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The American Association for the Advancement of Science came as close as such a respectable institution can to screaming an alarm last week. “As scientists, it is not our role to tell people what they should do,” it said as it began one of those sentences that you know will build to a “but”. " But human-caused climate risks abrupt, unpredictable and potentially irreversible changes." In other words, the most distinguished scientists from the country with the world’s pre-eminent educational institutions were trying to shake humanity out of its complacency. Why weren’t their warnings leading the news? ...

Announcing the DGR 2014 Design Contest! We’re looking for great new artwork to put on our materials. Are you an artist or graphic designer? Why don’t you put your skills to good use and create some awesome resistance-themed art to support the movement? Enter the contest by sending your creation to dgrgreatbasin@riseup.net. We’re mostly looking for art that integrates the DGR logo, name, or website somewhere, but anything will be considered. Make your submissions by April 15th. Winner will receive a free DGR book!

Susan Hyatt and Michael Carter, DGR Southwest Coalition In 2004 the World Health Organization ranked Major Depressive Disorder as the leading cause of disability in the US among people aged fifteen to forty-four. MDD afflicts about 14.8 million adults, 6.7 percent of the U.S. population aged eighteen and older in a given year. The US National Institute for Mental Health estimates that one in four US adults “suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder.” Many see only one way out: nine in ten suicides—33,000 total in one year in the US alone—had one of these disorders. How can we explain this? If the life of privilege and material wealth in the US and other consumer nations is so desirable that every living thing must pay the price for it, why kill yourself to escape it? What if statistics like these were taken seriously, as a sign of preventable social malaise, not human frailty? Suppose someone cared enough about all this misery to uncover a cause, and take steps to alleviate some of this pain. Might that look like the same effort to end poverty, global warming, and the extinction crisis? ...

The Deep Green Resistance News Service is an educational wing of the DGR movement, dedicated to broadcasting news related to our current ecological and social predicament, and working to encourage strategic resistance against the forces underlying it. DGR Great Basin highly recommend that you follow the DGR News Service for the latest news on our global predicament, articles from DGR members and allies, and important press releases.

On Friday 7th Feb the community of Seaspray took a pledge to do whatever it takes to protect Seaspray & surrounds from invasive unconventional gas even if it means taking part in peaceful direct action and risking arrest https://www.facebook.com/dgraustralia/posts/636394719748095?stream_ref=10

The San Diego Police Department scares me. All police, for that matter, scare me. I’m writing this because I cannot drown out the sharp pops of a burst of police gunfire hanging on the still desert air. I heard the eerily common sound of gunshots as I watched a video of police shooting an unarmed 20 year-old black man named D’Andre Berghardt near Red Rock Canyon in Nevada the other day with my partner. ...

via Vancouver Island Community Forest Action Network: People all over Turtle Island are answering the call to stop the pipelines and support indigenous resistance. The camp needs strong-hearted volunteers to watch over the forest and patrol the area this winter. Please come to the camp and bring your good energy. Defend the land and water. Gain knowledge and courage so we can begin the work of restoring the land and building a future for all living things. ...

This spring and summer, multiple action camps will take place on the Tavaputs Plateau, where the first Tar Sands and Oil Shale strip mining projects in the “USA” are getting started. To be effective, this resistance will need your support. We’re looking for donations of non-perishable foods, camping supplies, and cash. Can you put together a care package for us? Get in touch with us if you can: greatbasin@deepgreenresistance.org or send us a Facebook message.

STOP THE WATER GRAB! Las Vegas developers are scheming to take all the groundwater from eastern Nevada. We aim to stop them! Memorial Day weekend (May 24th to 26th) we will touring the water grab region. We will be guided by the traditional inhabitants of this land, members of the Goshute and Shoshone nations. We’ll be camping in some of the beautiful places threatened by the water grab, learning about the sacred and cultural sites of the region, and connecting to the land. \\\______________ ...

Stephanie McMillan - Any Kind Of Work.