- published: 29 Jun 2013
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Eco-terrorism usually refers to acts of violence or sabotage committed in support of ecological, environmental, or animal rights causes against persons or their property.
Eco-terrorism is defined by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as "the use or threatened use of violence of a criminal nature against people or property by an environmentally oriented, subnational group for environmental-political reasons, or aimed at an audience beyond the target, often of a symbolic nature." The FBI has credited to eco-terrorism 300 million dollars in property damage from 2003 and 2008, and a majority of states within the USA have introduced laws aimed at these activities.
Critics of this use of the term argue that it has been defined in order to vilify activists, and that the term would be more properly employed to describe the environmentally damaging activities of corporations.
Eco-terrorism is a form of radical environmentalism that arose out of the same school of thought that brought about deep ecology, ecofeminism, social ecology, and bioregionalism. Eco-terrorism is a controversial term.
Kills our trees
It poisons our land
Trashes our water
It makes me sad
The world is getting warmer
Every single day
We need to stop the torture
We're the ones to blame
So we'll stop the madness
With terrorism
It kills our trees
It poisons our land
Trashes our water
Makes me sad
The world is getting warmer
Every single day
We need to stop the torture
We're the ones to blame
So we will stop the madness
With terrorism
Police are coming
They've brought their guns
We'll start running
Run, run, run
The world is getting warmer
Every single day
We need to stop the torture
We're the ones to blame
So we'll stop the madness