Documentary About Jeff Luers Available Online

This film was put out a while back, but recently uploaded to YouTube (with the consent of the filmmakers, it looks like). It’s five parts, and worth watching. It was produced before Luers’ sentence was reduced, but is an interesting look at the case from the perspective of him and his supporters. Here’s the blurb […]

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“Grape thrower called a ‘social terrorist'”

I can’t make this stuff up. “Grape thrower called a ‘social terrorist.’” That was the headline of an article in the Detroit Free Press about a woman who threw grapes on stage at a meeting of the Detroit Board of Education. The board was voting to close 34 school buildings. The president of the board […]

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The “Other” Green Scare?

Some bloggers have called the “War on Terror” the “Green Scare” for other reasons: green is the color of Islam. Check out this post, and here’s another, ok and one more. I think it’s an important reminder of how far-reaching the War on Terrorism is, how many lives have been affected by the scare-mongering, and […]

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Luers’ “Eco-terrorism” Sentence Overturned: Did the Court Go Far Enough?

In a move environmental activists are, cautiously, calling a victory in the Green Scare, the Oregon Court of Appeals recently overturned the massive sentence handed down to an environmental activist who admittedly torched three SUVs. Jeff “Free” Luers was sentenced to 22 years in prison for his role in arson at the Romania truck lot […]

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Green Scare Essay Wins in Lantern Books Contest

Just found out an essay I wrote, “McCarthyism 2.o,” won 3rd place in the Lantern Books 2006 essay contest. Here’s the full text… McCarthyism 2.0 by Will Potter Minutes after receiving an invitation to testify before Congress about legislation labeling activists as “terrorists,” I barged into a colleague’s office with a hotshot grin on my […]

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Recap of Congressional Briefing on Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act

The briefing went pretty well yesterday. Representative Kucinich had to stay in another hearing, his staff said, and wasn’t able to make it. But Congressional staff from the offices of Representatives Carolyn Maloney, Tom Lantos and Mike Ross, among others, attended along with a group of lobbyists, consultants and reporters. With so much taking place […]

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Congressional Briefing on “Eco-terrorism” Law with Rep. Kucinich

I will be speaking in a Congressional briefing tomorrow with Representative Dennis Kucinich and Heidi Boghosian, executive director of the National Lawyers Guild: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 2-3 p.m. Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2255 It’s great that, even with so much going on in Congress right now, Rep. Kucinich and others are making time […]

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NYC Bar Association Event on the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act and the First Amendment

I’ll be participating in this New York City Bar Association event on the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, and the danger to civil liberties posed by labeling activists as “eco-terrorists.” Here’s some more information. THE ANIMAL ENTERPRISE TERRORISM ACT: CIVIL RIGHTS AS A CASUALTY IN ANTI-TERRORISM RHETORIC New York City Bar Association 42 West 44th Street, […]

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Green Scare Talk at NCOR This Weekend

I’ll be speaking at the National Conference on Organized Resistance this weekend about the Green Scare and labeling activists “eco-terrorists.” It’s part of a panel with animal rights organizers who will also give their take on all this, and how activists have (and should) respond. I’m especially looking forward to the discussion, and hearing from […]

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Vermont Law School Panel Discussion on Labeling Activists “Eco-terrorists”

I will be speaking at Vermont Law School next week with Heidi Boghosian, executive director of the National Lawyers Guild, and criminal defense and civil rights attorney Andrew Erba. Here’s some more information from the press release the organizers put out… “GREEN SCARE” DISCUSSION AT VERMONT LAW SCHOOL SOUTH ROYALTON, VT . . . “Animal […]

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