Posted in GNR, Media Coverage 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 Coverage 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 GNR, Media Coverage on Jan 11th, 2007
The article I wrote for Z when the SHAC 7 were arrested has been printed in the “Opposing Viewpoints” textbook series published by Greenhaven Press and Thomson Gale. It isn’t a new piece, but it’s good news that information on the SHAC 7 case will be available in 7,000 libraries and classrooms.
Posted in GNR, Media Coverage, Opposition on Jan 3rd, 2007
It looks like the scare-mongering ad campaigns and “terrorist” rhetoric have worked: Life Sciences Research Inc. has negotiated a deal with the New York Stock Exchange where the controversial animal testing company will be listed on the exchange’s new, anonymous, all-electronic trading platform called Arca– a move intended to hide public business operations from pesky [...]
Posted in Audio, GNR, Media Coverage on Dec 14th, 2006
I just uploaded Sunday’s interview on KTEP 88.5 FM El Paso about “McCarthyism 2.0,” the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act and the Green Scare. Thanks very much to Steve Best, Greg Lawson and Elizabeth Walsh for having me on the program. You can listen to the interview below or on the KTEP site.
[Audio clip: view full [...]
Posted in GNR, Media Coverage on Nov 30th, 2006
Matt Smith at The SF Weekly has a great column this week on the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. Smith hits home a few key points about AETA, particularly the double-speak of corporations and lawmakers like Diane Feinstein:
Feinstein cites protesters’ harassment of researchers who use animals at UC San Francisco and at Chiron Corporation in Emeryville, [...]
Posted in Federal Terrorism Laws, GNR, Legislation, Media Coverage on Nov 28th, 2006
United Press International’s Shaun Waterman has an article on the wire today about President Bush signing the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act into law. Here’s an excerpt from the text that appeared in today’s Washington Times:
Will Potter, a freelance journalist and animal rights sympathizer, said the bill would chill legitimate protest but not discourage real extremists.
“These [...]
Posted in Audio, GNR, Media Coverage on Nov 27th, 2006
Here’s a clip of this morning’s interview on KPFT 90.1 FM Houston & 89.5 Galveston with Janice Blue. We talked a bit about the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act and the Green Scare, and Andrea Lindsay was on to discuss supporting the SHAC 7, who are activists convicted under the original legislation for running a website.
[Audio [...]
Posted in GNR, Media Coverage on Nov 27th, 2006
If you’re in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, please tune in to KFAI 90.3 FM (106.7 FM in St. Paul) for a program about all this “eco-terrorism” rhetoric, the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act and the Green Scare. It will air at 11 a.m. Central time on Tuesday.
I interviewed with Lydia Howell, who is the host [...]
Posted in GNR, Media Coverage on Nov 27th, 2006
I’ll be talking about the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act today on KJFK 1230 AM in Reno, Nevada. It’s the Air America affiliate there. “The Solution Zone” with Christiane Brown airs live at 3pm Pacific time, if you can tune in.
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.