raisethefist.com/ > > RAISETHEFIST.COM RAIDED BY FBI!! > > NEWSFLASH Jan/30 - We have found a complete backup of raisethefist.com > online. We will need U.S. $300.00 Three Hundred in order to obtain a > copy from that host. Please contact the founder if you wish to donate. > The contact info is on the bottom. -Founder > "The raid consisted of FBI, Secret Service, LAPD and LASD. They > sorounded the house with guns before raiding it. They had machine guns, > shot guns, and hand guns. They also had a door bammer ready to break > down the door, they also blocked off the garage door, and had bullet > proof vests. They obviously came prepared to shoot and kill. They had > more artillary then they use for raiding gang felons and drugoperations." > - RTF Founder > LOS ANGELES, JAN 24 2002 - Heavily armed with high-powered machine guns, > shot guns, and hand guns, the FBI, Secret Service, and Los Angeles > Police Department sorounded the founder of raisethefist.com in his > house. The founder was currently asleep, woken up by a relative who said > fbi, police and undercover's were currently up and down all of the > streets, with they're eyes focused on the premises. Raisethefist.com > founder aproached the door were 2 FBI agents demanded that he step > outside. Within seconds a swarm of FBI raided the house with automatic > weapons and shot guns. Additional police and fbi also stayed on the > front lawn, around the house with a door baracade and additional > weapons. "armed and ready". > FBI and secret service entered the house, seizing all servers and > political liturature. Raisethefist.com was currently being ran within > the founders room of the house, over a computer network. The room was > literarly ransacked, and all equipment, disks, cd's .. etc. were boxed > up, loaded into a truck and seized until further notice. > Since 1999, raisethefist.com has been under extensive government > monitering. At times, Raisethefist.com has recieved over 100 hits from > the U.S Department of Defense in a single day. The FBI, police > department, NSA (and who else) continuesly monitered the site on a daily > basis. Even government's from the UK, Canada, Lavtia, Belgium, Egypt, > Finland, and Australia monitered the site continuesly. The FBI had also > previously intercepted all packets going through the DSL line hosting > the site, and have seized additional accounts being used by the site. > In yet another successfull attempt to silence our vioces, > Raisethefist.com, an anarchist/activist independent media/collective has > been shut down by the secret service. A note from the founder: > "It's not yet known at this point if the site will be back up. As of > now, we have nothing. No more servers, no more network, nothing. My room > remains completly ransacked. My neighbors remain shaken up by what > happend. I most likely won't be getting any of the equipment back. They > also took alot of my political litature. Apparently, they're excuse for > shutting it down was the 'militancy' portrayed on the site. This is not > true. This was an excuse. This same 'militancy' they were concerned > about is portrayed on at least a thousand other web sites across the > internet, and they havn't been touched by the federal government, with > the exception for remote monitering. Raisethefist.com was progresive. It > was going somewhere. Kids started creating clubs in their schools called > 'RaisetheFist'. People started utilizing the collective as a powerful > resource for the activist/anarchist community. The federal government > has been investigating me, and the site very closely, long before 9-11, > and long before such militancy was even portrayed on the site. They knew > the site had potential, that it was turning into something more than a > site, but a strong collective utilized by activists throughout the world > committed to social justice. And that's become a crime. Justice has > become a crime. Freedom has become a crime. Anyone activly disagreeing > with policies of the U.S is now automaticly rendered a "terrorist" in > the eyes of national security.... Where raisethefist.com will go from > here, I don't know. Based on what i've been told, i'll most likely be in > jail, so most of my focus will be towards getting an attorney." > If you want to contact the Founder, please E-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] or for the Sysop please E-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > RaiseTheFist.com Leader RaidedBy 25 Heavily-Armed Agents > 1-27-2LOS ANGELES - Heavily armed with high-powered machine guns, shot guns, > and hand guns, the FBI, Secret Service, and Los Angeles Police > Department sorounded the founder of raisethefist.com in his house. The > founder was currently asleep, woken up by a relative who said fbi, > police and undercover's were currently up and down all of the streets, > with they're eyes focused on the premises. > Raisethefist.com founder aproached the door were 2 FBI agents demanded > that he step outside. Within seconds a swarm of FBI raided the house > with automatic weapons and shot guns. Additional police and fbi also > stayed on the front lawn, around the house with a door baracade and > additional weapons. "armed and ready". > FBI and secret service entered the house, seizing all servers and > political liturature. Raisethefist.com was currently being ran within > the founders room of the house, over a computer network. The room was > literarly ransacked, and all equipment, disks, cd's .. etc. were boxed > up, loaded into a truck and seized until further notice. > Since 1999, raisethefist.com has been under extensive government > monitering. At times, Raisethefist.com has recieved over 100 hits from > the U.S Department of Defense in a single day. The FBI, police > department, NSA (and who else) continuesly monitered the site on a daily > basis. Even government's from the UK, Canada, Lavtia, Belgium, Egypt, > Finland, and Australia monitered the site continuesly. The FBI had also > previously intercepted all packets going through the DSL line hosting > the site, and have seized additional accounts being used by the site. > In yet another successfull attempt to silence our vioces, > Raisethefist.com, an anarchist/activist independent media/collective has > been shut down by the secret service. > "It's not yet known at this point if the site will be back up. As of > now, we have nothing. No more servers, no more network, nothing. My room > remains completly ransacked. My neighbors remain shaken up by what > happend. I most likely won't be getting any of the equipment back. They > also took alot of my political litature. > Apparently, they're excuse for shutting it down was the 'militancy' > portrayed on the site. This is not true. This was an excuse. This same > 'militancy' they were concerned about is portrayed on at least a > thousand other web sites across the internet, and they havn't been > touched by the federal government, with the exception for remote > monitering. Raisethefist.com was progresive. It was going somewhere. > Kids started creating clubs in their schools called 'RaisetheFist'. > People started utilizing the collective as a powerful resource for the > activist/anarchist community. > The federal government has been investigating me, and the site very > closely, long before 9-11, and long before such militancy was even > portrayed on the site. They knew the site had potential, that it was > turning into something more than a site, but a strong collective > utilized by activists throughout the world committed to social justice. > And that's become a crime. Justice has become a crime. Freedom has > become a crime. > Anyone activly disagreeing with policies of the U.S is now automaticly > rendered a "terrorist" in the eyes of national security.... Where > raisethefist.com will go from here, I don't know. Based on what i've > been told, i'll most likely be in jail, so most of my focus will be > towards getting an attorney."
