Deep Green Resistance: Strategy to Save the Planet

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millipede, January 20, 2012 (view all comments by millipede)
Deep Green Resistance is the first book in the history of the environmental movement to offer a "strategy to save the planet" that both matches the severity of the ecological crisis and correctly identifies agro-industrial civilization as the root of the problem. Fans of Derrick Jensen's previous work know that this is not just another "50 Simple Things" or "Plan B" book that claims to provide solutions while failing to offer anything beyond the usual "renewable energy, more efficient cars, technology and human ingenuity will save us" mantra. DGR lays the foundation for organizing a serious resistance movement - a movement to disrupt and eventually shut down industrial resource extraction and the fossil fuel based economy in order to stop the destruction of the Earth's biological communities and return to truly sustainable ways of living. Interwoven with Aric McBay's strategic blueprint is a rich history of successful resistance movements both past and present, from resistance against the Nazis during World War II to modern-day organizations such as the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND). Lierre Keith provides a scathing critique - both humorous and serious - of the state of the environmental movement and its roots in the "alternative" subcultures of the past few centuries. She illuminates the differences between liberal and radical politics, and the difference between an alternative culture and a genuine culture of resistance. DGR is essential reading for anyone who mourns the destruction of the natural world and despairs at the well-intentioned but ineffective strategies and tactics of today's eco-activists. Above all, it is an urgent call to revolutionary action. Join the resistance!

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Mikey C, January 17, 2012 (view all comments by Mikey C)
REVIEW OF DEEP GREEN RESISTANCE

Aric McBay, Lierre Keith and Derrick Jensen have, with their book Deep Green Resistance, done what no other author or group of authors has ever done. Indeed no sane author would even think about doing what these three have done. They have written the very last book that needs to be written. After this everyone needs to put all of their books neatly on the shelf and turn their backs on them. I am a lifelong reader. I have loved reading ever since I was 3 years old. My goal in grade school was to read every book in the library. I have read and enjoyed thousands of books so for me to say put the books away is not something I say lightly.
Reading Deep Green Resistance is like standing on a cliff above a deep pool of water. You want to jump because it looks fun and exciting but what if there is something just beneath the surface? What if there is a rock or the pointed end of a long dead tree? What if you were smashed to bits on that rock or impaled on the tree? What if, what if...? Put the book away or give it to someone you love. Turn around. Open your eyes and jump. It's our only hope.
It is time for all the readers to put down their books. It is time for all the writers to turn off their computers. It is time for all the radio hosts to turn off their microphones. It is time for all the TV show hosts to shut off the lights. It is time for all the documentary film makers to put down their cameras. We have all the information we need. We don't need to know, anymore, why the banks are bad, we don't need to know what shenanigans the politicians are up to, we don't need to know who wins The Biggest Loser. Truth be told if we don't act now we will all be the biggest losers.

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yon yonson, January 3, 2012 (view all comments by yon yonson)
This lays out the only plausible solution for our environmental and cultural predicament. Read if you care about Mother Earth.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9781583229293

Subtitle:

Strategy to Save the Planet

Author:

Aric McBay and Lierre Keith and Derrick Jensen

Author:

Keith, Lierre

Author:

McBay, Aric

Author:

Jensen, Derrick

Publisher:

Seven Stories Press

Subject:

Environmental Conservation & Protection - General

Subject:

Public Policy - Environmental Policy

Subject:

Environmental Conservation & Protection

Subject:

General Nature

Subject:

Environmental Studies-Environment

Edition Description:

Trade Paper

Publication Date:

20110631

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Language:

English

Pages:

592

Dimensions:

9 x 6 in