Activism & Activists’ Response

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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New Yorkers Have Such Class

Thanks to friends of Daniel McGowan for sending these my way. They’re from the December 7 rally and outreach events in NYC around the Green Scare and fighting “eco-terrorist” scare-mongering. Click “continue reading” for the other photos. Photo credit: Fred Askew

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Green Scare “Banner Drop” in Milwaukee

This is from the December 7th day of action against the Green Scare and “eco-terrorist” scare-mongering. Activists in Milwaukee hung this banner from an overpass. More information on the SHAC 7 is here.

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“Eco-terror” Legislation Not Slowing Underground or Aboveground Activists

You reap what you sow. That seems to be the lesson corporations and the government should take away from the prosecution of activists on “animal enterprise terrorism” charges for running a website. The activists, dubbed the SHAC 7, weren’t accused of breaking windows, gluing locks or rescuing animals from labs– but they unapologetically supported those […]

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New McCarthyists Proclaim “Mission Accomplished”: Activists Lay Groundwork to Fight AETA

I just ran across an announcement from the Fur Commission on the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, where the industry group proclaims “Mission Accomplished!” The New McCarthyists have been eager to appropriate much of the War on Terrorism rhetoric, but this one was an interesting choice. Bush stood on the USS Abraham Lincoln in front of […]

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Activists Organizing Worldwide Against “Eco-terrorism” Rhetoric and the Green Scare

It was inspiring to come back from two speaking events in Minneapolis and find an inbox full of emails about Green Scare events around the world. To highlight just a few… From activists in Durban, South Africa: In response to the call for a global day of action in solidarity with Greenscare indictees, people in […]

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Activists Organize Against Green Scare: 42 Events in 29 Cities This Week

Around the world activists are organizing events this week to raise awareness about all the “eco-terrorist” scare-mongering, harrasment and legislation. Here’s an update from GreenScare.org that includes a full listing of all the events. See if there’s one near you, and get involved: Update on December 7: An International Day of Solidarity with Green Scare […]

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Activists Target U.S. Rep. Over “Eco-terrorism” Legislation—And Get Quick Results

Student activists in Massachusetts were so furious about the secretive passage of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act that they protested outside the office of their U.S. Representative demanding answers. And they got some. The headline in the local paper summed it up as “Animal protesters get results.” Shaun Sutner of the Worcester Telegram and Gazette […]

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So Much for Deterrence: More Illegal Actions Dedicated to SHAC 7 and Political Prisoners

Corporations and industry groups have said again and again that Green Scare legislation like the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act is needed to crackdown on illegal actions by underground groups like the Animal Liberation Front. Stiffer penalties and “eco-terrorist” rhetoric, the reasoning goes, will make put an end to illegal actions in the name of protecting […]

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Activist Resisting Grand Jury Witch Hunt Released From Jail

Jeff Hogg was released from jail this week, six months after refusing to cooperate with a federal Green Scare grand jury investigating “eco-terrorism.” Hogg, 33, is a longtime environmental activist and nursing student from Eugene, Ore. He was jailed on Thursday, May 18, when U.S. District Judge Michael Hogan found him in contempt for refusing […]

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