Will Potter

Email Subscription is Back, Plus Improved RSS Feeds

I’ve set up new software that I think will be a huge improvement for email subscribers. If you haven’t subscribed, it couldn’t be easier: Enter your email address and you’ll get an update in your inbox whenever new articles are added (no more than one email a day). I’ve also moved the news feeds over […]

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Help Keep GreenIsTheNewRed.com Growing!

Hey everyone, I added a “Donate” page, which you can also access through the nav bar up top. I know there are many important organizations and individuals out there all needing support, financial and otherwise, but any contribution you can make will help keep GreenIsTheNewRed.com running. As traffic to the site keeps increasing, so do […]

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Activist Resisting Grand Jury Witch Hunt Released From Jail

Jeff Hogg was released from jail this week, six months after refusing to cooperate with a federal Green Scare grand jury investigating “eco-terrorism.” Hogg, 33, is a longtime environmental activist and nursing student from Eugene, Ore. He was jailed on Thursday, May 18, when U.S. District Judge Michael Hogan found him in contempt for refusing […]

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War is Peace: How “Eco-terrorist” Scare-mongering Helped Pass the AETA

Industry groups have said again and again that Congress needed to pass the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act this week because the original legislation, the Animal Enterprise Protection Act, didn’t go far enough. There are loopholes in the law, they say, that allow for “tertiary targeting.” They also have said again and again that the expanded […]

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Media Blackout on Green Scare Legislation

In September, the night before lawmakers left for mid-term campaigning, the Senate rushed to pass the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act: the mainstream press remained silent. Yesterday, the House pushed through identical legislation that labels non-violent activists as “terrorists”: still, the mainstream press remained eerily silent. The only coverage I’ve seen is from the Associated Press, […]

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Audio of Interview on WBAI-FM, on Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act

Here’s the audio clip of this morning’s interview on WBAI-FM, in New York City, on the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act and the Green Scare. Thanks again to Deepa Fernandes, Kat Aaron and the folks at “Wake Up Call” for having me on the show. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

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Animal Activist Faces Contempt Charges for Resisting Grand Jury Witch Hunt

During the Red Scare it didn’t matter if you actually were a commie: merely associating with one or having similar political views was used as grounds for harassment (not that the scare-mongering was justified against card-carrying communists, either, in any way). The guilt by association tactic of the Red Scare is alive and kicking in […]

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I’ll Be on WBAI in NYC Tomorrow Morning, Talking About Green Scare Legislation

For you early birds, I’ll be on “Wakeup Call,” WBAI 99.5 FM in New York City, tomorrow morning to talk about the passage of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. Bright and early. 7:25 a.m. EST. I’ll post a link or the audio if I can.

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House Passes Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act With Little Discussion or Dissent: Notes from the House Floor “Debate”

UPDATE: This article was named by Project Censored as one of the top 25 under-reported news stories for the year. It appears in Censored 2008. They did it. Corporations, industry groups and the politicians that represent them rushed through legislation labeling activists as “terrorists” on the first day back from Congressional recess. Just moments ago […]

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Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act Passes

More to come soon.

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