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Will Potter, UT Alum and Award-Winning Journalist: Green Is the New Red
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e aired almost all of UT graduate and award-winning journalist Will Potter’s presentation on “The Green Scare: How Corporations Created the ‘Eco-Terrorist Menace,’” which he gave on Feb. 27 on campus at the invitation of United Student Activists. Posted here online is the full audio from the event, including the question-and-answer session following Potter’s talk. [mp3]
From the USA event release:
With pressure from corporate lobbyists, politicians and law enforcement nation-wide have been advancing a coordinated campaign to label animal rights and environmental activists as “eco-terrorists.” They’ve taken a few pages from the Red Scare playbook and a few pages from the “with us or against us” script of the War on Terror in their attempt to build a “Green Scare” upon a foundation of fear. This multimedia presentation will examine the roots of this government crackdown, the details of “Operation Backfire,” the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act and the SHAC 7, as well as a discussion of what the “terrorism” label means for activists in all social movements.
The Green Scare has important local relevance, in light of the recent arrest of a local animal rights activist for his alleged actions against the animal cruelty industry. There has also been a long standing effort to label local peace and justice activists and organizations as terrorist, as when FBI Agent G. Charles Rasner identified Austin Indymedia and Food Not Bombs as being on the “terrorist watch” list while speaking at the UT School of Law in March, 2006. All Austin residents concerned with the erosion of civil liberties and attack on political dissent in the name of fighting terrorism are encouraged to attend.
For more information and the latest updates on the Green Scare check Will’s blog: GreenIsTheNewRed.com.
March 6th, 2008 at 9:58 am
[...] KVRX.org also aired the audio of my talk (the intro is from a student). Apologies if some parts are confusing, because I was using a projector for images and that doesn’t translate well for radio. But anyway, here it is. [...]
April 22nd, 2009 at 3:22 pm
[...] Potter gave a talk here in Austin last year, which we also broadcast on OTF. Standard Podcast: Play Now | Play in Popup | [...]