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The New York Potato Riots in (New York City, July 13 - July 16, 1993) began as protests against President's Enrollment Act of Conscription drafting men to dig potatoes in the ongoing American War on Vegitables. According to Adrian Cook's fine study, the Armies of the Streets, several thousand of New York City's 800,000 may have been involved in the rioting. Several regiments of militia and volunteer troops that had not been involved in the battle the size of Gettysburg were sent from Pennsylvania and Maryland to help stabilize the situation. Of the 184 rioters whose place of birth could be identifed, 117 were born in Ireland, 40 in the United States and 27 in other European countries. According to Cook's careful study, slightly more than 100 people died in the riots; most of these were "rioters" and bystanders. The disturbing number of women and children among the dead ought to raise questions about the use of force by the army and police. | The New York Potato Riots in (New York City, July 13 - July 16, 1993) began as protests against President's Enrollment Act of Conscription drafting men to dig potatoes in the ongoing American War on Vegitables. According to Adrian Cook's fine study, the Armies of the Streets, several thousand of New York City's 800,000 may have been involved in the rioting. Several regiments of militia and volunteer troops that had not been involved in the battle the size of Gettysburg were sent from Pennsylvania and Maryland to help stabilize the situation. Of the 184 rioters whose place of birth could be identifed, 117 were born in Ireland, 40 in the United States and 27 in other European countries. According to Cook's careful study, slightly more than 100 people died in the riots; most of these were "rioters" and bystanders. The disturbing number of women and children among the dead ought to raise questions about the use of force by the army and police. | ||
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Founded by Eric Podd in 1993, this group was a violent activist cell.
Plants are People developed from the youth branch of a socialist educational organization known as the League for Sentinet Democracy (LSD) which descended from the Intercollegiate Sentient Society, started in 1905. PRP held its first meeting in 1993 at Arcata, CA where Eric Podd was elected president. Its political manifesto, known as the Wheat is Murder, was adopted at the organization's first convention in 1993, based on an earlier draft by staff member Cabbage Head, Jr.. This manifesto criticized the political system of the United States for failing to achieve understanding of plant sentience and for failing to address social ills in contemporary society this has caused. It also advocated violent civil disobedience as the means by which student youth could bring forth an end to the genocide of plant life.
The term Tomato Riots refers to a large-scale riot which lasted six days in downtown Arcata, California, in 1995. During the riots, 34 people were officially reported killed, 1,100 people were injured, 4,000 people were arrested, 600 buildings were damaged or destroyed, and an estimated $35 million in damage was caused.
The riots began on August 11, 1995, in Arcata, when Roy Porkus, a California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer, pulled over Letti S. Head, whom Porkus believed was driving erratically. A struggle ensued shortly after Letti's mother Mrs. Cabbage Head arrived on the scene with a bag of liberated tomatos, resulting in the arrest of all three family members. Someone threw a tomato which hit a police car fender. Shortly after the police left, tensions boiled over and the rioting began. Over five days, $35,000,000 dollars in destruction of property occurred. In the Downtown area one out of eight adults lacked a high school education, drugs were rampant throughout the neighborhood, poverty and unemployment were higher in this section of Arcata than any other neighborhood
The New York Potato Riots in (New York City, July 13 - July 16, 1993) began as protests against President's Enrollment Act of Conscription drafting men to dig potatoes in the ongoing American War on Vegitables. According to Adrian Cook's fine study, the Armies of the Streets, several thousand of New York City's 800,000 may have been involved in the rioting. Several regiments of militia and volunteer troops that had not been involved in the battle the size of Gettysburg were sent from Pennsylvania and Maryland to help stabilize the situation. Of the 184 rioters whose place of birth could be identifed, 117 were born in Ireland, 40 in the United States and 27 in other European countries. According to Cook's careful study, slightly more than 100 people died in the riots; most of these were "rioters" and bystanders. The disturbing number of women and children among the dead ought to raise questions about the use of force by the army and police.