Green Scare

Green Scare Essay Wins in Lantern Books Contest

Just found out an essay I wrote, “McCarthyism 2.o,” won 3rd place in the Lantern Books 2006 essay contest. Here’s the full text… McCarthyism 2.0 by Will Potter Minutes after receiving an invitation to testify before Congress about legislation labeling activists as “terrorists,” I barged into a colleague’s office with a hotshot grin on my […]

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Green Scare Talk at NCOR This Weekend

I’ll be speaking at the National Conference on Organized Resistance this weekend about the Green Scare and labeling activists “eco-terrorists.” It’s part of a panel with animal rights organizers who will also give their take on all this, and how activists have (and should) respond. I’m especially looking forward to the discussion, and hearing from […]

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Vermont Law School Panel Discussion on Labeling Activists “Eco-terrorists”

I will be speaking at Vermont Law School next week with Heidi Boghosian, executive director of the National Lawyers Guild, and criminal defense and civil rights attorney Andrew Erba. Here’s some more information from the press release the organizers put out… “GREEN SCARE” DISCUSSION AT VERMONT LAW SCHOOL SOUTH ROYALTON, VT . . . “Animal […]

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Green Scare Events Get Some Publicity by Industry Groups

Americans for Medical Progress is an industry group behind a lot of the scare-mongering and labeling activists as “terrorists.” How flattering to be listed in their newsletter. I’m looking forward to the Yale Law School event this weekend: ACTIVISTS’ CALENDAR AMP is continuously monitoring activists’ planning. We are in touch with targeted institutions as warranted. […]

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Talk at Brooklyn Law School on the Green Scare and the Constitution

The Brooklyn Law School Chapters of the National Lawyers Guild and Student Animal Legal Defense Fund Present: The Green Scare: The Constitutional Cost of Prosecuting Animal Rights and Environmental Activists as Terrorists DON’T MISS THIS TIMELY PANEL! Camille Hankins directs Win Animal Rights (WAR), a New York based grassroots animal rights group, whose primary campaign […]

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Lunchtime Green Scare Event at NYU March 7

Hey everyone, There are a few speaking events coming up back to back on the East Coast next month, and I’ll be posting the details as I get them. Here’s info on a lunchtime event at NYU… Green Scare event at NYU with Will Potter & Heidi Boghosian NYU’s Students for Education on Animal Liberation […]

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Green Scare Event at American University Law School Today

Sorry for not posting this sooner… The Green Scare! Prosecuting Environmental Activists as Terrorists Tuesday, Feb 06, 5-6pm American University Washington College of Law WCL Rm 524 What is the Green Scare , and why is the federal government prosecuting ecological and environmental activists under anti-terrorism statutes? Come learn about the SHAC 7, the Animal […]

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Yale Law School Event on the Green Scare

I’ll be speaking at Yale Law School as part of the 13th Annual Rebellious Lawyering Conference, Feb. 23-25, 2007. I’ll be on a panel with Lauren Regan of the Civil Liberties Defense Center. Here’s a description: In 2006, the government convicted animal rights activists known as the SHAC 7 on “animal enterprise terrorism” charges and […]

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“The Green Scare: Eco-Activism and the Age of Terror” at University of Washington Law School

I’ll be speaking at the University of Washington Law School next week on “The Green Scare: Eco-Activism and the Age of Terror.” The event is February 1st at 6pm at the law school, William H. Gates Hall, Perkins Coie room. A good portion of web hits to GNR come from the Seattle area (and last […]

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Activists Organizing Worldwide Against “Eco-terrorism” Rhetoric and the Green Scare

It was inspiring to come back from two speaking events in Minneapolis and find an inbox full of emails about Green Scare events around the world. To highlight just a few… From activists in Durban, South Africa: In response to the call for a global day of action in solidarity with Greenscare indictees, people in […]

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