Wow. Well, at first I was shocked to here that Hustler (yes, that Hustler, the porn magazine) ran a feature on the SHAC 7 and the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (and a very sympathetic one at that). But, then again, some of the leading First Amendment attorneys involved in these “Green Scare” cases made their […]

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A few folks asked that I post this, so here goes. It’s the audio and text from the plenary speech I gave at the national animal rights conference in Los Angeles, about how people choose respond to the fear created by the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, “terrorism enhancements” and the Green Scare more broadly. […]

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This is an excerpt from the SHAC 7 panel discussion at the recent animal rights conference, with me and Andrea Lindsay discussing the trial and what it means for activists of all social movements. I cut out some of the back-and-forth near the end, because the sound quality wasn’t so hot.

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I love this: new from the SHAC 7 support committee:

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Industry groups have said again and again that Congress needed to pass the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act this week because the original legislation, the Animal Enterprise Protection Act, didn’t go far enough. There are loopholes in the law, they say, that allow for “tertiary targeting.” They also have said again and again that the expanded […]

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In September, the night before lawmakers left for mid-term campaigning, the Senate rushed to pass the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act: the mainstream press remained silent. Yesterday, the House pushed through identical legislation that labels non-violent activists as “terrorists”: still, the mainstream press remained eerily silent. The only coverage I’ve seen is from the Associated Press, […]

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Many people have emailed me to ask why I still haven’t posted a recap of the SHAC 7 sentencing, and I don’t know what to say. That’s the problem. Every time I have sat down to write about last week’s sentencing of the SHAC 7, I’ve failed. I’ve become paralyzed. I’ve tried dumping all my […]

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It remains to be seen how the animal rights and environmental movements will respond to the sentencing of the SHAC 7, but one thing seems to be clear: it hasn’t phased underground, illegal activists one bit.
On Tuesday, Wayne Parry of the Associated Press quoted a spokeswoman for the SHAC 7 saying that the government’s […]

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The remaining SHAC 7 defendants were sentenced today. Andrew Stepanian received the maximum sentence of 36 months in prison, and Darius Fullmer was sentenced to 12 months, 1 day.
Both were ordered to pay into the $1,000,001 restitution.
Andy must turn himself in to begin his sentence within 15 days, and Darius must turn himself in […]

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This morning I was a guest on Go Vegan Texas, which airs on 90.1 FM KPFT Houston. Also on the program were Camille Hankins, an activist with Win Animal Rights, and Tim Gorski, a filmmaker with Rattle the Cage Productions. You can listen to the program online at the Go Vegan Texas website or click […]

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