Will Potter

Luers’ “Eco-terrorism” Sentence Overturned: Did the Court Go Far Enough?

In a move environmental activists are, cautiously, calling a victory in the Green Scare, the Oregon Court of Appeals recently overturned the massive sentence handed down to an environmental activist who admittedly torched three SUVs. Jeff “Free” Luers was sentenced to 22 years in prison for his role in arson at the Romania truck lot […]

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Green Scare Essay Wins in Lantern Books Contest

Just found out an essay I wrote, “McCarthyism 2.o,” won 3rd place in the Lantern Books 2006 essay contest. Here’s the full text… McCarthyism 2.0 by Will Potter Minutes after receiving an invitation to testify before Congress about legislation labeling activists as “terrorists,” I barged into a colleague’s office with a hotshot grin on my […]

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Recap of Congressional Briefing on Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act

The briefing went pretty well yesterday. Representative Kucinich had to stay in another hearing, his staff said, and wasn’t able to make it. But Congressional staff from the offices of Representatives Carolyn Maloney, Tom Lantos and Mike Ross, among others, attended along with a group of lobbyists, consultants and reporters. With so much taking place […]

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Congressional Briefing on “Eco-terrorism” Law with Rep. Kucinich

I will be speaking in a Congressional briefing tomorrow with Representative Dennis Kucinich and Heidi Boghosian, executive director of the National Lawyers Guild: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 2-3 p.m. Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2255 It’s great that, even with so much going on in Congress right now, Rep. Kucinich and others are making time […]

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NYC Bar Association Event on the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act and the First Amendment

I’ll be participating in this New York City Bar Association event on the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, and the danger to civil liberties posed by labeling activists as “eco-terrorists.” Here’s some more information. THE ANIMAL ENTERPRISE TERRORISM ACT: CIVIL RIGHTS AS A CASUALTY IN ANTI-TERRORISM RHETORIC New York City Bar Association 42 West 44th Street, […]

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Green Scare Talk at NCOR This Weekend

I’ll be speaking at the National Conference on Organized Resistance this weekend about the Green Scare and labeling activists “eco-terrorists.” It’s part of a panel with animal rights organizers who will also give their take on all this, and how activists have (and should) respond. I’m especially looking forward to the discussion, and hearing from […]

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Vermont Law School Panel Discussion on Labeling Activists “Eco-terrorists”

I will be speaking at Vermont Law School next week with Heidi Boghosian, executive director of the National Lawyers Guild, and criminal defense and civil rights attorney Andrew Erba. Here’s some more information from the press release the organizers put out… “GREEN SCARE” DISCUSSION AT VERMONT LAW SCHOOL SOUTH ROYALTON, VT . . . “Animal […]

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Green Scare Events Get Some Publicity by Industry Groups

Americans for Medical Progress is an industry group behind a lot of the scare-mongering and labeling activists as “terrorists.” How flattering to be listed in their newsletter. I’m looking forward to the Yale Law School event this weekend: ACTIVISTS’ CALENDAR AMP is continuously monitoring activists’ planning. We are in touch with targeted institutions as warranted. […]

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What Can You Do to Fight the Green Scare?

Hey everyone, I just posted a new page with information on what you can do to help raise awareness about the Green Scare. In public forums and via email, people regularly ask me what they can do to combat the “eco-terrorism” rhetoric, legal actions and legislation. I never quite know how to respond. I created […]

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Talk at Brooklyn Law School on the Green Scare and the Constitution

The Brooklyn Law School Chapters of the National Lawyers Guild and Student Animal Legal Defense Fund Present: The Green Scare: The Constitutional Cost of Prosecuting Animal Rights and Environmental Activists as Terrorists DON’T MISS THIS TIMELY PANEL! Camille Hankins directs Win Animal Rights (WAR), a New York based grassroots animal rights group, whose primary campaign […]

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