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It’s All About Food - Will Potter, LITTLE RED BARNS Hiding the Truth, from Farm to Fable
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Will Potter, LITTLE RED BARNS Hiding the Truth, from Farm to Fable
Will Potter (@willpotter) is a thought leader and award-winning investigative journalist and author whose work has focused on social justice movements and attacks on civil rights post-9/11. He has been invited to speak about human rights and political repression before governmental bodies including the U.S. Congress, the Australian Parliament, and the Council of Europe.
He was the first investigative journalist to be named a TED Senior Fellow, and his TED talks on anti-protest laws and secret prisons have been viewed nearly 10 million times.
His book, Green Is the New Red: An Insider’s Account of a Social Movement Under Siege, exposed the targeting of nonviolent protest groups by the FBI and was awarded a Kirkus Star for “remarkable merit.” Will was awarded the prestigious Knight-Wallace Fellowship in Law Reporting, and is the inaugural civil rights fellow and distinguished journalist-in-residence at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.
His new book, Little Red Barns: Hiding the Truth, from Farm to Fable, is now available for pre-order from City Lights.
Listen to the IT’S ALL ABOUT FOOD interview with Will Potter about Green Is the New Red: An Insider’s Account of a Social Movement Under Siege.
26 episodes
Manage episode 481012383 series 2362940
Will Potter, LITTLE RED BARNS Hiding the Truth, from Farm to Fable
Will Potter (@willpotter) is a thought leader and award-winning investigative journalist and author whose work has focused on social justice movements and attacks on civil rights post-9/11. He has been invited to speak about human rights and political repression before governmental bodies including the U.S. Congress, the Australian Parliament, and the Council of Europe.
He was the first investigative journalist to be named a TED Senior Fellow, and his TED talks on anti-protest laws and secret prisons have been viewed nearly 10 million times.
His book, Green Is the New Red: An Insider’s Account of a Social Movement Under Siege, exposed the targeting of nonviolent protest groups by the FBI and was awarded a Kirkus Star for “remarkable merit.” Will was awarded the prestigious Knight-Wallace Fellowship in Law Reporting, and is the inaugural civil rights fellow and distinguished journalist-in-residence at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.
His new book, Little Red Barns: Hiding the Truth, from Farm to Fable, is now available for pre-order from City Lights.
Listen to the IT’S ALL ABOUT FOOD interview with Will Potter about Green Is the New Red: An Insider’s Account of a Social Movement Under Siege.
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