#civildisobedience — Public Fediverse posts
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Someone created a 10 hour spoken word track for ICE agents. Sharing to get it out to folks on the frontline. (Links within)
Gottlieb - 535 Alameda (10 Hour I.C.E. Frontline Blast): https://youtu.be/2-GHgnJKEOw?is=PWVG2f70aQYpNXDq
See it in action: https://www.instagram.com/p/DdHh63WD7tl/?stkn=eXNhYWI5c21ldmlk
The idea behind the spoken word was for it to be harder for targets to be entertained by. No groove, no music, no pause. Just constant monotone questions.
#ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #crimesofice_videos_protest
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Someone created a 10 hour spoken word track for ICE agents. Sharing to get it out to folks on the frontline. (Links within)
Gottlieb - 535 Alameda (10 Hour I.C.E. Frontline Blast): https://youtu.be/2-GHgnJKEOw?is=PWVG2f70aQYpNXDq
See it in action: https://www.instagram.com/p/DdHh63WD7tl/?stkn=eXNhYWI5c21ldmlk
The idea behind the spoken word was for it to be harder for targets to be entertained by. No groove, no music, no pause. Just constant monotone questions.
#ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #crimesofice_videos_protest
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Someone created a 10 hour spoken word track for ICE agents. Sharing to get it out to folks on the frontline. (Links within)
Gottlieb - 535 Alameda (10 Hour I.C.E. Frontline Blast): https://youtu.be/2-GHgnJKEOw?is=PWVG2f70aQYpNXDq
See it in action: https://www.instagram.com/p/DdHh63WD7tl/?stkn=eXNhYWI5c21ldmlk
The idea behind the spoken word was for it to be harder for targets to be entertained by. No groove, no music, no pause. Just constant monotone questions.
#ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #crimesofice_videos_protest
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Someone created a 10 hour spoken word track for ICE agents. Sharing to get it out to folks on the frontline. (Links within)
Gottlieb - 535 Alameda (10 Hour I.C.E. Frontline Blast): https://youtu.be/2-GHgnJKEOw?is=PWVG2f70aQYpNXDq
See it in action: https://www.instagram.com/p/DdHh63WD7tl/?stkn=eXNhYWI5c21ldmlk
The idea behind the spoken word was for it to be harder for targets to be entertained by. No groove, no music, no pause. Just constant monotone questions.
#ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #crimesofice_videos_protest
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Someone created a 10 hour spoken word track for ICE agents. Sharing to get it out to folks on the frontline. (Links within)
Gottlieb - 535 Alameda (10 Hour I.C.E. Frontline Blast): https://youtu.be/2-GHgnJKEOw?is=PWVG2f70aQYpNXDq
See it in action: https://www.instagram.com/p/DdHh63WD7tl/?stkn=eXNhYWI5c21ldmlk
The idea behind the spoken word was for it to be harder for targets to be entertained by. No groove, no music, no pause. Just constant monotone questions.
#ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #crimesofice_videos_protest
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Newly released security footage and chilling first-hand testimony of witness Daniel Tirado Pantoja directly challenge ICE’s official account of the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
Video Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1wcro24#ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #texas #lorenzosalgadoaraujo #crimesofice_videos_murder
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Newly released security footage and chilling first-hand testimony of witness Daniel Tirado Pantoja directly challenge ICE’s official account of the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
Video Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1wcro24#ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #texas #lorenzosalgadoaraujo #crimesofice_videos_murder
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Newly released security footage and chilling first-hand testimony of witness Daniel Tirado Pantoja directly challenge ICE’s official account of the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
Video Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1wcro24#ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #texas #lorenzosalgadoaraujo #crimesofice_videos_murder
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Newly released security footage and chilling first-hand testimony of witness Daniel Tirado Pantoja directly challenge ICE’s official account of the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
Video Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1wcro24#ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #texas #lorenzosalgadoaraujo #crimesofice_videos_murder
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Newly released security footage and chilling first-hand testimony of witness Daniel Tirado Pantoja directly challenge ICE’s official account of the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
Video Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1wcro24#ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #texas #lorenzosalgadoaraujo #crimesofice_videos_murder
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Congressman Seth Magaziner's floor speech on the latest ICE killings.
Video Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1uwgv1y#ice #iceout #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #lorenzosalgadoaraujo #crimesofice_videos_murder #texas #joansebastianguerrero #maine
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Congressman Seth Magaziner's floor speech on the latest ICE killings.
Video Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1uwgv1y#ice #iceout #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #lorenzosalgadoaraujo #crimesofice_videos_murder #texas #joansebastianguerrero #maine
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Congressman Seth Magaziner's floor speech on the latest ICE killings.
Video Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1uwgv1y#ice #iceout #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #lorenzosalgadoaraujo #crimesofice_videos_murder #texas #joansebastianguerrero #maine
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Congressman Seth Magaziner's floor speech on the latest ICE killings.
Video Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1uwgv1y#ice #iceout #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #lorenzosalgadoaraujo #crimesofice_videos_murder #texas #joansebastianguerrero #maine
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Congressman Seth Magaziner's floor speech on the latest ICE killings.
Video Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1uwgv1y#ice #iceout #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #lorenzosalgadoaraujo #crimesofice_videos_murder #texas #joansebastianguerrero #maine
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"...Hale, an avid city cyclist, has personally painted 14 crosswalks since May, including one at the intersection of South New Hampshire Avenue and 4th Street where a 9-year-old boy was hit and killed.
"I think we want a city that responds to the needs of its people in that sense and prioritizes these things as the way forward," said Hale. "I don't feel L.A. is doing that effectively."..."
#BikeTooter #crosswalks #sidewalks #pedestrians #infrastructure #protests #CivilDisobedience
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TST’S GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE PROTEST
https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/the-satanic-temple-s-guidelines-for-effective-protest1. Protest is an act of free speech, and protesters must respect free speech.
2. Have a clearly articulated position with tenable demands and a practical well-defined statement for what constitutes achieving your goals.
3. Effective protest is founded on a legitimate theory of change that is exemplified by the structure of IF I do X, THEN Y will happen BECAUSE Z.
4. Protest must be based on a principle as opposed to identity politics. Everyone benefits from the pursuit of well-conceived principles.
5. Stay focused on specific issues and do not adopt issues that you think are analogously related.
6. Stand for issues and principles – do not reflexively support the entire agenda of parties, organizations, or individuals.
7. Do not allow narratives to prevail over facts.
8. Restrict your movement to people who believe in the principles of your movement.
9. If your protest calls for the deprivation of rights and liberties of others, intimidates others, harasses or threatens others, silences others, then you are an enemy of freedom no matter what the justification.
10. Engaging in, promoting, inciting, and/or celebrating physical violence that deliberately targets civilians is never justifiable.
#politics #resistance #resist #usa #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #satanist #tst #thesatanictemple
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Rebel Hearts is a hidden gem. It tells the story of the radical Catholic nuns in 1960s Los Angeles whose faith, defiance and activism turned the Church upside-down. They marched at Selma with MLK and they still fight for social justice today. Their story is incredible and it will fill you and your students with hope and fire. 4/n
https://journeysinfilm.org/product/rebel-hearts/
#LosAngeles #LA #Catholicism #CatholicHistory #Nuns #ChurchHistory #ReligiousHistory #USHistory #Protests #ProtestHistory #CivilDisobedience #Histodons #Education #Homeschooling @film
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State by State Pending and Recently Passed #AntiProtestLaws: #Louisiana
HB 737: #Vague ban on #ResidentialProtests
Broadly criminalizes participating in a protest within 50 feet of a residence that “threatens to disrupt, or harasses” an individual’s “right to control or use” their residence. The law does not make exceptions for protests that take place in #PublicParks or on #sidewalks—traditional public forums—that may be within 50 feet of residential buildings. Nor does the law require any intent on the part of protesters to target a specific residence or to harass or disturb specific residents. The law also does not require that a protest actually disrupt an individual's right to use their residence, only that it "threaten" to do so. It is also unclear what would constitute "harassing" an individual's right to use their residence, for the purpose of the law.
Full text of bill:
https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=24RS&b=HB737&sbi=yStatus: enacted
Introduced 18 Mar 2024; Approved by House 9 April 2024; Approved by Senate 20 May 2024; Signed by Governor Landry 18 June 2024
HB 383: Civil immunity for drivers who hit protesters
Limits the civil liability of drivers who injure or kill protesters who were unlawfully in the street. The law provides that if a driver hits someone who was illegally “blocking a roadway,” the driver cannot be sued for any injury, death, or damage if he “reasonably believe[d]” that he was in immediate danger of injury and was trying to “retreat or escape.” The sponsor cited a rise in protests across the country as motivation for the bill.
Full text of bill:
https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=24RS&b=HB383&sbi=yStatus: enacted
Introduced 29 Feb 2024; Approved by House 8 April 2024; Approved by Senate 20 May 2024; Signed by Governor Landry 11 June 2024
Issue(s): #DriverImmunity, #TrafficInterference
HB 205: New #racketeering penalties for protesters
Adds nonviolent protest-related offenses to the underlying crimes that can be prosecuted under Louisiana’s racketeering law, which carries steep penalties. Offenses that are now covered by the racketeering law include “simple #obstruction of a #highway of commerce,” “#riot,” “inciting to riot,” "institutional #vandalism," and “aiding and abetting others to enter or remain on premises where forbidden.” As such, individuals in a protest that merely makes movement on a #highway “more difficult” (a minor misdemeanor offense) could be charged with a violation of Louisiana’s racketeering law if they did so more than once and as part of an enterprise with others. Louisiana law defines “riot” broadly, requiring no actual violence or damage but three or more people engaged in a “#PublicDisturbance” that creates a “danger of injury or damage” by an “imminent threat of tumultuous and violent conduct,” so individuals who participate in tumultuous protests could likewise be charged with racketeering. The law also adds “criminal damage to a critical infrastructure” to the racketeering law, such that certain #CivilDisobedience actions near #pipelines and other #infrastructure, including sites under construction, could be covered as well. Racketeering violations are punishable by up to 50 years in #prison with #HardLabor and a one million dollar fine.
Full text of bill:
https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245811&sbi=yStatus: enacted
Introduced 26 Feb 2024; Approved by House 2 April 2024; Approved by Senate 14 May 2024; Signed by Governor Landry 10 June 2024
Issue(s): #ProtestSupporters or Funders, Infrastructure, Riot, #Trespass
HB 127: Heightened penalties for #StreetProtesters and organizers
Increases existing penalties for impeding traffic and creates a new offense that could cover individuals who plan or organize protests that would impede traffic. Under prior law in Louisiana, engaging in conduct that makes movement on any road “more difficult” was a misdemeanor, punishable by six months in jail and $200. The law adds an offense of “#conspiracy” or “aiding and abetting” of others to engage in such conduct. As written, the new offense does not require that that the protest or other act actually take place or that it actually impede traffic. The law also increases the fine for both offenses to $750.
Full text of bill:
https://legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=24RS&b=HB127&sbi=yStatus: enacted
Introduced 22 Feb 2024; Approved by House 15 April 2024; Approved by Senate 16 May 2024; Signed by Governor Landry 10 June 2024
Issue(s): Protest Supporters or Funders, Traffic Interference
HB 727: NEW PENALTIES FOR PROTESTS NEAR GAS AND OIL PIPELINES
Targets protests around gas and oil #pipelines by expanding the definition of "critical infrastructure" and providing for the offense of "unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure." Under the law, "critical infrastructure" is amended to include "pipelines," "any site where the construction or improvement of [pipelines or any other listed infrastructure facility] is taking place," as well as "all structures, equipment, or other immovable or movable property located within or upon" such facilities. Unauthorized entry onto critical infrastructure property as defined above is punishable by imprisonment with or without hard labor for up to five years and a fine of $1,000. As originally introduced, the law included a new crime of "conspiracy to engage in unauthorized entry" of a critical infrastructure facility, punishable by imprisonment with or without hard labor for up to five years and a fine of $10,000, such that individuals who only planned to hold a peaceful protest on infrastructure property could be prosecuted. The amended and enacted version of the bill removed the provisions on conspiracy, however. In addition, prior to the law's enactment, provisions were added to mandate that the law would not apply to "[l]awful assembly and peaceful and orderly petition, picketing, or demonstration for the redress of grievances or to express ideas or views regarding legitimate matters of public interest."
Full text of bill:
https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=18RS&b=HB727&sbi=yStatus: enacted
Introduced 26 Mar 2018; Approved by House 12 April 2018; Approved by the Senate 8 May 2018; Signed into law by Governor Edwards 30 May 2018
Issue(s): Infrastructure, #Trespass
#FirstAmendment #CriminalizingDissent
#Authoritarianism #Fascism #Clampdown #CriminalizingProtest
#CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol #AntiProtestLaws #PipelineProtests #HeatherHeyer #UniteTheRight #DrivingDownProtestors -
#Quakers condemn arrests of #activists at meeting house
March 30, 2025
"The arrests of six female supporters of activist group #YouthDemand at a Quaker meeting house have been condemned by the faith group.
"Quakers in #Britain said the arrests were the first at a meeting house and 'an aggressive violation'.
"The Metropolitan Police said six people were arrested on Thursday evening at the Westminster Meeting House on suspicion of conspiracy to cause a #PublicNuisance.
"The force said it came amid concerns there were plans to 'shut down' London during April using tactics such as road blocks.
"Youth Demand said more than 30 officers were involved with making the arrests.
"Paul Parker, of Quakers in Britain, said he could not recall anyone being arrested at a Quaker meeting house in living memory.
"'The forceful removal of young people holding a protest group meeting clearly shows what happens when a society #CriminalisesProtest.
"'#FreedomOfSpeech, assembly, and fair trials are an essential part of free public debate which underpins #democracy,' he said.
"Police said a further five arrests for the same offence were made on Friday - four at addresses in #London and one in #Exeter.
"Youth Demand, which is not affiliated with the Quakers, said the meeting was 'an opportunity to share plans for non-violent #CivilResistance actions' due to take place in April.
"The group claimed a number of houses were also raided on Thursday and Friday as part of the operation.
"Quakers in Britain said: 'Quakers support the right to non-violent public protest, acting themselves from a deep moral imperative to stand up against #injustice and for our planet.
"'Many have taken non-violent direct action over the centuries from the abolition of #slavery to women's #suffrage and prison reform.'
"The Met said the force understood the importance of the right to protest but added that Youth Demand had stated an intention to 'shut down' London in April.
"'We have a responsibility to intervene to prevent activity that crosses the line from protest into serious disruption and other criminality,' a spokesman said.
"On Thursday, officers raided a Youth Demand planning meeting where those in attendance were plotting their April action.
"Six people were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance.
"A further five arrests for the same offence were made on Friday, 28 March. Four of the arrests were at addresses in London and one in Exeter.
'Policing priorities'
"Out of the 11 people arrested, 10 have been released on bail and one will face no further action.
"Asked about the matter on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said: 'I have made clear to the police this government's priorities for policing are reducing serious violence... and bringing back neighbourhood policing, those crimes in town centres like shoplifting.'
"Youth Demand, which describes itself as a 'new youth resistance campaign fighting for an end to #genocide', began carrying out acts of #CivilDisobedience last year.
"Its demands of the government include stopping all trade with #Israel and raising money from 'the #SuperRich and #Fossilfuel #elite' to pay damages for the effects of fossil fuel burning."
Read more:
https://bbc.com/news/articles/cj3x5j6g30ro
#UKPol #ThoughtCrime #CriminalizingDissent #CriminalizingActivism #PublicNuisanceLaws #Article20 #2023PublicOrderAct #Resistance #UKResistance #ProtectMotherEarth #FreePalestine #IsraeliWarCrimes -
Ahead of Another Summer of Climate Disasters, Let’s Talk about Real Solutions
"#Capitalism has no future on this planet. We will need a far-reaching revolution to address this crisis."
#CrimeThinc, May 8, 2024
"The mainstream climate movement begins from a premise that guarantees failure. Not just failure. Catastrophe. And the more effective it is, the more harm it will cause.
Let’s explore why.
"When people think of environmentalism these days, they are likely to picture civil disobedience in the streets, media activism, enthusiastic lobbying, and conferences aiming to set global goals for carbon emissions—all under the leadership of non-governmental organizations, academics, and progressive politicians. Ecological struggle, however, has always also included anti-capitalist and anti-colonial currents, and these currents have been getting stronger, more dynamic, and better connected over the past couple decades.
T"hat growth, however, has not been without setbacks, often caused by intense targeted repression that leaves movements exhausted and traumatized, like the #GreenScare that began in 2005 and the repression of #StandingRock and other #Indigenous-led #AntiPipeline movements a decade later.
"Systematically, at precisely the moments when radical currents are licking their wounds, the predominantly white, middle-class vision of environmentalism takes the stage and pushes the entire conversation in reformist directions.
"The actual crisis we are facing is a complex ecological crisis, in which police killings, repressive laws, ongoing histories of #colonialism and #WhiteSupremacy, #HabitatLoss,#LandGrabs, food cultures, human health, #urbanism, borders, and wars are all entangled. The leadership of the environmental movement has made the strategic decision to reduce all of this to a question of climate—the climate crisis—and to recenter the state as the protagonist, as our potential savior. This means centering the #ParisAgreement and the #COP summits as the solution to the problem, and using performative #activism and #CivilDisobedience to demand policy shifts and investment in support of green energy."
Read more:
https://crimethinc.com/2024/05/08/ahead-of-another-summer-of-climate-disasters-lets-talk-about-real-solutions
#ACAB #CriminalizingDissent #CapitalismMustDie #CorporateColonialism #Corporatocracy #ClimateJustice -
Ahead of Another Summer of Climate Disasters, Let’s Talk about Real Solutions
"#Capitalism has no future on this planet. We will need a far-reaching revolution to address this crisis."
#CrimeThinc, May 8, 2024
"The mainstream climate movement begins from a premise that guarantees failure. Not just failure. Catastrophe. And the more effective it is, the more harm it will cause.
Let’s explore why.
"When people think of environmentalism these days, they are likely to picture civil disobedience in the streets, media activism, enthusiastic lobbying, and conferences aiming to set global goals for carbon emissions—all under the leadership of non-governmental organizations, academics, and progressive politicians. Ecological struggle, however, has always also included anti-capitalist and anti-colonial currents, and these currents have been getting stronger, more dynamic, and better connected over the past couple decades.
T"hat growth, however, has not been without setbacks, often caused by intense targeted repression that leaves movements exhausted and traumatized, like the #GreenScare that began in 2005 and the repression of #StandingRock and other #Indigenous-led #AntiPipeline movements a decade later.
"Systematically, at precisely the moments when radical currents are licking their wounds, the predominantly white, middle-class vision of environmentalism takes the stage and pushes the entire conversation in reformist directions.
"The actual crisis we are facing is a complex ecological crisis, in which police killings, repressive laws, ongoing histories of #colonialism and #WhiteSupremacy, #HabitatLoss,#LandGrabs, food cultures, human health, #urbanism, borders, and wars are all entangled. The leadership of the environmental movement has made the strategic decision to reduce all of this to a question of climate—the climate crisis—and to recenter the state as the protagonist, as our potential savior. This means centering the #ParisAgreement and the #COP summits as the solution to the problem, and using performative #activism and #CivilDisobedience to demand policy shifts and investment in support of green energy."
Read more:
https://crimethinc.com/2024/05/08/ahead-of-another-summer-of-climate-disasters-lets-talk-about-real-solutions
#ACAB #CriminalizingDissent #CapitalismMustDie #CorporateColonialism #Corporatocracy #ClimateJustice -
Ahead of Another Summer of Climate Disasters, Let’s Talk about Real Solutions
"#Capitalism has no future on this planet. We will need a far-reaching revolution to address this crisis."
#CrimeThinc, May 8, 2024
"The mainstream climate movement begins from a premise that guarantees failure. Not just failure. Catastrophe. And the more effective it is, the more harm it will cause.
Let’s explore why.
"When people think of environmentalism these days, they are likely to picture civil disobedience in the streets, media activism, enthusiastic lobbying, and conferences aiming to set global goals for carbon emissions—all under the leadership of non-governmental organizations, academics, and progressive politicians. Ecological struggle, however, has always also included anti-capitalist and anti-colonial currents, and these currents have been getting stronger, more dynamic, and better connected over the past couple decades.
T"hat growth, however, has not been without setbacks, often caused by intense targeted repression that leaves movements exhausted and traumatized, like the #GreenScare that began in 2005 and the repression of #StandingRock and other #Indigenous-led #AntiPipeline movements a decade later.
"Systematically, at precisely the moments when radical currents are licking their wounds, the predominantly white, middle-class vision of environmentalism takes the stage and pushes the entire conversation in reformist directions.
"The actual crisis we are facing is a complex ecological crisis, in which police killings, repressive laws, ongoing histories of #colonialism and #WhiteSupremacy, #HabitatLoss,#LandGrabs, food cultures, human health, #urbanism, borders, and wars are all entangled. The leadership of the environmental movement has made the strategic decision to reduce all of this to a question of climate—the climate crisis—and to recenter the state as the protagonist, as our potential savior. This means centering the #ParisAgreement and the #COP summits as the solution to the problem, and using performative #activism and #CivilDisobedience to demand policy shifts and investment in support of green energy."
Read more:
https://crimethinc.com/2024/05/08/ahead-of-another-summer-of-climate-disasters-lets-talk-about-real-solutions
#ACAB #CriminalizingDissent #CapitalismMustDie #CorporateColonialism #Corporatocracy #ClimateJustice -
Ahead of Another Summer of Climate Disasters, Let’s Talk about Real Solutions
"#Capitalism has no future on this planet. We will need a far-reaching revolution to address this crisis."
#CrimeThinc, May 8, 2024
"The mainstream climate movement begins from a premise that guarantees failure. Not just failure. Catastrophe. And the more effective it is, the more harm it will cause.
Let’s explore why.
"When people think of environmentalism these days, they are likely to picture civil disobedience in the streets, media activism, enthusiastic lobbying, and conferences aiming to set global goals for carbon emissions—all under the leadership of non-governmental organizations, academics, and progressive politicians. Ecological struggle, however, has always also included anti-capitalist and anti-colonial currents, and these currents have been getting stronger, more dynamic, and better connected over the past couple decades.
T"hat growth, however, has not been without setbacks, often caused by intense targeted repression that leaves movements exhausted and traumatized, like the #GreenScare that began in 2005 and the repression of #StandingRock and other #Indigenous-led #AntiPipeline movements a decade later.
"Systematically, at precisely the moments when radical currents are licking their wounds, the predominantly white, middle-class vision of environmentalism takes the stage and pushes the entire conversation in reformist directions.
"The actual crisis we are facing is a complex ecological crisis, in which police killings, repressive laws, ongoing histories of #colonialism and #WhiteSupremacy, #HabitatLoss,#LandGrabs, food cultures, human health, #urbanism, borders, and wars are all entangled. The leadership of the environmental movement has made the strategic decision to reduce all of this to a question of climate—the climate crisis—and to recenter the state as the protagonist, as our potential savior. This means centering the #ParisAgreement and the #COP summits as the solution to the problem, and using performative #activism and #CivilDisobedience to demand policy shifts and investment in support of green energy."
Read more:
https://crimethinc.com/2024/05/08/ahead-of-another-summer-of-climate-disasters-lets-talk-about-real-solutions
#ACAB #CriminalizingDissent #CapitalismMustDie #CorporateColonialism #Corporatocracy #ClimateJustice -
Ahead of Another Summer of Climate Disasters, Let’s Talk about Real Solutions
"#Capitalism has no future on this planet. We will need a far-reaching revolution to address this crisis."
#CrimeThinc, May 8, 2024
"The mainstream climate movement begins from a premise that guarantees failure. Not just failure. Catastrophe. And the more effective it is, the more harm it will cause.
Let’s explore why.
"When people think of environmentalism these days, they are likely to picture civil disobedience in the streets, media activism, enthusiastic lobbying, and conferences aiming to set global goals for carbon emissions—all under the leadership of non-governmental organizations, academics, and progressive politicians. Ecological struggle, however, has always also included anti-capitalist and anti-colonial currents, and these currents have been getting stronger, more dynamic, and better connected over the past couple decades.
T"hat growth, however, has not been without setbacks, often caused by intense targeted repression that leaves movements exhausted and traumatized, like the #GreenScare that began in 2005 and the repression of #StandingRock and other #Indigenous-led #AntiPipeline movements a decade later.
"Systematically, at precisely the moments when radical currents are licking their wounds, the predominantly white, middle-class vision of environmentalism takes the stage and pushes the entire conversation in reformist directions.
"The actual crisis we are facing is a complex ecological crisis, in which police killings, repressive laws, ongoing histories of #colonialism and #WhiteSupremacy, #HabitatLoss,#LandGrabs, food cultures, human health, #urbanism, borders, and wars are all entangled. The leadership of the environmental movement has made the strategic decision to reduce all of this to a question of climate—the climate crisis—and to recenter the state as the protagonist, as our potential savior. This means centering the #ParisAgreement and the #COP summits as the solution to the problem, and using performative #activism and #CivilDisobedience to demand policy shifts and investment in support of green energy."
Read more:
https://crimethinc.com/2024/05/08/ahead-of-another-summer-of-climate-disasters-lets-talk-about-real-solutions
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I think I've just worked out my #NY2025 resolution. I rarely, if ever, make resolutions at the start of a new year, but this seems appropriate.
The only rules are that there are no rules.
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And how much economic damage is from climate change and pollution from #FossilFuels? #BigOil is the real criminal here!
#ClimateProtesters are taking action against Big Oil. UK courts are handing them prison terms akin to rapists and thieves
By Kara Fox, CNN
September 14, 2024London CNN — "As #RightWing rioters attacked communities with #racist violence across parts of the UK last month, 22-year-old #ClimateActivist #CressieGethin sat in a prison cell.
"Her crime? Organizing a disruptive protest against new government-granted licenses to drill for oil — a planet-heating #FossilFuel — in the #NorthSea.
"In late July, a London court found #Gethin and four other members of the #JustStopOil activist group guilty of 'conspiring intentionally to cause a #PublicNuisance,' after recruiting protesters to climb structures along the M25 — a major ring road around London — bringing traffic to a standstill in parts over four days in November 2022.
"Prosecutors alleged that the protests, organized over a #ZoomCall, disrupted more than 700,000 drivers, caused economic damage of over £760,000 ($980,000) and racked up £1 million ($1.3m) in policing costs.
"Now Gethin and three others — Louise Lancaster, #DanielShaw and #LuciaWhittakerDeAbreu, who planned the disruption on the call — are serving four-year jail terms, while Just Stop Oil co-founder #RogerHallam was given five years. All are appealing.
"The sentences are believed to be the longest in the UK’s history for #nonviolent protest and were delivered under two new controversial laws that supercharged #policing powers to crack down on disruptive protests, even when they are peaceful.
"They place the act of planning a 'public nuisance' event, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, on a similar footing as #ViolentCrimes like robbery, for which punishments range from community service to 12 years’ jail, or rape, which is four to 19 years.
"The judge — who in court referred to the activists as '#extremists' — justified the long jail terms because all five activists had previously been convicted of one or more offenses in relation to direct action protest. Each were on bail for another set of proceedings when the Zoom call took place. He also noted people missed important doctor’s visits and funerals because of the protest.
"But activists like Gethin say their demonstrations are proportionate to the problem at hand — a rapidly warming world that threatens to transform life as we know it, through deadly #ExtremeWeather events and by pushing #ecosystems to their brinks. They are now battling the bolstered powers of the #police and courts to get their point across.
“'A very harsh sentence like this doesn’t make sense morally or legally — but it does make sense politically,' Gethin told CNN in a handwritten letter from HMP Bronzefield, a women’s prison just south of London’s Heathrow Airport.
"The laws have drawn criticism from the UN’s special rapporteur on #EnvironmentalDefenders, #MichaelForst, who said not only do they criminalize peaceful protest, but they are being enforced in 'punitive and repressive' ways."
Read more:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/14/climate/uk-climate-protests-policing-laws-prison-intl/index.html#BigOilAndGas #ClimateActivists #ClimateProtest #SLAPPs #CorporateColonialism #WaterDefenders
#ClimateDefenders
#EnvironmentalActivists
#SilencingDissent #SLAPPs #ClimateActivists #CorporateColonialism
#EarthDefenders #CriminalizingDissent #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #BiodiversityNecessityDefense
#EarthDefenders
#SLAPPs #Fascism #CivilDisobedience
#Activism #ClimateStrike
#HumanRights #Article20 #2023PublicOrderAct #ClimateNecessityDefense #Corporatocracy #CorporateFascism #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe -
Thousands Sign Support for #Greenpeace and #RedWarriorSociety in #Pipeline #SLAPP
By Greenpeace International, #CensoredNews, Sept. 13, 2024
"We, the undersigned individuals and organisations, formally express our solidarity with Greenpeace against #EnergyTransfer’s meritless $300 million lawsuit.
" #PeacefulProtest and #FreeSpeech are fundamental human rights that underpin social progress. The Energy Transfer $300 million lawsuit against Greenpeace is an abuse of the legal system and a blatant attempt to silence legitimate work to protect people and our planet.
"This lawsuit makes allegations that affect people far beyond Greenpeace. It attempts to rewrite the history of the #Indigenous-led opposition movement at #StandingRock – by absurdly alleging that Greenpeace orchestrated the entire resistance.
"It seeks to hold the Greenpeace organizations in the US and Greenpeace International accountable for actions taken by unaffiliated and unknown individuals. This could have a chilling effect on anyone engaged in peaceful protest and assembly. It also attempts to sue over justified and protected speech, claiming it is '#defamation.' This is #corporate overreach that is part of a disturbing trend of attacks on advocacy and speech around the world.
"We will not allow lawsuits like this one to stop us from advocating for a just, green and peaceful future. On the contrary, we will ensure they have the opposite effect, increasing the support for organizations like Greenpeace and strengthening the broader movement for justice.
"This legal attack on Greenpeace is an attack on us all. We will not stand idly by. We will not be bullied. We will not be divided and we will not be silenced.
"This letter has been signed by more than 290 organisations, tens of thousands of individuals, and a growing list of public figures."
Source:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/09/thousands-sign-support-for-greenpeace.htmlRead the names of support organizations:
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/69660/open-letter-to-energy-transfer/#StandWithStandingRock #BigOilAndGas #ClimateCrisis #ClimateActivists #ClimateProtest #SLAPPs #CorporateColonialism #WaterDefenders
#ClimateDefenders
#EnvironmentalActivists
#SilencingDissent #SLAPPs #ClimateActivists #CorporateColonialism
#EarthDefenders #CriminalizingDissent #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #BiodiversityNecessityDefense
#EarthDefenders
#SLAPPs #Fascism #CivilDisobedience
#Activism #ClimateStrike
#HumanRights #Article20 #2023PublicOrderAct #ClimateNecessityDefense #Corporatocracy #CorporateFascism #DakotaAccessPipeline -
“On Thin Ice”: Western Nations Crack Down on #ClimateActivists with Arrests & Jail Terms
Story by #DemocracyNow
September 12, 2024"As the #ClimateCrisis continues to accelerate, #wealthy governments in the West are clamping down on #ClimateProtest. According to a new report from #ClimateRightsInternational, #demonstrators around the world are being arrested, charged, prosecuted and silenced, simply for using their rights to free expression. One of those prosecuted is activist #JoannaSmith, who last year applied washable school finger paint on the exterior glass case enclosing Edgar Degas’s renowned wax sculpture, Little Dancer, at the National Gallery of Art to draw attention to the urgency of the climate crisis. She was charged and later sentenced to two months in federal prison for her #CivilDisobedience. We speak to Smith just a week after her release, and to #LindaLakhdir, the legal director of Climate Rights International. 'Countries who have held themselves up as beacons of rule of law are essentially repressing peaceful protest,' says Lakhdir. Smith says the nonviolent action she took was intended to highlight the disparity between a sculpture of a child protected from the elements with a strong plexiglass case and the billions of children around the world left unsafe and vulnerable by #ClimateChange's effects. 'The crisis is here now, it’s unfolding in front of us, and our governments are failing us,' she explains.
Read more:
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/9/12/climate_rights_international#WaterDefenders
#ClimateDefenders
#EnvironmentalActivists
#SilencingDissent #SLAPPs #ClimateActivists #CorporateColonialism
#EarthDefenders #CriminalizingDissent #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #BiodiversityNecessityDefense
#EarthDefenders
#SLAPPs #Fascism #CivilDisobedience
#Activism #ClimateStrike
#ClimateActivists
#HumanRights #Corporatocracy
#Article20 #2023PublicOrderAct
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Maybe I read #Orwell's 1984 too many times, but doesn't it seem like handing down harsh prison sentences to #JustStopOil activates for just THINKING about a possible #DirectAction constitute #ThoughtCrime?!!
#TruthTellers #PeopleOverProfits #ClimateEmergency #Ecocide #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest
#CriminalizingDissent
#BiodiversityNecessityDefense
#EarthDefenders #Fascism
#CivilDisobedience #Activism #ClimateStrike #ClimateActivists #HumanRights #SilencingDissent #Corporatocracy
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TY to @RadicalAnthro for making me aware of this!
Five #JustStopOil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25
Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for #nonviolent #protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause #PublicNuisance
Damien Gayle
Thu 18 Jul 2024 12.47 EDT"Gethin, who offered her own comments in mitigation, said: 'I want to remind the court once more that my reasons for taking action were not beliefs or opinions. Earth’s life-support systems are breaking down due to human activities, whether we believe it or not.
"'These are not beliefs or opinions and feeling strongly that this is wrong is greatly understandable, I would argue. I deeply regret that this action was necessary … I maintain that it was necessary and I stand by my actions as the most effective option available to me.'
"Supporters of the defendants expressed outrage at the sentences, which came after a two-week trial in which the judge denied them any of the defences in law for causing a public nuisance.
"Hehir ruled that the jury should not take into account evidence about #ClimateBreakdown, which the defendants wanted to point to as the key motivation behind their actions, and which they said provided them with a #ReasonableExcuse for them."
Read more:
#FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #CriminalizingDissent #BiodiversityNecessityDefense #EarthDefenders #SLAPPs #Fascism #SLAPPs #CivilDisobedience #Activism #ClimateStrike #ClimateActivists #HumanRights #SilencingDissent #Corporatocracy #EarthDefenders #Article20 #ExtremeProtestGroups #2023PublicOrderAct #ClimateNecessityDefense
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Australian biodiversity conservation and 'fighting the government.'
"A rare legal win for an ecologist over a violent confrontation with NSW loggers exposed years of intimidation from corporate forestry representatives and law enforcement ."
"In environmental science circles, state surveillance and persecution of an ecologist whose findings refute or debunk state land management practices surprises no one. Last year, the International Science Council, a body representing more than 250 organisations, summarised that “the findings of environmental scientists … have long triggered censorship, intimidation, harassment and even violence when these challenge economic interests, political agendas, or ideologies”. It reported that scientists “have been physically attacked, wrongfully detained, and killed for their research and advocacy … threats and attacks are widespread in virtually all fields examining human impact on the environment”.
"A 2021 joint university study of Australian environmental scientists found more than half employed in industry or government “are routinely constrained in communicating scientific evidence on threatened species, mining, logging and other threats to the environment”. In some cases, “scientists self-censor information for fear of damaging their careers, losing funding or being misrepresented in the media. In others, senior managers or ministers’ officers prevented researchers from speaking truthfully on scientific matters...In all logged states, time spent fighting the government has overtaken the fieldwork time of ecologists and forest researchers."
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https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/june/katherine-wilson/combative-nature#mtr
#NSWForestry #NSWLogging #LoggingImpacts #breaches #violence #GumbainggirCountry #activism #ecology #conservation #science #researchers #Koalas #ThreatenedSpecies #extractivism #mining #logging #defamation #surveillance #CivilDisobedience #CoffsHarbour #Gondwana #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #ExtinctionCrisis #BiodiversityCrisis #democracy #governance #Australia -
"Militant groups like Palestine Action and Just Stop Oil are using criminal tactics to create mayhem and hold the public and workers to ransom without fear of consequence," Lord Walney said.
Um, #BigCorporations, especially #BigOilAndGas, have been holding THE PLANET and ALL LIFE FORMS to ransom without consequence! Why doesn't the UK (and all the other countries) criminalize ECOCIDE?!!
'Extreme' protest groups face ban under proposal
Harry Farley
May 11, 2024"#Protest groups such as #JustStopOil and #PalestineAction could be banned in a similar way to #terrorist organisations, under a proposal from the government’s adviser on political violence.
"An upcoming report from Lord Walney, which BBC News has seen extracts of, will recommend a new category for proscribing '#ExtremeProtestGroups'.
"It defines these as those which routinely use criminal tactics to try to achieve their aims.
"The sanctions could restrict a group's ability to #fundraise and its #RightToAssembly in the #UK.
"The Home Office said ministers would consider the recommendations."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2qv7425gvwo#FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #CriminalizingDissent #SLAPPs #Fascism
#SLAPPs #CivilDisobedience #Activism #ClimateStrike #FreePalestine #ClimateActivists #HumanRights #SilencingDissent #Corporatocracy #EarthDefenders #Article20 #2023PublicOrderAct -
The people of #Ecuador just made #ClimateJustice history. The world can follow
Voters won a huge battle with the #OilIndustry – proving that we can’t save the planet without robust democracy
by #StevenDonziger, August 31, 2023
"Days ago, voters in Ecuador approved a total ban on oil drilling in protected land in the #Amazon, a 2.5m-acre tract in the #Yasuní national park that might be the world’s most important #biodiversity hotspot. The area is a Unesco-designated biosphere reserve and home to two non-contacted #Indigenous groups. This could be a major step forward for the entire global climate justice movement in ways that are not yet apparent.
"This vote is important not only for Ecuador and for the Indigenous peoples in the Yasuní, who now have hope of living in peace in perpetuity. It is also a potential model for how we can use the democratic process around the world to help slow or even stop the expansion of fossil fuels to the benefit of billions of people.
"The Yasuní referendum proves that real democracy that respects the popular will can be a powerful tool for transitioning to a sustainable future. Ecuador’s state oil company, #Petroecuador, had been producing nearly 60,000 barrels a day in the Yasuní. It now must figure out how to dismantle its entire operation and go home. When in history has a popular vote ever forced an oil company to cease active drilling? Never.
"The Yasuní vote was not the result of a business decision made in a boardroom or government office. It was the product of two decades of #grassroots organizing by citizens and #activists like you and me. I know because I have been to Ecuador more than 250 times to work on a historic pollution case against #Chevron on behalf of the Indigenous people there. Many of the same Indigenous leaders and activists who helped fight Chevron organized the Yasuní vote.
"At the same time, the vote underscores how important it is to protect our increasingly fragile democracy. Without a robust democracy that allows citizens to place issues of critical importance on the ballot without the intermediation of elites, the Yasuní referendum never would have happened.
"The flipside is that powerful #OilAndGas companies understand the threat a real citizen-based democracy poses to their power. They fear a society where citizens can put referendums on the ballot without the approval of business leaders. Those of us in the climate movement often can’t even stop to focus on the connection between democracy and climate justice because we’re so focused on dealing with the immediate crises taking place before our eyes, such as the Maui fire.
"In the United States, it is not broadly known that the #FossilFuel industry quietly funds a national lobbying campaign that has introduced draconian #antiprotest bills in at least 18 states. These laws threaten anyone #protesting at an oil or gas facility with huge fines and serious prison sentences; some states even impose criminal liabilities on non-profit advocacy groups that support the protesters. These are really laws of intimidation designed to stop protest before it happens. And they are also manifesting in other countries including #Australia, the #UnitedKingdom and #Germany.
"As a result, many Americans who have committed #peaceful acts of non-violent #CivilDisobedience – central to the birth of our country and a cornerstone of our political tradition – now face decades in prison. In Atlanta, #Georgia, 42 people have been charged by prosecutors with 'domestic terrorism' for trying to save the city’s last green canopy in the #WeelauneeForest. Local police are trying to raze part of the forest to build a military-style police training academy, colloquially called “#CopCity”, that already resulted in the first police killing of a climate activist in US history. (The police have said that the activist, Manuel Paez #Terán, was used a weapon; activists dispute that claim.)
"The Atlanta cases represent a frightening escalation of attacks on #FreeSpeech and protest in the US. None of those charged – whom authorities accused mainly of vandalism and arson – committed a direct act of violence against another person. Nobody was injured other than the activist shot and killed by police while sitting in the forest.
"That this is happening in a city considered to be one of the cradles of the American civil rights movement shows just how entwined corporate and police power have become in their efforts to erode democratic rights.
"The prosecutions in Georgia are also occurring in a broader context where the right to vote has been seriously impaired. Voter suppression is now a regular feature in many US states, with ludicrous laws being passed to throw out votes. In this short century, two presidents have taken office in the US who did not win the popular vote. Votes are constantly thrown out for the thinnest of reasons, as journalists such as Greg Palast have meticulously documented.
On top of these threats to democracy at the state level, the US #supremecourt and its unelected, mostly #FarRight justices are weakening both our democracy and its ability to regulate the fossil fuel industry. The court has consistently approved measures like voter ID laws and felon disenfranchisement that make it more difficult for historically marginalized groups to vote. It has also, of late, decided its role is to strike down popular legislation, so who knows what they’d do to a popularly won ban on oil drilling.
"I am an #EnvironmentalJustice and #HumanRights lawyer, but one reason I spend significant time focused on issues of democracy is because I simply cannot do my work if our political system does not allow the political space to advocate freely. After I helped Indigenous peoples win a major pollution case in Ecuador, I was detained for almost three years in the US after being targeted with the nation’s first-ever corporate prosecution. My own case is a reminder that the normal rules of democracy can easily be suspended when entrenched economic interests face a serious enough threat to their bottom line.
"As I write this, a heat dome in the US sits over the entire midwest and is affecting 100 million people. Fires have destroyed millions of acres of land. A tropical storm just smacked southern California for the first time, and the historic town of Lahaina in Hawaii burned to the ground with hundreds of people still unaccounted for. In the meantime, the oil industry is reporting record profits, creating enormous incentives for a small group of powerful shareholders to maintain their power by shrinking our democratic space.
What the referendum in Ecuador teaches us is that democratic processes when coupled with strong grassroots organizing can produce startlingly effective results. Taking a cue from our friends in that brave country, the next major move for the climate justice movement could be to launch a national campaign to put the simple question presented in Ecuador before the American people in every state that allows citizens to place their own questions on the ballot. The question is whether we can vote to end the destruction of our planet by the burning of fossil fuels.
"It is clear we cannot trust either of the two major US political parties – both of which mostly support fossil fuel expansion – to adequately address this crisis. We simply cannot save the planet without first protecting and strengthening our democracy."
#OilAndGasIndustry #ClimateCrisis #StopCopCity #ProtectTheForest #FreeDonziger #PardonDonziger
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This is for about 50+ folks who claimed to be pro #HumanRights - against fascism, against racism, against bigotry & against all that most of us deem evil - who spent more time trying to troll or avoid admitting they're colonial slaves for paycheques - than they ever had trying to help out at any real frontlines.
Real #frontlines are where you're uncomfy as fuck & never know when you'll be arrested for #civildisobedience for #GreaterGood ✊
Shut up. Comfy critics. You're cowards & you know it.