Americans for Medical Progress Report on Animal Rights Conference

Well, it comes out every year: American for Medical Progress, a group dedicated to fighting “animal rights extremists,” publishes a wrap-up of the national animal rights conference. (I was pleasantly surprised to see that the worst they had to say about me, for the second year, was to label me “activist and self-proclaimed ‘independent journalist.’” […]

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“Cooperator,” “Snitch,” or Something Else?

Darren Thurston’s support committee has posted an open letter responding to what seems to be widespread condemnation by other activists that Thurston and others “snitched,” or cooperated with the government (as opposed to the non-cooperating defendants), in hopes of receiving reduced sentences in the Operation Backfire cases. Here’s an excerpt, or also take a look […]

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Destroying 7 SUVs Gets 12 Years Sentence

From Rocky Mountain News: A man who set firebombs in seven large SUVs last March pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 12 years in prison Wednesday. Grant Barnes, 24, pleaded guilty to one count of using an incendiary device and one count of second-degree arson. Barnes, suspected of using the methods of the eco-terrorist group […]

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Activists Running Marathon to Raise Money for Green Scare Defendant

Some activists out West are running a marathon and raising money for Daniel McGowan, one of the individuals arrested in the Operation Backfire cases. All proceeds from this run will go directly to Daniel McGowan’s education fund. Daniel will complete his master’s degree while serving a seven-year sentence in federal prison. We believe that Danniel’s […]

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Fear and Rage: Responding to the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act and the Green Scare

A few folks asked that I post this, so here goes. It’s the audio and text from the plenary speech I gave at the national animal rights conference in Los Angeles, about how people choose respond to the fear created by the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, “terrorism enhancements” and the Green Scare more broadly. Because […]

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Audio of Step by Step Look at Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act

This is the audio from a portion of a workshop at the recent animal rights conference, where I gave a step-by-step walk through of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. There’s a lot left out, due to time constraints, but there’s much more information in the analysis of the law I posted. [Audio clip: view full […]

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Audio of SHAC 7 Panel Discussion

This is an excerpt from the SHAC 7 panel discussion at the recent animal rights conference, with me and Andrea Lindsay discussing the trial and what it means for activists of all social movements. I cut out some of the back-and-forth near the end, because the sound quality wasn’t so hot. [Audio clip: view full […]

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Updated Analysis of Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act

Hey all. I finally got around to posting my updated analysis of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (there’s also a link on the sidebar) and posted a new pdf file that you can download as well. Leave a comment on the page and let me know what you think…

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“Green Scare” and AETA at the Animal Rights Conference Next Week

Anyone going to the Animal Rights 2007 National Conference next week? It’s in Los Angeles at the Westin. I’ll be speaking at the plenary session on Saturday and giving a few more talks over the weekend:

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‘Green Scare’ on Air America Tomorrow

Hey everyone. I’ll be on Air America tomorrow, Thursday 7/12, for a radio interview on the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, the SHAC 7, and Operation Backfire. It’s Bob Linden’s show. Here are some of the 25 stations that carry the program: -in South Florida: WINZ-AM-940, Saturday 2pm-eastern -in New York: WWRL-AM-1600, Saturday 10pm-eastern -in San […]

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