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'Eco-terrorism': Nomer or misnomer? What is terrorism exactly?	David Roberts	23 Jan 2006	Gristmill
What is terrorism? I've been skeptical about the talk of "eco-terrorism" because, to me, a crucial ingredient of anything worthy of the term is deliberate targeting of civilians for injury or death. Since the alleged "eco-terrorists" explicitly aim to avoid any harm to a human being, "terrorist" seems a misnomer. But am I right about this? Is there a commonly accepted definition of "terrorism"? I suspect the DOJ has ...
Topics: eco-terrorism (all these topics)

'Eco-terrorism': A threat only an embattled government could love If ELF didn't exist, the Bushies would have to invent it.	David Roberts	23 Jan 2006	Gristmill
Why are the DOJ, FBI, and ATF making so much noise about 'eco-terrorism'? FBI deputy assistant John Lewis said, 'The No. 1 domestic terrorism threat is the eco-terrorism, animal-rights movement.' Put aside for a moment the conspicuous running together of two different movements. By no reasonable metric would eco-terrorism and animal-rights direct action combined be judged the premiere domestic threat of our times. The number of lives taken and property damaged ...
Topics: eco-terrorism (all these topics)

'Eco-terrorism': On the scale of jackassery It's pretty low-end	David Roberts	22 Jan 2006	Gristmill
I would hope it goes without saying, but I'll say it anyway: I do not condone the acts of the ALF or, to the extent it's extant, the ELF. Arson is a crime and should be prosecuted. Flooding, vandalism -- not cool. Graffiti, well, it's a menace. To deem one's cause more worthy than a living, breathing human being is the ultimate in jackassery. As yet, ELF has not gone there. But destroying people's stuff is also jackassery. A distinctly lower-order form of jackas ...
Topics: eco-terrorism, jackassery (all these topics)

'Eco-terrorism': Elves and moles Eco-terrorist commits suicide	David Roberts	22 Jan 2006	Gristmill
This raised my eyebrow: [U.S. Attorney Karin] Immergut said a pledge by the defendants to never reveal each other's identities to law-enforcement officials made the investigation more difficult. But investigators persuaded some alleged participants to act as informants, providing details of the crimes. ... [40-year-old Arizona bookstore owner William C.] Rodgers, who also was identified by federal prosecutors as the mastermind of the 1998 arson a ...
Topics: eco-terrorism (all these topics)

'Eco-terrorism': ALF v. ELF There are differences	David Roberts	22 Jan 2006	Gristmill
It doesn't seem to me that the ELF and the ALF should always be spoken of in the same breath. The Animal Liberation Front is decades old and well-established in over 20 countries. The Earth Liberation Front didn't really appear on the radar until 1998, when a Vail ski resort was torched. There are questions about the communique in which ELF claimed responsibility. There are questions about the authenticity of ELF website. There are questions about whether the ELF ...
Topics: Earth Liberation Front, eco-terrorism (all these topics)

'Eco-terrorism': War du jour An enemy that's just an idea can never surrender	David Roberts	22 Jan 2006	Gristmill
If the executive branch was trying to distract attention from Osama Bin Laden's latest taped message and the NSA spying scandal with this "eco-terrorism" business, they failed pretty miserably. When Gonzalez and Mueller took questions, only the final two were about the Milk Jug Brigade. QUESTION: On the environment and eco-groups, how big a blow is wrapping up these people that you've got indictments against -- how deep do you think the support goes for t ...
Topics: Earth Liberation Front, eco-terrorism (all these topics)

'Eco-terrorism': Threat or menace? More shadowy enemies	David Roberts	22 Jan 2006	Gristmill
I'm looking over this "eco-terrorism" stuff. Some stray thoughts. Why always "shadowy"? Can we find a new adjective for our bogeymen? Is this what shadowy means? Who is the leader of the ELF? This is what has caused problems for law enforcement trying to put an end to the group's activities. There is no Osama bin Laden of the ELF [ed: Yesima bin Burnin?], there are no 'lieutenants,' and no hierarchical structure at all. It may even be ...
Topics: eco-terrorism (all these topics)

http://www.grist.org/2005/12/27/111439/01 What's the real reason the feds are spying on enviros?	David Roberts	27 Dec 2005	Gristmill
LA Weekly's Judith Lewis has written a short but incisive piece on a subject dear to my heart: When the American Civil Liberties Union this week released a new batch of documents obtained from the FBI verifying that the federal agency has been monitoring domestic environmental- and animal-rights groups, it was only the latest evidence of government working on behalf of the anti-environmentalist industry and property-rights advocates to, as one of those advocates p ...
Topics: Earth Liberation Front, eco-terrorism (all these topics)

What Now? One month after Sept. 11, it's a whole new environment		11 Oct 2001	Main Dish
Back in the pre-Sept. 11 era, or roughly a lifetime ago, when the word terrorism cropped up during discussions of environmental issues, it always seemed slightly out of context, an act of appropriation. Vandalism committed in the name of the environment (against SUVs, genetically engineered crops, sprawling housing developments) became eco-terrorism. Some environmentalists co-opted the word right back, and deliberate en ...
Topics: eco-terrorism, environmental movement, national security (all these topics)

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