CMU

6 Lessons From How the FBI and Media Treat Militia Groups

The way the media and police have treated an armed white militia in Oregon reveals systemic discrimination. But we need a better response than “they’re terrorists, too!”

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New TED Talk Goes Inside Secretive Prison Units on U.S. Soil

“The secret US prisons you’ve never heard of before.”

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History Channel Investigates Communications Management Units

The History Channel interviews Will Potter and Andy Stepanian about secretive prisons called CMUs.

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Welcome Home, Daniel McGowan

Earth Liberation Front prisoner Daniel McGowan has been released from the Communications Management Unit and is back in New York City.

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Democracy Now Interviews Will Potter About Daniel McGowan and the Earth Liberation Front

I had the pleasure of returning to Democracy Now this morning to talk about my new book, and how environmental activists have been branded as “domestic terrorists.” We discussed the case of Daniel McGowan, a former Earth Liberation Front member, who is currently in a secretive prison called a Communications Management Unit. Also on the […]

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Why Is the Counter-Terrorism Unit Briefing Police About My Lectures and Website?

The Counter-Terrorism Unit monitors terrorist prisoners. Why is it concerned about a PR campaign by environmentalists, and this website?

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