by DGR News Service | Apr 18, 2022 | NEWS, Repression at Home
Editor’s note: This article is a call for courage in the face of adversity, apathy, and violence. Two hundred and seven environmentalists were murdered last year—at least. Each fallen land defender is a hero. To save the planet, we must be willing to take risks...
by DGR News Service | Dec 24, 2021 | Biodiversity & Habitat Destruction, Colonialism & Conquest, Culture of Resistance, Defensive Violence, Direct Action, Human Supremacy, Indigenous Autonomy, Indirect Action, Repression at Home, The Problem: Civilization, The Solution: Resistance
This story first appeared in Mongabay. Editor’s note: This is what environmental justice looks like. Not NGOs dictating what lands will be set aside for 30×30, which is just greenwashing colonialism. It is the people whose land it is making those decisions...
by DGR News Service | Nov 1, 2021 | Colonialism & Conquest, Culture of Resistance, Indigenous Autonomy, Movement Building & Support, Reclamation & Expropriation, Repression at Home, The Problem: Civilization, The Solution: Resistance
This story first appeared at Rapid Transition Alliance. By Matt Rendell This story weaves the indigenous cultural revival of the Muysca people of Suba in Colombia, together with the transition to more sustainable living. It is contributed by award-winning author Matt...
by DGR News Service | Jan 7, 2021 | Biodiversity & Habitat Destruction
By Lierre Keith, Derrick Jensen, and Max Wilbert “The beauty of the living world I was trying to save has always been uppermost in my mind,” Rachel Carson wrote.“That, and anger at the senseless, brutish things that were being done.” Silent Spring, which...
by DGR News Service | Jul 31, 2020 | Repression at Home, The Problem: Civilization
This piece consists of excerpts from two articles. In the first one, Ashoka Mukpo discusses the report by Global Witness on the killings of environmental defenders in 2019. In the second article, Leilani Chavez describes the threats posed on environmental defenders by...