Activism & Activists’ Response

Exclusive Look at New “Liberator” Comic — Radical Activist Superheroes

“Real heroes don’t wear capes,” Liberator’s tagline says. “They wear ski-masks.”

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TED Interviews Will Potter About Treating Environmentalists as Terrorists

I’m thrilled to share this lengthy interview I did with the TED team about my journalism, and the dangers of labeling protest as “terrorism.”

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How to Fight the FBI over FOIA Documents

The open government website MuckRock has a wonderful interview with “FOIA superhero” Ryan Shapiro.

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Woody Guthrie’s New Year’s Resolutions Are Perfect

My favorite: “33. Wake Up And Fight.” What’s yours?

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Meet the FBI’s Worst Nightmare

Ryan Shapiro’s technique for finding FBI documents is so effective that the feds are asking the courts to stop him.

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Camo Shorts Under Our Suits

Greg Bennick of the hardcore band Trial talks with Will Potter about terrorism, punk, and treasure hunting.

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14 Incredible Photos of Brazilian Activists Liberating Beagles from Cruel Lab

As the protest grew, activists could hear their cries. You won’t believe what happened next.

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Fur Farmers Attack Italian Activists for Photographing Animals

Fur farmers saw people taking photographs of animals, and pursued them in a high-speed chase. The cameras kept rolling.

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GOOD NEWS! Two Anarchist Grand Jury Resisters are Free: Judge Cites “Strength of Their Convictions”

For the past five months Matt Duran and Katherine “KteeO” Olejnik have been in jail for refusing to talk about their friends or about their political beliefs. They were never accused of any crime; they took a principled stand against a federal grand jury targeting anarchists. During that time, one of the other grand jury resisters […]

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Sea Shepherd’s Pirate Book Club in Antarctica, with Incredible Photos

When they’re not shutting down illegal whaling, the crew of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society reads Green Is the New Red.

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