The Earth Liberation Prisoners Support Network (ELPSN), also known as Spirit of Freedom, Best, Steven and Best & Nocella. ''Terrorist or Freedom Fighters? Reflections on the Liberation of Animals'', Lantern Books, 2004, p. 380. is a network to provide information on people imprisoned for

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relating to campaigns on environmental and other issues.About
''ELPSN''. It includes earth liberationists, animal liberationists, those fighting on

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and

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issues, indigenous struggles,

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, ploughshares and more.Prisoner List
''ELPSN''.

History

The network was set up in the UK in 1993 after the growth of the UK

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and

Earth Liberation Front The Earth Liberation Front (ELF), also known as "Elves" or "The Elves", is the collective name for Wiktionary:autonomy, autonomous individuals or covert cells who, according to the ELF Press Office, use "economic sabotage and guerrilla warfare to ...

(ELF) groups. At that time there was a sharp rise in the number of actions relating to the environment and a corresponding rise in the number of arrests. The network was initially called the (H)ELP Support Group. The name was chosen to be non-sectarian and neither linked to the ELF or Earth First!. The name changed in 1994 when Noel Molland of '' Green Anarchist'' magazine took over the group. In 1995 Molland was arrested and convicted for ''Conspiracy to Incite Criminal Damage'' in the GANDALF trial. Since that time the network has spread internationally. It provides regular news on current prisoners and contact details of their support networks.History
''ELPSN''. It currently features a variety of prisoners, from various anonymous

leaderless resistance Leaderless resistance, or phantom cell structure, is a social resistance strategy in which small, independent groups ( covert cells), or individuals (a solo cell is called a " lone wolf"), challenge an established institution such as a law, econ ...

movements and established groups such as the ELF (including the Green Scare prisoners),

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, SHAC 7, Antifa, Lecce Five and the SNGP campaigners.

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North American Earth Liberation Prisoners Support Network
NAELPSN)
Vegan Prisoners Support Group
(VPSG) {{Animal-rights-stub Earth Liberation Front Prison-related organizations Prisoner support Environmental advocacy groups Direct action

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