Posted in Media on Jun 30th, 2009
Ed Abbey’s classic The Monkey Wrench Gang is being made into a big-budget Hollywood movie starring–wait for it– Matthew McConaughey and John Goodman. And the director of “Twilight” is set to direct. I feel ill.
The Monkey Wrench Gang is Abbey’s classic tale of George Hayduke, an ex-Green Beret, leading a band of outlaws in a [...]
Posted in Media on Jan 14th, 2009
By former Los Angeles Times cartoonist Tony Peyser:
Posted in Media, Opposition, Terrorism Rhetoric on Dec 15th, 2008
Last week the Center for Consumer Freedom, an industry front group, took out a full-page ad in The New York Times accusing the Humane Society of the United States of supporting “terrorism.” Their crime? A speech at a “holiday gala” for a group called the Humane League. If you’re not following, well, you’re not the [...]
Posted in Media, Opposition, Terrorism Rhetoric on Dec 11th, 2008
A full-page ad in today’s The New York Times accuses the Humane Society of “helping an animal rights terrorism group.”
The ad was bought by the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF), a front group that represents the fast food, meat and dairy industries. You might remember CCF from when they attacked Mothers Against Drunk Driving [...]
Posted in Media, Opposition on Nov 26th, 2008
We’ve seen Adidas endorsing “eco-terrorism” in their ads. Now HSBC, one of the largest banks in the world, has an ad that’s an epic terrorist love story complete with tree sitters, folk music, and happy, apolitical ending.
Here’s the summary: Cops are attacking environmental activists, pulling them from tree sits, using pain compliance holds, carting them [...]
Posted in Media, Opposition on Oct 13th, 2008
The Denver police union made this shirt to commemorate the beating of DNC protesters.Later this week, I’ll post a closer look at how organizers of protests against the Republican National Convention were arrested as “terrorists.” But first I want to address some of the talk, in the mainstream press and even in activist circles, about [...]
Posted in Media on Sep 17th, 2008
There’s now a GreenIsTheNewRed Flickr account, as well as a Green Scare Flickr group! I’m hoping ya’ll will enjoy them, for a few reasons:
You can easily post these photos to your blogs and websites through Flickr.
You can submit your own images to the group: benefit fliers, photos of Green Scare defendants, protest photos, scare-mongering ads, and of course [...]
Posted in Activism & Activists' Response, Legal Issues, Media, Police Harassment & Abuse on Sep 2nd, 2008
News continues to come out of the Twin Cities and the Republican National Convention of what I can only describe as a police state showing its true colors. If you read this site regularly, you know I stay far away from language and descriptions like that, because I think it’s best to let the stories [...]
Posted in Media on Jun 18th, 2008
Oh good grief, I knew I spoke too soon when I posted about the new “comedy” based loosely on non-violent activists being labeled “terrorists.”
Looks like the “eco-terrorism” buzz has also been milked for a romance novel. Ugh.
The blurb for Leave No Trace by Lynn Romaine:
For undercover DNR agent Nick Seek, what begins as [...]
Posted in Media on Jun 17th, 2008
So the SHAC 7 are in prison, as “terrorists,” for running a controversial animal rights website. Defense attorneys are appealing, and it could be a landmark First Amendment case. But apparently civil liberties are SO not entertaining… instead, according to the Hollywood Reporter, it’s fodder for a comedy:
Lionsgate has acquired worldwide rights to “Stop Huntingdon [...]
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.