The Green Flame

This episode is a short excerpt from the last full episode ("Radical Feminism") of The Green Flame. In this excerpt, Lierre Keith discusses the origins of modern American feminism in matrilineal indigenous societies in the upstate "New York" region.

In this episode of The Green Flame, we focus on radical feminism. We speak with Saba Malik and Lierre Keith, with Aimee and Kara in the UK, and with Renee Gerlich in Aotearoa (New Zealand). This episode features music from Beth Quist and poetry by Dominique Christina. Special thanks to Beth Quist and Elizabeth R. for help with this episode.

Radical feminism is a branch of feminism that emphasizes the historical and contemporary importance of patriarchy as a system of oppression, and works to dismantle it by advocating for reproductive rights, fighting pornography and prostitution, opposing male violence, fighting back against the oppressive system of gender, and more. Radical feminism also ties together analysis of economic class, race, and other hierarchies within society.

This episode of The Green Flame features audio from an event in Denver hosted by Prairie Protection Colorado, including presentations by Lierre Keith and Derrick Jensen, and poetry from Dominique Christina. This episode also features a discussion of U.S. Democratic party presidential candidates and their ineffective climate action plans. Our skill focuses on the psychology of resistance. The music is "Earth's Beat" by Le MELODiST.

In this excerpt from episode 7, "Strategy for a Burning World," the author and philosopher Derrick Jensen urges listeners to join in the struggle for the planet and for justice.

"It is a terrible time to be alive in terms of having to watch the destruction of the planet," he says, "but it is also a wonderful time to be alive because we have opportunities to stop this destruction that were not available to those [fighting back] 200 years ago."

He also discusses the morality of advocating for industrial collapse. Derrick describes conversations with two prominent agrarian organizers, and how many poor and working people around the world have the collective skills they need to survive outside capitalism right now, but are prevented from accessing land. He also discusses the relationship between colonization, free trade, and immigration.

This episode of The Green Flame looks at Decisive Ecological Warfare, the only revolutionary environmental strategy designed to dismantle the global industrial economy by any means necessary.

Our show features a conversation with movement lawyer and poet  Will Falk, and Deep Green Resistance co-author and philosopher Derrick Jensen. We also share poetry by the exiled black revolutionary Assata Shakur, and 9 Principles of War from the U.S. Miltary that can be adapted for use by activists.

Our music track for this episode is "Crying Over You" by Christoper Morrow, used under CC BY 3.0.

In this excerpt from our last full episode of The Green Flame podcast, Claude Marks of The Freedom Archives discusses COINTELPRO as one internal strategy of counterinsurgency in a broader project of imperialism. He links the repression of indigenous and Black Power movements inside the United States to US-funded death squads in Central America and overseas wars.

On this episode of the Green Flame, we speak with Claude Marx, former political prisoner and activist, director of the Freedom of Archives, about COINTELPRO and state repression of revolutionary movements. We hear from Will Falk, activist, radical movement lawyer and writer, about security culture. And for our skill, we focus on operational security. This show also include a poem by Sekou Kambui, and music by Dead Prez and Beth Quist.

“We know now that people like Martin Luther King Jr. where under constant surveillance including plots and attempts to create so much chaos in their lives that they [are] destabilized emotionally with intent”. — Claude Marx

“It’s really important that people not think of law or Security Culture as this bulletproof vest that you can put on that is going to keep you completely safe”. — Will Falk

More on operational security: https://dgrnewsservice.org/resistance-culture/movement-building/operational-security-101-for-activists-and-revolutionaries/

Poetry by Sekou Kambui

Music: Beth Quist and Dead Prez

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In this episode of The Green Flame, we interview Derrick Jensen and Lierre Keith about civilization, why a critical analysis of civilization is important, and how it can shape our revolutionary work. Radical lawyer Will Falk explains why the legal system will never save the planet. And our skill for this episode focuses on building biocentric alternatives to patriarchal culture. Plus, we share poetry and music.

This episode is a brief snippet preview of our upcoming second full episode, which features an extended conversation with Derrick Jensen and Lierre Keith on civilization: what it is, why it is important to understand, and how it affects our work today. In this brief excerpt, Lierre Keith discussed fighting spirit for militants.

This excerpt from the first episode of "The Green Flame Podcast" is a snippet of our interview with Saba Malik. In this conversation, Saba speaks of her travels in the Hunza Valley region of Pakistan, and of communities engaging in self-defense and long-term ecological sustainability.