Animal Rights Activists

Coronado’s Free Speech Trial Starts Today

Rod Coronado heads back to federal court today, in what could become (like many of these “Green Scare” prosecutions) a landmark First Amendment case. Coronado, a longtime environmental and animal advocate– and convicted arsonist– faces 20 years in prison for answering a question at one of his lectures about an incendiary device he created. (Here’s […]

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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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“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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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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Fur Shop Owners Rebuked in Lawsuit Against Protestors

With all the “terrorism enhancement” news this week, I missed some good news (I know, it’s shocking, GNR can be full of so much “eco-terrorism” gloom and doom). But on Tuesday a federal judge defended the rights of activists to protest despite the “terrorism” rhetoric of the fur salon’s owners. Schumacher Furs has been the […]

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Closer Look at Court Ruling on Applying “Terrorism Enhancements” to Activists

“Terrorism enhancement” penalties may apply to a group of activists charged with property crimes in the name of protecting the environment and animal rights, a U.S. District Court judge ruled Monday. But the burden will be heavily on the government to “present clear and convincing evidence” during sentencing in order for the T-word to apply. […]

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More Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act Myths and Sidestepping

Check out this Q/A at Wired with Frankie Trull of the National Association for Biomedical Research: I’ve read that the A.E.T.A. poses a threat to civil liberties. On one website I read that “Anyone engaging in non-violent civil disobedience causing at least $10,000 profit loss, will be considered a terrorist.” They refuse to actually read […]

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What Can You Do to Fight the Green Scare?

Hey everyone, I just posted a new page with information on what you can do to help raise awareness about the Green Scare. In public forums and via email, people regularly ask me what they can do to combat the “eco-terrorism” rhetoric, legal actions and legislation. I never quite know how to respond. I created […]

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Tofu Makes You Gay and Charlotte’s Web is Animal Rights Extremism

I’m truly speechless on this one, so I’ll let the article in World Net Daily speak for itself: There’s a slow poison out there that’s severely damaging our children and threatening to tear apart our culture. The ironic part is, it’s a “health food,” one of our most popular. The dangerous food I’m speaking of […]

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New McCarthyists Proclaim “Mission Accomplished”: Activists Lay Groundwork to Fight AETA

I just ran across an announcement from the Fur Commission on the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, where the industry group proclaims “Mission Accomplished!” The New McCarthyists have been eager to appropriate much of the War on Terrorism rhetoric, but this one was an interesting choice. Bush stood on the USS Abraham Lincoln in front of […]

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