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Green is the New Red
Will Potter
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Description for Green is the New Red
Paperback. An insider tells how environmentalists and animal rights activists have become "the number one domestic terrorism threat." Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 380.
At a time when everyone is going green, most people are unaware that the FBI is using anti-terrorism resources to target environmentalists and animal rights activists. The courts are being used to push conventional boundaries of what constitutes terrorism and to hit nonviolent activists with disproportionate sentences. Some have faced terrorism charges for simply chalking slogans on the sidewalk. Like the Red Scare, this Green Scare is about fear and intimidation, using a word-- eco-terrorist --to push a political agenda, instill fear and silence dissent. The animal rights and environmental movements directly threaten corporate profits ... Read more
At a time when everyone is going green, most people are unaware that the FBI is using anti-terrorism resources to target environmentalists and animal rights activists. The courts are being used to push conventional boundaries of what constitutes terrorism and to hit nonviolent activists with disproportionate sentences. Some have faced terrorism charges for simply chalking slogans on the sidewalk. Like the Red Scare, this Green Scare is about fear and intimidation, using a word-- eco-terrorist --to push a political agenda, instill fear and silence dissent. The animal rights and environmental movements directly threaten corporate profits ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
City Lights Books United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
381g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Monroe, OR, United States
ISBN
9780872865389
SKU
V9780872865389
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99-15
About Will Potter
Will Potter is an award-winning independent journalist based in Washington, D.C., who focuses on eco-terrorism, the environmental and animal rights movements, and civil liberties post-9/11. Potter has written for publications including The Chicago Tribune, The Dallas Morning News and the Vermont Law Review, and has testified before the U.S. Congress about his reporting. Previously, he worked at the ... Read more
Reviews for Green is the New Red
If you've ever supported an animal welfare or environmental organization, you too may be a suspected terrorist: That's the chilling take-away from Green Is the New Red, a thoughtfully alarming examination of the U.S. government's post-9/11 domestic terror probes, which have inordinately targeted progressive-leaning activist groups. Author Will Potter, a journalist whose own low-level activism ran up against Homeland Security, ... Read more