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Washington Post Front Page Story Features “Green Is The New Red”
The Washington Post‘s Julie Eilperin has a front page story today that offers an excellent overview of the war on “eco-terrorism,” including “Ag Gag” bills, FBI surveillance of environmental...
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Why Are Environmentalists “Terrorists,” But Anti-Abortion Extremists Are Not?
Anti-abortion extremists and Christian fundamentalists have resorted to physical violence and assassinations in the name of their cause, but it is not investigated as terrorism. Meanwhile, property...
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Newly Released FBI “Domestic Terrorism” Training on Anarchists,...
Newly released FBI presentations show the flawed and misleading information the government is using to train agents to identify and investigate “domestic terrorist” groups such as “black separatists,”...
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Debunked: Prosecutors and Press Calling a Militia Cell “Anarchists”
Click to read the full story at the Daily Beast. Prosecutors in Georgia are seeking the death penalty for three non-commissioned military officers who formed a militia cell called FEAR (“Forever...
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7 Groups the FBI and Corporations Have Classified as “Terrorists”
Today you’ll hear the annual chorus of “we will never forget.” But we have forgotten. We have forgotten the uproar against the Patriot Act, which was passed in the middle of the night. We have...
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7 Ways Canadian Environmental Groups Are Being Attacked as “Terrorists”
Environmentalists have drawn international attention to Canada’s tar sands, vast deposits of a particularly gooey, toxic form of petroleum called bitumen that Canada hopes to ship thousands of miles....
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7 Examples of a “Police State,” and How They Are Appearing in the U.S.
Video available from KATU.com “Has the United States become a police state?” That’s the stark question I was asked at the beginning of a recent radio interview. Framing the current political climate...
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Congressional Report on Domestic Terrorism Addresses the “Green Scare,” Cites...
Photo by dcJohn, Flickr A recent Congressional report on domestic terrorism examines the government’s crackdown on animal rights and environmental activists, and asks members of Congress to question...
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“Activism Now Terrorism?”— TV Interview with Abby Martin
Huge thanks to Abby Martin for having me on her show this week to talk about grand juries targeting anarchists and animal rights activists. We also looked at how this fits into the broader political...
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If Right-Wing Violence Is Up 400%, Why Is the FBI Targeting Environmentalists?
Violent attacks by right-wing groups and individuals have increased by 400% since 1990, and dramatically in the last five years, according to a new report by West Point’s Combating Terrorism Center....
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Al Jazeera Discusses Ag-Gag Laws and the Corporate War on “Eco-Terrorism”
I was a guest on Al Jazeera recently to discuss how the War on Terrorism has been used to target protest groups and whistleblowers who expose animal cruelty on factory farms. It was a pleasure being on...
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It’s More Dangerous Than Ever to be an Environmentalist. Here’s Why.
My new article for Foreign Policy. In the days before he was gunned down in the doorway of his home in the Brazilian Amazon, environmental activist and union leader Chico Mendes knew he was a marked...
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Australia Risks Copying U.S. #AgGag Laws to Turn Animal Activists into...
My oped for the Sydney Morning Herald: When Amy Meyer saw a sick cow being pushed by a bulldozer outside a slaughterhouse, she did what any of us would in this age of iPhones and Instagram – she filmed...
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Environmentalists Are Being Murdered More Often Than Ever Before — How Can We...
Pictured here are José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva and Maria do Espirito Santo, who were shot dead in 2011 for campaigning against illegal logging in the Amazon. Violence against environmentalists and...
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New TED Talk: “The shocking move to criminalize nonviolent protest”
My TED talk is live, and on the TED.com homepage! What an incredible opportunity for millions of people to learn about how our rights to protest are under attack. And as ag-gag laws are spreading...
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TED Ideas Blog Asks: “Is This Really the America We Want?”
The TED Ideas Blog has a great post up about my new TED talk. Helen Walters writes: How can this possibly be the way that law and domestic security are pursued in 21st-century America? Will Potter’s...
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This Journalist is Launching Drones to Expose Factory Farm Abuse (Video)
I had the pleasure of talking with Abby Martin last night on her show Breaking the Set. We looked at new laws backed by the agriculture industry which make it illegal to photograph animal cruelty and...
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7 Reasons This Kickstarter Is Worth Every Dollar
My Kickstarter campaign, “Drone on the Farm,” was fully funded at its original goal in less than 5 days. I immediately began working with journalists, photographers, and engineers to plan how the...
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The FBI’s latest case? A butcher shop’s broken window
The FBI has a hot new case. Someone broke two windows at a grocery store. Yep, you read that correctly. Windows are broken all the time, and most businesses would be lucky to have local cops respond,...
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The Green Devil: Tony Abbott is an environmental nightmare
My latest article for Foreign Policy. Hiking through the Tasmanian wilderness feels like a scene out of Jurassic Park. Overhead are the tallest flowering trees on the planet. Underfoot are so many...
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