Government Priorities

Interview with “The Abolitionist” on “Eco-terrorism” Legislation

This interview is in the latest issue of The Abolitionist (Australia). I spoke with Claudette Vaughan, the chief editor, about the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, the “Green Scare,” and the politics of fear. Here it is below, and also be sure to check out the other articles on their site. Abolitionist: What did you say […]

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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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CIA Targets Ninjas

From the CIA’s website. I have raised concerns about the “War on Terrorism” rhetoric expanding to environmentalists and animal rights activists (the SHAC 7, the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act). But no one is safe from this scare-mongering. Now, judging by this logo, it seems the CIA is using the War on Terrorism to target ninjas. […]

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Obama on “Eco-terrorism”

I was going through some of the old hearings on “eco-terrorism” in the Senate, and found this brief statement from Senator Barack Obama to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. The committee was holding a hearing on “Oversight on Eco-terrorism” on May 18, 2005. Obama, who as you all know is one of the […]

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Green Scare in Encyclopædia Britannica

An interesting entry in Encyclopædia Britannica’s blog on terrorism enhancement penalties for environmentalists, the SHAC 7, and the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. I’m also partial to the title of the article, of course.

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‘Green Scare’ on Air America Tomorrow

Hey everyone. I’ll be on Air America tomorrow, Thursday 7/12, for a radio interview on the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, the SHAC 7, and Operation Backfire. It’s Bob Linden’s show. Here are some of the 25 stations that carry the program: -in South Florida: WINZ-AM-940, Saturday 2pm-eastern -in New York: WWRL-AM-1600, Saturday 10pm-eastern -in San […]

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Audio of Green Scare Talk in Minneapolis

I ran across the audio from an event in Minneapolis a while back (thanks Leslie) and thought you all might be interested… [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

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Former Bush Administration Prosecutor Calls “Eco-terrorist” Label “Overreaching”

A Bush administration prosecutor recently called the labeling of environmental activists as terrorists “political” and “overreaching.” From The Eugene Weekly’s Alan Pittman, former U.S. attorney David C. Iglesias said: “It seems to me what happened here should not fit my traditional definition of what terrorism is,” he said. Charging the environmental saboteurs in Eugene with […]

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Editorial in ‘Nature’ Against Green Scare

Nature has an editorial in the latest issue against “terrorism enhancement” in the cases out West, and also more broadly against the “eco-terrorism” rhetoric we’ve been seeing in legislation like the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. This is big breakthrough, especially considering the source. An excerpt: But ‘terrorist’ is a word so debased and loaded by […]

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The “Other” Green Scare?

Some bloggers have called the “War on Terror” the “Green Scare” for other reasons: green is the color of Islam. Check out this post, and here’s another, ok and one more. I think it’s an important reminder of how far-reaching the War on Terrorism is, how many lives have been affected by the scare-mongering, and […]

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