Monthly Review: “Environmental Justice and the Criminalizing of Dissent”

Monthly Review, a socialist magazine, has a posted a thoughtful review/discussion of my book by Paul J. Comeau. It’s wonderful to see these issues being discussed in increasingly diverse circles. Here’s an excerpt: It is a chilling thought that these laws, which criminalize the protest of the animal industry as “terrorism,” are only a breath […]

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Finland Prosecutes Animal Activists for Undercover Videos Exposing Factory Farms

As animal rights activists continue to expose the systemic cruelty of factory farming, the industries targeted are doing everything they can to keep the public in the dark. I’ve written previously about attempts to pass new legislation criminalizing undercover investigations, how EUROPOL lists undercover videos as a terrorism threat, and how Spanish activists are being […]

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The Lexington High Security Unit

I spoke at the Baltimore Book Festival the other day, on a panel examining tactics the government has used against social movements throughout U.S. history. For my portion of the panel, I argued that we, as a culture, often regard periods of government repression as having an inception and a conclusion. They are finite eras, […]

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Veg News: “If you read one book in 2011, make it this one.”

VegNews, one of the most popular vegetarian/vegan magazines, has a great review in the current (Sept-Oct) issue. Green Is the New Red is the editors’ pick: “Journalist and blogger Will Potter’s Green Is the New Red reads like a spy-thriller novel and would be much more enjoyable if it were. Green is an expertly detailed, […]

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Tim DeChristopher’s Prison Address

Tim DeChristopher has been transferred to the prison where he is expected to do his time. How about writing him a letter of support? Tim DeChristopher #16156-081 FCI Herlong Federal Correctional Institution PO Box 800 Herlong, CA 96113 USA Here’s some information from Peaceful Uprising about writing him. Sometimes folks tell me they’re nervous writing […]

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International Message to the Spanish 12 from Hundreds of Animal Rights Activists (Video)

This was filmed at the national animal rights conference in Los Angeles this summer, for the international day of solidarity with the Spanish 12. (Here’s some background on the Spanish activists arrested as “terrorists.”) Hundreds of American activists sent the very clear message that activism is not terrorism. Free the Spanish 12! Be sure to watch […]

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Baltimore Book Festival: Panel Discussion on Government Repression of Activism

I’ll be speaking at the Baltimore Book Festival on Sunday, September 25th on a panel looking at state repression across social movements. It should be a great discussion, with Susan Rosenberg (author of An American Radical: Political Prisoner in My Own Country) and Dominique Stevenson (co-author of Marshall Law: The Life and Times of a […]

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From Tim DeChristopher to Tar Sands Protests, the Environmental Movement Steps Up Civil Disobedience

One month ago, environmental activist Tim DeChristopher was sentenced to two years in prison for non-violent disobedience. The sentence was harsher than those handed down to people who burned churches and threatened black leaders. It was a sentence intended — like so many disproportionate sentences against activists — to send a message. But what message? […]

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Utne Reader Reviews Green Is the New Red

Utne Reader featured Green Is the New Red in the latest issue, calling it “a thoughtfully alarming examination of the U.S. government’s post-9/11 domestic terror probes.” You can read the full review over at Utne. And you can also order a copy here!

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KPFK’s Sonali Kolhatkar Interviews Author Will Potter (Video)

When I was in Los Angeles on book tour, I had the pleasure of visiting the KPFK studio and speaking with Sonali Kolhatkar. It was an interesting discussion about the power of language, and how corporations are re-writing the law. Thanks to Sonali, Martina and everyone at KPFK for the opportunity! Video below…

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