Has slavery really been abolished?

Come join the Deep Green Resistance NY Prisoner Support Group at Project Reach and examine the ties between the modern prison industrial complex and slavery.

Writing to other activists who’ve been imprisoned, we seek to build a culture of resistance and support between those who have been at the front lines, and those continuing the fight against social injustice. Separated we are a few, but together, we are legion.

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“Understand: The task of an activist is not to negotiate systems of power with as much personal integrity as possible – it is to dismantle those systems of power” Lierre Keith

They say these are interesting times to live in. We are daily confronted with a new onslaught of destruction wrought by the industrial power system. 80% of the world’s population lives on less than $10/day, 1 in 3 children in the US go to bed hungry, 1 in 3 women worldwide face physical and/or sexual assault, and seemingly everyday the police state commits murder against the minority population. Inequality around the world is at an all time high as opulence excels, water scarcity is becoming a an oppressive reality for large portions of the world as we water golf courses in Arizona, and as peak oil develops, we find new and horrific ways to power our industrial economy. Worst of all, we idly stand by as industrial civilization decimates entire ecosystems, produces irreversible climate change, and pushes 200 species to extinction a day.

Yes, 200 species a day become extinct.

Is industrial civilization a war against the natural world? And if so, what is our threshold for fighting back?

We on the left cling to ineffective strategies, symbolism, and working to be the change we want to see. In doing so, we are left powerless to stop the destruction. What then needs to change? What other strategies do we need to be discussing? If we truly accept the reality of the world as it exists, and if we accept the reality that the tactics used by our “movement” have not worked, how does that change our methods of resistance? A look at successful resistance movements can offer us a path. Join us as we discuss the historical context for underground resistance, confront popular myths concerning violence, and work to build a true culture of resistance here in the Empire State. In love, rage, and resistance.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1377897649138020/

Our goal of a resistance movement does not come without those who have started a path for us. There are many who have fought and struggled against the systems of power we wish to dismantle, but not without consequences. Join us as we work to build a culture of resistance by working to support our comrades, those fighting for environmental and social justice, who have been imprisoned because of their work. Help us to brighten their day, keep alliances alive and the channels of information open.

Apart we are but a few, but together we are legion. Let’s not let prison walls stand between members of a culture of resistance that aims to win.

Come join us for our monthly support group as we learn about specific prisoners, help write letters, and build community.

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In love, rage, and resistance!
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This event is free and open to the public. If you have any questions, need directions, or need any further information, please contact us at newyork@deepgreenresistance.org

What is Deep Green Resistance?

Deep Green Resistance is an analysis, a strategy, and a movement being born, the only movement of its kind.

As an analysis, it reveals the last 10,000 years of human history–the rise and dominance of civilization–as the culture of death that is now threatening every living being on Earth.

As a strategy, it critiques ineffective lifestyle actions and explains their inevitable failure to stop the destruction of people, species, and the planet. In contrast, DGR offers a concrete plan for how to stop that destruction.

As an aboveground movement, just now taking its first steps, Deep Green Resistance is based on this analysis and implementing this strategy. And we’re recruiting.

No more ineffective actions – piecemeal, reactive, and sad. No more feel-good, magical-thinking, navel-gazing, consumer-based, capitalist-approved denial and dead ends.

The goal of DGR is to deprive the rich of their ability to steal from the poor and the powerful of their ability to destroy the planet. This will require defending and rebuilding just and sustainable human communities nestled inside repaired and restored landbases. This is a vast undertaking but it needs to be said: it can be done. Industrial civilization can be stopped.

Come learn about DGR, answer questions and discuss potential tactics and strategies. This time is meant to be informal and to give a brief introduction. For more information, please email newyork@deepgreenresistance.org. Also, check out our other upcoming events.

What Can Activists Learn from Native Manhattan?

“Manahatta” is a native Lenape word that means “Island of Many Hills.” The
native people of this place also referred to this place as “Welikia,”
which translates as “my good home.” Researchers have used modern
technology to analyze historic documents and piece together an ‘ecological
map’ of our home prior to contact with Europeans. The results show an
astonishing level of biodiversity – more than can be found in the Amazon
rainforest and Yellowstone park, for example. Humans lived within this
landscape consistently and sustainably for millennia, not as passive
inhabitants of a wilderness, but as active ‘landscape managers’ who used
fire and horticulture to significantly alter their environment in a
sustainable way. How can environmental and social activists learn from the
past and use this new knowledge to inform our work to build a brighter
future?

Come join us for our monthly open meeting as we use the knowledge of the
past to encourage the future resistance.

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For a preview: http://welikia.org/download/presentations/

Is Queer Theory the vanguard of a new sexuality as Queer activists promote, or is it something else? Where did it come from? Does it have an identity that can be measured? Where is it headed?

Please join us for our talk “Countering Queer Theory.” As radical feminists, DGR will be critiquing this theory of gender. Contrary to the internet-wars, calling the evaluation of this theory hate speech, we want to open up the discussion of Queer Theory giving people an opportunity to make their own assessments.

https://www.facebook.com/events/387436101387551/

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This event is free and open to the public. If you need any further information or directions, please contact us at: newyork@deepgreenresistance.org

Join our celly group by texting @dgrnyc to 23559 to receive up to date information about meetings and other events.

November 8th – 7 PM

Please join us on Friday November 8th, 2013 as we support our comrades, those fighting for environmental and social justice, who have been imprisoned because of their work.

Their work has been for the world as our work is for the world. Help us to brighten their day, keep alliances alive and the channels of information open.

Apart we are but a few, but together we are legion. Let’s not let prison walls stand between members of a culture of resistance that aims to win.

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This event is free and open to the public. If you have any questions, need directions, or need any further information, please contact us at newyork@deepgreenresistance.org

Friday, November 8th
7pm – 9pm

Calling All Defenders of the Land

For our second installment of our EARTH AT RISK film series, we welcome you to watch the interview with historian and anti-colonial activist, Waziyatawin.

Hear from one member of the EZLN’s “Little Schools”, who attended the first school in August and has been working to spread the “heart of Zapatismo” in the US. Come learn as we discuss how to create the culture of resistance necessary to put meaning behind the call for international solidarity and fight with those who struggle against oppression around the world.