Deep Green Resistance is a grassroots, radical organization founded in 2011 that is dedicated to liberation of the living planet from the empire of the dominant culture. We are committed feminists, anti-racists, and community organizers. Our group is dedicated to hard work, no compromises, and revolutionary ideals. We work to inspire and nurture our movements to be more effective and radical when confronting industrial civilization, capitalism, patriarchy, and white supremacy. Our theory and practice is to strike at the root of the problems we see. ...

From The Washington Post: A recent study traced a major coho salmon die-off to contaminants from roads and automobiles — brake dust, oil, fuel, chemical fluids — that hitch a ride on storm water and flow into watersheds. The contaminants are so deadly, they kill the salmon within 24 hours. “Our findings are . . . that contaminants in stormwater runoff from the regional transportation grid likely caused these mortality events. Further, it will be difficult, if not impossible, to reverse historical coho declines without addressing the toxic pollution dimension of freshwater habitats,” said the study, published Wednesday in the journal Ecological Applications. ...

Deep Green Resistance is an organization dedicated to fighting for a living planet. We recognize that our collective tactics to halt the destruction of the planet are failing, while the climate crisis continues to escalate, every year, every week, every day. This fall, we’ve organized a series of skills and tactical trainings for DGR activists and allies alike, with the goal of building confident and competent activist teams and networks in our communities in the Pacific NW. These trainings are geared toward preparing close-knit teams of environmental activists in carrying out safe, successful, and materially impactful actions. These trainings include operational security, soft and hard blockades, media support during an action, and more. (Check out the video for an example of a DGR coal train blockade last year!) ...

“Contemporary public concern for protecting nature’s ecological equilibrium should lead to the conferral of standing upon environmental objects to sue for their own preservation.” Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, Sierra Club v. Morton (1972) Denver, Colorado–In a first-in-the-nation lawsuit filed in federal court, the Colorado River is asking for judicial recognition of itself as a “person,” with rights of its own to exist and flourish. The lawsuit, filed against the Governor of Colorado, seeks a recognition that the State of Colorado can be held liable for violating those rights held by the River. ...

We learned recently that Guy McPherson, with whom DGR has collaborated in the past, has been accused by multiple women of sexually predatory behavior. We have seen screenshots of comments where he calls women vile names (e.g., he calls one woman a “cum-gargling whore”). These accusations have been corroborated from several sources. At the time we collaborated with Guy McPherson, we had no idea that he was treating women so poorly. Deep Green Resistance has an absolute zero-tolerance policy for abuse and will stand against any predators being allowed access to the movement or anyone who could be harmed. Our hearts go out to his victims. ...

The Women’s Caucus of Deep Green Resistance is fundraising to provide a stipend to a point person who will head up feminist organizing within and on-behalf of DGR. The women of Deep Green Resistance are hard at work fighting pipelines, protecting forests, defending prairie dogs and buffalo, creating alternative media, supporting camps like Standing Rock, participating in direct action and street protest, resisting pornography and prostitution, challenging regressive gender fads, founding and running grassroots organizations, and bottom-lining the continued work of DGR. ...

This is one in a series of courses being hosted by Sakej Ward, a warrior society veteran with a great deal of skill in resistance operations. Details follow: – Tactical Bugging Out Planning Course Imagine the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster (earthquake, wild fire, tsunami, landslide, volcanic eruption, flood, winter/ice storms, etc) or a man made emergency (economic collapse, nuclear reactor meltdown, chemical release or spill, political and civil unrest, pandemic, grid down, or martial law). The event caused a grid down blackout, segments of the city are wrecked and can’t be traveled. There is no access to banks, ATMs, or money. Water and food are extremely limited because supplies can’t come in for some time. There is little left in your general area because of panic buying leaving stores completely empty. Gas pumps won’t turn on and the highways are blocked making mass evacuation a non-solution. Everyone feels like they are trapped. The city seems to be slowly descending into chaos. ...

Editors note: in the wake of the Seattle Police Department killing of pregnant black woman Charleena Lyles, we decided to republish an excerpt of this brilliant essay by DGR member Kourtney Andar. ---- On June 28, 1964, Malcolm X gave a speech at the Founding Rally of the Organization for Afro-American Unity (OAAU) at the Audubon Ballroom in New York. In the speech, he stated what became his most famous quote: ...

Over Earth Day weekend, the Oregon chapter of Deep Green Resistance is hosting an advanced direct action training outside Eugene, OR. Recognizing that our tactics are failing and things are getting worse, this training will focus on escalation and creative, advanced tactics to increase our effectiveness. This training is aimed at activists who are tired of ineffective actions. Topics will include soft and hard blockades, hit and run tactics, police interactions, legal repercussions, operational security, terrain advantages, escalation, and more. ...

To all the new activists getting involved in resistance to Donald Trump administration: welcome to the fight. This fight has been going on for generations. For hundreds and thousands of years in fact. Empire, xenophobia, racism, and misogyny are long traditions—but so is resistance to them at any cost and by all means. We are only one community of people at one point in this struggle with a shared vision of how to achieve victories over the system that is killing the planet. ...