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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Powell’s Guest Blog: The Real People Being Labeled ‘Eco-Terrorists’

The book reading at Powell’s last night was a huge success, with about 80 people there and standing room only. Thank you so much to everyone who came out! It’s really an honor that I’ve been able to speak at such great venues (Powell’s and City Lights both made it on Salon’s list of the most […]

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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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Will You Take 5 Minutes and Leave a Review?

The book has been getting some fantastic reviews by Mother Jones, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and many more publications. But what’s also really important is what real people (you!) have to say. Would you take a minute and leave a review on Amazon? It’s easy, I promise: Log in at Amazon.com (or click on “New customer? Start here” […]

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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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Matt Gauck Limited Edition Screenprints Available Now!

Matt Gauck is an incredible artist and a very kind dude, and he was generous with his time to design these posters specifically for the Green Is the New Red book release party. Even before I put the early images up on Tumblr and Facebook, people were asking about how to get hold of them. […]

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In the Wake of the “Guantanamo Papers,” Few People Know about Secretive Prisons on US Soil

Wikileaks recently released what have been called the “Guantanamo Papers,” described by the New York Times as “a chilling reminder of the legal and moral disaster that President George W. Bush created there.” The parallel legal system that Guantanamo represents, though, is not confined to an island, and it is not confined to one administration. […]

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Breaking: Austrian Animal Rights Activists Acquitted of all Charges

Good news just received from friends overseas! All 13 Austrian animal rights activists who were charged with being part of a “criminal conspiracy” were just acquitted on their final day of trial. The announcement is a major victory in a case that has drawn international attention from civil liberties and human rights groups. The activists, […]

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Reading at City Lights Books!

City Lights Books has been dubbed the world’s greatest bookstore, and City Lights Publishing has a list of authors that has included Allen Ginsberg, Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky. So I’m honored, and a bit nervous, to say I’ll be reading there in just a few weeks! Soon after I’ll also be reading at the […]

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