Terrorism Definitions

Nuns Put on “Domestic Terrorist” List

Last week I wrote about how some Homeland Security officials don’t think Timothy McVeigh is a terrorist, but peace activists, animal rights activists, pro-choice activists and environmentalists are. You know who else are terrorists? Nuns! The Saginaw News reports that among the 53 non-violent activists labeled as “terrorists” in that Maryland operation are two Dominican […]

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Local Sheriff Buys a Tank, Others Clamor to Fight “Domestic Terrorists”

In what I can only attribute to one-too-many viewings of Red Dawn, the Sheriff Leon Lott of Richland County, South Carolina bought his department a tank. Oh, excuse me, an “armored personnel carrier”… with a .50-cal turreted machine gun. For all you city slickers, .50-cal means f’n HUGE. From Reason: Sheriff Leon Lott has charmingly […]

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Are Your Grandparents “Eco-terrorists”?

Do you know where your grandparents are? Sure, you might think Nana is at home watching Touched by an Angel, and gramps is puttering around the garage, but they might be out waging guerilla warfare in the name of the environment. Check out this video of a 72-year-old man keying a Hummer in the student […]

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MLK Speech on Civil Disobedience, I mean, “Terrorism”

I’ve written before about how Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. would be labeled a “terrorist” for his tactics, and radical politics. But when I heard these speeches by Dr. King about his opposition to the Vietnam War (when others were urging him to remain “single issue”) and his unwavering support for civil disobedience… well, it […]

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Tennessee Politician: “Eco-terrorists are, uh, I guess left-wing eco-greenies”

“Eco-terrorism” is a buzzword that corporations and the politicians who represent them have been throwing around more and more since 9/11. But like the bigger T-word, it’s a term without much of a definition. “Eco-terrorism” has been used to describe burning SUVs, and other property crimes by the Animal Liberation Front and Earth Liberation Front. […]

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It’s Fear-Mongering Friday: “Terrorism” in Second Life

Terrorists are everywhere! Vegan potlucks. Ninja gatherings. And now… geeky online games? According to the March, 2008 issue of Foreign Policy (FOREIGN POLICY!), “terrorists” in Second Life are a growing concern: Last year, several bombs were detonated outside the retail stores of American Apparel and Reebok. No one knew who was behind the attacks until […]

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Meet the “Terrorists”

The Animal Liberation Front, Earth Liberation Front, and people who support them are labeled the “number one domestic terrorism threat,” according to the FBI. From time to time I’ll be posting videos of the kind of activity that is being labeled “terrorism” by corporations and the politicians that represent them. To start things off, this […]

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“Eco-terrorist” SUVs and Saddam Hussein

Along the lines of the recent culture jamming post, I found this at UncivilSociety. Despite writing, reading and reporting on this stuff every day, I still can’t really wrap my mind around how the word “eco-terrorism” works grammatically. (You shouldn’t be shocked, though. This is coming from someone who thinks “green is the new red,” […]

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A Cartoon With a Slightly Different Take on Things

Here’s a cartoonist with a slightly different perspective than the Al Qaeda cartoon last week. Don’t you love Stephanie McMillan? This is from MinimumSecurity.net.

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Remembering MLK the “Terrorist”

New laws like the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act are targeting non-violent civil disobedience as terrorism.

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