Deep Green Resistance: A cross-over between eco-extremism and the far right
Hello Insight Monitor subscribers! Today we have something a little different for you — a group profile on Deep Green Resistance. I look forward to hearing what you think of this piece, particularly as we’re planning a deep dive into eco-fascist groups this fall. We hope you enjoy, and find this insightful!
~Jess
Deep Green Resistance (DGR) is a radical environmentalist organization that has faced criticism for refusing to condemn violent approaches to environmentalism. The organization has also garnered controversy for its extreme positions on transgender rights and its leaders’ relationship with anti-LGBTQIA+ groups.
As the global climate crisis actively worsens, environmentalist groups with increasingly radical politics — including news waves of ecofascist groups — are well-positioned to become increasingly appealing to disenfranchised environmentalists. Analysis of existing radical environmentalist groups can help understand the financing structures of more militant emerging groups. Furthermore, the accusations that DGR espouses ideas resembling far-right talking points and the group’s engagements into extreme anti-trans activism at a time when national security apparatuses warn of the threat of “extreme violence” from anti-trans movements warrants a better look into radical anti-trans groups’ financing.
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DGR Origins and Operations
Deep Green Resistance is known as both the name of the environmentalist organization and a book published in 2011. Its authors, Canadian Aric McBay, and Americans Derrick Jensen and Lierre Keith, went on to form both the organization and the wider Deep Green Resistance “movement,” which is composed of activists influenced by the book. The name Deep Green Resistance was also used by McBay and Jensen for eco-activism initiatives as early as 2007, years before the book was published.