🖋️ Investigative journalist & author. 🗣️@TEDtalks Senior Fellow ⬇️ LITTLE RED BARNS out now! ⬇️
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We disagree on some fundamental ethical questions, but that's that's exactly why I had this conversation with Agrarian Futures.
The industry's attempts to criminalize journalism affect every one of us. We have the right to know where our food comes from
agrarianfuturespod.com/episo…
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The "Green Scare" is being cited in the UK case as evidence of why a fugitive animal rights activist wouldn't get a fair trial if extradiced.
I talked to Ali Winston about the FBI's obsessive campaign against animal and enviro activists as "terrorists"
theguardian.com/us-news/2025…
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This was from my Democracy Now interview about Trump designating anti-fascists as terrorists.
Amy Goodman asked how we should respond.
I've spent my life as an investigative journalist studying political repression and authoritarianism.
Here's the 1 lesson I need you to hear:
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I can! In short: the right has long used milk as a symbol of racial purity because black/asian folks have higher rates of lactose intolerance. It's part of larger fascist myths of "tradition" and a mythological past. Plug I wrote a book: willpotter.com/littleredbarn…
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Kim Stallwood is truly a citizen historian of the animal rights movement, and I mean that in the best way--he has documented it while living it.
It's a pleasure to chat about my new book and the link between factory farms and rising fascism
kimstallwood.substack.com/p/…
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Books and punk rock will get us through đź–¤
Thank you to @typebooks and everyone who came out to talk "Little Red Barns" in Toronto!
Huge thanks to Vince Neil for grabbing some photos and making me look way cooler than I am. @propagandhi always the soundtrack
@CityLightsBooks
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I'm excited about these 3 very different events coming up in San Francisco:
đź“• 10/26 - First Unitarian, panel on resisting political repression
đź“• 10/27 - @CityLightsBooks reading!
đź“• 10/28 - USF Law - press freedom discussion with @bmyeung of @ucbsoj
See you there!
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Trump sending troops to Portland to crack down on “domestic terrorists” (read: antifascists)
Were spiraling toward civil war
apnews.com/article/trump-fed…
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Antifascists have just been designated as a "terrorist organization," in a sweeping expansion of the crackdown on protest and dissent.
This is the playbook...
Kudos to Clare Carlile and @DeSmog for this dogged piece of investigative journalism.
desmog.com/2025/09/19/chilli…
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I’m building something new — a show + community about strength, vulnerability, and purpose.
I’d love your input! It will take less than 10 minutes. And if you could please share — especially with young men in your life — I'd really appreciate it!
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NEW YORK! I’ll be speaking at Pratt in Brooklyn next Wednesday at 12:30pm as part of Climate Week NYC. Please share and hope to see you there!
pratt.edu/events/little-red-…
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TONIGHT! What a wild week for an event like this. I don’t have the answers, but looking forward to this convo with @AbbyMartin at Powell's downtown, 7pm
PORTLAND! I'll be at @Powells next month to talk about my new book. And I'm especially excited because it will be in conversation with the wonderful @AbbyMartin !
Come join us! September 12 at 7pm downtown.
@CityLightsBooks @EmpireFiles
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PORTLAND! I'll be at @Powells next month to talk about my new book. And I'm especially excited because it will be in conversation with the wonderful @AbbyMartin !
Come join us! September 12 at 7pm downtown.
@CityLightsBooks @EmpireFiles
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🎙️ As "Big Ag" hides from journalists, activists, and the law, "Big Brother" is collecting a mind-numbing amount of information about our lives and beliefs.
I spoke with @ProjectCensored about my new book "Little Red Barns" from @CityLightsBooks
projectcensored.org/factory-…
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"This is what journalism must be now—not merely a mirror, but a moral force..."
cjr.org/analysis/when-neutra…
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Had a great time talking with @NewDayNW on @KING5Seattle this morning about Little Red Barns!
TONIGHT I'll be at Elliott Bay Bookstore at 7pm for a reading!
@CityLightsBooks
king5.com/video/entertainmen…
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LITTLE RED BARNS in Rolling Stone today!
The rise of authoritarianism we're witnessing right now is being directly shaped by corporate interests who profit from the repression.
In @RollingStone , I take a look at the playbook that Big Ag helped pioneer.
rollingstone.com/politics/po…
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🚨 LITTLE RED BARNS publication day!🚨
Oof, all the feels today. I had so much anxiety leading up to this, and the reception (before it was even out!) has blown me away.
Book release in LA at Skylight Books this Wednesday. LFG.
📺 Watch the trailer: Willpotter.com/littleredbarn…
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My self-doubts in this project weren't the investigations, but how to bear witness to it all in a way that doesn't turn people away. Really happy to see the themes and storytelling of "Little Red Barns" resonate.
Thank you @lithub !
lithub.com/how-much-is-too-m…
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Writing “Little Red Barns”—a book about fascism and factory farms—has been a long journey, and an isolated one. Coming out the other side to have authors I admire engaging with this story means the world to me.
Thank you Lydia Millet & @washingtonpost
washingtonpost.com/books/202…
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