A few nights ago, as a part of Eastern Michigan University’s weeklong “Activism and Education” festivities, noted author and environmental activist Derrick Jensen addressed students and members of the Ypsilanti community at Pease Auditorium. What follow are my very rough notes. As I spent half my time mopping sweat from my red, wrinkled brow, I’m […]
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Derrick Jensen on the necessity of armed revolution, the futility of conservation, and the inherent violence of science
Posted in Civil Liberties, Environment, Uncategorized Also tagged 1942, activism, anti-science, BP, Capitalism, castration, Cheyenne Dog Soldiers, clean water, conservation, David Attenborough, decolonization, Deep Green Resistance, Derrick Jensen, domestic violence, Eastern Michigan University, eco justice, Education, education reform, EMU, energy conservation, fracking, France, Global Warming, global warming denial, Guantánamo Bay, Gulf of Mexico, higher education, Huron River, IRA, James Inhofe, Joseph Campbell, Nazi, Nazi Doctors, Obama, oil spills, permaculture, picket pin, potential for violence, racism, radio-contoled cigar cutters, rape, revolution, Robert Jay Lifton, tea party, teaching, Thomas Lindsay, Tony Hayward, trends in American education, Union Carbide, University of Munich, violence, violence vs non-violence, water quality, we need a revolution, White Rose Society 29 Comments
Double standards
Courtland Milloy posed an interesting question in today’s Washington Post… What would the response of government and citizenry have been if the armed militia movement we’re seeing spread across America had been almost exclusively black, instead of white? Here’s a clip: Imagine that the inauguration of President George W. Bush had sparked an explosive rise […]
Posted in Corporate Crime, Environment, Other, Politics Also tagged 1984, Courtland Milloy, Deepwater Horizon, double standard, Dow Chemical, Glenn Beck, guns, Halliburton, Intelligence Project, Mark Potok, Martin Feldman, militias, Obaba's private black army, off-shore drilling, people who claim that it's not about race when we know that it is, race, racism, Southern Poverty Law Center, Transocean, Union Carbide 19 Comments
Throwing oil and shaving heads
According to recent reports, the amount of crude oil pouring into the Gulf of Mexico may be ten times more than was first estimated, or up to 70,000 barrels a day. In spite of this, Tony Hayward, the CEO of BP, the company responsible for the spill, seems to be of the opinion that it’s […]
Posted in Corporate Crime, energy, Environment Also tagged big oil, BP, chocolate milk, Corexit, Exxon Mobil, Gene Taylor, Gulf of Mexico, hair, hair bounties, hair mats for oil collection, Halliburton, methyl isocyanate, oil, oil spill, retribution, scalping, Tony Hayward, Union Carbide 13 Comments