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Stefania Strega on Biophilia

Honoring women in permaculture Dear friends,



Last June, one of our members asked the following question (edited):



“I'm wondering how you all respond when you are told that DGR is transphobic, violent and hateful towards transgender people? How do you all deal with these situations and conversations, in which the other person thinks that DGR’s leaders have this 'abusive ideology’ about transgender people? Help please? I really don't understand why this is so much more of an issue to people than wanting to bring down industrial civilization, but it's how it is.”



There has been quite a lot of discussion and exchanging of information amongst our members since then, and it’s probably fair to say that we are all perplexed by our comrade’s last observation. (See Rachel Ivy in 2013! The End of Gender: Revolution, not Reform! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot8cBm0YmXo)



In her essay below, Stefania Strega Scoz answers the first question posed - how we as DGR members respond to being accused as transphobic, and what biophilia has to do with it.



Recently, DGR member and leader Jennifer Murnan was uninvited from an event where she had been scheduled to give a workshop since last November, because the organizers were informed of DGR’s reputation as ‘transphobic’. (More about the details of this exchange below.)



We are sharing this with you along with information and resources that we as members have used to arm ourselves with the language and the arguments needed to stand our ground against these kinds of absurd accusations. We hope you will find the videos and essays below as useful and empowering as we do.



We have also been updating our FAQ section on Radical Feminism here. If you haven't visited that page on our website in a while, you may find it helpful. If you are new to radical feminism, and perplexed by the transgender debate, that is a great place to start.



We sincerely hope this newsletter will give you confidence in your decision to stand with us and speak out in defense of our planet and all the oppressed people who live here, human and non-human.





Thank you for your actions!



In solidarity,



The organizing members of Deep Green Resistance

Know that all of Nature is but a magic theater,

that the great Mother is the master magician,

and that this whole world is peopled by her many parts.



~ Upanishads ~



DGR Leader Jennifer Murnan No-Platformed!

After months of exchanges with the producer of Kinnection Campout, an annual 4-day gathering in the hills of Appalachia just outside of Asheville, NC scheduled for May 19-22 2016, my presentation at the event was cancelled. The organizers chose to respond in this way to the backlash they received when they publicized DGR’s workshop at their event. This latest cancellation is part of an going campaign by transactivists and allies to exclude DGR and DGR members from participation at events, regardless of whether DGR is presenting on the issue of gender.



The following is the description of the workshop I was scheduled to hold:



The Problem: A Deep Green Analysis



There are voices raised in concern, even anguish, at the plight of the earth, and the rending of its species. This workshop will provide a talk on anti-civilization, deep green analysis of the root causes that have created the systems of power that threaten life on earth, as well as a critique of popularly proposed solutions to these threats. The talk will be based in part on the first chapter of the book Deep Green Resistance and will include a Q&A.



Presenter bio: Jennifer Murnan grew up in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, and now resides in the Wiregrass region of the Southeast. She is a life long social and environmental activist whose experiences include CSA farming as well as permaculture and transition town training. She is a long time member of the radical social and environmental organization Deep Green Resistance. Her primary allegiance is to life.





I received the following message from my contact person at Kinnections:



"Greetings Jennifer,



I am writing today with some unfortunate news. Due to backlash after our announcement to the public of our workshop lineup, which included Deep Green Resistance's brand, our core team has taken some time to reassess DGR's involvement. We were aware of DGR's involvement being 'controversial' in some circles in general, and I was comfortable with that. Looking forward to leaning into that edge, even.



However, upon closer investigation of the more recent controversy concerning DGR's radical feminist/essentially anti-trans policies, I do not feel comfortable making space for an organization that holds such stances... Especially being a person that more strongly identifies as gender-plural. My organization as a whole has come to the consensus that we cannot support any organization that holds such an oppressive and harmful stance for so many.



It is with a heavy heart that I revoke DGR's involvement in this event. I do hope you and DGR will take this input into account, as I know we are not the only ones holding such boundaries. I would have loved to feature content and a worldview that would be so new to our participants, but on a moral level, I cannot ignore the other implications of such stances beyond the scope of this event.



I hope you all will re-consider your statements and stances on such matters, so that they do not come at the cost of sharing other information that is vital. I think this could have been a great opportunity to cross-pollinate, as again, I dare to say almost none of our 2,000 attendees would have yet been familiar with DGR, radical environmentalism, or an anti-civ approach - which is what would make it hold such potential as a collaboration.



Please let me know if anything ever does change in that regard and I would be more than happy to explore potential partnerships down the line."



No one in the DGR organization has been contacted as part of the “closer investigation of the more recent controversy” that this letter refers to. I have responded to the cancellation by exchanging emails with the producer. Kinnection Campout's publicity graphic, visible on their website continues to falsely include "Deep Green Resistance " in the "Agents of Change" section. You can send comments concerning this cancellation to Kinnection Campout: http://www.kinnectioncampout.org/contact/





In solidarity,



Jennifer Murnan, DGR Member and Personnel Coordinator



Direct Action Training

Eugene, Oregon, July 2, 2016 – July 4, 2016

After months of exchanges with the producer of Kinnection Campout, an annual 4-day gathering in the hills of Appalachia just outside of Asheville, NC scheduled for May 19-22 2016, my presentation at the event was cancelled. The organizers chose to respond in this way to the backlash they received when they publicized DGR’s workshop at their event. This latest cancellation is part of an going campaign by transactivists and allies to exclude DGR and DGR members from participation at events, regardless of whether DGR is presenting on the issue of gender.There are voices raised in concern, even anguish, at the plight of the earth, and the rending of its species. This workshop will provide a talk on anti-civilization, deep green analysis of the root causes that have created the systems of power that threaten life on earth, as well as a critique of popularly proposed solutions to these threats. The talk will be based in part on the first chapter of the book Deep Green Resistance and will include a Q&A.Presenter bio: Jennifer Murnan grew up in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, and now resides in the Wiregrass region of the Southeast. She is a life long social and environmental activist whose experiences include CSA farming as well as permaculture and transition town training. She is a long time member of the radical social and environmental organization Deep Green Resistance. Her primary allegiance is to life."Greetings Jennifer,I am writing today with some unfortunate news. Due to backlash after our announcement to the public of our workshop lineup, which included Deep Green Resistance's brand, our core team has taken some time to reassess DGR's involvement. We were aware of DGR's involvement being 'controversial' in some circles in general, and I was comfortable with that. Looking forward to leaning into that edge, even.However, upon closer investigation of the more recent controversy concerning DGR's radical feminist/essentially anti-trans policies, I do not feel comfortable making space for an organization that holds such stances... Especially being a person that more strongly identifies as gender-plural. My organization as a whole has come to the consensus that we cannot support any organization that holds such an oppressive and harmful stance for so many.It is with a heavy heart that I revoke DGR's involvement in this event. I do hope you and DGR will take this input into account, as I know we are not the only ones holding such boundaries. I would have loved to feature content and a worldview that would be so new to our participants, but on a moral level, I cannot ignore the other implications of such stances beyond the scope of this event.I hope you all will re-consider your statements and stances on such matters, so that they do not come at the cost of sharing other information that is vital. I think this could have been a great opportunity to cross-pollinate, as again, I dare to say almost none of our 2,000 attendees would have yet been familiar with DGR, radical environmentalism, or an anti-civ approach - which is what would make it hold such potential as a collaboration.Please let me know if anything ever does change in that regard and I would be more than happy to explore potential partnerships down the line."No one in the DGR organization has been contacted as part of the “closer investigation of the more recent controversy” that this letter refers to. I have responded to the cancellation by exchanging emails with the producer. Kinnection Campout's publicity graphic, visible on their website continues to falsely include "Deep Green Resistance " in the "Agents of Change" section. You can send comments concerning this cancellation to Kinnection Campout: http://www.kinnectioncampout.org/contact/In solidarity,



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Biophilia vs. Transphobia - by Stefania Strega

To answer our comrades question, “I'm wondering how you all respond when you are told that DGR is transphobic, violent and hateful towards transgender people?”:



While we as members all hold to the same



At this point, the whole ‘trans debate’ feels very much like ‘fiddling while Rome burns’ – some 200 species are being wiped out each and every day as the world is facing catastrophic climate change, whilst we bicker about whether or not people can be ‘born in the wrong body’. Too many of us are letting this debate divide us when instead, we should be united and fight together on the front lines. How telling of the profound level of madness of our dying civilization!



Some of us do participate in the dialogue, because we recognize that only an entrenched fear and hatred of nature – biophobia – could give rise to such an absurd ideology. As radical feminists, when we see the media and pharmaceutical industrial complex working to normalize the surgical re-building of people’s genitals, we understand that this is the exact same fear and hatred of nature that have driven this civilization to its endless and suicidal pursuit to dominate nature at all cost. We also recognize how readily the pharmaceutical industrial complex offers so-called 'solutions' for human pain and suffering that guarantee nothing for the 'patients' and millions of dollars in profits for Big Pharma.



But, unfortunately, it is a huge victory for the pharmaceutical multinationals that this madness, which is in fact saying that there are ‘right and wrong’ ways of being a man or a woman (!), has been presented so convincingly as human liberation and the honoring of diversity!



The 'trans doctrine' has become so entrenched because it is incredibly confusing to hear over and over, from people we expect to be sane, such profoundly contradictory things as "liberation is about upholding gender stereotypes as 'natural'", or that “children should be helped to be their natural selves”, and this means giving them easier access to unnatural and dangerous hormone 'therapy' and preparing them for permanently deforming, sterilizing surgery! This is clearly nuts!



We in DGR are profoundly biophilic (nature-loving) people: We believe that it is just as important to heal and defend all of nature from the ravages of civilization as it is to heal and defend our own bodies and souls from it. Nobody can ever be 'born in the wrong body', because nature is not ever ‘wrong’. There is no ‘natural’ reason for anyone to be required to act, dress or think in any particular way; only ‘man-made’ stereotypes require this. These stereotypes were invented in order to keep us all enslaved; denying our biological sex is not a right, but psychosis.



That's why we stand in solidarity with all biophilic people who fight for the preservation and restoration of ecosystems, just as we stand in proud solidarity with all



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Join Stefania in celebrating International PermaCulture Day this year by launching a month-long conference to honor the contribution of women to Permaculture, to human evolution and to the nurturing and fierce protection of all Life.



http://www.integralpermaculture.org/events



The Integral Permaculture Academy is composed of a group of activists with decades of experience in practical work toward sustainability, with the vision of re-designing society to create a Permaculture: a sustainable culture, a culture that is dynamically creative & in increasing harmony with all forms of life on Earth

Further Resources:

* 'No plat forming’ is a stupid trend - Article:



* THE NEW BACKLASH - : "I am a woman and a feminist. I fully support the human rights of transsexual people. (I fully support the human rights of all humans!) However, "transgender" identity politics are not about the human rights of transsexual people. Transgender identity politics are about men weaponizing the suffering of transsexual people in order to destroy women's boundaries and undermine basic feminist analysis."



* CRITICALLY EXAMINING THE DOCTRINE OF GENDER IDENTITY - VIDEO



* WHAT IS GENDER, ANYWAY? - RECENT ARTICLE: "This can be perplexing terrain, in which it’s not at all clear that everyone is speaking the same language, although they might be using the same words. In popular usage, “gender” is often simply a synonym for “sex”, and it’s unquestioned that “woman” and “female”, and “man” and “male” are naturally and irrevocably paired."



* WOMEN: DECIDE FOR YOURSELVES: VIDEO - "Men say we have nothing to fear from them in our locker rooms, bathrooms, and sleeping spaces. We say: Decide for yourself:



* ATTACKS ON DEEP GREEN RESISTANCE - WEBSITE: What's the beef?



* SEX NOT GENDER - WEBSITE: "Direct replacement of 'sex' with 'gender' in U.S. passport and social security policies" * FEMALE ERASURE: What You Need To Know About Gender Politics' War On Woman, the Female Sex and Human Rights, is an upcoming anthology that brings together voices of more than forty writers celebrating female embodiment while exploring deeper issues of misogyny, violence and sexism in gender identity politics today, demonstrating the intentional silencing and erasure of living female realities.

To answer our comrades question, “I'm wondering how you all respond when you are told that DGR is transphobic, violent and hateful towards transgender people?”:While we as members all hold to the same DGR policies , which are unequivocally aligned with the radical feminist perspective on gender, as individuals who are involved in numerous different kinds of activism, we respond in different ways. Most of us simply do our best to ignore these false accusations as best we can, because we are busy with the work we consider to be primary: Stopping the destruction of nature and regenerating our physical landbases.At this point, the whole ‘trans debate’ feels very much like ‘fiddling while Rome burns’ – some 200 species are being wiped out each and every day as the world is facing catastrophic climate change, whilst we bicker about whether or not people can be ‘born in the wrong body’. Too many of us are letting this debate divide us when instead, we should be united and fight together on the front lines. How telling of the profound level of madness of our dying civilization!Some of us do participate in the dialogue, because we recognize that only an entrenched fear and hatred of nature – biophobia – could give rise to such an absurd ideology. As radical feminists, when we see the media and pharmaceutical industrial complex working to normalize the surgical re-building of people’s genitals, we understand that this is the exact same fear and hatred of nature that have driven this civilization to its endless and suicidal pursuit to dominate nature at all cost. We also recognize how readily the pharmaceutical industrial complex offers so-called 'solutions' for human pain and suffering that guarantee nothing for the 'patients' and millions of dollars in profits for Big Pharma.But, unfortunately, it is a huge victory for the pharmaceutical multinationals that this madness, which is in fact saying that there are ‘right and wrong’ ways of being a man or a woman (!), has been presented so convincingly as human liberation and the honoring of diversity!The 'trans doctrine' has become so entrenched because it is incredibly confusing to hear over and over, from people we expect to be sane, such profoundly contradictory things as "liberation is about upholding gender stereotypes as 'natural'", or that “children should be helped to be their natural selves”, and this means giving them easier access to unnatural and dangerous hormone 'therapy' and preparing them for permanently deforming, sterilizing surgery! This is clearly nuts!We in DGR are profoundly biophilic (nature-loving) people: We believe that it is just as important to heal and defend all of nature from the ravages of civilization as it is to heal and defend our own bodies and souls from it. Nobody can ever be 'born in the wrong body', because nature is not ever ‘wrong’. There is no ‘natural’ reason for anyone to be required to act, dress or think in any particular way; only ‘man-made’ stereotypes require this. These stereotypes were invented in order to keep us all enslaved; denying our biological sex is not a right, but psychosis.That's why we stand in solidarity with all biophilic people who fight for the preservation and restoration of ecosystems, just as we stand in proud solidarity with all biophilic transgender people : those who really fight for the abolition of the slavery of gender stereotypes, as radical feminists have always done.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~in celebratingthis year by launching a month-long conferenceto human evolution and to the nurturing and fierce protection of all Life.The Integral Permaculture Academy is composed of a group of activists with decades of experience in practical work toward sustainability, with the vision of re-designing society to create a Permaculture: a sustainable culture, a culture that is dynamically creative & in increasing harmony with all forms of life on EarthIf you won't have your views challenged you shouldn't be at University Website : "I am a woman and a feminist. I fully support the human rights of transsexual people. (I fully support the human rights of all humans!) However, "transgender" identity politics areabout the human rights of transsexual people.This can be perplexing terrain, in which it’s not at all clear that everyone is speaking the same language, although they might be using the same words. In popular usage, “gender” is often simply a synonym for “sex”, and it’s unquestioned that “woman” and “female”, and “man” and “male” are naturally and irrevocably paired."Men say we have nothing to fear from them in our locker rooms, bathrooms, and sleeping spaces. We say: Decide for yourself:What's the beef?"Direct replacement of 'sex' with 'gender' in U.S. passport and social security policies", is an upcoming anthology that brings together voices of more than forty writers celebrating female embodiment while exploring deeper issues of misogyny, violence and sexism in gender identity politics today, demonstrating the intentional silencing and erasure of living female realities. WEBSITE Like DGR on Facebook Follow DGR on Twitter Forward to a Friend



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