‡19 November, 2011

Author Derrick Jensen: “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, his latest, “Deep Green Resistance. “This is Part I of a Democracy Now’s conversation with Jensen, taped a few weeks ago in San Francisco.

Watch Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtqHSLDuXR8

“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.”

Its time to spread some consciousness, if it is the least we can do.

(Source: socialuprooting, via socialuprooting)

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