Regeneration Central: Colonisers gonna colonise

On normalised white supremacy and ecofascism — personal reflections on having quite possibly roughly survived the last few months with my dignity somewhat intact

There are so many ways I could’ve gone with titling this piece. The runner-up was “Season’s Greetings: Casual co-optation with a dash of ecofascism” and in third place was “White Supremacy x Planetary Regeneration = Fascism”. Also in the running were “Meditative breathing with barefoot zombies”, “VIP invitations to nurture the co-optation industry”, and “Narcissism: a poisonous recipe for planetary systems collapse”.

It then dawned on me that I was merely experiencing the intersection of white supremacy and ecofascism in 4k. This is one great big wall that is being built, with poor unrepresented labourers being senselessly buried underneath it to strengthen its foundations and fertilise its invasive roots.

One of my favourite book titles on white supremacy is Proud Boys and the White Ethnostate by Alexandra Minna Stern, mainly because of the amount of sheer complexity the author manages to pack into six short words. It rolls off the tongue beautifully, I love it. It’s listed in Bustle’s 19 books about white supremacy and how to combat it.

There are far fewer books on ecofascism. Pity really, as it’s such a great concept for…