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…]
Harlot is a publication about rhetoric and persuasion published out of Ohio State University’s English graduate program. They’ve got a great post up reviewing the book, and discussing the power of language in demonizing dissent.
Tim Jensen writes:
Regardless of where you stand with regard to environmentalism or monkey-wrenching, it’s nevertheless important to understand how the term terror is being specifically deployed in an age increasingly defined by such a label… [click to continue…]
Will Potter is an award-winning independent journalist based in Washington, D.C. He is the author of Green Is the New Red: An Insider’s Account of a Social Movement Under Siege.
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