{"product_id":"earth-at-risk-building-a-resistance-movement-to-save-the-planet-paperback","title":"Earth at Risk: Building a Resistance Movement to Save the Planet - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDerrick Jensen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLierre Keith\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In America, four hundred people own the wealth of more than half of the American population. We should not be saying \u003cem\u003etax the rich\u003c\/em\u003e, but instead we should be saying \u003cem\u003etake their money and redistribute it, take their property and redistribute it\u003c\/em\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Arundhati Roy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndustrial civilization is devouring the planet and the future. The oceans are acidifying, whole mountains have been laid to waste, and the climate is teetering into chaos. Every biome is approaching collapse. And fifty years of environmentalism hasn't even slowed the rate of destruction. Yet environmentalists are not considering strategies that might actually prevent the looming biocide we are facing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUntil Earth at Risk.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEarth at Risk: Building a Resistance Movement to Save the Planet\u003c\/em\u003e is an annual conference featuring environmental thinkers and activists who are willing to ask the hardest questions about the seriousness of our situation. The conference is convened by Derrick Jensen, acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eEndgame\u003c\/em\u003e, who has argued that we need a resistance movement against civilization itself.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe twelve people in this volume present an impassioned critique of the dominant culture from every angle: William Catton Jr. explains ecological overshoot; Thomas Linzey gives a fiery call for community sovereignty; Jane Caputi exposes patriarchy's mythic dismemberment of the Goddess; Aric McBay discusses historically effective resistance strategies; and Stephanie McMillan takes down capitalism. One by one, they build an unassailable case that we need to deprive the rich of their ability to steal from the poor and the powerful of their ability to destroy the planet. These speakers offer their ideas on what can be done to build a real resistance movement, one that includes all levels of direct action--action that can actually match the scale of the problem.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEarth at Risk\u003c\/em\u003e includes: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDerrick Jensen, author of \u003cem\u003eEndgame\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Language Older than Words\u003c\/em\u003e, and many others.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLierre Keith, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability\u003c\/em\u003e; coauthor of \u003cem\u003eDeep Green Resistance: Strategy to Save the Planet\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNora Barrows-Friedman, journalist and photographer; correspondent for outlets such as The Electronic Intifada, Al Jazeera, and Truthout.org.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eJane Caputi, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Age of Sex Crime\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eGossips, Gorgons, and Crones: The Fates of the Earth\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eGoddesses and Monsters: Women, Myth, Power and Popular Culture\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWilliam Catton Jr., sociologist, author of \u003cem\u003eOvershoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBottleneck: Humanity's Impending Impasse\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGail Dines, a founding member of Stop Porn Culture, author of \u003cem\u003ePornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThomas Linzey, executive director of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAric Mcbay, coauthor of \u003cem\u003eDeep Green Resistance: Strategy to Save the Planet\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStephanie Mcmillan, cartoonist; author of \u003cem\u003eThe Beginning of the American Fall\u003c\/em\u003e; organizer for the anti-capitalist\/anti-imperialist collective One Struggle.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRiki Ott, marine biologist, author of \u003cem\u003eNot One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eArundhati Roy, author of \u003cem\u003eAn Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eField Notes on Democracy: Listening to Grasshoppers\u003c\/em\u003e; and many others.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWaziyatawin, historian and anti-colonial activist, author of \u003cem\u003eFor Indigenous Eyes Only\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eWhat Does Justice Look Like? The Struggle for Liberation in Dakota Homeland\u003c\/em\u003e; and other books.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDerrick Jensen\u003c\/b\u003e is hailed as the philosopher poet of the ecological movement and is the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eEndgame\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e How Shall I Live My Life?\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Language Older Than Words\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSongs of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, among many other books. He lives in Crescent City, California. \u003cb\u003eLierre Keith\u003c\/b\u003e is a radical feminist activist, the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability\u003c\/i\u003e, and a coauthor of \u003ci\u003eDeep Green Resistance: Strategy to Save the Planet\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Arcata, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47398988710066,"sku":"9781604866742","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/543246916d9fc2b0ab5b07f4e07d44d1.webp?v=1778062039","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/earth-at-risk-building-a-resistance-movement-to-save-the-planet-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}