Posted in Federal Terrorism Laws, Legislation on Nov 30th, 2009
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has been classified as as a “terrorist threat” in a document created by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The USDA created a new “APHIS Facility Security Profile” form to send to animal experimentation facilities. Recipients were asked to answer about their experiences, and return the form to the [...]
Posted in Surveillance, Terrorism Watch Lists on Oct 27th, 2009
UK police gathered personal information on thousands of activists who simply attend protests or political meetings, and created national databases.
Posted in Terrorism Watch Lists on Apr 23rd, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Police Harassment & Abuse, Surveillance, Terrorism Watch Lists on Jul 15th, 2008
As the New York Times reported last week, the Department of Homeland Security routinely stops Americans who are re-entering the country so government officials can snoop through laptops and even copy files.
For many animal and environmental advocates, though, this is old news. And it’s only part of the story. The government labels the animal rights [...]
Posted in Terrorism Watch Lists on May 8th, 2008
Like many environmental and animal rights advocates, even Nelson Mandela is on a “terrorist watchlist.” Unlike grassroots activists, though, it looks politicians are trying to get him removed.
I’ve seen quite a few blog posts on this, where the author is outraged that a “freedom fighter” like Nelson Mandela is on a terrorist watchlist. His [...]
Posted in Terrorism Watch Lists on Feb 25th, 2008
Another reason to oppose the “eco-terrorism” rhetoric, and “Homegrown Terrorism” legislation, is that it eerily paves the way for things like this. I started using the analogy between the Red Scare and Green Scare simply to make a larger point, and it has been truly frightening to see the specific similarities between the two, right [...]
Posted in Terrorism Watch Lists on Feb 25th, 2008
This baby was detained by TSA for being on a terrorist watch list. Maybe it was for seeing that “soft-core eco-terrorism” movie, Hoot.
Posted in Terrorism Watch Lists on Oct 18th, 2007
The War on Terrorism is no match for Miss Universe. She’s able to board a plane without her ID, just a sash.
I feel so, so safe right now.
Courtesy of Boing Boing:
Posted in Surveillance, Terrorism Watch Lists on Sep 6th, 2006
Yet more damning evidence came out this week that the federal government is using the War on Terrorism for sweeping surveillance based on mysterious terrorist databases. The FBI has worked with the Education Department for the past five years to sift through millions of student financial aid records as part of “Project Strike Back, the [...]
Posted in Police Harassment & Abuse, Terrorism Watch Lists on Apr 5th, 2006
Singing along to “London Calling” by The Clash got a passenger yanked from an airplane in northern England and interrogated by anti-terrorism detectives today. A cabbie called the police because Harraj Mann, 24, was singing along to “Now war is declared — and battle come down.”
Suspicious lyrics? Maybe. But Mann had plugged his MP3 player [...]
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.