Green Scare

Activists Organize Against Green Scare: 42 Events in 29 Cities This Week

Around the world activists are organizing events this week to raise awareness about all the “eco-terrorist” scare-mongering, harrasment and legislation. Here’s an update from GreenScare.org that includes a full listing of all the events. See if there’s one near you, and get involved: Update on December 7: An International Day of Solidarity with Green Scare […]

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I’ll Be Speaking in the Twin Cities Dec. 7 About the Green Scare

I’ll be speaking in Minneapolis, Minn., on Thursday, December 7 about the Green Scare, the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act and all of this “eco-terrorism” rhetoric. Here’s a poster for the event. If you’re in the area and can attend, I hope to meet you there. Fight the Green Scare! A panel discussion on the Green […]

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I’ll Be on KFAI 90.3 FM in Minneapolis Tomorrow For a Show on the Green Scare and the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act

If you’re in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, please tune in to KFAI 90.3 FM (106.7 FM in St. Paul) for a program about all this “eco-terrorism” rhetoric, the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act and the Green Scare. It will air at 11 a.m. Central time on Tuesday. I interviewed with Lydia Howell, who is the host […]

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I’ll Be on WBAI in NYC Tomorrow Morning, Talking About Green Scare Legislation

For you early birds, I’ll be on “Wakeup Call,” WBAI 99.5 FM in New York City, tomorrow morning to talk about the passage of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. Bright and early. 7:25 a.m. EST. I’ll post a link or the audio if I can.

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Activists Call for Day of Action Against the Green Scare

The following action alert has been circulating widely, calling for a day of action against the Green Scare. The environmental and animal rights movements have, until quite recently, largely been silent about the Green Scare and its impact on civil liberties. From GreenScare.org OPPOSE THE NEW WAR ON DISSENT! ORGANIZE A GREEN SCARE SOLIDARITY EVENT […]

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Radio program on the Green Scare, Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act and the SHAC 7

This morning I was a guest on Go Vegan Texas, which airs on 90.1 FM KPFT Houston. Also on the program were Camille Hankins, an activist with Win Animal Rights, and Tim Gorski, a filmmaker with Rattle the Cage Productions. You can listen to the program online at the Go Vegan Texas website or click […]

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Seeing the Green Scare as a Cultural or Religious War

There’s an article floating around by Alex Epstein of the Ayn Rand Institute (Ugh, I know, but stay with me here) that reveals a lot about the goals of the New McCarthyists in this Green Scare: Animal rights terrorists are often cast as “extremists” who take “too far” the allegedly benevolent cause of animal rights. […]

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A Note to the Mainstream Press Covering “Eco-terrorism”

Many activists I talk with constantly bash “the media,” as if news operations are one gelatinous mass of reporters sharing a brain, hive-style. Contemporary journalism is in a pretty sorry state, I completely agree: more and more news outlets are owned by fewer and fewer corporations, that in turn own other corporations. The emphasis is […]

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The SHAC 7, the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, and the Future of the Green Scare

A few people have requested that I post the presentations I made at the national animal rights conference last weekend. Below you’ll find the text I prepared for the plenary session. My actual speech different slightly from that, though, so I also uploaded an audio file. Click on the triangle below to listen. [Audio clip: […]

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National Lawyers Guild Calls Green Scare Tactics Unconstitutional

The National Lawyers Guild has called the FBI’s “Operation Backfire” unconstitutional, and part of an orchestrated campaign to silence dissent. The group’s press release issued Monday is the first time I’ve seen the guild, which prides itself on liberal-to-leftie politics, come out against these witch hunts. It’s a great step in the right direction, and […]

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