Eco-terrorist

Interview with Will Potter on Rising Against the International Criminalisation of Activism

Australian animal rights campaigner Patty Mark is arrested for an open rescue of abused hens. Will Potter speaks with Progressive Podcast Australia about the international criminalization of dissent.

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New Laws Would Make Environmental Protest “Terrorism”

Environmentalists are reviving tactics like tree-sitting. They’ve been so effective that now Oregon lawmakers want to label them “terrorists.”

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The Rhetoric of Eco-Terrorism

The power of language and framing in the age of “terrorism.”

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Mother Jones on Green Is the New Red

Mother Jones has a new article by Jim Ridgeway about my book, and the corporate and government campaigns to label animal rights and environmental activists as eco-terrorists. It’s a great big-picture look at the FBI’s targeting of political activists, and the chilling implications for free speech. Ridgeway also discusses secretive political prisons called Communications Management […]

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Earth Day: “Eco-Terrorists” Crackdown (Video)

I was on The Alyona Show on Earth Day talking about my new book, and the corporate-led campaigns to target environmentalists as terrorists. We talked a bit about how Earth Day has been co-opted (a good example of this is the 10+ emails I received from PR agencies pitching new “green” products that weren’t green […]

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Undercover Cop Who Spied on Greens Offers to Testify on Their Behalf (Video)

Undercover police officer Mark Kennedy spied on environmental groups for seven years, then offered to cooperate with activists against the police.

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In the Wake of the Giffords Shooting, FBI Agents Investigate… Spraypaint on Fishing Boats

In the aftermath of the Arizona shooting, FBI agents are investigating what they say may be another act of domestic terrorism: the ELF spraypainting fishing boats.

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As Climate Summit Begins, U.S. Labels Mark Ruffalo an “Eco-terrorist”

Instead of focusing on “eco-terrorism,” the U.S. needs a substantive plan for addressing climate change.

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“Eco-Terrorist: the New Boogeyman,” Interview on the Alyona Show (Video)

“These days, when you hear the word domestic terrorist, environmental activists probably don’t come to mind. But documents recently leaked show the Pennsylvania Office of Homeland Security has been tracking anti-gas drilling groups and their meetings, including a public screening of the film, GASLAND, a documentary about the environmental hazards of natural gas drilling. Why is the government so scared of these people they call, eco-terrorists, over cases of vandalism?”

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James Lee, the Unabomber, and Mental Illness vs. Terrorism

Absent from the media frenzy about James Lee is any rational look at the difference between a “radical environmentalist” who uses extreme tactics, and someone struggling with serious mental illnesses who latches on to environmental issues.

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