Will Potter

Photos of “Eco-terrorists”

Deb over at Invisible Voices sent a link to a wonderful photography project by Christopher LaMarca called “Forest Defenders.” LaMarca says:. I have been photographing these activists and loggers since the summer of 2003. My connection to this project revolves around the passion and endless work that consumes these people who live in the back-country […]

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We Need Your T-Shirt Ideas!

I’ve been brainstorming with people about t-shirt ideas, because we need to raise some money for the website and associated projects. Another reason is that people often come up to me at speaking events asking for t-shirts and I feel kind of bad when they’re stuck talking to me because I don’t have anything to […]

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“Burger With a Side of Spies”

Eric Schlosser has a great oped in The New York Times about how Burger King hired a sketchy private security firm to spy on non-violent activists. WHILE the Patriot Act has raised fears about government spying on ordinary citizens, the growing threat to civil liberties posed by corporate spying has received much less attention. During […]

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Norwegian Culture Jamming

I got a kick out of how this Norwegian enviro/animal/anarchist group took a scare-mongering ad campaign, used to label activists as “terrorists” in major media outlets, and spun it into activist propaganda. [UPDATE: From a comment on this blog post, I learned that this flier was actually created by the UK chapter of the group […]

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Nelson Mandela on Terrorist Watchlist

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 […]

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Chip in a Few Dollars and Let’s Print These Fliers!

The great folks at Eberhardt Press are ready to print an updated version of these wonderful fliers. I had been taking them to speaking events, and my first run of several hundred was gone after about two events. They’re able to print them at $10 for 100 fliers, which is a steal. I rarely make […]

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How the FBI Used “Anna” the Informant to Entrap Eric McDavid and other Environmentalists as “Terrorists”

The FBI paid a young woman, known as “Anna,” to befriend environmentalists Eric McDavid, Lauren Weiner, and Zachary Jenson and pressure them into illegal activity.

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Thanks to Whoever Uses StumbleUpon

Thanks to whoever uses StumbleUpon to spread the word about this website. Yesterday we had over 4,000 unique visitors JUST from StumbleUpon! Without money for ads or high-profile partnerships, GNR depends on “viral” word of mouth like this. Thank you!

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Racists Vandalize PETA Building, But of Course That’s Not Terrorism

The danger of all this “terrorism” rhetoric is how politically malleable it is: industry groups can mold it into “eco-terrorism,” KFC can hammer it into “corporate terrorism” to smear Peta, and on and on and on. The word can be melted and reformed into a weapon against the latest enemy of the hour. The flipside […]

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It’s Not Over: An Update to the “Green Scare”

It’s Not Over: An Update to the “Green Scare” April 29, 2008 By Will Potter As the trial of Briana Waters wound down in March, as jurors deliberated her innocence or guilt, and as the press largely ignored her “eco-terrorism” case in lieu of Obama-Clinton-Anybody-But-Bush mania, it seemed, just for a moment, like one chapter […]

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