New Report from National Lawyer’s Guild, With Section on “Applying Terrorist Label to Activists”

Just like during the Red Scare, the National Lawyer’s Guild has been consistently out front during this “Green Scare” as well. The guild has condemned the politically-motivated application of the “terrorism” label to property crimes, and the use of vague and overly broad legislation like the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act to chill dissent. A new […]

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New Comic Book on “Eco-terrorism” From Marvel Imprint

It looks like Minx, a division of Marvel Comics, will be putting out a graphic novel on “eco-terrorism” shortly. There’s not much info about it available, except for a writeup at ComicBookResources.com: “Burnout,” by author Rebecca Donner with art by Inaki Miranda is about Danni, a girl who moves to the Pacific-Northwest with her mom, […]

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Paul Sentenced to 4 Years… and a Book Report

A federal judge sentenced Jonathan Paul to four years and three months in prison for his role in a 1997 fire that destroyed the Cavel West horsemeat packing plant in Redmond, Ore. He had confessed to helping make the diesel and soap mixture, the s0-called “vegan Jell-O,” that was used, and acting as a lookout. […]

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Death Threats to Biologists “Not Necessarily a Crime”

Apparently making a series of death threats against researchers is “not necessarily a crime”… if you’re a born-again right wing Christian. From Paula Pant at The Colorado Daily, “CU biologists get death threats”: Last weekend more than a dozen envelopes bearing the image of skull and crossbones and containing letters threatening the lives of CU-Boulder […]

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Update From Daniel McGowan

This is an update on Daniel McGowan, one of the Operation Backfire defendants who recently reported to prison after being sentenced as a “terrorist.” It’s from Family and Friends of Daniel McGowan: July 26, 2007 I’m pretty convinced at this point, nearly 20 months after my arrest, that I am incredibly lucky to have the […]

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Green Scare in Encyclopædia Britannica

An interesting entry in Encyclopædia Britannica’s blog on terrorism enhancement penalties for environmentalists, the SHAC 7, and the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. I’m also partial to the title of the article, of course.

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“Eco-terrorism” a Response to “Eco-Anxiety,” Say “Eco-Therapists”

Have you noticed how people are using “eco” to modify everything and anything now, but nobody seems to want to actually take a hard, critical look at “eco” issues? Take this story from MSNBC. A hummer was vandalized in D.C. The owner doesn’t understand why (“We recycle at the house,” he said.) But the reporter, […]

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“Feud, not protesters, fueled fall of Schumacher Furs”

The headline speaks for itself. This article, by Bryan Denson of The Oregonian, came out a few weeks ago, and I thought you all would enjoy it. The owner of Schumacher Furs, remember, had called for new “eco-terrorism” legislation to be used against those protesting his business. He later brought a lawsuit against animal groups […]

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New Website Lists Addresses for Animal Industries

Someone has published Final Nail.com (named after the infamous zine “The Final Nail,” which detailed locations of fur farms and encouraged activists to take illegal action against them). It lists addresses for not just fur farms but slaughterhouses, lab animal suppliers and trappers. The Fur Commission had this to say about the original zine: The […]

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Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act in Project Censored’s Top 25

Got an email recently that the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act will be in Project Censored’s list of Tops 25 under-reported news stories, in the 2008 edition. The article they picked is “House Passes Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act With Little Discussion or Dissent: Notes from the House Floor ‘Debate.’” This could raise a lot of awareness […]

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