Government Priorities

The FBI’s latest case? A butcher shop’s broken window

While the FBI is investigating small crimes by animal rights activists, a bigger threat goes unnoticed.

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7 Reasons This Kickstarter Is Worth Every Dollar

With 24 hours left, here’s why you should support “Drone on the Farm.”

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This Journalist is Launching Drones to Expose Factory Farm Abuse (Video)

Abby Martin speaks with Will Potter about ag-gag laws, and his new Kickstarter project to use drones for aerial investigations.

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TED Ideas Blog Asks: “Is This Really the America We Want?”

Will Potter’s short TED talk “should send chills down all our spines.”

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New TED Talk: “The shocking move to criminalize nonviolent protest”

Will Potter’s TED talk is live, and on the TED.com homepage!

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Environmentalists Are Being Murdered More Often Than Ever Before — How Can We Stop It?

More environmentalists are being murdered, globally, than ever before. Will Potter speaks with KALW San Francisco about the trend.

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Australia Risks Copying U.S. #AgGag Laws to Turn Animal Activists into Terrorists

“Ag-gag” laws have spread rapidly, and today half a dozen states have made it illegal to film factory farms. Now, the agriculture industry wants to bring ag-gag to Australia.

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It’s More Dangerous Than Ever to be an Environmentalist. Here’s Why.

New research shows that violence against environmentalists has now escalated to an all-time high — not just in Brazil, but globally.

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Al Jazeera Discusses Ag-Gag Laws and the Corporate War on “Eco-Terrorism”

Will Potter looks at “ag-gag” laws and how corporations are trying to silence dissent.

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TED Interviews Will Potter About Treating Environmentalists as Terrorists

I’m thrilled to share this lengthy interview I did with the TED team about my journalism, and the dangers of labeling protest as “terrorism.”

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