Will Potter

Lunchtime Green Scare Event at NYU March 7

Hey everyone, There are a few speaking events coming up back to back on the East Coast next month, and I’ll be posting the details as I get them. Here’s info on a lunchtime event at NYU… Green Scare event at NYU with Will Potter & Heidi Boghosian NYU’s Students for Education on Animal Liberation […]

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Green Scare Event at American University Law School Today

Sorry for not posting this sooner… The Green Scare! Prosecuting Environmental Activists as Terrorists Tuesday, Feb 06, 5-6pm American University Washington College of Law WCL Rm 524 What is the Green Scare , and why is the federal government prosecuting ecological and environmental activists under anti-terrorism statutes? Come learn about the SHAC 7, the Animal […]

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“Calling yourself an animal rights activist is a glorified way of defining yourself as a domestic terror threat.”

If I posted every quote, every blog post, every web hit of activists being smeared as “terrorists” and “eco-terrorists,” I’d never get anything done (and you all would probably stop reading very quickly). I guess you get numb to it after a while, and in some ways get used to the scare-mongering. But this one […]

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First Activist Convicted Under Animal Enterprise Protection Act Released From Prison

Peter Young, the first activist convicted under the Animal Enterprise Protection Act, was released from prison Thursday morning. I’ll post more information as I get it, but I wanted to highlight it for a couple reasons: *The Animal Enterprise Protection Act is the precursor to the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act: corporations and corporate politicians said […]

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Yale Law School Event on the Green Scare

I’ll be speaking at Yale Law School as part of the 13th Annual Rebellious Lawyering Conference, Feb. 23-25, 2007. I’ll be on a panel with Lauren Regan of the Civil Liberties Defense Center. Here’s a description: In 2006, the government convicted animal rights activists known as the SHAC 7 on “animal enterprise terrorism” charges and […]

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“The Green Scare: Eco-Activism and the Age of Terror” at University of Washington Law School

I’ll be speaking at the University of Washington Law School next week on “The Green Scare: Eco-Activism and the Age of Terror.” The event is February 1st at 6pm at the law school, William H. Gates Hall, Perkins Coie room. A good portion of web hits to GNR come from the Seattle area (and last […]

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I Don’t Know About Barney Fife, But Andy Griffith Would Probably Oppose the Green Scare

Who knew Andy Griffith was such a civil libertarian? Check out this clip from the “Andy Griffith Show.” My favorite line, when he scolds Opie for trying to help him by spying: “Opie, the law can’t use this kind of help.”

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No Mention of “the No. 1 Domestic Terrorism Threat” in State of the Union

If by now it isn’t clear that “eco-terrorism” rhetoric has nothing to do with national security, protecting civilians or even the broader “War on Terrorism” how most supporters view it, take a look at the president’s State of the Union address Tuesday night. John Lewis, the FBI’s top dog on domestic terrorism, has said: “The […]

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Article on SHAC 7 in New Textbook: Opposing Viewpoints: Animal Experimentation”

The article I wrote for Z when the SHAC 7 were arrested has been printed in the “Opposing Viewpoints” textbook series published by Greenhaven Press and Thomson Gale. It isn’t a new piece, but it’s good news that information on the SHAC 7 case will be available in 7,000 libraries and classrooms.

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New Article on Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act in the Earth First Journal

I have an article in the latest issue of the Earth First Journal on the passage of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. Here’s an excerpt: After a cold and wet morning, politicians and celebrities slogged through the muck of the National Mall on November 13, to pay tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. and break […]

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