“Deep Green Resistance is a plan of action for anyone determined to fight for this planet—and win.”
IF for not other reason this would the greatest reason for supporting and joining the DGR movement.
Winning is the only option there is. Losing means no Earth. Without her there is no life, none, zero, zip.
Most of the movements, environmental groups and climate action groups, except Indigenous ones that are based on their traditional values, pay at best lip service to the idea that Earth is a living being.
DGR takes “Earth is a living being” as a given and goes on to says that every living being’s life is as valuable to them as our lives are to us.
DGR recognizes that Earth is being raped and abused by this industrial civilized culture and that this must be stopped.
Apparently though some people who refer to themselves as anarchist have decided that DGR is a threat to them or their freedoms or some part the of what they would call their moral make up.
And the fact Earth is being rape and murdered in front us is really secondary or even tertiary to their concerns.
One of the concerns is that of authoritarianism and the fact that one needs to sign a statement of principles and a code conduct.
Having read theses (any one can read them here code of conduct, statement of principles ) there is nothing here I find threatening to my well being or personhood. They are conduct codes put in place at every conference I have gone to on the environment and climate with the exception of recognizing the fact that non-Indigenous are on stolen land which is an addition I fully support.
Quite frankly if you are not will to commit to not raping and abusing other living being and treat Earth, humans and non-humans with respect I really do not want you in any group in which I belong .
The vitriolic attacks on DGR by these so called anarchist, their abusive and slanderous attacks on the promoters of DGR especially Derrick Jensen and Lierre Keith have to me proven that in fact the folks at DGR are correct, a code of conduct is necessary, especially to weed out those who only pay lip service to the idea of respecting others.
No one has to join DGR. Having gone to a number of DGR workshops I find to whole comment(s) about authoritarianism baffling and completely unfounded in fact.
I do not assume the authority to tell people how to judge anarchist whose history dates back to the 1860′s. Their actions speak for themselves.
I do ask people grant DGR, who by the way has just started, the same respect; to judge it by the actions of the various local DGR groups growing across the land.
It is really time that we get serious.
No listen… It is time we get serious
No… no… listen… it is time we get serious
There is a disease that is presently worshiped by the dominant culture the wihtikow disease (wétiko as some know it) I have written of it, Derrick Jensen writes extensively about it in Songs of the Dead and Jack Forbes, the originator of the concept explains it in great detail in Columbus and other Cannibals . It has infected almost everyone in the world, only the most remote of communities have not been.
This disease must, if we are to have any viable future, must be eradicated. At one time there were very severe penalties for greed and selfishness now they are hailed and wise actions. We must fight it in ourselves and all around us.
DGR is a process and movement in that direction.
We do not have time for the organic or amazing revelations to come into being because the disease does not allow it. The disease keeps the greed to the forefront of the minds of the zombies making them afraid to be free humans again.
To love Earth, our bodies and all being we share life with, is like water to one with rabies for the wihtikowak (wétikos).
This is not an easy path, as the rabid dog attacks of self proclaimed anarchists and other groups has proven. The wihtikowak will hates us and despise us and worst.
We will need to be strong and compassionate for and with ourselves. We need to support one another. It is very very important.
To me DGR give us all this opportunity together come as community or if you do not wish to join DGR then work together in common cause to protect Earth and stop the culture of the wihtikowak.The line “resist as if your life depend on it “ is not a metaphor. Resist as if your beloved’s life depends on it. Resist as if someone going to shoot your beloved right now.
The dominant culture as you all know is about death, about greed and about hate.
Your mother is being raped! Are you going to attack the one who told you or are you going to stop the rape?
In Songs of the Dead Derrick talks about choosing between life or death
I choose Life.
DGR movement is one way to choosing Life.
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