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12 year-old founder of Lobby For Animals: The Mozart of Animal Rights

12 year-old founder of Lobby For Animals: The Mozart of Animal Rights

By on June 3, 2013

When I learned of Thomas Ponce I was blown away. You mean to tell me that a 12-year-old started his own lobbying group? And was the regional coordinator of Fin Free Florida? I can’t recall what I was doing at

Exclusive interview with Fermare Green Hill campaign

Exclusive interview with Fermare Green Hill campaign

By on May 3, 2013

On April 20, a group of activists from Fermare Green Hill campaign entered a pharmacology lab at the University of Milano, Italy. Very quickly, news spread on social media. If you were like me, you spent the day reading updates

Will Potter, author of “Green is the New Red”

Will Potter, author of “Green is the New Red”

By on August 7, 2011

Will Potter is an award-winning independent journalist based in Washington, D.C., who focuses on “eco-terrorism,” the animal rights and environmental movements, and civil liberties post-9/11. Will’s work has appeared in publications including the Chicago Tribune, the Dallas Morning News, the

America: home of the free, brave, imprisoned and enslaved

America: home of the free, brave, imprisoned and enslaved

By on July 1, 2011

Every year, as the Fourth of July holiday approaches, I begin to recoil in disgust. I cannot think of a holiday that makes my skin crawl so much (though Thanksgiving is a close second). Between the nationalism, patriotism, pro-war and

Supreme Court protects corporations, not free speech

Supreme Court protects corporations, not free speech

By on March 8, 2011

The Supreme Court has no interest in protecting our rights as activists, so we need to continue the fight for free speech on our own. Animal rights and environmental activists are the low hanging fruit that the government has decided to go after first, but antiwar, civil rights, immigrant rights, and other activists must take notice as well.

The Fight Goes On

The Fight Goes On

By on February 22, 2011

Letter from Walter Bond, the day after his sentencing in Colorado.