...So think "resistance" with all your aching heart, a word that must become our promise to what is left of this planet. Gather the others: you already know them. The brave, smart, militant, and, most of all, serious, and together take aim. Do it carefully, but do it.
Then fire for all you're worth.
“When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”
Mon, Oct 26 2020
Drawing the Line: Stopping the Murder of the Planet — Live Streaming Event November 22nd
Where do you draw the line? What is the threshold at which you will fight for the living planet? And how shall we fight? This November 22nd, join Derrick Jensen, Lierre Keith, organizers from around the world, and guests for a special 4-hour live streaming [...]
Sun, Oct 25 2020
Leading Communities Of Resistance Course
Our planet is dying, and we know the reason for it – industrial civilization is killing it. We need to resist the destruction, protect our land and life, and replace the toxic culture with land-based, just and sustainable forms. We need radical, [...]
Sat, Oct 24 2020
Oil Pipelines Are Easy to Shut Down
The Valve Turners is a label given to, and claimed by, environmental activists who take direct action against the fossil fuel industry by illegally turning emergency shut-off valves to close oil pipelines. Valve Turners have sought to use the necessity [...]
Fri, Oct 23 2020
In India, Rape is Only a Symptom
In this piece (cross-posted from Counterpunch), Cesar Chelala connects the increase in rapes with the sex-based violence women face in India. by Cesar Chelala / Counterpunch It is difficult to reconcile India’s rapid economic and technological development [...]
Thu, Oct 22 2020
Resurgence of Child Labor Amid Global Pandemic
While increasing poverty pushes millions of children to backbreaking labor in mining and agriculture, the net worth of U.S. billionaires alone has surged by $931 billion since the coronavirus pandemic began, illustrating how the economic system (and more [...]
Wed, Oct 21 2020
Uncontacted Tribes’ Territories Burning As Amazon Fires Spread
Communal house of uncontacted Indians inside the Uru Eu Wau Wau territory, photographed in 2005. © Rogério Vargas Motta/IBAMA (Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources). Survival International / October 14, 2020 The survival of [...]
Tue, Oct 20 2020
Indigenous People Confront 350 and Sierra Club
On October 12th, 2020, Indigenous People’s Day, a group of indigenous people and allies gathered in Illahee (Portland, Oregon) to confront the Sierra Club and 350.org for their corporate ties and advocacy of false solutions as outlined in the film Planet [...]
Mon, Oct 19 2020
How To Organize A DGR Training In Your Community
One of the biggest barriers to effective resistance today is that most people who want to resist don’t have the knowledge or skills. That’s why Deep Green Resistance offers trainings and workshops to aspiring organizers and revolutionaries. Our trainings [...]
Sun, Oct 18 2020
My Message to the Western World: Your Civilization is Killing Life on Earth
We Indigenous people are fighting to save the Amazon, but the whole planet is in trouble because you do not respect it by Nemonte Nenquimo / Originally published in The Guardian, Oct. 12 2020 Featured image: Waorani leader Nemonte Nenquimo shows evidence of [...]
Sat, Oct 17 2020
The Ohio River Speaks: White Jesus and the Gray Seagull
The Ohio River is the most polluted river in the United States. In this series of essays entitled ‘The Ohio River Speaks,‘ Will Falk travels the length of the river and tells her story. Find the rest of Will’s journey with the Ohio River here. [...]
