Will Potter
Will Potter to deliver "In Your Face Lecture"
Nov 10, 2011, 7:00 PMMarsh Hall (Taylor Auditorium [216] ) - Forest Grove
Nationally acclaimed speaker Will Potter to give the sixth annual In Your Face lecture, " Green Is the New Red: How Corporations Turned Environmentalists into Eco-terrorists." Free and open to the public.
Will Potter to deliver the sixth annual In Your Face lecture
“Green Is the New Red: How Corporations Turned Environmentalists into ‘Eco-terrorists’”
Thursday, Nov. 10, 7 p.m.
Marsh Hall 216 (Taylor Auditorium)—Forest Grove
Free admission
A light reception with food and drinks will follow.
Will Potter is an award-winning independent journalist and author based in Washington, D.C.
His latest book, Green is the New Red: An Insider’s Account of a Social Movement Under Siege, looks at the use of anti-terrorism resources to target environmentalists and animal rights activists. He examines how the word ‘eco-terrorist’ is used to push a political agenda, instill fear, intimidate and silence dissent, creating a “Green Scare” not unlike the “Red Scare” against Communists that preceded it.
Potter is an expert on at the nexus between environmentalism and terrorism. His work has appeared in publications like the Chicago Tribune, the Huffington Post, and the Vermont Law Review. He has also testified before the U.S. Congress about his environmental reporting.
Sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences Student Senate (CASSS) and the Department of Politics and Government.
Previous speakers in the “In Your Face” lecture series include Christian Parenti, Robin Hahnel, Dave Zirin, Judy Giles, and Heather Rogers.
Posted by Jules Boykoff (boykoff@pacificu.edu) on Oct 11, 2011 at 3:05 PM
Edited by Joe Lang (jlang@pacificu.edu) on Nov 8, 2011 at 1:09 PM
