Columbus and Other Cannibals

Celebrated American Indian thinker Jack D. ForbesP#8217;s Columbus and Other Cannibals was one of the founding texts of the anticivilization movement when it was first published in 1978. His history of terrorism, genocide, and ecocide told from a Native American point of view has inspired AmericaP#8217;s most influential activists for decades. Frighteningly, his radical critique of the modern Pquot;civilizedPquot; lifestyle is more relevant now than ever before.Plt;brPgt;Identifying the Western compulsion to consume the earth as a sickness, Forbes writes:Plt;brPgt; Pquot;Brutality knows no boundaries. Greed knows no limits. Perversion knows no borders. . . . These characteristics all push towards an extreme, always moving forward once the initial infection sets in. . . . This is the disease of the consuming of other creaturesP#8217; lives and possessions. I call it cannibalism.Pquot;Plt;brPgt;This updated edition includes a new chapter by the author.