Will Potter

New Green Scare Flier

Beware the Green Scare! The term Green Scare, alluding to the Red Scare of the 1940s and ’50s, refers to legal and extralegal actions taken by the U.S. government against the “radical” environmentalist movement. It is a strategy that has been used before: attack the margins of a movement as a way to limit dissent […]

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Add this GreenIsTheNewRed.com Blog Viewer to Your Website or MySpace

Click on the “options” button in the lower left corner for the html code (to paste on your webpage). Get this widget!

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Government Seeks “Terrorism Enhancement” for Environmental Activists

They’ve been “terrorists” from day one. Since their arrest for a string of property crimes against corporations they believed were destroying the planet, a group of environmental activists from the Northwest have been relentlessly branded “eco-terrorists” and “domestic terrorists” in government press conferences, Congressional hearings and in the media. On Tuesday, though, in federal court […]

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“Terrorism Enhancement” Hearing Rally and Press Conference

Just received this, about the “terrorism enhancement” hearing for the Operation Backfire cases. Activists are also holding a rally at the same time, outside the courthouse… MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release: May 10, 2007 Contacts: Lauren Regan, Civil Liberties Defense Center, Eugene, OR, 541-687-9180 Alejandro Queral, NW Constitutional Rights Center, Portland, OR, 503-295-6400, 202-491-6204 Defendants […]

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NYC Bar Association Event on Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act

I’ll be speaking at the NYC Bar Association about the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act in a few weeks. Hope to see some of you New Yorkers there… THE ANIMAL ENTERPRISE TERRORISM ACT: Civil Rights As A Casualty In Anti-Terrorism Rhetoric May 22, 2007, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm New York City Bar Association 42 West […]

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Greens are “#1 Domestic Terrorism Threat”… After Michael Moore

Remember that publicity stunt, I mean, important work of American literature, that was released a few years back “100 People Who Are Screwing Up America”? I was flipping through it today, and guess who comes in at number 23? 23. The Unknown American Terrorist Members of the Earth Liberation Front have torched luxury homes, SUVs, […]

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“Eco-terrorism,” Cialis and I-phones?

Did spammers buy/hack earthliberationfront.com, the domain constantly listed as the portal website for a “shadowy eco-terrorist group”? Or are “shadowy eco-terrorists” hawking Viagra? This is from the post I saw at Quixoticals.com: Hidden within the relevant news, I couldn’t help but wonder why environmentalists were so concerned with Cialis. Was this a problem with lack […]

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Documentary About Jeff Luers Available Online

This film was put out a while back, but recently uploaded to YouTube (with the consent of the filmmakers, it looks like). It’s five parts, and worth watching. It was produced before Luers’ sentence was reduced, but is an interesting look at the case from the perspective of him and his supporters. Here’s the blurb […]

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“Grape thrower called a ‘social terrorist'”

I can’t make this stuff up. “Grape thrower called a ‘social terrorist.’” That was the headline of an article in the Detroit Free Press about a woman who threw grapes on stage at a meeting of the Detroit Board of Education. The board was voting to close 34 school buildings. The president of the board […]

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The “Other” Green Scare?

Some bloggers have called the “War on Terror” the “Green Scare” for other reasons: green is the color of Islam. Check out this post, and here’s another, ok and one more. I think it’s an important reminder of how far-reaching the War on Terrorism is, how many lives have been affected by the scare-mongering, and […]

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