Lake Worth's own dwindling Anarchist community gets featured in The Palm Beach Post

If you don't have online access to The Palm Beach Post you can still read about EarthFirst! leader Peter Tsolkas' three clan members who were found guilty yesterday (11/6). Post reporter Daphne Duret's article is in today's (Saturday) print edition, below the fold, under an article about Santa and his merry band of elves:

Note that the "Briger Forest" is now called the Alton Tract in Palm Beach Gardens.

Here's an excerpt from the article:

     Afterwards, the activists said their friends’ convictions will only serve to continue their case. Panagioti [sic] Tsolkas echoed the sentiments of Schlesinger [Assistant Public Defender Brad Schlesinger], who in his closing arguments compared the Everglades Earth First! agenda to the civil rights movement. [emphasis added]
      “It’s our responsibility to stand up to injustice and whether the law recognizes that or not is secondary,” he said. “We’ve seen that throughout our history.”

The "battery in the lake" is not mentioned in the article, but if you're interested in learning more about that use this link.

The van used in the protest by EarthFirst! was disabled by removal of the acid-filled battery which was then thrown into a lake. Thankfully, the Palm Beach Gardens Police Dept. was there to contain the environmental damage.