Posted in Terrorism Rhetoric on Nov 29th, 2007
You know, when I started GreenIsTheNewRed.com I was actually concerned about the site being too much of a “specialty” publication. All “eco-terrorism” and civil liberties, all the time. Fine by me, but niche markets can reach an extreme (not that I have anything against magazines like Coin Collector, Air Traffic Management or Crochet World, mind [...]
Posted in Opposition, Terrorism Rhetoric on Sep 6th, 2007
The Seafarers’ International Union, part of the AFL-CIO and the largest North American union of its kind, is pushing the Canadian government to label Greenpeace activists as “terrorists” and hit them with stiff penalties for non-violent civil disobedience.
Greenpeace protesters boarded a ship carrying coal and used non-violent civil disobedience to draw attention to global [...]
Posted in Opposition, Terrorism Rhetoric on Aug 17th, 2007
The title of this site, and the term “Green Scare,” of course refers to the similarities between two eras of government repression: the government witch hunt for suspected communists, during the Red Scare, and the government witch hunt for suspected “eco-terrorists,” during the Green Scare. I think the comparison is useful in talking about these [...]
Posted in Opposition, Terrorism Rhetoric on Aug 15th, 2007
The genius of the Red Scare, and now the Green Scare, is that once you have completely demonized an entire group of people (either labeling them “communists” or “eco-terrorists”) you can slowly extend that scare-mongering in ever-wider circles. So first you brand someone who vandalizes an SUV as a “terrorist” (an absurdity in its own [...]
Posted in Legal Issues, Terrorism Definitions on Jun 27th, 2007
A Bush administration prosecutor recently called the labeling of environmental activists as terrorists “political” and “overreaching.” From The Eugene Weekly’s Alan Pittman, former U.S. attorney David C. Iglesias said:
“It seems to me what happened here should not fit my traditional definition of what terrorism is,” he said. Charging the environmental saboteurs in Eugene with terrorism [...]
Posted in Terrorism Rhetoric on Apr 12th, 2007
I can’t make this stuff up. “Grape thrower called a ‘social terrorist.’” That was the headline of an article in the Detroit Free Press about a woman who threw grapes on stage at a meeting of the Detroit Board of Education. The board was voting to close 34 school buildings.
The president of the board said: [...]
Posted in Opposition, Terrorism Rhetoric on Jan 24th, 2007
If by now it isn’t clear that “eco-terrorism” rhetoric has nothing to do with national security, protecting civilians or even the broader “War on Terrorism” how most supporters view it, take a look at the president’s State of the Union address Tuesday night.
John Lewis, the FBI’s top dog on domestic terrorism, has said: “The [...]
Posted in Opposition, Terrorism Rhetoric on Dec 14th, 2006
I’m truly speechless on this one, so I’ll let the article in World Net Daily speak for itself:
There’s a slow poison out there that’s severely damaging our children and threatening to tear apart our culture. The ironic part is, it’s a “health food,” one of our most popular.
The dangerous food I’m speaking of is soy. [...]
Posted in Opposition, Terrorism Rhetoric on Oct 6th, 2006
Those eco-terrorists in Hollywood are incorrigible. You’d think they’d have learned their lesson after being slammed for Hoot, which was nothing more than soft-core eco-terrorism for kids. But no, they’re back at it again, this time with Open Season, an animated anti-hunting terrorist communiqué. Those militants Ashton Kutcher and Martin Lawrence star in a [...]
Posted in Legal Issues, Opposition on Sep 11th, 2006
In yet another odd twist in this Green Scare, POM Wonderful, the juice company, is using the scare tactics of the New McCarthyists to go after one of its core consumer bases: the vegan, natural foods set.
POM filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court last week, saying that a looming threat posed by [...]
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.