Will Potter

Police Raid Home of Animal Rights Activists in Santa Cruz

From The Santa Cruz Sentinel: Dozens of police cars surrounded a home on the 700 block of Riverside Avenue in Santa Cruz on Sunday night as a crowd of onlookers gathered to watch the events unfold. According to Frank Male, the owner of the house, three UC Santa Cruz seniors live at the residence. Male […]

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“Whoever defines the issue controls the debate.”

“Whoever defines the issue controls the debate.” — Timothy Cummings, a clinical professor and poultry veterinarian at Mississippi State University. That quote is from an article in Farmed Animal Watch on combating animal and environmental advocates. Cummings advises farmers to use terms like “exsanguinated” rather than “bled to death,” and “knifer operator” instead of “killer.” […]

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Which Prisoners Should Receive Support?

When environmental and animal rights advocates are sentenced to lengthy prison terms—many as “terrorists”—they depend on the support of friends, family and the larger activist community. They need money in their commissary account. They need books and magazines. They need visitors, phone calls, and perhaps above all else, according to many current and former prisoners […]

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Feds Go Hunting Internationally for “Domestic Terrorist”

When’s the last time you heard anything about Osama bin Laden? Yeah, same here. Bin Laden, the face of international terrorism, hasn’t been in the news much lately, and I can’t remember the last time I heard anything about the U.S. government making any headway on his capture. Meanwhile, U.S. law enforcement agencies are going […]

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Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act Moot Court

Congrats to all the law students who took part in the appellate moot court competition on the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act at Harvard Feb 15-17. I think it’s incredible that law students are tackling these issues in moot court while some national organizations seem like they’d prefer just to ignore that they even exist. I […]

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“My Name is Dave, I’m an Ecoterrorist”

If you needed any other indication that this “eco-terrorist” rhetoric has gone way, way too far (as if labeling a children’s movie “soft-core eco-terrorism” wasn’t bad enough) check this out. It’s the first “webisode” (I put that in quotes because it seems kind of silly to create new Internet names for everything, but anyway) of […]

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Anything is the New Everything…

Al Gore’s “Live Earth” is sending out emails with the tagline “Is green the new red?” (about sustainable Valentine’s Day gifts). [Thanks Drew!] And this month’s issue of Outside has an article, “Red is the New Green” about environmental issues in Cuba. This, on top of the Red Scare/Green Scare confusion I noted a while […]

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Now on the Lineup at Evil Twin Booking Agency…

I’m really excited to announce that I’ll be working with the folks at Evil Twin Book Agency to help organize speaking events. Evil Twin works with writers, filmmakers, activists and artists to promote their work at venues ranging from college tours to Sundance Film Festival. They’ve got quite an eclectic mix, including Greg Palast (the […]

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KPFT Houston Interview on “Green Scare”

I was on KPFT 90.1 FM Houston & 89.5 Galveston with Janice Blue last week, talking about the trial of Briana Waters (starting in Washington Monday) and an update on the “Green Scare” more broadly. You can listen to it here.

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Interview with “The Abolitionist” on “Eco-terrorism” Legislation

This interview is in the latest issue of The Abolitionist (Australia). I spoke with Claudette Vaughan, the chief editor, about the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, the “Green Scare,” and the politics of fear. Here it is below, and also be sure to check out the other articles on their site. Abolitionist: What did you say […]

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