Deep green resistance seattle

If this is a struggle against an opponent with a scorched earth policy, then our strategy has to aim a wee bit higher than the windows of your local corporate outpost. Winner of numerous awards and honors including the eric hoffer book award, usa todays critics choice, and press actions person of the year, jensen is the author of over fifteen books, including endgame, a language older than words, what we leave behind with aric mcbay, and deep green. This is why, despite having the most progressive city government of any big city in the country, seattle has been unable to address a crisis of homelessness or pass taxes on big corporations. Videos related to radical feminism, many presented by deep green resistance members. At this moment, the liberal basis of most progressive movements is impeding our ability, individually and collectively, to take action. Im rereading reviving ophelia and wish everyone else would do the same. We engage in local struggles and organize a culture of resistance in the region. Join deep green resistance in building a resistance movement. Dgr seattle join us support the unistoten camp the unistoten camp is a landbased, indigenousled resistance community, strategically blocking construction of pipelines critical for extraction of tar sands and shale gas. Warrior sisters provides both lethal and nonlethal selfdefense training to women in need. Facebook page for deep green resistance lower columbia formerly dgr portland. Oppression and subordination deep green resistance. The individualism of liberalism, and of american society generally, renders too many of us unable to think clearly about our dire situation.

Deep green resistance new york resistance against empire. Statement on guy mcpherson deep green resistance eugene. Strategy to save the planet by canadian author aric mcbay and americans lierre. Deep green resistance is a radical feminist organization. This website was made in preparation for her keynote at the 2014 public interest environmental law conference, the largest law conference in the nation. If youre interested in deep green resistance chapters, you can find a deep green resistance chapter, learn how chapters fit into our structure, or read news of chapter activity at the deep green resistance blog. As an analysis, it reveals the last 10,000 years of human historythe rise and dominance of civilizationas the culture of death that is now threatening every living being on earth. Living underground requires a seismic psychological shift. One has to plan every action, however small and seemingly insignificant.

Deep green resistance salish sea deep green resistance. Deep green resistance is an analysis, a strategy, and a movement being born, the only movement of its kind. The seattle chapter of deep green resistance holds regular events and meetings. Freedom school antiracist organizing in seattle deep.

Deep green resistance seattle is the local chapter of dgr. It was inspired by the 2011 book deep green resistance. Deep green resistance chapter locations individual members are present in other locations around the world. The goal of dgr is to deprive the rich of their ability to steal from the poor and the. Because keith has consistently held transphobic views, the keynote has been denounced by basic rights oregon, seattle based gender. Derrick jensen is the bestknown voice of the growing deep ecology movement. Kshama sawant, who sits on seattle s city council and is a member of socialist alternative, recently helped to pass a bill in seattle that would completely divest the city from wells fargo. Deep green resistance chapters quick links to info on. As a strategy, it offers a concrete plan for how to stop that destruction. Cliff mass isnt a climate denierbut deniers sure love. Posted on march 27, 2019 by deep green resistance seattle seattle is the cutting edge of hypermodern industriallyoutsourced capitalism.

As an analysis, it reveals civilization as the institution that is destroying life on earth. About deep green resistance seattledeep green resistance. Rape, battering, incest, prostitution, pornography, poverty, and gynocide are both the main weapons in this war and the conditions that create the sexclass women. About deep green resistance seattle we are the chapter of deep green resistance covering the seattle area, as well as renton, kent, shoreline, lynnwood, federal way, tacoma, everett, bainbridge, vashon, bremerton, the eastside, kirkland, bellevue, issaquah, and all surrounding regions. For a book that advertises itself as a shift in strategy and tactics, deep green resistance dgr has an overwhelmingly dispiriting tone, and is riddled with contradictions. Deep green resistance colorado respect existence or.

Our goal is to deprive the rich of their ability to exploit the poor. Deep green resistance, a group founded by transexclusionary radical feminists lierre keith and derrick jensen, has been a bone of contention in the radical environmental scene for many years, contention which came to the fore again in 20 with the release of dgr member rachel iveys video monologue the end of gender in which she. On living in an atomic age 1948 deep green with derrick jensen is a collection of short videos that include excerpts from written works, full essays, and answers to speci. Deep green resistance lower columbia home facebook. Excerpted from chapter 6 of the book deep continue reading. Find a pool in your area or contact your location directly for dates, times, and availability. From an fbi communication on deep green resistance, dated 21 november 20. Aric mcbay, lierre keith, derrick jensen deep green resistance. For example new south wales has almost full decriminalisation and definitely in favour of brothel owners, less so for individual, who can be charged for living on the earnings of prostitute or soliciting for. The deep green resistance movement started in north america. On saturday august 27th, activists for ecological defense blocked a northbound. Dgr austin is a group of volunteers working at the local, bioregional, and global level to promote a culture of resistance. Deep green resistance in the salish sea sep 12 with the merger of dgr bellingham and dgr vancouver, as well as the efforts of radicals in the seattle area, deep green resistance salish sea is. Imagine what we could do with a bit more support and participation.

Event direct action training location siletz, or date sunday, february 22nd. Dgr is an anticivilization community activist organization, working to save the planet. Deep green resistance eugene against civilization, for. We have seen screenshots of comments where he calls women vile names e. I first heard about deep green resistance in the middle of a grassroots fight to stop a huge vacationhome subdivision at a wilderness park on vancouver island. Fighting environmental destruction deep green resistance. The sweeping investigation into dgrs activities was formally closed in. Please check the story for a link to how you can contribute to this campaign. The deep green analysis is deeply rooted in love for. Deep green resistance seattle, seattle, washington. Our local and national partners bring resources and expertise from the community, labor, business and government sectors. Deep green resistance advocates a hardline radical feminist stance on transgender issues, essentially denying that transgender exists, instead equating all trans women as men who are posing as women in order to infiltrate female spaces, deny their socialized privilege, and rape real women.

Its breaking my heart, reading how not that long ago psychologists thought destroying gender stereotypes was the best way to help girls survive adolescence. Deep green resistance radical environmental group dgr. Back then, it hadnt occurred to me that a book on environmental strategy was needed. Deep green resistance lays out a plan with an actual chance of success, decisive ecological warfare. We offer a variety of swimming classes, lessons, and exercises at our pools. Deep green resistance training at yellowstone national park in june 2018 deep green resistance seattle deepgreenresistanceseattle. August 31, 2017 deep green resistance seattle leave a comment. Quick links to info on deep green resistance chapters. Rape culture archives deep green resistance news service. Deep green resistance evaluates strategic options for resistance, from nonviolence to guerrilla warfare, and the conditions required for those options to be successful. Reviving ophelia womens caucus deep green resistance. If you are interested in attending, please contact us for more information.

Deep green resistance bellingham bellingham chapter of. Deep green resistance is not a desperate call to act on whatever targets are at hand. January 31, 2020 deep green resistance news service 3 comments. Strategy to save the planet seven stories press, 2011. Resistance groups often fall prey to several major strategic failures. The womens caucus of deep green resistance is fundraising to provide a stipend to a point person who will head up feminist organizing within and onbehalf of dgr. Deep green resistance is a revolutionary organization advocating and preparing for the overthrow of industrial capitalism. Deep green resistance dgr is a radical environmental movement that views mainstream environmental activism as being ineffective.

Welcome to a resource that builds community networks locally in austin, texas tonkawa land and shares information to encourage deep green resistance and healthy communities. Fighting environmental destruction by charlie mountain deep green resistance santa barbara. Deep green resistance vancouver says a militant defence of. Prostitution archives deep green resistance news service. September 20, 2017 deep green resistance eugene we learned recently that guy mcpherson, with whom dgr has collaborated in the past, has been accused by multiple women of sexually predatory behavior. Deep green resistance is an analysis, a strategy, and the only organization of its kind.

Founded in 2011 deep green resistance dgr, based on the. Freedom school antiracist organizing in seattle august 14, 2014 deep green resistance great basin freedom school is an amazing intensive training in antiracism theory and practice that is put on several times each year by some friends of ours. Aboveground activists must rebuild local, sustainable, democratic communities while underground activists disable the physical infrastructure destroying our planet. Posted on december 19, 2018 by deep green resistance seattle by max wilbert in 2015, i wrote a story alleging that cliff mass, a professor in the atmospheric sciences department at the university of washington and something of a regional weather. The group believes that industrial civilization, as they define it, is endangering the environment, and that must be destroyed using a. A handful of activists, many from deep green resistance, stopped a massive coal train for 12 hours. This article provides a list of active citizenorganized environmental community organizations that serve particular cities, towns, unincorporated area, and similar jurisdictions or regions in the united states and worldwide. Derrick jensen is an awardwinning author and has been described as the poetphilosopher of the ecological movement.

Emerald cities collaborative ecc ecc is a national nonprofit organization working to create highroad sustainable, just and inclusive local economies. Lierre keith is the cofounder of the radical environmental group deep green resistance. Deep green resistance resistencia verde profunda, dgr. On sunday, february 22nd, deep green resistance eugene will participate and help to teach a direct action training taking place in siletz, oregon. The seattle chapter of deep green resistance is organizing ontheground to support various struggles for justice including antiracism, feminist issues, immigrant struggles, environmental justice issues, and more. Derrick has written for orion, audubon, and the sun magazine, among many others. Rapists and abusers are soldiers on the front lines of a war against women and in a war, you dont win by asking the other side nicely to stop. It provides an exploration of organizational structures, recruitment, security, and target selection for both aboveground and underground action. Dgr seattle join us support the unistoten camp the unistoten camp is a landbased, indigenousled resistance community, strategically blocking construction of pipelines critical for. As an analysis, it reveals the last 10,000 years of human historythe rise and dominance of civilizationas the culture of death that is.