Terrorism Court Cases

POM Juice Company Joins “Eco-Terrorist” Scare-Mongering

In yet another odd twist in this Green Scare, POM Wonderful, the juice company, is using the scare tactics of the New McCarthyists to go after one of its core consumer bases: the vegan, natural foods set. POM filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court last week, saying that a looming threat posed […]

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Activist Charged With Making “Terroristic Threats”

I was reading this article about the sentencing of New Jersey activists who had protested the state’s weeklong bear hunt in December, 2005. Hunters shot nearly 300 bears. The activists were arrested for disrupting the hunt, appealed, and they lost they appeal. What I had never noticed, though, is that one of the activists had […]

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The SHAC 7, the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, and the Future of the Green Scare

A few people have requested that I post the presentations I made at the national animal rights conference last weekend. Below you’ll find the text I prepared for the plenary session. My actual speech different slightly from that, though, so I also uploaded an audio file. Click on the triangle below to listen. [Audio clip: […]

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Notorious “Eco-terrorist” Convicted of… More Non-violent Crimes

Mention the name Rod Coronado in the presence of fur farmers, animal research supporters, or law enforcement agents and blood will boil. He’s a “terrorist.” A “violent criminal.” A “national security threat.” Coronado was just convicted yet again for illegal actions defending the environment. So what was this “eco-terrorist” up to this time? Conspiracy to […]

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Short Film on SHAC, “Eco-terrorism” and the Green Scare

Check out this short film by Tim Hitchens and Tim Gorski on the conviction of animal activists on “terrorism” charges for campaigning to shut down the notorious animal testing lab Huntingdon Life Sciences. One of the more interesting segments of the film is Josh Harper, one of the SHAC defendants, noting that animal activists have […]

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Supreme Court Ruling Could Encourage Even More Aggressive Police Raids

In yet another expansion of police powers since 9/11, the Supreme Court ruled this week that evidence obtained through illegal “no knock” police searches is still admissible in court. So cops don’t have to worry about following the letter of the law too closely in home raids, because even their illegal actions can still be […]

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More Green Scare Protest Bans in the UK

There’s a heated campaign going on in England to block the construction of a controversial animal testing facility at Oxford University. I’ve written a bit about the heavy-handed protest bans at the building site, to silence dissent. Now, in the name of protecting against “animal rights extremists” and “eco-terrorists,” animal rights activists have been banned […]

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Profile of NY Activist Facing Life in Prison

The Brooklyn Rail has a profile up today of Daniel McGowan, a well-known activist in the NY area who is facing life in prison. McGowan and 14 others were arrested earlier this year as part “Operation Backfire,” a government roundup of activists in the name of fighting “eco-terrorism” and property crimes. Many of those targeted […]

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Cop Says He Was Demoted For Opposing Green Scare Tactics

From the Associated Press today: LOS ANGELES – A high-ranking California law enforcement official said in a personnel complaint that he was demoted after questioning the legality of federal and state intelligence-gathering methods, but authorities dispute the claims. Edward Manavian was chief of criminal intelligence for the California Department of Justice, and chairman of the […]

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Three Indicted in University of Washington “Eco-terrorism” Case

A Washington grand jury has indicted three alleged arsonists for the 2001 attack on the University of Washington horticulture center, tacking on more charges to individuals already charged in other “eco-terrorism” roundups.

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