Government Priorities

If Right-Wing Violence Is Up 400%, Why Is the FBI Targeting Environmentalists?

The FBI has been downplaying violence by right-wing extremists while exaggerating the threat posed by animal rights activists and environmentalists.

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“Activism Now Terrorism?” — TV Interview with Abby Martin

Abby Martin interviews Will Potter about grand juries targeting anarchists and activists.

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Congressional Report on Domestic Terrorism Addresses the “Green Scare,” Cites Green Is the New Red

A recent Congressional report on domestic terrorism examines the government’s crackdown on animal rights and environmental activists, and asks members of Congress to question why the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act singles out political activists as terrorists when they have not harmed anyone.

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7 Examples of a “Police State,” and How They Are Appearing in the U.S.

Some common traits shared by “police states” and how they have appeared in the United States.

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7 Ways Canadian Environmental Groups Are Being Attacked as “Terrorists”

Environmentalists in Canada are being classified as terrorists for protesting the Keystone XL and Northern Gateway tar sands pipelines. Here’s how.

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7 Groups the FBI and Corporations Have Classified as “Terrorists”

7 examples of the types of people the government and corporations now routinely label as “terrorists.”

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Debunked: Prosecutors and Press Calling a Militia Cell “Anarchists”

Prosecutors admit that a Georgia militia cell of former military officers who plotted to kill the president are not “anarchist.”

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Newly Released FBI “Domestic Terrorism” Training on Anarchists, Environmentalists, Show COINTELPRO Tactics

Newly released FBI documents show the flawed and misleading information the government is using to train agents to identify and investigate “domestic terrorist” groups such as “black separatists,” anarchists, animal rights activists, and environmentalists.

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Why Are Environmentalists “Terrorists,” But Anti-Abortion Extremists Are Not?

Anti-abortion extremists and Christian fundamentalists have resorted to physical violence and assassinations in the name of their cause, but it is not investigated as terrorism.

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Washington Post Front Page Story Features “Green Is The New Red”

The Washington Post talks with Will Potter about “Ag Gag” bills, FBI surveillance of environmental protesters, and the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act.

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