Peter Young

Activist Secretly Videotapes FBI Visit in Des Moines, Iowa

It’s not often that we get to see the FBI in action as agents harass activists. This video is of two FBI agents visiting the owner of Best Place Ever, a video store, and questioning him about last night’s release of mink from a fur farm in Jewel, Iowa. The agents suspect the Animal Liberation Front […]

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FBI Bases Iowa ALF Case on Facebook, Speaking Event, YouTube

An FBI affidavit has just been released in the investigation of the 2004 Animal Liberation Front break-in at the University of Iowa. It shows the stream-of-consciousness approach the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force took to the investigation, including surfing MySpace and Facebook and using an informant to identify activists on YouTube. The affidavit from October, […]

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Prior to Raid, Fur Farmers Labeled Peter Young’s Report a “Terrorist Handbook”

Peter Young’s home was raided the FBI this week, and the search warrant repeatedly mentions his name in relation to “animal enterprise terrorism.” In the last article we looked at how this Utah raid is, ostensibly, related to the investigation of an Animal Liberation Front raid at the University of Iowa. As with all of […]

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BREAKING: FBI Raids Activist House in Utah, Connected to Iowa ALF Investigation

FBI agents and law enforcement from multiple agencies have raided a well-known activist group house in Salt Lake City, Utah, today in connection with an investigation of Animal Liberation Front crimes in Iowa.   I just got off the phone with multiple housemates who were there witnessing the raid, and who were able to read […]

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Scott Demuth Free Despite Emergency Government Motion Labeling Him an “Anarchist”

The government filed an emergency motion to keep an activist in jail because he is an “anarchist” and “domestic terrorist” who associates with a “subversive,” but in a response issued Monday, an Iowa district court didn’t buy it. Scott Demuth will be released pending his trial. Demuth has been indicted on animal enterprise terrorism charges […]

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Portland AETA 4 Benefit With Peter Young and Will Potter

Hey Portland: Another benefit for the AETA 4 when I’m in town. This one with former animal liberation prisoner Peter Young. Young was prosecuted using the original version of the Animal Enterprise Protection Act for releasing mink from fur farms. The recent arrests, under the new Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, are for largely First Amendment […]

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Corporations Tracking Who Activists Are Dating

We’ve recently learned that Burger King has been spying on human rights activists, and the FBI would like to be spying on vegan potlucks. Not to be outdone, it looks like the Society of Toxicology commissioned a “threat analysis” to try to get smart about, among other things, who activists are dating. The organization held […]

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I’m Baaaaaaaack…

It’s been a while since the last update, and I apologize. Writing about the Green Scare and “eco-terrorism” unfortunately doesn’t pay the bills, so sometimes I’m at the mercy of other writing. Anyway, new posts are on the way. In the meantime, check out this hilarious/ridiculous/frustrating marquee at the Clinton Street Theater for the speaking […]

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Portland Event: Are animal rights activists really the “number one domestic terrorist threat”?

I’ll be in Portland next week for a speaking event with Peter Young, one of the first people ever charged with “animal enterprise terrorism.” The press release for the event is below. Rumor has it that there might also be a movie screening, to take advantage of the wonderful venue. Thanks to all the sponsors […]

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First Activist Convicted Under Animal Enterprise Protection Act Released From Prison

Peter Young, the first activist convicted under the Animal Enterprise Protection Act, was released from prison Thursday morning. I’ll post more information as I get it, but I wanted to highlight it for a couple reasons: *The Animal Enterprise Protection Act is the precursor to the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act: corporations and corporate politicians said […]

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