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Video: Which of these is the number one domestic terrorism threat?

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 [...]

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Animal Rights Activist Named Alongside Bin Laden on FBI’s Terrorist List

An animal rights activist, Daniel Andreas San Diego, is the first “domestic terrorist” to be added to the FBI’s list of most wanted terrorists. The FBI says: “At the time of his flight Mr. San Diego was a committed vegan. If he has maintained this discipline, people around him may notice that he avoids consuming [...]

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Activism Labeled “Blackmail,” UK Animal Activists Sentenced to 4-11 Years in Prison

Seven animal rights activists in the U.K. were sentenced to up to 11 years in prison Wednesday for “conspiracy to blackmail” in their campaign to shut down the notorious animal testing laboratory Huntingdon Life Sciences.

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Police Raid Home of Animal Rights Activists in Santa Cruz

From The Santa Cruz Sentinel: Dozens of police cars surrounded a home on the 700 block of Riverside Avenue in Santa Cruz on Sunday night as a crowd of onlookers gathered to watch the events unfold. According to Frank Male, the owner of the house, three UC Santa Cruz seniors live at the residence. Male [...]

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Feds Go Hunting Internationally for “Domestic Terrorist”

When’s the last time you heard anything about Osama bin Laden? Yeah, same here. Bin Laden, the face of international terrorism, hasn’t been in the news much lately, and I can’t remember the last time I heard anything about the U.S. government making any headway on his capture. Meanwhile, U.S. law enforcement agencies are going [...]

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Audio of SHAC 7 Panel Discussion

This is an excerpt from the SHAC 7 panel discussion at the recent animal rights conference, with me and Andrea Lindsay discussing the trial and what it means for activists of all social movements. I cut out some of the back-and-forth near the end, because the sound quality wasn’t so hot. [Audio clip: view full [...]

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NYSE Announces Deal to Protect Corporations From Activists

It looks like the scare-mongering ad campaigns and “terrorist” rhetoric have worked: Life Sciences Research Inc. has negotiated a deal with the New York Stock Exchange where the controversial animal testing company will be listed on the exchange’s new, anonymous, all-electronic trading platform called Arca– a move intended to hide public business operations from pesky [...]

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