The following piece is an anonymously submitted reportback from an action against Fisher Industries in Tempe on August 5th.
The border is like an open wound, sliced through the desert with no consideration for its people or ecology. Folks watched in anger as the ancient cottonwoods of Lochiel were bulldozed, save for the last Grandmother Tree, which is protected by the courageous land defenders who climbed its branches. Fisher Industries is the contractor responsible for this wanton destruction in furtherance of colonial ecocide. In response, the anarchists and troublemakers of the metropolis decided to bring resistance to their offices, in solidarity.
A small group pulled up outside and quickly sprinted into their parking lot. Together, they stormed through the front door, invading the building. They chanted, “PROTECT THE TREES, NO BORDER WALL!” trashed their lobby, flyered and stickered their glass, telling them to quit their jobs and abandon their complicity in ecocide. While some acted inside, others outside attached a poster to the front door, issuing a notice of eviction by the people to the company. As a bewildered employee retreated back into an inaccessible part of the building, presumably to call for help, they exited as swiftly as they entered and hightailed it back home.
A message to Fisher Industries:
Your deplorable actions have not gone unnoticed, and you will be held accountable for your perpetration of ecocide in support of the fascist settler state. Cease your destruction of the land or face further repercussions.
To those in the tree and the camp, blocking the machinery of death with your bodies:
The people of so-called Phoenix stand in solidarity, and their hearts beat in time with yours. Stand strong.
Until the last border wall is torn down, the last tree is felled, and the land is once again free.
