Posted in Legislation, State Terrorism Laws on Feb 17th, 2010
Fifty years ago this month, four black students sat at a Woolworth’s whites-only lunch counter and refused to move. The following day 25 students did the same. A few days later, more than 300 showed up. The sit-ins quickly spread across the South and were a critical component of the civil rights movement. Decades later, [...]
Posted in Federal Terrorism Laws, Legislation, State Terrorism Laws on Dec 15th, 2009
The National Lawyers Guild has a new report on state-level versions of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act that have been popping up around the country. As I’ve reported here previously, on laws such as the California Animal Enterprise Protection Act, they use sweeping, overly broad definitions of terrorism that are, in some cases, even worse [...]
Posted in Legal Issues, Legislation, Opposition, State Terrorism Laws on Feb 6th, 2009
Tim DeChristopher. Photo by Washington Post Newsweek Interactive.Yesterday’s article on the sentencing of Marie Mason to prison, as a terrorist, for 22 years has made quite a buzz. Nearly everywhere the piece has been posted (news sites, environmental sites, Digg, punk forums) there has been a slew of angry comments (by “green” folks, no less) [...]
Posted in Legislation, Opposition, State Terrorism Laws on Jan 30th, 2009
Good news from South Dakota: a state House committee shot down an “animal rights terrorism” bill proposed by the university.
The bill was nearly identical to new, sweeping “animal enterprise terrorism” legislation in California. Similar laws have been pushed around the country by right-wing groups like the American Legislative Exchange Council (you might remember the [...]
Posted in Activism & Activists' Response, Legislation, Opposition, State Terrorism Laws on Aug 6th, 2008
Santa Cruz bombing at the home of a university scientist who tests on animals. Associated Press.This weekend two incendiary devices exploded at the homes of two UC Santa Cruz scientists who experiment on animals. One device destroyed a car. The other, left on a front porch, set the house on fire while the UC employee, [...]
Posted in Legislation, Opposition, State Terrorism Laws, Terrorism Definitions on Jul 24th, 2008
“Eco-terrorism” is a buzzword that corporations and the politicians who represent them have been throwing around more and more since 9/11. But like the bigger T-word, it’s a term without much of a definition. “Eco-terrorism” has been used to describe burning SUVs, and other property crimes by the Animal Liberation Front and Earth Liberation Front. [...]
Posted in Legislation, State Terrorism Laws on Apr 17th, 2008
In light of the recent legislation pending in California that would prohibit the publication of public information on websites–but only websites run by animal rights activists–I have a modest proposal that I think will go a long way to making the country even safer:
An amendment to the Animal Enterprise Protection Act, AB2296
Whereas the AB 2296 [...]
Posted in Legislation, Opposition, State Terrorism Laws on Apr 14th, 2008
NOTE: There is a hearing on this legislation on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 in the Judiciary Committee, Room 4202, at 8 a.m. or perhaps later (you can view what else is on the schedule here).
California has been a hotbed of both legal and illegal activity in the name of animal rights lately.
The largest beef recall [...]
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.