Resistance Ecology Conference Disavows DGR
The Resistance Ecology conference has released a statement formally denouncing and disavowing DGR,…
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This statement is so on point!
“…We cannot cultivate diversity in a climate that brushes off whole communities, movements, and histories as irrelevant, nonexistent, or divisive. This is the sort of climate that has allowed interpersonal violence, patriarchal behavior, tacit and explicit racism, neocolonialism, heterosexism, homophobia, and transphobia to occur in our movements’ pasts. Our silence on these issues not only perpetuates the atrocities themselves, it weakens our resilience for the future…
…How are we supposed to build a movement that refuses to acknowledge its place in the complex relationships of resistance and oppression by marginalizing itself whenever a topic becomes controversial or seemingly irrelevant to animal suffering or ecological destruction? How are we supposed to move forward without adopting a holistic political analysis that recognizes that we need to support and participate across movements and communities, rather than to complain that no one seems to care about the earth and animals, or our movements when they face trying times?
We have to genuinely employ critical dialogue and action beyond the framework of our single-issue politics. We should realize that our movement exists in relation to others, that our enemies and targets are common, and that the oppression of animals and domination of other species and ecological communities are not historical or social anomalies. It means that we need to respect, study, and work with the countless communities and movements that outnumber us, predate us, and from whom we have much to learn and to whom we have much to support to offer.”
