Judge Strikes Down Part of Patriot Act

Happy Thursday. From Dan Eggen at The Washington Post: A federal judge today struck down portions of the USA Patriot Act as unconstitutional, ordering the FBI to stop issuing “national security letters” that secretly demand customer information from Internet service providers and other businesses. U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero in New York ruled that the […]

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Greenpeace Activists Using Civil Disobedience Called “Pirates,” “Terrorists”

The Seafarers’ International Union, part of the AFL-CIO and the largest North American union of its kind, is pushing the Canadian government to label Greenpeace activists as “terrorists” and hit them with stiff penalties for non-violent civil disobedience. Greenpeace protesters boarded a ship carrying coal and used non-violent civil disobedience to draw attention to global […]

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New Grand Jury in the Midwest: Another “Eco-terrorist” Witch Hunt?

In a country where so many people get most of their news from The Daily Show, and 1 in 4 people read ZERO books last year, I can only imagine how many people get most of their information about the legal system from Law & Order. In Law & Order episodes, grand juries (if they’re […]

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I’ll Be Talking About Terrorism Rhetoric and Civil Liberties at “Becoming the Change”

I’ll be talking about how “eco-terrorism” rhetoric threatens civil liberties at “Becoming the Change,” the 22nd Annual International Compassionate Living Festival, on October 6 in Raleigh/Durham NC. I’ll be presenting on the civil liberties panel with Lauren Regan of the Civil Liberties Defense Center, and look forward to seeing the fine folks from Herbivore again. […]

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BBC Nixes Muslim Suicide Bomber for “Eco-terrorist”

From The Observer: The BBC has abandoned plans to screen a fictional terrorist attack by Muslim suicide bombers in the primetime drama Casualty after internal clashes over whether the highly sensitive subject matter would cause offence. BBC drama executives were keen to push the storyline and may even have started filming, a source close to […]

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Red Dawn II: Patrick Swayze vs. Al Gore

The title of this site, and the term “Green Scare,” of course refers to the similarities between two eras of government repression: the government witch hunt for suspected communists, during the Red Scare, and the government witch hunt for suspected “eco-terrorists,” during the Green Scare. I think the comparison is useful in talking about these […]

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Discussion of “Eco-terrorism” Scare-mongering on Bill Maher?

Barb, a GreenIsTheNewRed.com reader, wrote in to the Bill Maher show (producers are looking for show ideas) asking that he discuss the labeling of environmental and animal advocates as “terrorists.” She asked that I post some info in case anybody else wants to do the same. Here’s a bit more from her: I thought it […]

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Industry Group Says Mainstream Animal Advocates “Consorting With Terrorists”

The genius of the Red Scare, and now the Green Scare, is that once you have completely demonized an entire group of people (either labeling them “communists” or “eco-terrorists”) you can slowly extend that scare-mongering in ever-wider circles. So first you brand someone who vandalizes an SUV as a “terrorist” (an absurdity in its own […]

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Take the “Terrorism Quiz”

Take the quiz! From a bizarre website put up by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. Hmm. I wonder how industry groups would fare. I think it’s especially interesting that the mini terrorism tutorial lists “domestic terrorists”: • White supremacists • Anti-government groups • Anarchists • Separatists • Single issue groups But animal rights […]

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Priorities, Priorities

So we’ve heard over and over that so-called “eco-terrorism” is the “number one domestic terrorist threat,” according to the FBI. Interesting, then, how the FBI’s “Top Ten Stories For the Week Ending August 10, 2007,” places the “number one domestic terrorist threat” at… number two. Second to a health care fraud case. 1. Houston: Six […]

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