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Earth at Risk This past weekend in San Francisco, an event called Earth at Risk: The Justice and Sustainability Conference was held. It brought together feminists, indigenous peoples, anti-war activists, anti-racists, and others. The event, headlined by Derrick Jensen, Vandana Shiva, Chris Hedges, and Alice Walker, united a disparate set of movements acting in solidarity with one another. Earth at Risk was a huge success. Deep Green Resistance was there, tabling in the lobby and represented by several people on the stage. This event may be the beginning of something big. Stay tuned. ...

DGR members Stella and Jose, who live on the Canary Islands off the northwest coast of Africa, have created a virtual conference to address to the topic of horizontal hostility. The conference materials are available in: English Español To describe the conference, in their words: This online Conference about Horizontal Hostility is designed as a study group for understanding and sharing how HH operates so effectively as the greatest obstacle in re-designing the oppressive systems which are currently threatening Life on Earth, dividing & wasting the energies of the activist population that is working for change. ...

The Deep Green Resistance Seattle blog is a great source for local news and information on our organizing efforts across the region. But if you want to keep up with news for Deep Green Resistance around the world (we are now operating in more than a dozen countries on every continent), you should check out the main Deep Green Resistance blog. The DGR blog explores topics of environmentalism, resistance, indigenous sovereignty, anti-racism, feminism, imperialism, and more. The site also shares updates from DGR chapters around the world as well as upcoming events and report-backs from various actions. ...

This press release comes to us from Fertile Ground Environmental Institute, a grassroots, Deep Green non-profit. Global warming. Racism. Sexual Violence. Inequality. War. Species extinction. What are the links between these issues? And how can we move towards victory? An upcoming conference seeks to bring these issues together and answer these critical questions. “All of the issues we face come from the same culture of extraction,” says event organizer Saba Malik. “They are driven by an urge to exploit. That is what we need to confront.” ...

Via the DGR News Service (October 7th, 2014): Recently, persons working for the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Joint Terrorism Task Force have contacted multiple DGR members by phone and in-person visits to their homes. These agents attempted to get members to talk about their involvement with DGR, have asked for permission to enter members’ homes, and contacted members’ families. DGR strategy and community rests upon a diligent adherence to security culture – a set of principles and behavior norms meant to help increase the safety of resistance communities in the face of state repression. All members are required to review and agree to our guidelines upon requesting membership, and we routinely hold org-wide refresher calls to remind everyone. We understand that while these guidelines can help increase our safety from state repression, unfortunately we cannot ever guarantee complete protection. ...

Deep Green Resistance Seattle is organizing a work group of our members heading to the Unist’ot’en Camp this January. www.UnistotenCamp.com It will be well below 0 degrees and we will support the camp with donations, supplies, and volunteer labor on the land. If you would like us to bring donations up to the camp, please gather them. Quality camping and outdoor gear, cash or check donations, non-perishable and canned foods are especially welcome. ...

The Seattle chapter of Deep Green Resistance, while only a month old, has doubled it’s membership in that time and we are in the process of planning several events and actions. Contact us if you want to be involved. Forward!

Rural indigenous communities, ranchers, farmers, and environmentalists have all come together in Eastern Nevada to fight a water grab orchestrated by greedy developers in Las Vegas. Deep Green Resistance (including members of the Seattle chapter) are involved in the fight. Learn more about their efforts here: http://dgrnewsservice.org/2014/09/21/report-back-from-the-sacred-water-tour/