by DGR News Service | May 23, 2022 | ANALYSIS, The Problem: Civilization, The Solution: Resistance
Editor’s note: Civilizations are defined by the growth of cities, vast acreages of agriculture, and hierarchical social systems—and after creating short term surpluses of energy and wealth at the expense of sustainability, they inevitably collapse. Today, we...
by DGR News Service | May 16, 2022 | ANALYSIS, The Problem: Civilization
Editor’s note: Collapse is not just coming; it is already here. Wildlife populations are collapsing, from oceanic fish to birds to amphibians to plankton. The climate system is breaking down. Glaciers and ice sheets are collapsing. Dead zones are proliferating...
by DGR News Service | May 6, 2022 | ANALYSIS, Listening to the Land, Male Supremacy
Editor’s note: Writing from the mountains of Kerala, rewilder and restorationist Suprabha Seshan explores the pandemic and the war of patriarchy vs. the planet. “It is my sworn mission to salvage the ones burned, maimed, poisoned or reconstituted from the...
by DGR News Service | Apr 29, 2022 | ANALYSIS
Editor’s note: Leftists often see authoritarianism as a hallmark of conservative, right-wing, and fascist governments and organizations. But throughout history, there is an equally troubling trend of left-wing authoritarianism. Today, this strain of politics is...
by DGR News Service | Apr 15, 2022 | ANALYSIS, Human Supremacy
Biocentrism (from Greek βίος bios, “life” and κέντρον kentron, “center”) is an ethical point of view that extends inherent value to all living things. It is an understanding of how the earth works, particularly as it relates to its biosphere or...
by DGR News Service | Apr 8, 2022 | ANALYSIS, Defensive Violence
Editor’s note: This excerpt comes from Volume 2 of Derrick Jensen’s 2005 book “Endgame,” a long-form exploration of the destruction of the natural world and the moral questions regarding eco-sabotage in defense of the planet. In this segment of...