This excerpt from the first episode of “The Green Flame Podcast” is a snippet of our interview with Saba Malik. In this conversation, Saba speaks of her travels in the Hunza Valley region of Pakistan, and of communities engaging in self-defense and long-term ecological sustainability. Listen here
You Are Powerful, We Are Dangerous
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Discipline
By Jennifer Murnan and Max Wilbert “We are the ones who have to say – in words, in actions, in social policy, in law – no men do not own women.In order to say that, we need political discipline.We need to take seriously the consequences of sexual abuse to us, to women.We need to understand what sexual abuse has done to us – why are we so damned hard to organize?We need to comprehend that sexual abuse has broken us into a million pieces and we carry those pieces bumping and crashing inside; we’re broken rock inside chaos; afraid and unsure when not cold and numb.We’re heroes at endurance; but so far cowards at resistance.” ...
Film Review: "Sami Blood"
by Kurt Seaberg I just watched this incredible film the other night with my niece Anna. Achingly beautiful and profoundly sad at the same time, the most potent scenes of Sami Blood are like a haunting piece of music, with little or no dialogue. Yet they stick with me like a powerful dream. I’ve rarely experienced a movie that depicts the overt and subtle effects of racism, colonialism and internalized oppression in such a visceral manner. ...
What Really Happened at PIELC 2018
Over the first weekend in March, members and allies of Deep Green Resistance (DGR) attended, presented, and tabled at PIELC (Public Interest Environmental Law Conference) in Eugene, OR, as we have for as long as our organization has existed. PIELC (formerly ELAW) has long been a place where disparate perspectives from within the environmental movement—including those of lawyers, radicals, grassroots activists, liberals, and nonprofits—gather to learn from, engage with, and challenge each other. ...
Poetry: Positive Feedback & Tree Waltz
by Linh Nguyen Positive Feedback ever wonder why we destroy something so beautiful? that river where our blood runs beating in measured harmonies to life surrounding, singing in glory that forest of trails where we once walked joy escaping through quaking leaves, each footstep lighting stories, inspiring movies, music, and poetry that ocean of our origin, waters of wisdom of foam-swept jewels and deep blue treasures, adorn with coral reefs and ancestral anemones, ...
Livin’ the Screen Life: #productsmakemehappy
John Savage / Local Futures Important official legal disclaimer: This is a short work of fiction. Any resemblances to real people, people you may know, people you think you may know, etc., is entirely deliberate. When I’m at work I’m staring at a screen. When I’m not at work I’m staring at screens. Checking social media. Scrolling through updates. Scrolling through friends. Scrolling through products. Scrolling through #instagram. Scrolling through #amazon. The customer is always right. Make sure that what you’re selling is something that people want to buy. ...
Deep Green Resistance Training at Yellowstone National Park in June 2018
Activists, save these dates: Deep Green Resistance will conduct advanced training in direct action, revolutionary strategy, tactics, and organizing June 22 - 24. This workshop is aimed at providing practical skills and networking to activists, organizers, and revolutionaries interested in saving the planet. Environmental and social justice activists realize we are losing. Our tactics are failing and things are getting worse. This training will focus on escalation and creative, advanced tactics to increase our effectiveness. ...
Informe de la cabecera de cuenca del rĂo Colorado
Para comprender a plenitud a alguien, debes comenzar por su nacimiento. Por lo tanto, Michelle y yo pasamos los Ăşltimos dos dĂas buscando la cabecera de cuenca del rĂo Colorado entre el frĂo y la nieve que se encuentran arriba de la zona de La Poudre Pass, al norte del Parque Nacional de las Montañas Rocosas. El acceso se hace por la carretera Long Draw, que sale de la autopista 14 de Colorado. La carretera Long Draw es un camino serpenteante de terracerĂa lleno de baches que atraviesa 22 km de bosques de pinos y abetos y pasa por el reservorio Long Draw antes de terminar abruptamente en una llanura de sauces. ...
Update on Jessica Reznicek and Ruby Montoya, DAPL saboteurs
Jessica Reznicek and Ruby Montoya are two activists who recently admitted to sabotaging the Dakota Access Pipeline in spring 2017, delaying construction for weeks if not months. Read more about the story here, or listen to DGR members Jennifer Murnan and Max Wilbert interview the two women here. This video documents a public event held in Des Moines, Iowa in late August, at which Jessica and Ruby spoke in detail about their actions, motivations, and the case for sabotage: ...