ACTION ALERT: GreenScare: The New War on Environmentalism

May 7th, 2011 - by admin

Joshua Frank and Jeffrey St. Clair / Kickstarer – 2011-05-07 00:22:38

ABOUT THIS PROJECT

PORTLAND (May 6, 2011) — We are looking to put the finishing touches on a book that has been in the making for the past two years. Both of us have traveled around the country uncovering the events that rocked the environmental community since 9/11.

We filed FOIA requests, interviewed dozens of underground activists and discovered frightening new policies and tactics that were intended to destroy the radical environmental movement from the ground up.

Your support will help offset the costs we already accrued as well as the final phase of research that needs to be completed.

Thanks for taking the time to support independent media. The future of our democracy depends on it.

About Us:
Jeffrey St. Clair is an investigative reporter who has written extensively on politics and the environment. Along with Alexander Cockburn, St. Clair edits CounterPunch. He has also written for The Washington Post, San Francisco Examiner, The Nation and The Progressive. His reporting specializes in the politics surrounding environmental and military issues. Additionally, he is the author of numerous books, most recently Born Under a Bad Sky: Notes from the Dark Side of the Earth.

Joshua Frank has worked as an independent environmental journalist for over eight years and is the author of Left Out! How Liberals Helped Reelect George W. Bush. Additionally he is the co-editor with Jeffrey St. Clair of Red State Rebels: Tales of Grassroots Resistance in the Heartland. His work appears regularly at CounterPunch, Alternet.org, truthout.org among other reputable independent media outlets. In 2010 he was the recipient of a Nation Institute grant for environmental journalism.

HOW TO BACK THIS PROJECT
This project will only be funded if at least $3,500 is pledged by Sunday, May 15, 7:21 PM EDT

$5 MINIMUM PLEDGE

PLEDGE $50 OR MORE
A thank you in the credits of the book.

PLEDGE $100 OR MORE
A thank you in the credits of the book, as well as an invitation to a private book launch party in Portland, Oregon.

PLEDGE $250 OR MORE
A thank you in the credits of the book, an invitation to a private book launch party in Portland, Oregon and a first-run, signed copy of the book before it is released to the public.

PLEDGE $500 OR MORE
A thank you in the credits of the book, an invitation to a private book launch party in Portland, Oregon and a first-run, signed copy of the book before it is released to the public. In addition you will receive good karma from the karma gods.

PLEDGE $1,000 OR MORE
A thank you in the credits of the book, an invitation to a private book launch party in Portland, Oregon and five first-run, signed copies of the book before it is released to the public. In addition you will receive a copy of the authors’ previous book, Red State Rebels: A Tale of Grassroots Resistance in the Heartland.