"The term ecological terrorists, or ecoterrorists, refers to those individuals who independently and/or in concert with others engage in acts of violence and employ tactics commonly associated with terrorism to further their sociopolitical agenda aimed at animal and/or environmental protection."
That is the opening sentence of a DHS Universal Adversary Dynamic Threat Assessment dated May 7, 2008 titled Ecoterrorism: Environmental and Animal -Rights Militants in the United States. According to this document, anyone who physically intervenes to prevent another from harming an animal and/or the environment is essentially a terrorist. Are the soldiers who defeated the Nazis and freed the Jews from Auschwitz and other concentration camps terrorists? Are the police officers who arrested Josef Fritzl, who repeatedly raped his own daughter while she was imprisoned in his basement for 24 years? You would be hard pressed to find anyone who would say that they were. So why then is someone who destroys lab equipment used to conduct needles and torturous tests on innocent animals, or kidnaps an oil company executive responsible for a leaking pipeline poisoning the entire food chain any different?
They are different because while the capitalists make billions of dollars each year destroying the planet, they have not yet figured out how to profit from protecting it. It is a well known fact that money equals influence, and as such the powers that be are obligated to protect the interests of the wealth profiteers benefiting from torture and cruelty. What's the most effective way to do this in post-9/11 America? Label anyone who actively opposes them a terrorist, instantly stripping away their constitutional rights.
By this reasoning, it is clear that as long as big corporations continue to profit from torture and destruction, the situation will only get worse. So what can the average person do? Talk is cheap, but raiding labs and sabotaging factories is not for everyone, as many of us have families and careers of our own to consider. However, we can all support our brothers and sisters on the front lines by taking some very simple actions such as not supporting companies that test on animals and urging our elected officials at all levels to pass stronger environmental regulations. Unfortunately, there is no quick fix for such a large scale problem as this, but we can all do our part and spread the word to put the true ecoterrorists out of business.
The original DHS document can be viewed here via WikiLeaks
That is the opening sentence of a DHS Universal Adversary Dynamic Threat Assessment dated May 7, 2008 titled Ecoterrorism: Environmental and Animal -Rights Militants in the United States. According to this document, anyone who physically intervenes to prevent another from harming an animal and/or the environment is essentially a terrorist. Are the soldiers who defeated the Nazis and freed the Jews from Auschwitz and other concentration camps terrorists? Are the police officers who arrested Josef Fritzl, who repeatedly raped his own daughter while she was imprisoned in his basement for 24 years? You would be hard pressed to find anyone who would say that they were. So why then is someone who destroys lab equipment used to conduct needles and torturous tests on innocent animals, or kidnaps an oil company executive responsible for a leaking pipeline poisoning the entire food chain any different?
They are different because while the capitalists make billions of dollars each year destroying the planet, they have not yet figured out how to profit from protecting it. It is a well known fact that money equals influence, and as such the powers that be are obligated to protect the interests of the wealth profiteers benefiting from torture and cruelty. What's the most effective way to do this in post-9/11 America? Label anyone who actively opposes them a terrorist, instantly stripping away their constitutional rights.
By this reasoning, it is clear that as long as big corporations continue to profit from torture and destruction, the situation will only get worse. So what can the average person do? Talk is cheap, but raiding labs and sabotaging factories is not for everyone, as many of us have families and careers of our own to consider. However, we can all support our brothers and sisters on the front lines by taking some very simple actions such as not supporting companies that test on animals and urging our elected officials at all levels to pass stronger environmental regulations. Unfortunately, there is no quick fix for such a large scale problem as this, but we can all do our part and spread the word to put the true ecoterrorists out of business.
The original DHS document can be viewed here via WikiLeaks
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