Book reviews

Rise Against supports Green Is the New Red

Tim from Rise Against says: “My new favorite thing is a book called Green Is The New Red by Will Potter.”

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Fantastic Review of “Green Is the New Red” in Spain’s “Filosofía Hoy”

Love the artwork they used!

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Sea Shepherd’s Pirate Book Club in Antarctica, with Incredible Photos

When they’re not shutting down illegal whaling, the crew of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society reads Green Is the New Red.

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Georgetown University Required Reading

Green Is the New Red is required reading in Georgetown University’s “Critical Studies on Political Violence.”

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Earth First! Journal Review: “significant realism at times visionary and prophetic”

The Earth First! Journal says: “Pieced together with precision and care by diligent journalist, Will Potter, Green is the New Red reads like a novel, but hits hard.”

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New Reviews in Reason Magazine, Earth Island Journal, and Literary Animal

It’s great to see the book getting positive reviews from a wide range of audience. Here a few new reviews I wanted to highlight: The libertarian Reason Magazine connects these issues to its readership (who, I think it’s safe to say, are not often fans of animal rights activists or environmentalists), and warns: “Potter makes […]

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Monthly Review: “Environmental Justice and the Criminalizing of Dissent”

Monthly Review, a socialist magazine, has a posted a thoughtful review/discussion of my book by Paul J. Comeau. It’s wonderful to see these issues being discussed in increasingly diverse circles. Here’s an excerpt: It is a chilling thought that these laws, which criminalize the protest of the animal industry as “terrorism,” are only a breath […]

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Veg News: “If you read one book in 2011, make it this one.”

VegNews, one of the most popular vegetarian/vegan magazines, has a great review in the current (Sept-Oct) issue. Green Is the New Red is the editors’ pick: “Journalist and blogger Will Potter’s Green Is the New Red reads like a spy-thriller novel and would be much more enjoyable if it were. Green is an expertly detailed, […]

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Utne Reader Reviews Green Is the New Red

Utne Reader featured Green Is the New Red in the latest issue, calling it “a thoughtfully alarming examination of the U.S. government’s post-9/11 domestic terror probes.” You can read the full review over at Utne. And you can also order a copy here!

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German Review of “Green Is the New Red” in “analyse & kritik”

I’ve been fortunate to meet so many incredible people through this work, including activists and academics overseas. In Germany, Christian Stache has published a review of my book in analyse & kritik. The review is in German, of course, but there has been some steady website traffic from Germany after that Arte TV program, and […]

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