The Cancer of Occupy by Chris Hedges

by Chris Hedges
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Truthdig
Feb. 6, 2012

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The Black Bloc anarchists, who have been active on the streets in Oakland and other cities, are the cancer of the Occupy movement. The presence of Black Bloc anarchists—so named because they dress in black, obscure their faces, move as a unified mass, seek physical confrontations with police and destroy property—is a gift from heaven to the security and surveillance state. The Occupy encampments in various cities were shut down precisely because they were nonviolent. They were shut down because the state realized the potential of their broad appeal even to those within the systems of power.

Derrick Jensen: How the West Has Won

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peakmoment on Aug 28, 2011

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Peak Moment 200: “Is the world a better place because you were born?” asks author Derrick Jensen. He contrasts sustainable indigenous cultures, who enrich their habitat, with the current “dominant culture destroying everything.” He explores how industrial civilization is inherently violent, turning people into objects and the earth into stuff.

Capitalism Is The Crisis with Chris Hedges, Derrick Jensen (2011; must-see)

with Chris Hedges
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
August 10, 2011

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CapitalismCrisis on Aug 9, 2011

Capitalism Is The Crisis: Radical Politics in the Age of Austerity examines the ideological roots of the “austerity” agenda and proposes revolutionary paths out of the current crisis. The film features original interviews with Chris Hedges, Derrick Jensen, Michael Hardt, Peter Gelderloos, Leo Panitch, David McNally, Richard J.F. Day, Imre Szeman, Wayne Price, and many more!

You Can’t Kill a Planet and Live on It, Too by Frank Joseph Smecker and Derrick Jensen

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by Frank Joseph Smecker and Derrick Jensen
Truthout
July 16, 2011

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Let’s expose the structure of violence that keeps the world economy running.

With an entire planet being slaughtered before our eyes, it’s terrifying to watch the very culture responsible for this – the culture of industrial civilization, fueled by a finite source of fossil fuels, primarily a dwindling supply of oil – thrust forward wantonly to fuel its insatiable appetite for “growth.”

END:CIV: Resist or Die

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Note: replaced video June 14, 2011

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gangreentv on Apr 20, 2011

END:CIV examines our culture’s addiction to systematic violence and environmental exploitation, and probes the resulting epidemic of poisoned landscapes and shell-shocked nations. Based in part on Endgame, the best-selling book by Derrick Jensen, END:CIV asks: “If your homeland was invaded by aliens who cut down the forests, poisoned the water and air, and contaminated the food supply, would you resist?”

Derrick Jensen: It’s Very Important for Us to Start to Build a Culture of Resistance, Part 2

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Democracy Now!
Nov. 26, 2010

Author and Activist Derrick Jensen: “The Dominant Culture is Killing the Planet…It’s Very Important for Us to Start to Build a Culture of Resistance”

We speak with Derrick Jensen, who has been called the poet-philosopher of the ecological movement. He has written some 15 books critiquing contemporary society and the destruction of the environment. His many books include A Language Older than Words, Endgame, What We Left Behind, Resistance against Empire, and Deep Green Resistance. “I think a lot of us are increasingly recognizing that the dominant culture is killing the planet,” Jensen says. “I think it’s very important for us to start to build a culture of resistance, because what we’re doing isn’t working, clearly.” [includes rush transcript]

Derrick Jensen: The Dominant Culture is Killing the Planet

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Democracy Now!
Nov. 15, 2010

Author and Activist Derrick Jensen: “The Dominant Culture is Killing the Planet…It’s Very Important for Us to Start to Build a Culture of Resistance”

Derrick Jensen has been called the poet-philosopher of the ecological movement. He has written some 15 books critiquing contemporary society and the destruction of the environment. His many books include A Language Older than Words, Endgame, What We Left Behind, Resistance against Empire, and Deep Green Resistance. We play Part I of our conversation with him. “I think a lot of us are increasingly recognizing that the dominant culture is killing the planet,” Jensen says. “I think it’s very important for us to start to build a culture of resistance, because what we’re doing isn’t working, clearly.” [includes rush transcript]

Life vs. Productivity: “What Would You Live and Die to Protect?” by Dahr Jamail

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by Dahr Jamail
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05 September 2010

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“It is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself, when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.” – Malcolm X

If someone broke into your house, pinned down your loved ones and began pouring poison down their throats, would you stop that person?

What if someone poured crude oil all over your crops and livestock? Wouldn’t you try to stop them from doing it?

Pointed questions like these come from a man named Derrick Jensen. They provide a lens through which to view the havoc that corporate capitalism is wreaking on our planet. They are meant to jolt us into the awareness that we are watching life on earth annihilated. They are also meant to challenge us into thinking about what form our resistance to this should take.

END:CIV: F*ck Patience

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stimulator | August 23, 2010

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The final piece from END:CIV is both a reality check and a call to arms. Can we really expect the power structures to change their destructive ways by asking nicely? Do we have unlimited time to stop the destruction of the planet? The answer to both questions is no. If we are serious about defending the biosphere and abolishing the institutions responsible for the hyper exploitation of the land, we have to become a resistance movement and go beyond “feel good” symbolic actions.

Chris Hedges and Derrick Jensen on Totalitarianism and Resistance

with Derrick Jensen and Chris Hedges
Featured Writer
Dandelion Salad
Truthdig
Jul 12, 2010

What is it going to take for concerned and engaged citizens to finally feel as though some crucial threshold has been crossed—that our nation’s political system and the global corporate culture it both serves and feeds into will never represent them or serve their needs? Continuing along that line, what’s to be done once that realization has hit home, as it has for authors Chris Hedges and Derrick Jensen? Both Hedges and Jensen offer their ideas in this July 5 interview with Mount Royal University professor Michael Truscello.

Derrick Jensen: Green is the Color of Money

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stimulator | July 08, 2010

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As environmentalism becomes mainstream, corporations and well funded environmental organizations work hand in hand to divert the public’s efforts into market driven solutions.

With runaway climate change looming in the horizon, we must ask ourselves what are the tactics we are going to use to stop the destruction and take us beyond symbolic gestures.

END:CIV Premise 2 of Derrick Jensen’s Endgame

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May 22, 2010 — http://submedia.tv/endciv/2010/05/21/…

Last week the supposed defenders of the environment, A.K.A. the Environmental Non Governmental Organizations or E.N.G.O.s, cut a “deal” with timber industries to protect a large chunk of the boreal forest. On the surface this agreement looks good, but the entire deal was not published, only an abridged version was made available online. Some of the groups that took part of this deal are Greenpeace, the David Suzuki Foundation and Forest Ethics.

The one aspect of this “accomplishment” that they are not publicizing is that they struck it without consulting with the First Nations, the original human inhabitants of those lands.

END:CIV Premise 3 of Derrick Jensen’s Endgame

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stimulator
March 29, 2010

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This short piece explores the third premise of Derrick Jensen’s “Endgame”

The cast:

Tenant – Dave Markland
Pig – Dave Cunningham

Production assistance from Carlos Melendres

The music is by stig inge oy

ENDCIV: Premise 3

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End: Civ: Premise 10: The culture and most of its members are insane

End: Civ: The first premise of Derrick Jensen’s Endgame

Derrick Jensen: Star Wars – The Environmentalists Version

End: Civ: Premise 10: The culture and most of its members are insane

Dandelion Salad

stimulator
December 07, 2009

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As I type this, leaders from the biggest industrialized nations are meeting in Copenhagen to discuss a possible treaty to diminish worldwide carbon emissions. As reported last month, it is already known that no deal will be reached during these talks. Many scientists say time is running out and others say its too late. Meanwhile in Canada, the forces of capitalism and industry are moving full force to extract the last bits of oil from the Alberta tar sands. The insanity of this project perfectly exemplifies Premise 10 from Derrick Jensen’s Endgame

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photos of tar sands: www.beautifuldestruction.ca h/t: Roxanne Amico

Coal, tar sands and Copenhagen Pt3

Peak Oil

from the archives:

End:Civ: The first premise of Derrick Jensen’s Endgame

Derrick Jensen: Star Wars – The Environmentalists Version

Richard Heinberg: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies (2003)

Understanding Peak Oil (must-see)

Industrial capitalism is a given and the natural world is secondary (Interview with Derrick Jensen)

stimulator: Derrick Jensen Q and A in Vancouver

Dandelion Salad

subMedia

subMedia recently held a fundraiser for END:CIV in Vancouver where we premiered the latest clips from the movie. We also beamed in Derrick Jensen via weblink where attendees could ask him questions and have an interactive discussion. The Q & A went so well that we decided to release the video online.

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End:Civ: The first premise of Derrick Jensen’s Endgame

A Reality Check from the Brink of Extinction by Chris Hedges

Derrick Jensen: Star Wars – The Environmentalists Version

from the archives:

Industrial capitalism is a given and the natural world is secondary (Interview with Derrick Jensen)

Global Warming on Dandelion Salad

Debunking Global Warming Deniers