Will Potter

DC Book Reading and Launch Party for “Green Is the New Red”

I’m excited that we’ve confirmed the details for two events here in Washington, DC! Busboys & Poets Tuesday, April 19th, 2011 6:30 pm NOTE: it’s the 5th & K NW location Will Potter will read from and discuss Green Is the New Red: An Insider’s Account of a Social Movement Under Siege Invite your friends […]

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Marie Mason is Being Denied Visitors and Mail in a Special Prison Unit

Marie Mason was arrested three years ago and charged with destroying genetic-engineering research and logging equipment. Her crimes did not cause any physical injury. Leading up to her sentencing, the FBI had warned that “terrorists” might attend the hearing. She was sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison. As I wrote at the time, Mason’s […]

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Coming this April from City Lights Books…

This project has consumed so much of my life, for so long, that writing this “official announcement” is ridiculously hard. So I’ll leave it at this: Next month, City Lights Books will release Green Is the New Red: An Insider’s Account of a Social Movement Under Siege… Special thanks to Casey, Denis, Hal, and Matthew […]

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Supreme Court Will Not Hear SHAC 7 Case

The Supreme Court announced today that it will not review the case of the SHAC 7, a landmark First Amendment case in which a group of animal rights activists were convicted as “terrorists” for running a controversial website. The campaign of the SHAC 7 didn’t involve anthrax, pipe bombs, or a plot to hijack an […]

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Daniel McGowan Moved to Another Communications Management Unit

Earth Liberation Front prisoner Daniel McGowan has recently been moved to another secretive prison, called a Communications Management Unit, or CMU. He was previously housed in the CMU in Marion, Illinois, and designated as a “domestic terrorist.” Several weeks ago he was transferred out of that experimental facility, and into general population. Now, he has […]

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Tim DeChristopher’s Inspirational Speech After He Was Convicted

Video of Tim DeChristopher giving an moving speech after he was found guilty.

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Tim DeChristopher Found Guilty of Two Felonies for Disrupting Oil and Gas Auction

Tim DeChristopher has been found guilty on two felony counts for making a fake bid in an oil and gas auction. An auction that was later ruled by a federal judge to be illegal. Meanwhile, a bus driver who gave his students an impromptu detour so they could see the mass protests outside the courthouse […]

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Why Isn’t The Jury Allowed to Hear About Tim DeChristopher’s Motivation?

The judge has prevented jurors from hearing anything about climate change, or why Tim DeChristopher would be compelled to non-violently disrupt an oil and gas auction.

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Trial Begins for Environmentalist Tim DeChristopher, “Bidder 70”

Hundreds of people are rallying today outside the Utah courthouse where environmentalist Tim DeChristopher is facing two felonies, and ten years in prison, for disrupting an oil and gas auction.

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International Documentary Challenges “Eco-terrorist” Label (Video)

Arte TV recently aired a fantastic new film that examines the persecution of environmental activists as “eco-terrorists.”

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