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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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KPFK’s Sonali Kolhatkar Interviews Author Will Potter (Video)

When I was in Los Angeles on book tour, I had the pleasure of visiting the KPFK studio and speaking with Sonali Kolhatkar. It was an interesting discussion about the power of language, and how corporations are re-writing the law. Thanks to Sonali, Martina and everyone at KPFK for the opportunity! Video below…

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Grist Interview with Will Potter: Environmentalists Under Attack

Grist.org is featuring a discussion I had with Robert Jensen, who is a journalism professor at the University of Texas at Austin and author of Citizens of the Empire (among many books). I think the interview turned out really well, and is particularly relevant in the wake of Tim DeChristopher’s sentencing. I hope you’ll check […]

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The Book Is Already Being Reprinted!

Hey everyone — just a quick note to share some good news: the first edition of the book has sold out, and City Lights is in the process of having it reprinted! Incredible. Thank you to everyone who has picked up a copy! If you haven’t, why not take a second to check out what […]

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Los Angeles Speaking Events at Diesel Books and the Animal Rights Conference

I’ll be heading out to California soon for a few speaking events in Los Angeles as part of the book tour! The first stop is at Diesel Books, and then on to the national Animal Rights Conference. Why both? Well, at Diesel Books I’ll be able to go into detail about these issues, and have […]

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Minneapolis Book Reading and Signing

I’ll be in Minneapolis this week, speaking about my book. Hope you can come out! Thursday, June 16th 8pm Ethique Nouveau, 317 W. 48th St. in South Minneapolis Please RSVP on Facebook

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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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Will You Take 5 Minutes and Leave a Review?

The book has been getting some fantastic reviews by Mother Jones, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and many more publications. But what’s also really important is what real people (you!) have to say. Would you take a minute and leave a review on Amazon? It’s easy, I promise: Log in at Amazon.com (or click on “New customer? Start here” […]

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Matt Gauck Limited Edition Screenprints Available Now!

Matt Gauck is an incredible artist and a very kind dude, and he was generous with his time to design these posters specifically for the Green Is the New Red book release party. Even before I put the early images up on Tumblr and Facebook, people were asking about how to get hold of them. […]

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Reading at City Lights Books!

City Lights Books has been dubbed the world’s greatest bookstore, and City Lights Publishing has a list of authors that has included Allen Ginsberg, Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky. So I’m honored, and a bit nervous, to say I’ll be reading there in just a few weeks! Soon after I’ll also be reading at the […]

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