Posted in Defining Terrorism, Terrorism Rhetoric on May 9th, 2008
Along the lines of the recent culture jamming post, I found this at UncivilSociety.
Despite writing, reading and reporting on this stuff every day, I still can’t really wrap my mind around how the word “eco-terrorism” works grammatically. (You shouldn’t be shocked, though. This is coming from someone who thinks “green is the new red,” when […]
Posted in Opposition, Terrorism Rhetoric on May 1st, 2008
The danger of all this “terrorism” rhetoric is how politically malleable it is: industry groups can mold it into “eco-terrorism,” KFC can hammer it into “corporate terrorism” to smear Peta, and on and on and on. The word can be melted and reformed into a weapon against the latest enemy of the hour.
The flipside […]
Posted in Media, Terrorism Rhetoric, Uncategorized on Apr 24th, 2008
Another gem of an editorial cartoon, along the lines of the Seattle Times cartoon comparing the Earth Liberation Front to Al-Qaeda.
From CoxAndForkum.com.
Posted in Media, Terrorism Rhetoric on Apr 3rd, 2008
Apologies to everyone for the lack of posts lately. I had to back away from the site because I’m trying to get another project rolling–cross your fingers on that one, and hopefully I’ll have exciting news to announce in coming months.
Fortunately for GreenIsTheNewRed.com, though, the “War on Terrorism” is a bit like a case […]
Posted in Activists' Response, Opposition, Terrorism Rhetoric on Mar 12th, 2008
Call me Ishmael.
I mean, call me an “eco-terrorist.”
I mean, call the Japanese whalers complete hypocrites.
So, you remember how whalers held members of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society hostage when the activists boarding the whaling boat in order to deliver a letter? Well now the whalers have turned to physical violence, shooting Paul Watson, captain of […]
Posted in Legal, Terrorism Rhetoric on Mar 11th, 2008
Following up on the post from just a few hours ago, The Associated Press is reporting that four people have been charged in a 1999 arson at Michigan State University. The four individuals named in the indictment have not even been arraigned on the charges yet, and the government has already held a press conference […]
Posted in Legal, Media, Operation Backfire, Terrorism Rhetoric on Mar 5th, 2008
UPDATE: This blog post was also published by Counterpunch, on March 07, 2008.
Multi-million dollar mansions in a Seattle suburb–each about 4,200-4,750 square feet, going for about $2 million a pop, touted as “green”– were burned Monday. About $7 million in damage on the “Street of Dreams.” Nobody injured, […]
Posted in Opposition, Terrorism Rhetoric on Feb 24th, 2008
“Whoever defines the issue controls the debate.” — Timothy Cummings, a clinical professor and poultry veterinarian at Mississippi State University.
That quote is from an article in Farmed Animal Watch on combating animal and environmental advocates. Cummings advises farmers to use terms like “exsanguinated” rather than “bled to death,” and “knifer operator” instead of “killer.” […]
Posted in Terrorism Rhetoric on Feb 23rd, 2008
If you needed any other indication that this “eco-terrorist” rhetoric has gone way, way too far (as if labeling a children’s movie “soft-core eco-terrorism” wasn’t bad enough) check this out. It’s the first “webisode” (I put that in quotes because it seems kind of silly to create new Internet names for everything, but anyway) of […]
Posted in Operation Backfire, Terrorism Rhetoric on Jan 24th, 2008
The FBI says “The No. 1 domestic terrorism threat is the eco-terrorism, animal-rights movement.” And when the Feds rounded up environmental advocates as part of “Operation Backfire,” Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez said, “In all, their trail of destruction across the Pacific Northwest and beyond resulted in millions of dollars of property damage. Today’s indictment is […]
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.