Government Priorities

Texas Observer Interviews Will Potter (Video)

When I was in Austin for some speaking events, I had the pleasure of stopping by the Texas Observer offices and sitting down to interview with Michael May, the managing editor. As an aside, the first piece I wrote on what (ten years later) became my book was for the Texas Observer. In my totally […]

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Guest-blogging at Powell’s Books

The good folks at Powell’s Books, Inc. have invited me to guest-blog all week. (Which is a bit daunting, considering Erik Larson was blogging for them last week. As an aside, Devil in the White City had a huge influence on how I thought about approaching my own book.) Here’s an excerpt of my first post: […]

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Interview on Alternet About the Green Scare

I had a great discussion with Brittany Shoot of Alternet about the book. Here’s an excerpt from the interview: BS: In light of the ways the post-9/11 climate of fear fuelled debates about domestic terrorism, how do you think Osama bin Laden’s death could alter the public discussion about eco-terrorism? WP: What has stood out […]

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Mother Jones on Green Is the New Red

Mother Jones has a new article by Jim Ridgeway about my book, and the corporate and government campaigns to label animal rights and environmental activists as eco-terrorists. It’s a great big-picture look at the FBI’s targeting of political activists, and the chilling implications for free speech. Ridgeway also discusses secretive political prisons called Communications Management […]

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EU Terrorism Report Warns of Animal Rights Activists Who Create Undercover Videos

The latest report on international terrorism by EUROPOL describes animal right activists and environmentalists as “terrorists,” and warns that their tactics include undercover investigations and “images of sick and abused animals.” The EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report began in the wake of September 11th, and gathers terrorism intelligence from all European Union member states […]

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International Documentary Challenges “Eco-terrorist” Label (Video)

Arte TV recently aired a fantastic new film that examines the persecution of environmental activists as “eco-terrorists.”

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Government Lists Environmentalist Prisoners Alongside Neo-Nazis and Anti-Abortion Murderers

The Counter-Terrorism Unit tracks environmental and animal rights prisoners as “domestic terrorists,” alongside dangerous criminals.

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Justice Department Warned the FBI that Focusing on Environmentalists Ignores More Violent Threats

The Justice Department warned as early as 2003 that the FBI’s obsessive focus on animal rights and environmental activists, the “number one domestic terrorism threat,” would leave more dangerous threats unchecked.

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Wikileaks: Japan Urged U.S. to Crack Down on Sea Shepherd Conservation Society

Diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks show that the Japanese government viewed the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society as a serious threat to its illegal whaling, and urged the United States to crack down on the group.

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As Climate Summit Begins, U.S. Labels Mark Ruffalo an “Eco-terrorist”

Instead of focusing on “eco-terrorism,” the U.S. needs a substantive plan for addressing climate change.

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