Posted in Activism & Activists' Response, GNR, Legal Issues, Legislation, Video on Jul 20th, 2010
Video of Will Potter’s plenary session lecture at the 2010 national animal rights conference in Washington, DC. It focuses on the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, secretive political prisons called Communications Management Units, and how we must respond.
Posted in Opposition on May 24th, 2010
Lessons from the car-bombing of Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney, two Earth First! activists, 20 years ago.
Posted in Police Harassment & Abuse on May 19th, 2010
A great talk by James Duane, a professor at Regent Law School and a former defense attorney, on why you should never talk to the police.
Posted in Legal Issues on May 3rd, 2010
The federal Bureau of Prisons has quietly submitted a proposal to make the secretive, political prisons called Communications Management Units permanent.
As part of that process, there is a required public comment period, where individuals and organizations can register their opposition. This is a process required by the Administrative Procedures Act, and it should have [...]
Posted in GNR, Media Coverage on Feb 2nd, 2010
I was interviewed by Dara Greenwald for the Journal of Aesthetics & Protest about the Green Scare, and labeling political activists as domestic terrorists.
One area that was particularly interesting, and has not been discussed much on this site, is the implications of all this for artists. Check out the interview for a bit more [...]
Posted in Activism & Activists' Response on Oct 15th, 2009
The Center for Constitutional Rights has a great new legal guide for activists called “If An Agent Knocks.”
From CCR:
Federal law enforcement agencies like the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have a dark history of targeting radical and progressive movements. Some of the dirty tricks they use against these movements include: the infiltration of organizations [...]
Posted in Activism & Activists' Response, GNR, Video on Jul 9th, 2009
The Let Live conference in Portland was fantastic, even better than last year. I was invited to open the conference (which was quite a daunting task, because my talk was followed by vegan soft serve ice cream and karaoke) and talk about building strong communities within the environmental and animal rights movements.
I fully [...]
Posted in Activism & Activists' Response on Jul 8th, 2009
Peregrine and Auryn have put out a Green Scare benefit CD, and were kind enough to offer a box of them for sale on GreenIsTheNewRed.com.
“Shackles, interrogation, their prisons, their profits, their jails detain, but they can’t kill this rage.”
Only $8, postage paid, and every dollar goes to raising awareness of the Green Scare (specifically, [...]
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Hey Portland: Another benefit for the AETA 4 when I’m in town. This one with former animal liberation prisoner Peter Young. Young was prosecuted using the original version of the Animal Enterprise Protection Act for releasing mink from fur farms. The recent arrests, [...]
Posted in Terrorism Definitions, Terrorism Rhetoric on Mar 11th, 2009
I have a guest blog post over at Planetsave, “10 Easy Ways to Be Labeled a ‘Terrorist’ by the Government.” Please check it out, and perhaps leave a comment (and if you like the post, please vote it up on Digg, Reddit or Stumble using the Planetsave links).
Thanks very much to Alex Felsinger at [...]
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.