syulangintheforest

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Remembering how to walk softly on the Earth. Bare feet grounded in the soil. To be so gentle the forest creatures curiously welcome your presence. Listening without seeking a response. Holding space for guidance to come through. Sacred witness to words spoken and unspoken. Reflection of what is calling to be seen and nurtured. Trusting the innate capacity for healing, the wisdom carried within.

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My local community garden has been around for 15 years. In that time, no-one except me has ever planted native bush-foods. We are an impoverished settler-colonial culture, still clinging to the shoreline, hoping a boat will appear to take us back to Europe.

But no boat will come. No matter how "European" you think you are or how "white" you think you are, you were born here. You are a child of, bound to, belong to and utterly dependent on this land. You belong to her, and it's time to accept that reality. It's time to become naturalised. Let go of the potato and spinnach, and accept the sustenance of the murnong and the warrigal.

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Don’t let them take the wild from you. Don’t let them separate you from nature. Don’t let them kill your inner animal. Don’t let them keep killing the world.

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There is a voice of the Earth that doesn’t use words .. Listen 🌿

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oh to be one of the first dogs ever domesticated. eating cooked mammoth scraps and bits of suet from their hands. awe plastered on their faces and delighted shouting to their kin group. when i bring my pups, they bring out their babies. they will grow up together and my pups never starve. when i pass away they will toss ochre on my body like i was their own.

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This is a common gripe of mine. Any piece of technology, be it literal mechanical/device, or a bureaucracy, will be abused. This is why centralised states with technologies of control must be destroyed. It doesn't matter how solarpunk and cool a Green governed Canberra, Wellington, Washington or Ottawa might be, the technologies of domination embedded in them will always be used to crush and dominate all life within their reach, human and other-than-human alike. They must be dismantled. And with them, the technologies that allowed them to emerge in the first place. At this point, it is a matter of survival.

I h8 the dumb old "tech ain't bad it's a tool it's how it's used and who is using it". It's not only not true but is also just TIRED

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Hey, Civilisation... How's it going?

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Every word of hers is a joy.

the boys and I all line up for the new robin wall kimmerer book like ants and one by one we all say Thank you dr kimmerer for your service

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What do these people think cops do? What do they think the military do? What do they think border force do? The state is the literal embodiment of normalised political hyper-violence.

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I agree with the premise that largely a product of civilisation, and that feminist anarcho-primitivism can (and absolutely should) be a thing. However, I would add that my experiences as a woman in engaging with the an-prim community has been far more mixed, and I would say that patriarchal attitudes *do* exist in the an-prim space, sufficiently so that I think it's an issue we need to tackle head on. It is also certainly more prominent online than it is in physical spaces. People are bringing the patriarchal values of civilisation with them, and it's not OK.

We need to be aware of the "paleobros" and challenge their stereotypical assumptions about pre and post civilisation societies. I've had people say to me directly that they regard women as being to blame for the existence of civilisation... without a fucking trace of irony.

John Zerzan is already a feminist (it's a core issue in anarcho-primitivism), so like, transfem John Zerzan would be too powerful, in my opinion.

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This is the most wonderful claiming of the "This is a hill I'm willing to die on" trope I've ever seen.

you guys ruined t4t when you made literally all of it straight

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Four new Warzone Distro zines.

1. The Anarcho-Primitivist case for Straight Edge: Against His-Story, Against Alcoholocaust!

“The foundations of colonial genocide bear the stench of a long and protracted alcohol induced nightmare — nearly every indigenous culture the Europeans encountered was destroyed by European alcohol and disease. The spreading of firewater among indigenous populations of North America went hand-in-hand with the distribution of lethal smallpox-infested blankets. Many of these cultures, without the experience of thousands of years of civilized alcoholism to draw upon, were even more subject than the Europeans to the ravages of “the civilized brew.” Between alcohol, disease, commerce, and guns, most of them were quickly and utterly destroyed. This process was not unique to North America — it was repeated throughout the world in every European colonial endeavor. While the drug of choice varied (sometimes it was opium, for example, as in the “Opium Wars” Great Britain waged to control China), alcohol was judged in many countries to be the most socially-acceptable tool of pacification.”

2. More Than Just a Diet: A Conversation Between Warzone Distro & the Susaron 4

“…precisely what strongly motivated our actions as a group, was the dissemination of that message, somewhat diluted by time: The war against existence from an anarcho-nihilist perspective, fervently anti-speciesist and straight edge. Which to our taste fulfilled its purpose, since these discussions happened again as a result of the action and our subsequent arrest. And consequently; constant elaboration of propaganda material referring to our ideological thinking. Which gives us the desire to refloat within future generations these incendiary ideas, which have no intention of making peace or negotiation with the enemy. Be it the animal exploitation industry or any other authority that may seek to impose itself on us…

…Regarding the straight edge concept; we have always seen as essential the care of our body as a temple and as a channel of direct confrontation. And likewise refusing the brutal control exercised by the state and its tentacles through drugs. Ruining entire generations of rebels because of it. And it does not fit in our concept of opposition to all exploitation and apparatus of domination, that by our own complacency and mental weakness we are subjugated through substances made to appease the discontent and collapse. And as anarchic-nihilists we understand our body and mind as the only thing we own and our main weapon.

…many generations of young insurrectionists have been lost in the mental and physical deterioration generated by the web of drugs and their slow and camouflaged intrusion into the lives of those who begin to consume them, especially individuals prone to depression. This dramatically undermines the power of resistance movements that require people committed and prepared for the challenges involved in fighting such a giant and finely tuned machine as the reigning structure of domination.”

3. Burn Down The Animal Pharm By Lint Lobotomy

Various writings by Lint Lobotomy covering a wide range of topics from veganism, straight edge and anti-civilization!

4. Hygiene: Washing and Brainwashing

This zine critically examines the origins of being “clean”

All zine pdfs are free to print.

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@Syulang@pixelfed.au - Public domain ecopropaganda

Slapping some green into an area doesn’t make it some ecological haven. If you want to improve an area’s wildlife, think about what you’re doing. Some non-native plants won’t hurt an area but they won’t help rebuild something similar to what it once was, it won’t feed animals the same way a native plant does, it won’t always hold the soil as well, and it won’t save the world. I won’t hate someone for planting something non-native but I will never praise them for it.