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We thank you for your generous support. Throughout history all resistance movements have faced ruthless enemies that had unlimited resources. And, unlike the past, now everything’s at stake. We are battling those who are destroying the planet for their profit, not ours. Not all of us can participate on the frontlines. Many people have important reasons to stay back – families, children, or character traits. But we all can contribute at some level. Here’s your opportunity to Fund the Resistance. ...

Developed by the Deep Green Resistance Male-Ally group, with guidance from the Women’s Caucus. Introduction As a class, men have developed an entrenched system of power called patriarchy in order to naturalize exploitation of women’s bodies, labor, time, children, and so on. Patriarchy consists of an interlocking system of social, economic, political, legal, and cultural structures designed to oppress women for the benefit of men. This system provides men with privileges in every aspect of our lives; we are the direct beneficiaries. As men, we often mistake these privileges for natural rights. ...

Introduction It’s important that members of settler culture ally themselves with indigenous communities fighting for their rights and survival, but there are right and wrong ways to express solidarity. The following guidelines have been put together by Deep Green Resistance members with the help of indigenous activists. They aren’t a complete how-to guide – every community and every situation is different – but they can hopefully point you in a good direction for acting effectively and with respect. ...

If you have come this far, we thank you for interest and your desire to work for a liberated world. We are facing a gargantuan task and we need committed individuals to create a strong resistance movement to the devastation around us. We hope this helps potential new members understand the process of becoming a member. The process is complex but we know it will result in committed individuals and a sustainable organization. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at dgrnewyork@riseup.net. With love, rage, and resistance, we welcome you and encourage you to keep going forward in this journey. ...

If you have come this far, we thank you for interest and your desire to work for a liberated world. We are facing a gargantuan task and the following points are to help us create a strong foundation. As much as we will struggle against this oppressive system, we must also struggle to deconstruct our own socialization in order to create a culture of respect and resistance. With love, rage, and resistance, we welcome you and encourage you to keep going forward in this journey. ...

Underground Action Calendar The Underground Action Calendar exists to publicize and normalize the use of militant and underground tactics in the fight for justice and sustainability. With this in mind, we include below a wide variety of different types of actions from a plethora of struggles around the world. However, just because an action is listed below does not mean we necessarily support or stand behind the goals of those actionists. We seek to highlight those actions and struggles in which militants target infrastructure, because we believe this is the sort of action that will be necessary to dismantle civilization. ...

Implementing Decisive Ecological Warfare It’s important to note that, as in the case of protracted popular warfare, Decisive Ecological Warfare is not necessarily a linear progression. In this scenario resisters fall back on previous phases as necessary. After major setbacks, resistance organizations focus on survival and networking as they regroup and prepare for more serious action. Also, resistance movements progress through each of the phases, and then recede in reverse order. That is, if global industrial infrastructure has been successfully disrupted or fragmented (phase IV) resisters return to systems disruption on a local or regional scale (phase III). And if that is successful, resisters move back down to phase II, focusing their efforts on the worst remaining targets. ...

Phase IV: Decisive Dismantling of Infrastructure Preamble: Decisive dismantling of infrastructure goes a step beyond systems disruption. The intent is to permanently dismantle as much of the fossil fuel-based industrial infrastructure as possible. This phase is the last resort; in the most optimistic projection, it would not be necessary. In the optimistic projection of this scenario, converging crises and infrastructure disruption would combine with vigorous aboveground movements to force those in power to accept social, political, and economic change; reductions in consumption would combine with a genuine and sincere attempt to transition to a sustainable culture. ...

Phase III: Systems Disruption Preamble: In this phase resisters step up from individual targets to address entire industrial, political, and economic systems. Industrial systems disruption requires underground networks organized in a hierarchical or paramilitary fashion. These larger networks emerge out of the previous phases with the ability to carry out multiple simultaneous actions. Systems disruption is aimed at identifying key points and bottlenecks in the adversary’s systems (electrical, transport, financial, and so on) and engaging them to collapse those systems or reduce their functionality. This is not a one-shot deal. Industrial systems are big and can be fragile, but they are sprawling rather than monolithic. Repairs are attempted. The resistance members understand that. Effective systems disruption requires planning for continued and coordinated actions over time. ...

Phase II: Sabotage & Asymmetric Action Preamble: In this phase, the resisters might attempt to disrupt or disable particular targets on an opportunistic basis. For the most part, the required underground networks and skills do not yet exist to take on multiple larger targets. Resisters may go after particularly egregious targets—coal-fired power plants or exploitative banks. At this phase, the resistance focus is on practice, probing enemy networks and security, and increasing support while building organizational networks. In this possible future, Underground cells do not attempt to provoke overwhelming repression beyond the ability of their nascent networks to cope. Furthermore, when serious repression and setbacks do occur, they retreat towards the earlier phase with its emphasis on organization and survival. Indeed, major setbacks probably do happen at this phase, indicating a lack of basic rules and structure and signaling the need to fall back on some of the priorities of the first phase. ...