Will Potter

Pennsylvania “Eco-Terror” Bulletin is Not an Isolated Case: It’s a National Problem

Pennsylvania’s Department of Homeland Security has been spying on non-violent environmental groups and labeling them “environmental extremists.” But this was no fluke, no error, no isolated instance. The same policies that have come to light in Pennsylvania have been exposed across the country, and up to top levels of the federal government.

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“Eco-Terrorist: the New Boogeyman,” Interview on the Alyona Show (Video)

“These days, when you hear the word domestic terrorist, environmental activists probably don’t come to mind. But documents recently leaked show the Pennsylvania Office of Homeland Security has been tracking anti-gas drilling groups and their meetings, including a public screening of the film, GASLAND, a documentary about the environmental hazards of natural gas drilling. Why is the government so scared of these people they call, eco-terrorists, over cases of vandalism?”

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Accused “Animal Enterprise Terrorist” Scott DeMuth Pleads Guilty to Lesser Charge

Scott DeMuth pleaded guilty today to a misdemeanor conspiracy charge for releasing ferrets from a Minnesota farm. As part of the deal, he will no longer be charged with conspiracy to commit “animal enterprise terrorism” in relation to a University of Iowa Animal Liberation Front raid.

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Know Anyone in Europe? Booking “Green Scare” Speaking Events

The only stamp on my passport is from the Republic of Texas. So I am really excited, and honored (and a bit nervous), to be speaking at the University of Hamburg in Germany next month. It’s part of New Roads of Solidarity, an international congress focused on drawing parallels between instances of government repression, and […]

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James Lee, the Unabomber, and Mental Illness vs. Terrorism

Absent from the media frenzy about James Lee is any rational look at the difference between a “radical environmentalist” who uses extreme tactics, and someone struggling with serious mental illnesses who latches on to environmental issues.

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Calling the Discovery Channel Hostager Taker a “Radical Environmentalist” is Irresponsible and Inaccurate

Is “radical environmentalist” a more acceptable rush judgment than saying someone was insane? Because that’s the first, and only, thing that has come to mind in the case of James Lee and the Discovery Channel building.

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“Don’t ask, ‘How can I not be labeled a terrorist?’ Ask, ‘How can I be a threat?’”

Video of Will Potter’s plenary session lecture at the 2010 national animal rights conference in Washington, DC. It focuses on the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, secretive political prisons called Communications Management Units, and how we must respond.

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New T-Shirts! “Activism Is Not Terrorism”

“Activism Is Not Terrorism.” New T-Shirts for animal rights activists, environmental activists and free speech advocates.

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BREAKING: AETA 4 Case Dismissed, But Re-Indictment Possible

A U.S. District Court has thrown out the indictment of four animal rights activists who were charged with violating the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, because the government did not clearly explain what, exactly, the protesters did.

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What’s the Difference Between the Supermax and Secretive Political Prisons Called CMUs?

Will Potter discusses the prison-within-a-prison Communications Management Units (CMUs) designed to silence non-violent activist prisoners, and why the erosion of individual rights (even of prisoners) negatively affects us all.

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