Categories Archives: The Problem: Civilization

Colonialism & Conquest

Outrage as Tour Operators Sell “Human Safaris” to Andaman Islands

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Featured image: Still from video showing Jarawa girls forced to dance for tourists along the illegal Andaman Trunk Road. © Anon      by Survival International Tour operators in India’s Andaman Islands are selling “human safaris” to the reserve of a recently-contacted tribe, despite government promises to ban the practice. Tourists travel along a road through the Jarawa’s forest, … Continue reading Outrage as Tour Operators Sell “Human Safaris” to Andaman Islands →
Agriculture

Resistance Radio: Lierre Keith on Agriculture, Part 2

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Editor’s note: This is an edited transcript of Derrick Jensen’s  February 23, 2014 Resistance Radio interview with Lierre Keith.  You can read Part 1 here, and listen to the interview here. Jensen:  Let’s just use an example of the local Tolowa Indians, who lived here for at least 12,500 years. Their lifestyle was based—their food, a lot … Continue reading Resistance Radio: Lierre Keith on Agriculture, Part 2 →
Agriculture

Resistance Radio: Lierre Keith on Agriculture, Part 1

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Editor’s note: This is an edited transcript of Derrick Jensen’s  February 23, 2014 Resistance Radio interview with Lierre Keith. Jensen: Today’s guest is Lierre Keith, the author of multiple books including The Vegetarian Myth and Deep Green Resistance. Jared Diamond has said that agriculture is the biggest mistake that humans ever made, and Dick Manning had … Continue reading Resistance Radio: Lierre Keith on Agriculture, Part 1 →
Biodiversity & Habitat Destruction

Dominick A. DellaSala: The Importance of Fire in Resilient Ecosystems

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Editor’s note: The following is the testimony of Dr. Dominick A. DellaSala, Chief Scientist of Geos Institute, Ashland, Oregon, before the U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, “Exploring Solutions to Reduce Risks of Catastrophic Wildfire and Improve Resilience of National Forests,” on September 27, 2017. Chairman Westerman, Ranking member Hanabusa, and subcommittee … Continue reading Dominick A. DellaSala: The Importance of Fire in Resilient Ecosystems →
Colonialism & Conquest

New Report Exposes Widespread Abuse Funded by Big Conservation Organizations

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Featured image: World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has been working in the Congo Basin for decades – supporting squads who have committed violent abuse against tribal people. © WWF      by Survival International A new Survival International report details widespread and systematic human rights abuses in the Congo Basin, by wildlife guards funded by the World … Continue reading New Report Exposes Widespread Abuse Funded by Big Conservation Organizations →
Male Violence

“TERF” Isn’t Just a Slur, It’s Hate Speech

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     by Meghan Murphy / Feminist Current Last week, a 60-year-old woman was beaten up at Speaker’s Corner by several men. She was there with a group of women, who had chosen the historic corner of Hyde Park as a meeting place, before heading off to a talk called, “What is Gender.” The men who punched and … Continue reading “TERF” Isn’t Just a Slur, It’s Hate Speech →
Colonialism & Conquest, Mining & Drilling

Amazon Indians Plead for Help After Massacre

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Featured image:  A still from aerial footage from 2011 of an uncontacted Amazon tribe in Brazil near the Peruvian border. © BBC/FUNAI/Survival      by Survival International Brazilian Indians have appealed for global assistance to prevent further killings after the reported massacre of uncontacted tribespeople, and have denounced the government cuts that left their territories unprotected. Paulo Marubo, a Marubo … Continue reading Amazon Indians Plead for Help After Massacre →
Culture of Resistance, People of Color & Anti-racism, Colonialism & Conquest, White Supremacy

Nazi and White Supremacists Active in the Eugene Area

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White nationalist and neo-nazi groups have been present in the region of Eugene and Springfield for decades. However, in recent years they have become increasingly active and bold. The community should be aware of this threat. Locations in the Whiteaker neighborhood, which is traditionally a stronghold of anti-racist and environmental organizing, including the Earth Liberation … Continue reading Nazi and White Supremacists Active in the Eugene Area →
Colonialism & Conquest

Gold Miners “Massacre” Uncontacted Amazon Indians

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Featured image: Evidence of an attack? Burnt communal houses of uncontacted Indians, seen in December 2016, could be signs of another massacre in the Uncontacted Frontier. © FUNAI      by Survival International Public prosecutors in Brazil have opened an investigation after reports that illegal gold miners in a remote Amazon river have massacred “more than ten” … Continue reading Gold Miners “Massacre” Uncontacted Amazon Indians →