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The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act Threatens Activism

Jurist, the legal news service, discusses why the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act is unconstitutional. Guest commentary by Will Potter.

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Shit the FBI Says

Every protester should know “Shit the FBI Says.” This video is pretty goofy, but it’s all based on statements the FBI has made in court, in the press, or to activists themselves.

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The FBI and Federal Prosecutors Say My Journalism Is “Extremist”

Labeling journalists and blogs as “extremist” in terrorism investigations is an attack on the First Amendment and a free press.

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Dairy Industry Magazine Compares Undercover Investigations to Cross Burning

The dairy industry compares the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act to hate crimes legislation targeting the KKK.

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FBI Says Activists Who Investigate Factory Farms Can Be Prosecuted as Terrorists

The Joint Terrorism Task Force kept files on activists who videotape animal cruelty on factory farms and recommended prosecuting them as terrorists.

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Activist Secretly Videotapes FBI Visit in Des Moines, Iowa

It’s not often that we get to see the FBI in action as agents harass activists. This video is of two FBI agents visiting the owner of Best Place Ever, a video store, and questioning him about last night’s release of mink from a fur farm in Jewel, Iowa. The agents suspect the Animal Liberation Front […]

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Truthout: The “Eco-al-Qaeda”?

I wrote an article for Truthout about how, before the dust had even settled at ground zero, corporations and politicians were trying to use the tragedy of September 11th to label environmentalists as “eco-terrorists.” Here’s an excerpt: On September 12, 2001, as emergency crews searched for survivors, Rep. Greg Walden warned Congress that “eco-terrorists” posed […]

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ArteTv: ‘Qui sont les éco-terroristes?’

A journalist with ArteTv’s Global Mag, a television program that airs in France and Germany, visited the U.S. to report on the labeling of environmentalists as “eco-terrorists.” She came to the book release event in Washington, DC, and I was also able to put her in touch with Andy Stepanian of the SHAC 7, Daniel […]

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Discussion of Government Surveillance of Activists with Will Potter, Former FBI Agent, ACLU and More

I was on Austin’s KOOP radio a while back, and had a great discussion about the FBI’s use of surveillance, infiltration and informants within social movements with Colleen Rowley (retired FBI agent), Michael May (Texas Observer managing editor), Debbie Russell (ACLU of Texas) and Scott Crow (author of Black Flags and Windmills). You can listen […]

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Guest-blogging at Powell’s Books

The good folks at Powell’s Books, Inc. have invited me to guest-blog all week. (Which is a bit daunting, considering Erik Larson was blogging for them last week. As an aside, Devil in the White City had a huge influence on how I thought about approaching my own book.) Here’s an excerpt of my first post: […]

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