A green shade of fear.

• Author: Walker, Jesse
• Position: Briefly Noted - Green Is the New Red - Brief article - Book review

In Green Is the New Red (City Lights), former American Civil Liberties Union staffer Will Potter argues that a Green Scare has infected America. Without denying that many environmentalists have crossed the line separating peaceful dissent from sabotage and violence, Potter makes a strong case that the authorities have exaggerated the threat such activists pose. The word terrorism is now applied to everything from minor vandalism (one firm described rude stickers left on SUVs as "a new form of ecoterrorism") to more serious but still nonlethal forms of aggression. In the process...