I will be speaking at Yale with Andy Stepanian (of the SHAC 7, and a former CMU prisoner) about corporate campaigns to silence non-violent animal rights activists as “terrorists.”
The event is June 13th (see the flier for details). If you’re in the area, please come! Andy is a fantastic speaker. PS: RSVP on Facebook and [...]

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“Am I on a terrorist watchlist? Will I be labeled a terrorist?” People ask me questions like this all the time, especially political activists. Now you can find out if you are a terrorist using this convenient flow chart!

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Why activists of all social movements should oppose two dangerous new laws in Arizona.

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The new issue of Resistance magazine is out, taking a look at the environmental movement on the 40th anniversary of Earth Day.

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It’s always a challenge to explain the “Green Scare” and this website quickly and succinctly. I was playing around with YouTube’s new “SearchStories” channel, and gave it a shot by focusing on misplaced government priorities. And it’s 35 seconds! Let me know what you think.
Oh, and there are plenty of links on the YouTube page, [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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I recently interviewed with Dylan Powell about the AETA 4, Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, Obama, mainstream media, and DC hardcore. I think it turned out to be one of the most interesting radio discussions I’ve been part of, because Dylan is so well-versed on these issues and we had a great conversation trying to pull [...]

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McDonald’s has rolled out a new logo in France, replacing the iconic red background of the golden arches with green. Here’s some info from ZLOK design blog, and here is where I saw the story originally (although I can barely stumble through the French!), at TerraEco.net.
There has been so much fluff news lately about “easy [...]

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I’ve been receiving quite a few inquiries from law students and grad students who are writing about the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, the Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front, the SHAC 7 and the Green Scare. What’s really inspiring to me is that there have also been many students as young as high school. [...]

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