Posted in Activism & Activists' Response, GNR, Legal Issues, Legislation, Video on Jul 20th, 2010
Video of Will Potter’s plenary session lecture at the 2010 national animal rights conference in Washington, DC. It focuses on the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, secretive political prisons called Communications Management Units, and how we must respond.
Posted in GNR on Jul 14th, 2010
“Activism Is Not Terrorism.” New T-Shirts for animal rights activists, environmental activists and free speech advocates.
I will be speaking at Yale with Andy Stepanian (of the SHAC 7, and a former CMU prisoner) about corporate campaigns to silence non-violent animal rights activists as “terrorists.”
The event is June 13th (see the flier for details). If you’re in the area, please come! Andy is a fantastic speaker. PS: RSVP on Facebook and [...]
Posted in GNR on Apr 30th, 2010
The new issue of Resistance magazine is out, taking a look at the environmental movement on the 40th anniversary of Earth Day.
If you are in the New York area, I hope you can attend!
The Green Scare: Targeting Environmental and Animal Rights Activism
April 16th, 4:15pm
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue
Room 9204/9205
Free and open to the public (with state issued ID for building access).
This event will explore the emerging use of the category [...]
Posted in GNR, Media Coverage on Feb 2nd, 2010
I was interviewed by Dara Greenwald for the Journal of Aesthetics & Protest about the Green Scare, and labeling political activists as domestic terrorists.
One area that was particularly interesting, and has not been discussed much on this site, is the implications of all this for artists. Check out the interview for a bit more [...]
I recently interviewed with Dylan Powell about the AETA 4, Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, Obama, mainstream media, and DC hardcore. I think it turned out to be one of the most interesting radio discussions I’ve been part of, because Dylan is so well-versed on these issues and we had a great conversation trying to pull [...]
Posted in GNR on Sep 14th, 2009
I’ve been receiving quite a few inquiries from law students and grad students who are writing about the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, the Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front, the SHAC 7 and the Green Scare. What’s really inspiring to me is that there have also been many students as young as high school. [...]
Posted in Activism & Activists' Response, GNR, Video on Jul 9th, 2009
The Let Live conference in Portland was fantastic, even better than last year. I was invited to open the conference (which was quite a daunting task, because my talk was followed by vegan soft serve ice cream and karaoke) and talk about building strong communities within the environmental and animal rights movements.
I fully [...]
Posted in Audio, GNR, Media Coverage on Jun 1st, 2009
“Animal Voices,” on CIUT 89.5 FM in Toronto, has uploaded their recent show on the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. We had a great conversation about the history of the law, recent arrests (the AETA 4), and the implications for animal rights activists, environmental activists, and everyone else.
Unravelling the Acronym: Will Potter Exposes the AETA (Animal [...]
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.