Animal Rights Activists

Key Supporter of “Animal Enterprise Terrorism” Law Suspended for Animal Welfare Violations

Michele Basso, who campaigned to label animal rights activists as “terrorists,” is suspended for animal cruelty.

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3 Reasons Animal Rights Activists Should Support the Supreme Court’s Decision on Dog-Fighting Videos

The Supreme Court has struck down a federal law targeting “depictions of animal cruelty,” including dog-fighting and “crush” videos. And that’s a very good thing for animal rights activists.

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When are Militias and Tea Party Members “Terrorists”?

Tea Party groups and right-wing militias have been plotting attacks on Muslims, throwing bricks through lawmakers’ windows, and issuing death threats, yet the mainstream press and the federal government have not labeled these acts “terrorism.” By contrast, the “number one domestic terrorism threat,” according to the FBI, is the animal rights and environmental movements. Here […]

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BREAKING: FBI Raids Activist House in Utah, Connected to Iowa ALF Investigation

FBI agents and law enforcement from multiple agencies have raided a well-known activist group house in Salt Lake City, Utah, today in connection with an investigation of Animal Liberation Front crimes in Iowa.   I just got off the phone with multiple housemates who were there witnessing the raid, and who were able to read […]

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Washington “Eco-terrorist” Bill Includes Civil Disobedience and First Amendment Activity

Fifty years ago this month, four black students sat at a Woolworth’s whites-only lunch counter and refused to move. The following day 25 students did the same. A few days later, more than 300 showed up. The sit-ins quickly spread across the South and were a critical component of the civil rights movement. Decades later, […]

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Canadian Politician Says PETA Throwing a Pie is Terrorism

A PETA activist pied the Fisheries Minister of Canada, as a publicity stunt to draw attention to Canada’s seal slaughter, and now a member of parliament says the pieing should be investigated as an act of terrorism. The Globe and Mail reports that the member of parliament, Gerry Byrne, said: “When someone actually coaches or […]

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McDonald’s Going Green(washing) With New Logo

McDonald’s has rolled out a new logo in France, replacing the iconic red background of the golden arches with green. Here’s some info from ZLOK design blog, and here is where I saw the story originally (although I can barely stumble through the French!), at TerraEco.net. There has been so much fluff news lately about […]

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Minneapolis Activist Indicted for Conspiracy to Violate Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act

Scott DeMuth, a Minneapolis activist, has been indicted for conspiracy to violate the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, apparently in relation to a 2004 Animal Liberation Front raid at the University of Iowa. He faces up to 5 years in prison. His indictment marks a continued expansion of the scope of the new terrorism law, which […]

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Ag Industry Calls for Prosecutions of Undercover Animal Activists

After being repeatedly exposed for serious, systemic animal cruelty, and now facing a media nightmare, animal agriculture corporations are firing back by calling for the prosecution of undercover activists who expose the abuses. The Animal Agriculture Alliance says: As these videos achieve the publicity sought by the groups, the Alliance is concerned that the activist […]

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UK Police Spying Began With Animal Rights Activists Then Expanded to Other Groups

UK police gathered personal information on thousands of activists who simply attend protests or political meetings, and created national databases.

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