Posted in GNR Media/ Events on Jul 28th, 2007
Got an email recently that the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act will be in Project Censored’s list of Tops 25 under-reported news stories, in the 2008 edition. The article they picked is “House Passes Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act With Little Discussion or Dissent: Notes from the House Floor ‘Debate.’” This could raise a lot of awareness [...]
Posted in GNR Media/ Events on Jul 13th, 2007
Anyone going to the Animal Rights 2007 National Conference next week? It’s in Los Angeles at the Westin. I’ll be speaking at the plenary session on Saturday and giving a few more talks over the weekend:
Posted in GNR Media/ Events on Jul 11th, 2007
Hey everyone. I’ll be on Air America tomorrow, Thursday 7/12, for a radio interview on the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, the SHAC 7, and Operation Backfire. It’s Bob Linden’s show. Here are some of the 25 stations that carry the program:
-in South Florida: WINZ-AM-940, Saturday 2pm-eastern
-in New York: WWRL-AM-1600, Saturday 10pm-eastern
-in San Francisco: KQKE-AM-960, [...]
Posted in GNR Media/ Events on Jul 7th, 2007
I ran across the audio from an event in Minneapolis a while back (thanks Leslie) and thought you all might be interested…
Posted in GNR Media/ Events on May 30th, 2007
I leave for Oregon tomorrow for the remaining court dates for the Operation Backfire defendants, who are facing “terrorism enhancements” on top of their sentences. While I’m there I’ll be speaking about the “eco-terrorism” of the Green Scare with folks from the Civil Liberties Defense Center. Hope to see you there. Will
Green is the New [...]
Posted in GNR Media/ Events on May 23rd, 2007
I’ll be heading to Chicago this Saturday to give a talk at an activist conference about the Green Scare and how “terrorism” rhetoric is being exploited to push a corporate political agenda. If you know folks in Chicago, could you let them know about the event? Here’s the rundown. Oh, and check out this great [...]
Posted in GNR Media/ Events on Apr 24th, 2007
I’ll be speaking at the NYC Bar Association about the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act in a few weeks. Hope to see some of you New Yorkers there…
THE ANIMAL ENTERPRISE TERRORISM ACT:
Civil Rights As A Casualty In Anti-Terrorism Rhetoric
May 22, 2007, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
New York City Bar Association
42 West 44th Street,New York,NY 10036
Meeting [...]
Posted in GNR Media/ Events on Mar 27th, 2007
Just found out an essay I wrote, “McCarthyism 2.o,” won 3rd place in the Lantern Books 2006 essay contest.
Here’s the full text…
McCarthyism 2.0
by Will Potter
Minutes after receiving an invitation to testify before Congress about legislation labeling activists as “terrorists,” I barged into a colleague’s office with a hotshot grin on my face, looking for [...]
Posted in Federal, GNR Media/ Events, Legislation on Mar 22nd, 2007
The briefing went pretty well yesterday. Representative Kucinich had to stay in another hearing, his staff said, and wasn’t able to make it. But Congressional staff from the offices of Representatives Carolyn Maloney, Tom Lantos and Mike Ross, among others, attended along with a group of lobbyists, consultants and reporters. With so much taking place [...]
Posted in Federal, GNR Media/ Events, Legislation on Mar 20th, 2007
I will be speaking in a Congressional briefing tomorrow with Representative Dennis Kucinich and Heidi Boghosian, executive director of the National Lawyers Guild:
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
2-3 p.m.
Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2255
It’s great that, even with so much going on in Congress right now, Rep. Kucinich and others are making time for a briefing [...]
The War on Terrorism has come home. Corporations and politicians are labeling activists "eco-terrorists" and national security threats. Think red-baiting, with a green twist. Here you'll find original reporting and analysis of the Green Scare, and history repeating itself.