Posted in Grand Juries, Movement Watch on Jan 16th, 2008
Through my reporting, I focus on how the “War on Terrorism” is being used to target environmental and animal advocates. But one thing I try to hit home again and again is that this “Green Scare” doesn’t exist in a vacuum. The attacks on environmental and animal advocates are strikingly similar to other eras of […]
Posted in Grand Juries, Operation Backfire on Aug 24th, 2007
In a country where so many people get most of their news from The Daily Show, and 1 in 4 people read ZERO books last year, I can only imagine how many people get most of their information about the legal system from Law & Order. In Law & Order episodes, grand juries (if […]
Posted in GNR Media/ Events, Grand Juries, Legal, Legislation on Aug 7th, 2007
Just like during the Red Scare, the National Lawyer’s Guild has been consistently out front during this “Green Scare” as well. The guild has condemned the politically-motivated application of the “terrorism” label to property crimes, and the use of vague and overly broad legislation like the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act to chill dissent.
A new […]
Posted in Activists' Response, Grand Juries on Nov 18th, 2006
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 […]
Posted in Grand Juries on Nov 13th, 2006
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 […]
Posted in Grand Juries, Harassment, Uncategorized on Sep 22nd, 2006
Grand juries have been used around the country in political witch hunts and fishing expeditions to go after law-abiding activists. The activists are called before the grand juries, which are ostensibly investigating actions by underground groups, and pressed to testify about their political activities. Activists, in turn, frequently refuse to answer questions about their political […]
Posted in Activists' Response, Federal, GNR Media/ Events, Grand Juries, SHAC 7, Terrorism Rhetoric on Aug 15th, 2006
“Coping With Repression”
Delivered by Will Potter at the national animal rights conference
August 11, 2006
11 a.m.
Good morning. My name is Will Potter. I’m a reporter and I focus on how the War on Terrorism has affected civil liberties, and specifically I focus on the Green Scare, and the push by corporations and politicians to label activists […]
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.