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 Activists Arrested, Federal Terrorism Laws, Legal Issues, Legislation on Dec 11th, 2009
As a follow up to David Pellow’s guest post, “My Student is a Sociologist, Not a Terrorist,” here is an update from his grad student facing terrorism charges, Scott DeMuth.
DeMuth has been indicted for conspiracy to commit “animal enterprise terrorism” in relation to the unsolved Animal Liberation Front raid at the University of Iowa. The [...]
Posted in Federal Terrorism Laws, Legislation on Nov 30th, 2009
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has been classified as as a “terrorist threat” in a document created by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The USDA created a new “APHIS Facility Security Profile” form to send to animal experimentation facilities. Recipients were asked to answer about their experiences, and return the form to the [...]
Posted in Opposition, Surveillance on Jun 6th, 2008
We’ve recently learned that Burger King has been spying on human rights activists, and the FBI would like to be spying on vegan potlucks. Not to be outdone, it looks like the Society of Toxicology commissioned a “threat analysis” to try to get smart about, among other things, who activists are dating.
The organization held its [...]
Posted in Legislation, State Terrorism Laws on Apr 17th, 2008
In light of the recent legislation pending in California that would prohibit the publication of public information on websites–but only websites run by animal rights activists–I have a modest proposal that I think will go a long way to making the country even safer:
An amendment to the Animal Enterprise Protection Act, AB2296
Whereas the AB 2296 [...]
Posted in Federal Terrorism Laws, Legislation, Opposition on May 21st, 2007
Check out this Q/A at Wired with Frankie Trull of the National Association for Biomedical Research:
I’ve read that the A.E.T.A. poses a threat to civil liberties. On one website I read that “Anyone engaging in non-violent civil disobedience causing at least $10,000 profit loss, will be considered a terrorist.”
They refuse to actually read the law. [...]
Posted in GNR, Surveillance on Feb 22nd, 2007
Americans for Medical Progress is an industry group behind a lot of the scare-mongering and labeling activists as “terrorists.” How flattering to be listed in their newsletter. I’m looking forward to the Yale Law School event this weekend:
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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.