From the Deep Green Resistance Southwest Coalition, a report-back from the 2014 Sacred Water Tour: By Max Wilbert, Susan Hyatt, Katie Wilson, and Michael Carter, Deep Green Resistance Southwest Coalition In late May 2014, members of Deep Green Resistance (DGR), Great Basin Water Network, the Ely-Shoshone Indian tribe, and others toured the valleys of […]
2014 Deep Green Resistance member conference
Members of the Great Basin chapter of Deep Green Resistance recently attended the annual DGR member conference, which was held this year near Syracuse, New York. This was the 3rd annual all-DGR member conference, and drew attendees from around the world. Gathering together is an opportunity to build relationships, get to know others who believe […]
From Unist’ot’en Camp: No Word for Good-Bye
This article is by Deep Green Resistance member William Falk of San Diego. Leaving Unist’ot’en Camp was hard. As I stepped away from a group of new friends passing pens and notebooks around to share contact information, I found myself on the banks of the Morice River under the pines. Looking up to see their […]
“We are under siege” – a discussion on oil & gas drilling in the West
25% of Superfund sites located in ‘Indian country’
Of a total of 1,322 Superfund sites as of June 5, 2014, nearly 25 percent of them are in Indian country. Manufacturing, mining and extractive industries are responsible for our list of some of the most environmentally devastated places in Indian country, as specified under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the […]
The Modern COINTELPRO and How To Fight It
The Modern COINTELPRO and How To Fight It Despite the seeming popularity of environmental and social justice work in the modern world, we’re not winning. We’re losing. In fact, we’re losing really badly. Why is that? One reason is because few popular strategies pose real threats to power. That’s not an accident: the rules of […]
Surprise! Inequality began with civilization.
From Science Magazine, one of the most prestigious academic journals in the world: Seek the richest family in a traditional camp of the Ju/’hoansi/!Kung people of the Kalahari Desert in Africa, and you will almost surely fail. There is no such thing. These hunter-gatherers traditionally moved periodically and had few possessions. What they had, they […]
Free Black Panther Sekou Cinque T. M. Kambui!
Sekou Cinque T. M. Kambui (S/N William J. Turk) has requested a letter-writing campaign asserting his innocence in preparation for his upcoming parole hearing, which is scheduled for June 18, 2014. Sekou maintains that he has committed no crime, and yet has been under the heel of the State since 1975, when he was accused […]
Dead Babies and Utah’s Carbon Bomb
A sudden and extreme spike in neonatal mortality in Utah’s rural Uinta Basin is most probably related to the toxic air pollution related to the fossil fuel drilling/fracking frenzy in Eastern Utah. And the local poobahs want to kill the messenger. Donna Young is a midwife in Vernal, Utah, with 20 years experience managing home […]