CUNY Graduate Center, “The Green Scare: Targeting Environmental and Animal Rights Activism”
Mar 24th, 2010 by Will Potter
If you are in the New York area, I hope you can attend!
The Green Scare: Targeting Environmental and Animal Rights Activism
April 16th, 4:15pm
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue
Room 9204/9205Free and open to the public (with state issued ID for building access).
This event will explore the emerging use of the category of “eco-terrorism” to criminalize the work of environmental justice and animal rights activists, as well as its significance for academic research. Panelists will discuss the impacts of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) on civil rights and liberties; how the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act and other laws have been used to quell animal rights litigation; and the case of Scott DeMuth, a University of Minnesota graduate student currently facing conspiracy charges under AETA for his research on the animal rights movement.
The event is part of the Third Annual Conference on “Rightist” Movements, this year focused on the production of “new enemies” in the name of security and the national interest in the post-September 11 context. A reception will follow.
Panelists include:
Will Potter
Independent Journalist,
GreenIsTheNewRed.comRaphi Rechitsky and Meghan Krausch
University of Minnesota, Scholars for Academic Justice
http://scholarsforacademicjustice.orgOdette Wilkens
Executive Director, Equal Justice Alliance
http://www.noaeta.org/
Delcianna Winders
Animal Rights Attorney and Law InstructorModerated by Professor Michael Blim,
Ph.D. Program in Anthropology, The Graduate Center, CUNYCo-sponsored by:
The Center for the Humanities, The Graduate Center, CUNY;
The Center for Place, Culture & Politics, The Graduate Center, CUNY;
Ph.D. Program in Anthropology, The Graduate Center, CUNY
