The Wretched of the Green
| Author | Lucius Tanah-Leyte |
| Country |  The Green |
| Genre | Political pamphlet, manifesto |
| Published | 1700 AN |
| Pages | 125 |
“If your creative force now takes flight from the sinful powers, and instead returns to the place of authenticity, you will see how your soul comes unto the Green and how these fields shall bear wonderful fruit. In this way shall the Dispossessed renew the world.“':
The Wretched of the Green is the founding work of the pan-Greenist movement, authored by the influential thinker Lucius Tanah-Leyte and published in 1700 AN. Its initial publication failed to gain much traction, initially until the collapse of the Bassarid Empire around 1717 AN and the end of the Sxiro-Jingdaoese Confrontation. The pamphlet serves as both a manifesto and a rallying cry for the dispossessed populations living within the unclaimed territories known as The Green across the continents of Keltia, Corum, and Eura on Micras.
Drawing from the lived experiences of stateless groups, diasporas, and communities, Tanah-Leyte articulates a vision of solidarity, resistance, and the pursuit of autonomy against the backdrop of expansionist incursions by established nations. In that pamphlet, Tanah-Leyte writes, "what is needed most is a Confederacy of all the Dispossessed and the Stateless of Micras, to rise and defend our families and bring real and lasting peace." The work emphasizes the collective struggle of the many inhabitants and people of the unclaimed lands of Micras against external domination, advocating for a unified stance in defending their lands and asserting their right to self-determination. The pamphlet offers itself as the direct and hostile response to Ayreonist greenism, which holds the oft-repeated tenet that "the Green must be conquered!"[1]. Tanahy-Leyte refers to this ideology in the book as "an innate impulse of the nations of the world to kill, consume, and exploit."
In The Wretched of the Green, Tanah-Leyte critiques the mechanisms of oppression and exploitation employed by colonial and expansionist powers, highlighting the resilience and agency of those who have been marginalized and rendered stateless by the geopolitical ambitions of more powerful states. The text is instrumental in shaping the ideological foundations of the Confederacy of the Dispossessed, a pan-Greenist militant resistance movement.
