What would you do if someone you cared about was sentenced to 20 years in prison? I don’t mean this as an empty rhetorical question. Stop and think for a second. How would you stand by them? Both personally and politically, what would “solidarity” mean? What would you do to show them they are never alone? [click to continue…]

Resist grand jury witch hunts.

At least two individuals have been subpoenad to a federal grand jury that appears to be investigating a 2008 fire at the home of an animal experimenter at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

One of the people subpoenaed, José Palafox, said: [click to continue…]

Anarchists have been hugely influential in the creation and rapid growth of Occupy Wall Street. General assemblies are using non-hierarchical consensus models, and national media outlets are talking anarchist theory with folks like David Graeber.

For most Americans, though, “anarchism” isn’t about helping each other out (without the government). Anarchism is chaos. Anarchism is destruction. Anarchism is kids with green hair playing smashy smashy.  [click to continue…]

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The corporate-led crackdown on the animal rights and environmental movements originated, and has grown most rapidly, in the United States. But many of these tactics have been exported to other countries, in some cases aided by U.S. law enforcement. As the U.S. grapples with “Ag Gag” legislation, for example, EUROPOL describes animal right activists and environmentalists as “terrorists,” and warns that their tactics include undercover investigations and “images of sick and abused animals.”

Copycat prosecutions have appeared in Austria, Finland, Spain, and elsewhere.

This is a troubling trend, and activists in many other countries are closely watching the United States’ war on “eco-terrorism.”  [click to continue…]

The Rhetoric of Eco-Terrorism

The power of language and framing in the age of “terrorism.”

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New Billboard Says Believing in Climate Change Makes You the Unabomber

A billboard from the Heartland Institute says believing in climate change makes you no different than the Unabomber, Fidel Castro, or Charles Manson.

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FBI Supplied the Anarchist “Terrorists” Arrested in May Day Plot

The FBI is trumpeting the arrest of “self-proclaimed anarchists” and “terrorists” who allegedly conspired to destroy a bridge in Ohio.

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Incredible Photos from Daylight Raid at Green Hill Dog Breeder in Italy

A protest in Italy against Green Hill, a breeding facility for dogs used in animal experimentation, spontaneously turned into a daylight rescue when dozens of activists rescued more than 40 dogs who would have been used in testing.

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“Ag Gag” Bills and Supporters Have Close Ties to ALEC

“Ag Gag” bills, and their supporters, have ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council, and they parallel other national efforts by ALEC.

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Why Are Environmentalists “Terrorists,” But Anti-Abortion Extremists Are Not?

Anti-abortion extremists and Christian fundamentalists have resorted to physical violence and assassinations in the name of their cause, but it is not investigated as terrorism.

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