Grand Juries Against Puerto Rican Activists

Through my reporting, I focus on how the “War on Terrorism” is being used to target environmental and animal advocates. But one thing I try to hit home again and again is that this “Green Scare” doesn’t exist in a vacuum. The attacks on environmental and animal advocates are strikingly similar to other eras of […]

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“Aiding and Abetting” Terrorists with Tofu

UC Santa Cruz has been cracking down on tree sitters and their supporters, who are trying to protect Redwoods from UC development plans. There have been arrests and police pepper-spraying students, but what caught my attention in this article is the wording that the university is using in court. From the Santa Cruz Sentinel: The […]

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National Lawyer’s Guild Regional Conference, Philly

I’ll be speaking at the National Lawyer’s Guild Regional Conference in Philadelphia, on March 1st, at Drexel University College of Law. I don’t have more specific details right now, but I’ll link to them soon. Hope to see some of you there. UPDATE: 3:45 – 4:45 p.m The T-word: How Corporations turned Environmental Advocates into […]

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“Compassion Is Not Terrorism”

Some animal activists in California sent me this photo from a legal demonstration outside what they say is the “ten-million-dollar-plus, palatial mansion owned by Phenomenex President and CEO Farajollah Mahjoor.” They say Phenomenex is tied to the notorious animal testing lab, Huntingdon Life Sciences, which is the target of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty. The government […]

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Add “Green Scare” on Facebook

“Green Scare” is now on Facebook! I’ve been dragging my heels about creating another social-networking-stalking-blogging-kill-time-on-the-internet-doodad, but so many people have suggested it that I’m going to give it a whirl. The “Green Scare” MySpace page has driven a TON of traffic to the website, and it’s also put me in touch with some great folks […]

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Two Big Court Dates Coming Up for Green Scare Cases

Two big court dates for so-called “eco-terrorism” cases are coming up in February, both on February 11th. The trial of Briana Waters is set to begin in Washington state. Waters was arrested as part of the government’s “Operation Backfire” roundup of environmental activists. Others were already hit with “terrorism enhancement” penalties for property crimes, and […]

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SHAC 7 and “Eco-terrorism” Law Featured in… Hustler?

Wow. Well, at first I was shocked to here that Hustler (yes, that Hustler, the porn magazine) ran a feature on the SHAC 7 and the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (and a very sympathetic one at that). But, then again, some of the leading First Amendment attorneys involved in these “Green Scare” cases made their […]

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“Homegrown Terrorist” Training Video on YouTube

The Republican National Committee meeting will be in Minneapolis this year. I guess RNC organizers learned their lesson after the debacle in NYC last time: the city has already had to pay for arresting and beating protestors, and it was revealed that Bloomberg cracked down on protests for political reasons (um, duh). Clearly, organizers think […]

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Fear-Mongering Friday: “Economic terrorists”

Gather round, boys and girls, for a new feature on GreenIsTheNewRed.com called “Fear-Mongering Friday”! Of course, everything on this website is related to how fear of “terrorism” is being exploited to push a political agenda (namely, to single out environmental and animal advocates). For these Friday features, though, I want to start your weekend off […]

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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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