Terrorism Scare Mongering

Breaking News: 4 Charged in Michigan “Eco-terrorism” Arson

Following up on the post from just a few hours ago, The Associated Press is reporting that four people have been charged in a 1999 arson at Michigan State University. The four individuals named in the indictment have not even been arraigned on the charges yet, and the government has already held a press conference […]

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Before the Smoke Even Clears in Seattle, Bringing Out the T-Word

UPDATE: This blog post was also published by Counterpunch, on March 07, 2008. Multi-million dollar mansions in a Seattle suburb–each about 4,200-4,750 square feet, going for about $2 million a pop, touted as “green”– were burned Monday. About $7 million in damage on the “Street of Dreams.” Nobody injured, nobody home. But before the smoke […]

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The T-Word Follows You Long After Prison

The consequences of recklessly labeling people as “terrorists” extends far beyond the courtroom, where the word can automatically skew jurors and lead to inflated sentences. And the consequences even extend beyond the sweeping “chilling effect” that the word has on the general public, instilling fear in everyday people that they, too, could be labeled a […]

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“Whoever defines the issue controls the debate.”

“Whoever defines the issue controls the debate.” — Timothy Cummings, a clinical professor and poultry veterinarian at Mississippi State University. That quote is from an article in Farmed Animal Watch on combating animal and environmental advocates. Cummings advises farmers to use terms like “exsanguinated” rather than “bled to death,” and “knifer operator” instead of “killer.” […]

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“My Name is Dave, I’m an Ecoterrorist”

If you needed any other indication that this “eco-terrorist” rhetoric has gone way, way too far (as if labeling a children’s movie “soft-core eco-terrorism” wasn’t bad enough) check this out. It’s the first “webisode” (I put that in quotes because it seems kind of silly to create new Internet names for everything, but anyway) of […]

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Anything is the New Everything…

Al Gore’s “Live Earth” is sending out emails with the tagline “Is green the new red?” (about sustainable Valentine’s Day gifts). [Thanks Drew!] And this month’s issue of Outside has an article, “Red is the New Green” about environmental issues in Cuba. This, on top of the Red Scare/Green Scare confusion I noted a while […]

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“Number One Terrorism Threat” Doesn’t Make Top 20 News Stories of 2007

The FBI says “The No. 1 domestic terrorism threat is the eco-terrorism, animal-rights movement.” And when the Feds rounded up environmental advocates as part of “Operation Backfire,” Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez said, “In all, their trail of destruction across the Pacific Northwest and beyond resulted in millions of dollars of property damage. Today’s indictment is […]

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Whalers Release “Eco-Terrorist” Hostages

Your browser is not able to display this multimedia content. Two anti-whaling activists that have been held hostage by Japanese whalers were released today, after the Australian government intervened. The activists, members of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, had boarded the Japanese whaling ship Yushin Maru No.2 on Tuesday to deliver a letter. According to […]

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Fear-Mongering Friday: “Economic terrorists”

Gather round, boys and girls, for a new feature on GreenIsTheNewRed.com called “Fear-Mongering Friday”! Of course, everything on this website is related to how fear of “terrorism” is being exploited to push a political agenda (namely, to single out environmental and animal advocates). For these Friday features, though, I want to start your weekend off […]

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Rick Berman, “Dr. Evil,” on Colbert Show

I found this very funny clip of Rick Berman on “The Colbert Report.” Berman, as many of you know, is the head of Center for Consumer Freedom. CCF has been out front in the effort to label animal and environmental advocates as “terrorists.” In this clip, though, Colbert questions where CCF gets its money (corporations) […]

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