Government Priorities

Green Scare Essay Wins in Lantern Books Contest

Just found out an essay I wrote, “McCarthyism 2.o,” won 3rd place in the Lantern Books 2006 essay contest. Here’s the full text… McCarthyism 2.0 by Will Potter Minutes after receiving an invitation to testify before Congress about legislation labeling activists as “terrorists,” I barged into a colleague’s office with a hotshot grin on my […]

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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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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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McCarthyism 2.0: Interview on El Paso Radio

I just uploaded Sunday’s interview on KTEP 88.5 FM El Paso about “McCarthyism 2.0,” the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act and the Green Scare. Thanks very much to Steve Best, Greg Lawson and Elizabeth Walsh for having me on the program. You can listen to the interview below or on the KTEP site. [Audio clip: view […]

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I’ll Be on KFAI 90.3 FM in Minneapolis Tomorrow For a Show on the Green Scare and the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act

If you’re in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, please tune in to KFAI 90.3 FM (106.7 FM in St. Paul) for a program about all this “eco-terrorism” rhetoric, the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act and the Green Scare. It will air at 11 a.m. Central time on Tuesday. I interviewed with Lydia Howell, who is the host […]

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Prosecuting Ideology: Turning “Vandalism” into “Eco-Terrorism”

When environmental activists around the country were rounded up as part of “Operation Backfire,” Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales told reporters, “Today’s indictment is a significant step in bringing these terrorists to justice.” And when the SHAC 7 were sentenced for “animal enterprise terrorism,” it was for “their roles in a campaign to terrorize officers, […]

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Radio program on the Green Scare, Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act and the SHAC 7

This morning I was a guest on Go Vegan Texas, which airs on 90.1 FM KPFT Houston. Also on the program were Camille Hankins, an activist with Win Animal Rights, and Tim Gorski, a filmmaker with Rattle the Cage Productions. You can listen to the program online at the Go Vegan Texas website or click […]

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Seeing the Green Scare as a Cultural or Religious War

There’s an article floating around by Alex Epstein of the Ayn Rand Institute (Ugh, I know, but stay with me here) that reveals a lot about the goals of the New McCarthyists in this Green Scare: Animal rights terrorists are often cast as “extremists” who take “too far” the allegedly benevolent cause of animal rights. […]

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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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The Politics of the T-Word

I just ran across this backgrounder on “American Militant Extremists” by the Council on Foreign Relations. I wanted to flag this excerpt for everyone: Not all politically motivated violence qualifies as terrorism (for instance, the FBI and some terrorism experts did not regard the Unabomber, who says his antimodern beliefs were behind a seventeen-year mail-bombing […]

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