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 Activists Arrested, Legal Issues on Jul 12th, 2010
A U.S. District Court has thrown out the indictment of four animal rights activists who were charged with violating the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, because the government did not clearly explain what, exactly, the protesters did.
Posted in Activists Arrested, Legal Issues on Jun 17th, 2010
Here’s a great, short video explaining the case of the AETA 4, who are activists charged under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act for protesting, chanting, and distributing fliers.
Posted in Legal Issues, Police Harassment & Abuse on May 18th, 2010
David Pellow, a Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota, has been outspoken against the government’s attempts to label his student, Scott DeMuth, a terrorist. Recently the FBI came knocking at his door.
Posted in Federal Terrorism Laws on May 7th, 2010
Americans accused of being involved with terrorist organizations, even if they have never been convicted of a crime, could have their citizenship revoked and could be deported under the Terrorist Expatriation Act.
Posted in Legislation, Opposition, Uncategorized on Apr 26th, 2010
Michele Basso, who campaigned to label animal rights activists as “terrorists,” is suspended for animal cruelty.
Posted in Legal Issues, Uncategorized on Apr 21st, 2010
The Supreme Court has struck down a federal law targeting “depictions of animal cruelty,” including dog-fighting and “crush” videos. And that’s a very good thing for animal rights activists.
Posted in Terrorism Definitions on Apr 7th, 2010
Tea Party poster.Tea Party groups and right-wing militias have been plotting attacks on Muslims, throwing bricks through lawmakers’ windows, and issuing death threats, yet the mainstream press and the federal government have not labeled these acts “terrorism.”
By contrast, the “number one domestic terrorism threat,” according to the FBI, is the animal rights and environmental [...]
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 9204/9205
Free and open to the public (with state issued ID for building access).
This event will explore the emerging use of the category [...]
Posted in Terrorism Rhetoric on Mar 18th, 2010
Peter Young’s home was raided the FBI this week, and the search warrant repeatedly mentions his name in relation to “animal enterprise terrorism.” In the last article we looked at how this Utah raid is, ostensibly, related to the investigation of an Animal Liberation Front raid at the University of Iowa.
As with all of [...]
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.