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ecoliberation SERIES EDITORS: ADRIAN PARR AND SANTIAGO ZABALA Pointed, engaging, and unafraid of controversy, books in this series articulate the intellectual stakes of pressing cultural, social, environmental, economic, and political issues that unsettle today’s world. Outspoken books are disrup- tive: they shake things up, change how we think, and make a difference. The Outspoken series seeks above all originality of perspective, approach, and thought. It encourages the identification of novel and unexpected topics or new and transformative approaches to inescapable questions, whether written from within established disciplines or from viewpoints beyond disciplinary boundar- ies. Each book brings theoretical inquiry into a reciprocally revealing encounter with material realities and lived experience. This series tackles the complex challenges faced by societies the world over, rethinking politics, justice, and social change in the twenty-first century. Ecoliberation Reimagining Resistance and the Green Scare Jennifer D. Grubbs Revolutionary Routines The Habits of Social Transformation Carolyn Pedwell Wish I Were Here Boredom and the Interface Mark Kingwell Ecoliberation Reimagining Resistance and the Green Scare Jennifer D. Grubbs McGill- Queen’s University Press Montreal & Kingston • London • Chicago © McGill- Queen’s University Press 2021 ISBN 978-0-2280-0681-7 (cloth) ISBN 978-0-2280-0682-4 (paper) ISBN 978-0-2280-0737-1 (ePDF) ISBN 978-0-2280-0738-8 (ePUB) Legal deposit second quarter 2021 Bibliothèque nationale du Québec Printed in Canada on acid-free paper that is 100% ancient forest free (100% post-consumer recycled), processed chlorine free Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Title: Ecoliberation : reimagining resistance and the green scare / Jennifer D. Grubbs. Names: Grubbs, Jennifer D., 1985– author. Series: Outspoken (McGill-Queen’s University Press) Description: Series statement: Outspoken | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20210128844 | Canadiana (ebook) 20210129158 | ISBN 9780228006817 (cloth) | ISBN 9780228006824 (paper) | ISBN 9780228007371 (ePdf) | ISBN 9780228007388 (ePUB) Subjects: lcsh: Green movement. | lcsh: Direct action. | lcsh: Social change. Classification: lcc ge195 .g78 2021 | ddc 320.58—dc23 This book was typeset in 10.5/13 Sabon. To my resilient and relentless Mama And to my rebellious children, Emory, Simon,Tevye, and Durruti Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 3 1 Neoliberal Capitalism and the Construction of Ecoterrorism 36 2 Embodied Ethnographies 57 3 Direct Action as Queer Spectacle 84 4 Disciplining Direct Action 116 5 Disciplining the State 152 Conclusion 189 Notes 199 References 217 Index 241 Acknowledgments The other night I was lying in bed, wedged between three of my four sleeping children, pecking away at the glowing laptop that was precar- iously resting on a pillow, finishing this manuscript. I imagined how many people raising children before me have stolen sleep from them- selves to work on something they feel passionate about. As I kissed my babies next to me, I couldn’t help but imagine the structural challenges that continue to marginalize women in academia. I finished this manuscript in the height of a global health pandemic, amidst a state-mandated lockdown, with three children in virtual school and a breastfeeding toddler, and without childcare. The physical and emotional labour that mothers do is not only devalued, particularly in the US, it is expected. Dani, Laura, Ariel, Adrian, Lindsey, Marianne, Samantha, Jacie, Vallie, and all the folks juggling the visible and invisible work that our world demands of us, we deserve better. We are tired, we are buried, and we are sick of being valourized. I don’t want recognition for my exploitation; I want to not be exploited. As I reflected back on the work that it took to transform almost a decade of research and activism into a manuscript, I was reminded of the kind and generous people who made that possible. Not simply the vil- lage of people that taught, encouraged, and challenged me to do better. Not just those who cooked a meal or borrowed one of my children for the day so I could work longer. But also, those I have never met – those that struggled and demanded that our world look radically different than its current iteration. We are charged to do this work because our world is being crushed inward by climate change, speciesism, racism, transphobia, xenopho- bia, and fascism. We cannot afford not to. We cannot afford not to dis- mantle these distinct violent structures. We cannot afford to ignore the