Little Red Barns: Hiding the truth from farm to fable
UPDATE: Watch the recording on Youtube. The pictures are available on our facebook page.
December 3, 2025
Join us for the book launch of Little Red Barns: Hiding the truth, from farm to fable by Will Potter.
Will Potter is an award-winning investigative journalist who exposes political repression and the erosion of civil liberties.
His landmark book Green Is the New Redrevealed how governments and corporations have labeled nonviolent animal rights activists and environmental activists as “terrorists.”
His new book, Little Red Barns (City Lights Books, 2025), is the result of a 10-year investigation into factory farms and rising fascism.
Free vegan food and drinks will be served. To help us plan for the food and drinks, please fill this form to register (free and open to all).
You can join in person at the SHIFT Centre for social transformation at Concordia University or online on zoom.
To join us online, register on zoom.
The event is organized by Christiane Bailey and facilitated by Kelly Struthers Montford (Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology at Toronto Metropolitan University).
Childcare available : if you plan on bringing a child, please let us know at christiane.bailey@concordia.ca
About the book
Behind the little red barns dotting the landscape and decorating so many of the products we consume is a dangerous threat. This groundbreaking investigation exposes the powerful forces at work to hide the harms of industrial agriculture, its outsize role in the climate crisis, and its links to the global rise of fascism.
Little Red Barns is the record of a harrowing journey that took investigative journalist Will Potter from factory farms to international climate summits, from Congressional hearings to neo-Nazi fascist groups. As Potter uncovers the frightening truth about animal agriculture’s role in accelerating climate collapse, he shows how the authoritarian measures being taken to maintain control over this key aspect of the global food supply chain are directly linked to the proliferation and empowerment of far-right militias.
Join us to know more about:
- How corporations are outlawing journalism to keep the public in the dark about our food
- The hidden connections between factory farms, climate change, and fascism
- What it means to bear witness and fight these dangerous trends
This event is co-sponsored by Concordia’s Social Justice Centre, the department of Criminology of the Toronto Metropolitan University, the Groupe de recherche en éthique environnementale et animale (GRÉEA) du Centre de recherche en éthique (CRÉ), the Prison Radio Show (CKUT), Research for the frontlines, and the Concordia Student Union (CSU).
