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The #CoastalISC is a #nonprofit organization composed of local citizens, representatives from First Nations, governments, utilities, natural resource industries, academia and conservation groups, and others who share a common concern about the impacts of invasive alien plants in #CoastalBC. The Coastal ISC serves the geographic area of #VancouverIsland, the #GulfIslands, and the #SunshineCoast.
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#Naturalists #NatureGuardians #BCInvasivePlants #conservation #stewardship #Environmentalists #EarthFirst #ProtectNativeSpecies #BritishColumbia #Canadian #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #PNW
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Please consider becoming a member!
The #CoastalISC is a #nonprofit organization composed of local citizens, representatives from First Nations, governments, utilities, natural resource industries, academia and conservation groups, and others who share a common concern about the impacts of invasive alien plants in #CoastalBC. The Coastal ISC serves the geographic area of #VancouverIsland, the #GulfIslands, and the #SunshineCoast.
https://www.coastalisc.com/become-a-member
#Naturalists #NatureGuardians #BCInvasivePlants #conservation #stewardship #Environmentalists #EarthFirst #ProtectNativeSpecies #BritishColumbia #Canadian #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #PNW
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Please consider becoming a member!
The #CoastalISC is a #nonprofit organization composed of local citizens, representatives from First Nations, governments, utilities, natural resource industries, academia and conservation groups, and others who share a common concern about the impacts of invasive alien plants in #CoastalBC. The Coastal ISC serves the geographic area of #VancouverIsland, the #GulfIslands, and the #SunshineCoast.
https://www.coastalisc.com/become-a-member
#Naturalists #NatureGuardians #BCInvasivePlants #conservation #stewardship #Environmentalists #EarthFirst #ProtectNativeSpecies #BritishColumbia #Canadian #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #PNW
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Please consider becoming a member!
The #CoastalISC is a #nonprofit organization composed of local citizens, representatives from First Nations, governments, utilities, natural resource industries, academia and conservation groups, and others who share a common concern about the impacts of invasive alien plants in #CoastalBC. The Coastal ISC serves the geographic area of #VancouverIsland, the #GulfIslands, and the #SunshineCoast.
https://www.coastalisc.com/become-a-member
#Naturalists #NatureGuardians #BCInvasivePlants #conservation #stewardship #Environmentalists #EarthFirst #ProtectNativeSpecies #BritishColumbia #Canadian #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #PNW
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Please consider becoming a member!
The #CoastalISC is a #nonprofit organization composed of local citizens, representatives from First Nations, governments, utilities, natural resource industries, academia and conservation groups, and others who share a common concern about the impacts of invasive alien plants in #CoastalBC. The Coastal ISC serves the geographic area of #VancouverIsland, the #GulfIslands, and the #SunshineCoast.
https://www.coastalisc.com/become-a-member
#Naturalists #NatureGuardians #BCInvasivePlants #conservation #stewardship #Environmentalists #EarthFirst #ProtectNativeSpecies #BritishColumbia #Canadian #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #PNW
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Today's radsome #sticker spotting. I love it.
Guillotine billionaires.
Yes - or feed #billionaires into woodchippers.
#SaveThePlanet & put billionaires into the chippy chop 👍#FuckBillionaires #AbolishBillionaires #AntiCapitalist #KickTheRich #PuntBillionaires #MakeBillionairesCry #ImprisonBillionaires #ClassWar #EarthFirst #OneEarth #EcoJustice #Environmentalists #RadStickers #guillotine #Antifascist
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#ThePOVchannel: astonishing trek through one of the last truly natural paradises on earth - a canyon in the so-called u.s.a.
#GifsArtidote: stay the fuck away and let this place have a chance of surviving our madness. watch this incredible video instead.
#EarthIsOurParadise #WeAreGuardians #nature #EarthFirst #StopConsumingStartSurviving
#press #media #MentalHealth #history #NativeWisdom #respect -
#ThePOVchannel: astonishing trek through one of the last truly natural paradises on earth - a canyon in the so-called u.s.a.
#GifsArtidote: stay the fuck away and let this place have a chance of surviving our madness. watch this incredible video instead.
#EarthIsOurParadise #WeAreGuardians #nature #EarthFirst #StopConsumingStartSurviving
#press #media #MentalHealth #history #NativeWisdom #respect -
#ThePOVchannel: astonishing trek through one of the last truly natural paradises on earth - a canyon in the so-called u.s.a.
#GifsArtidote: stay the fuck away and let this place have a chance of surviving our madness. watch this incredible video instead.
#EarthIsOurParadise #WeAreGuardians #nature #EarthFirst #StopConsumingStartSurviving
#press #media #MentalHealth #history #NativeWisdom #respect -
#ThePOVchannel: astonishing trek through one of the last truly natural paradises on earth - a canyon in the so-called u.s.a.
#GifsArtidote: stay the fuck away and let this place have a chance of surviving our madness. watch this incredible video instead.
#EarthIsOurParadise #WeAreGuardians #nature #EarthFirst #StopConsumingStartSurviving
#press #media #MentalHealth #history #NativeWisdom #respect -
#ThePOVchannel: astonishing trek through one of the last truly natural paradises on earth - a canyon in the so-called u.s.a.
#GifsArtidote: stay the fuck away and let this place have a chance of surviving our madness. watch this incredible video instead.
#EarthIsOurParadise #WeAreGuardians #nature #EarthFirst #StopConsumingStartSurviving
#press #media #MentalHealth #history #NativeWisdom #respect -
#trees live in #community #forests just like humans do in cities.
#GifsArtidote: i feel i am like a tree by myself, in a homogenised forest of more & more of the same trees, which are systematically being cut down.
#StopConsumingStartSurviving
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#trees live in #community #forests just like humans do in cities.
#GifsArtidote: i feel i am like a tree by myself, in a homogenised forest of more & more of the same trees, which are systematically being cut down.
#StopConsumingStartSurviving
#SaveOurForests #nature #HumanClimateChange #EarthFirst #press #media #science #biology -
The moment when you learn something cool about a friend that you didn't know before. I was hanging out with a friend before today's Pride Parade and saw that he had a special issue of the "#EarthFirst Journal" on his coffee table. Having been in an EF affiliate group in the northeast, I asked if I could thumb through it. When I got to a certain page, my friend pointed to photograph of some people at an action. "Recognize that nerd?" he asked. "OMGs! That's you!" He then proceeded to tell me what it was like being at the tree sittings in Eugene, Oregon when they were trying to save a forest from being cut down. The cops went crazy with pepper spray, attacking the protestors in ways I won't detail (but very #ACAB). Un-armed protestors. In trees. My friend tells me that this incident radicalized a LOT of folks -- as did some of the subsequent ones that soon followed...
From Wikipedia: Eugene Oregon - 1990s: #Anarchist activity
"Attempts by the city to remove a forest grove at downtown Broadway and Charnelton were met with protests on June 1, 1997. Forty trees in downtown Eugene were cut down to make way for a housing, retail, and parking project and were met with community resistance.
"The Eugene [#policeforce] was accused of overreaction and excessive use of force for their flagrant use of pepper spray, which was defended by Republican mayor Jim Torrey. In the Whitaker District, citizens were further radicalized by the incident and helped spur the activist community, which was already burgeoning due to a lack of affordable housing and growing income inequality in the area."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_activism_in_Eugene,_Oregon
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Wenn es zu viel Luftwiderstand gibt oder: Die Romantisierung der Revolution
Das ist eine Geschichte über „Andor“, diese #StarWars-Serie, aber du musst sie nicht gesehen haben, und ich glaube, ich kann darüber reden, ohne was zu verraten. Es geht um eine Revolution und wird von einem Sender (#Disney+) gemacht, der auf der #BDS-Liste steht, weil er Schauspieler engagiert, die den #Völkermord an den Palästinensern direkt unterstützen. Es gibt eine Szene und eine Rede, und wenn du die zweite Staffel gesehen hast, weißt du, von welcher ich rede. Es ist ganz am Ende von Folge fünf. Alles, was du wissen musst, ist, dass zwei #Revolutionäre, ein alter und ein junger, dabei sind, Weltraum-Benzin zu klauen, was für sie ein großes Risiko bedeutet. Die Pipeline, die sie angezapft haben, explodiert, wenn sie auch nur einen einzigen Fehler machen. Das Weltraumbenzin („Rhydo“) ist giftig, wenn man es einatmet, und der jüngere Revolutionär trägt eine Maske. Der ältere nicht. Er nähert sich und atmet tief ein. Der jüngere, Wilmon, der schon mehr Scheiße gesehen hat, als ich jemals sehen werde, fragt: „Wie kannst du das tun?“ Der Ältere, Saw Gerrera, ist ein Revolutionär, der sich weigert, die Revolution auf die nette Art zu machen, wie es der Rest der offiziellen „Rebellion“ will. Er antwortet: Weil ich es verstehe. Weil sie meine Schwester Rhydo ist und mich liebt! Dieses Jucken, dieses Brennen ... Spürst du, wie sehr sie explodieren will? Merke dir das. Merke dir diesen Moment! Diese perfekte Nacht. Du denkst, ich bin verrückt? Ja, das bin ich. Revolution ist nichts für Vernünftige. Schau uns an: ungeliebt, gejagt, Kanonenfutter. Wir werden alle tot sein, bevor die Republik zurück ist, und doch ... sind wir hier. Wo bist du, Junge? Du bist hier! Du bist nicht bei Luthen [dem Anführer der traditionelleren Rebellion]. Du bist hier! Du bist genau hier, und du bist bereit zu kämpfen! Wir sind das Rhydo, Junge. Wir sind der Treibstoff. Wir sind das, was explodiert, wenn die Spannung in der Luft zu groß wird. Lass es rein, Junge! Das ist die Freiheit, die dich ruft! Lass es rein! Lass es laufen! Lass es wild laufen!“ Ich habe mir das diese Woche angesehen und die Szene dreimal zurückgespult, um sie dreimal zu hören.Die Vorstellung, dass wir die Revolution nicht erleben werden, aber dass unser Leben trotzdem schön ist, dass wir Momente wie „diese perfekte Nacht“ haben, ist berauschend. Ist es gut, so berauscht zu sein? Ich weiß es nicht. Ich denke viel über die #Romantisierung des Leidens nach. Als ich in einem Van lebte, tat ich das nicht, weil ich ein „Vanlife“ führen wollte, sondern weil ich fast kein Geld hatte und einen trockenen Platz zum Schlafen und eine Möglichkeit brauchte, von Ort zu Ort zu kommen, um meine #Aktivistenarbeit fortzusetzen. Ich hasste die Romantisierung des Van-Lebens, die makellosen Fotos von perfekten Stränden und 50.000-Dollar-Vans. Nicht, dass mein eigenes Leben nicht schön gewesen wäre. Wenn überhaupt, hatte ich das Gefühl, dass die Leute auf #Instagram eine blasse Imitation dessen lebten, was ich tat, und nicht umgekehrt. Ich schlief in besetzten #Landprojekten in der Wüste, ließ Leute bei #EarthFirst!-Versammlungen in meinem Van vor dem Regen Schutz suchen und fuhr mit diesem Van auf #Lesereisen für Bücher und politische Anliegen. Dieses Leben war auch verdammt hart. Mein Van ging immer wieder kaputt und ich saß in dieser oder jener Stadt, in dieser oder jener Einfahrt fest. In einem Winter in #Olympia schimmelte mein Van und alles darin. Das Leben auf engstem Raum war hart für meinen Körper und ich hatte Probleme, einige #Verletzungen zu heilen. Schließlich, nach Jahren, zog ich in eine netzunabhängige Scheune und sparte langsam Geld, um auf dem Grundstück eines Freundes eine 12 x 12 Fuß große, netzunabhängige Hütte mit A-Rahmen zu bauen. Vom Leben im Van zum Tiny House. Alles, was man romantisieren sollte. Ein #TinyHouse ist meiner Meinung nach nur dann eine Verbesserung, wenn man vorher kein Haus hatte. Die meisten Menschen sind nicht glücklicher, wenn sie netzunabhängig leben. Die meisten Menschen sind nicht glücklicher, wenn sie in ihren Fahrzeugen leben. Aber wenn es das ist, was man hat, ist es sinnvoll, das Schöne daran zu sehen. Es ist sinnvoll, es zu romantisieren. An manchen Nächten im Van, wenn der Wind durch die Bäume rauschte, war ich glücklich. An manchen Sommertagen in der Hängematte vor meiner Hütte war ich glücklich. Wenn zwei Revolutionäre, die sich der ethischen Verpflichtung verschrieben haben, das galaktische #Imperium zu stürzen, Dämpfe einatmen und poetisch über ihre perfekte Nacht des Verbrechens schwärmen, treffen sie die richtige Entscheidung. Wenn du sterben wirst, bevor du den Erfolg deiner Revolution erleben kannst, kannst du genauso gut das Beste daraus machen. Du kannst genauso gut dein kurzes Leben mit so viel Sinn füllen, wie du nur kannst. Das ist sicher eine schöne Art zu leben. Es ist wichtig, dass wir lernen, das Schöne in unserer Situation zu sehen, egal wie schlimm sie ist, auch wenn es nur die Schönheit eines sinnlosen Kampfes ist. Es gibt dieses alte Buch, „Katechismus eines Revolutionärs“, aus dem Jahr 1869. Es stammt von einem russischen #Nihilisten namens Sergej #Nechajew. Manchmal sind Leute ziemlich begeistert von diesem Buch. Es ist berauschend. Der Revolutionär ist ein zum Scheitern verurteilter Mann, heißt es gleich im ersten Satz. Schauen wir uns doch mal den ganzen ersten Absatz an: Der Revolutionär ist ein zum Scheitern verurteilter Mann. Er hat keine privaten Interessen, keine Affären, keine Gefühle, keine Bindungen, keinen Besitz und nicht einmal einen eigenen Namen. Sein ganzes Wesen wird von einem einzigen Ziel, einem einzigen Gedanken, einer einzigen Leidenschaft verschlungen – der Revolution. Mit Leib und Seele, nicht nur mit Worten, sondern mit Taten, hat er alle Verbindungen zur sozialen #Ordnung und zur gesamten zivilisierten Welt, zu den Gesetzen, guten #Sitten, #Konventionen und #Moralvorstellungen dieser Welt abgebrochen. Er ist ihr gnadenloser Feind und lebt nur noch mit einem einzigen Ziel: sie zu zerstören. Ein weiteres Zitat aus dem Buch, der Revolutionär: Er muss alle sozialen Strukturen, einschließlich der #Polizei, infiltrieren. Er muss reiche und einflussreiche Leute ausnutzen und sie sich unterwerfen. Er muss das Elend der einfachen Leute verschlimmern, um ihre Geduld zu erschöpfen und sie zum #Aufstand anzustacheln. Und schließlich muss er sich mit der brutalen Welt der #Gewaltverbrecher verbünden, den einzigen wahren Revolutionären in #Russland. Nach dem #Katechismus ist im Namen der Revolution im Grunde alles gerechtfertigt. Das wurde in der Zeit der Zaren geschrieben, weniger als ein Jahrzehnt nach dem Ende der #Leibeigenschaft, in einer Zeit, in der viele Leute verzweifelt nach einem Weg suchten, den Zaren von einer ganzen Person in viele kleine Stücke zu verwandeln, meist mit #Sprengstoff. Was natürlich eine vernünftige Maßnahme gegenüber #Autokraten ist. Aber man muss wissen, dass der Typ, der dieses Buch geschrieben hat, Nechayev, ein Stück Scheiße war. Das ist, glaube ich, der Fachbegriff dafür. Nicht nur „er war so der Revolution verschrieben, dass er gegenüber Menschen gefühllos war“, sondern einfach ein aggressiver schlechter Mensch, der meiner Meinung nach eher schädlich für die Bewegung war, die er angeblich liebte. Er war in eine andere russische Nihilistin verliebt, eine Frau namens Vera, aber sie wollte nichts von ihm wissen, also floh er in die #Schweiz. Dort traf er den berühmten Anarchisten Michail Bakunin und betrog den alten Mann, soweit ich das beurteilen kann. Nechayev sagte so etwas wie: „Hey, ich bin Teil dieser riesigen, absolut echten #Geheimgesellschaft in Russland, und du solltest uns finanziell unterstützen.“ Also gab #Bakunin, gegen den Rat seiner Freunde, Nechayev Kontakte und half ihm, eine Menge #Propaganda zu drucken. Und Nechayevs konkreter Plan war, seine eigenen Freunde ohne deren Einverständnis verhaften zu lassen, um sie zu radikalisieren. Vor allem Vera, die Frau, die ihn abgelehnt hatte... (...) Weiterlesen in meiner Übersetzung des Beitrages "When There's Too Much Friction in the Air or: The Romanticization of Revolution" von @[email protected]@kolektiva.social vom 04. Juni 2025 #Anarchismus #Revolution #Romantik #Verrat -
@Crispius #PR is only a benefit if each of the people’s interests e.g. those in education, has a Democratic Right to elect their Representatives to propose legislation and all the interests elected Delegates to vote on it being passed or amended. Call that #PRI #ThePeople #ConstitutingRights #OligarchsEnd #EmpiresDieForever #TheFederationLives #FascistFossils #EthicallySustainableRights #EarthFirst #FascistCultLast #FascistsAreNihilists
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@godpod No one is safe who drinks from the #Ai of snake oil salesmen! Deity crushes the total control of inflation nihilists. Yah gods of mice and small men. Farther cult, tic toc MF #SnakeOil #Ouroboros #InformationHegemony #EarthFirst #FBI #TheFederation #EmpiresEnd #Deity
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@rapunzellet What is the science of logic behind the U.K. and the Asian countries seeking to make deals to reduce Trump’s tariffs? Is it not fear of blackmail to crash their economies, like Empire’s oligarchy has been doing to so many other Nations? Truth is oligarchs fear they are losing their power and revolutions need to be crushed, but there are no bounds to their avarice. Capitulation to Empire’s fascist cults is not necessary. Together we stand, divided the oligarchs Empire grinds us all into toxic dust! #Mabe, Mother Earth doesn’t need permission or a Pope to hit back. Hydra’s totalitarian world order is at the point of inflection, one way or the other it will crash. Preparation is better than thoughts and prayers, as procrastination will exact a heavy price. #TheMabeNeedsUs #TheTitansReleased #EqualRights #FreedomFromInjustice #PRI #EcocideEmpireIsDoomed #EarthFirst #HydraDestroysWorlds https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2025/4/3/trumps-tariffs-which-countries-will-hit-back-and-which-likely-wont
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So, fracturing amongst the various environmental and social justice groups has been going on as long as I've been in the movement. But there have always been those (like myself and some of my colleagues in #EarthFirst and the #ThomasMortonAlliance and #AIM) that saw #HumanRights abuses and #EnvironmentalPollution as being connected -- and that #CorporateGreed was the main driver of most of the issues facing our planet!
Hear Me Out: In 2025, Climate Activists Should Spend Less Time on Climate
If you’re a climate activist who doesn’t know what to do for the next four years, the answer is remarkably simple: Join other movements.
“[Climate is] not more urgent than kids being ripped away from their families and dying in the desert—anyone who tries to win that argument is monstrous themselves. We either merge, join forces, or we lose,” #NaomiKlein, 2019.
Sophie Shepherd
Jan 09, 2025, Common Dreams"Yet my optimism arises out of a different trend in the climate movement: Climate activists are (finally) showing up for other movements.
"Historically, the climate movement has attempted to isolate itself from other political and social issues, arguing that climate policy is 'just science.' This majority-white movement has failed to see that fossil fuel emissions are part of a larger history of the Global North #colonizing and exploiting both people and the planet for decades. The climate crisis is a symptom of a broader exploitative system. To change that system, we need a united left that will fight for all people—not just those who identify as environmentalists.
"In 2020, climate activists were rightfully berated for not showing up enough for the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Thankfully, I think many climate activists heard that message because today, they have come out in droves for #Palestine.
"Many of the college students who organized campus encampments last spring to urge their school administrators to divest from Israel and the U.S. imperial war machine were students who had previously organized for climate justice. I witnessed this firsthand at the Claremont Colleges when I was a senior: The student organizations demanding fossil fuel divestment fell to the wayside as the crisis in Gaza intensified. Globally, many climate organizations chose to speak out and take direct action to call for a cease-fire in Gaza.
"But none of these climate activists had stopped caring about the climate. In fact, they often pointed out that Israel’s actions were not just #genocide, but #ecocide as well. The onslaught of #bombs dropped on Gaza will contaminate the soil and groundwater in the region for decades. And the destruction has produced at least 54.5 million tons of carbon dioxide, equal to the annual emissions of 16 coal-fired power plants.
"Climate activists cannot claim to fight for a just future and stay silent about genocide. 'If we, as climate activists, aren’t able to see and speak up against the current #marginalization and oppression and killing of people today, then I don’t think we should be able to call ourselves #climatejustice [activists],' climate champion #GretaThunberg told Al Jazeera in early December 2024.
"As Trump prepares to enter the White House, we will undoubtedly see more people oppressed and killed. Among the many groups who are vulnerable under his administration are undocumented immigrants, whom Trump has vowed to round up and deport.
"Migrant justice has long been intertwined with climate justice. As climate change makes many areas around the world uninhabitable, climate refugees have no choice but to leave their home.
In response to Trump’s election, climate organizers Jeff Ordower and Ahmed Gaya called on their fellow activists to bring their experiences of shutting down pipelines and coal plants to fight the incarceration and deportation we can expect under Trump. Climate activists should answer this call: The struggles for migrant justice and climate justice are intertwined, and we must meet the needs of the current moment.
"'[Climate is] not more urgent than kids being ripped away from their families and dying in the desert—anyone who tries to win that argument is monstrous themselves. We either merge, join forces, or we lose,' writer and activist Naomi Klein said in 2019.
"With Trump as president, things will undoubtedly get worse before they get better. We need to build a strong left to fight fascism during Trump’s presidency and to build a just green future in its aftermath. To do so, climate activists must put their words into action when they say they fight for every living being."
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/climate-movement-fight-fascism?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
#WaterIsLife #NoGenocide #NoBombs #HumanRightsAreNeverWrong -
So, fracturing amongst the various environmental and social justice groups has been going on as long as I've been in the movement. But there have always been those (like myself and some of my colleagues in #EarthFirst and the #ThomasMortonAlliance and #AIM) that saw #HumanRights abuses and #EnvironmentalPollution as being connected -- and that #CorporateGreed was the main driver of most of the issues facing our planet!
Hear Me Out: In 2025, Climate Activists Should Spend Less Time on Climate
If you’re a climate activist who doesn’t know what to do for the next four years, the answer is remarkably simple: Join other movements.
“[Climate is] not more urgent than kids being ripped away from their families and dying in the desert—anyone who tries to win that argument is monstrous themselves. We either merge, join forces, or we lose,” #NaomiKlein, 2019.
Sophie Shepherd
Jan 09, 2025, Common Dreams"Yet my optimism arises out of a different trend in the climate movement: Climate activists are (finally) showing up for other movements.
"Historically, the climate movement has attempted to isolate itself from other political and social issues, arguing that climate policy is 'just science.' This majority-white movement has failed to see that fossil fuel emissions are part of a larger history of the Global North #colonizing and exploiting both people and the planet for decades. The climate crisis is a symptom of a broader exploitative system. To change that system, we need a united left that will fight for all people—not just those who identify as environmentalists.
"In 2020, climate activists were rightfully berated for not showing up enough for the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Thankfully, I think many climate activists heard that message because today, they have come out in droves for #Palestine.
"Many of the college students who organized campus encampments last spring to urge their school administrators to divest from Israel and the U.S. imperial war machine were students who had previously organized for climate justice. I witnessed this firsthand at the Claremont Colleges when I was a senior: The student organizations demanding fossil fuel divestment fell to the wayside as the crisis in Gaza intensified. Globally, many climate organizations chose to speak out and take direct action to call for a cease-fire in Gaza.
"But none of these climate activists had stopped caring about the climate. In fact, they often pointed out that Israel’s actions were not just #genocide, but #ecocide as well. The onslaught of #bombs dropped on Gaza will contaminate the soil and groundwater in the region for decades. And the destruction has produced at least 54.5 million tons of carbon dioxide, equal to the annual emissions of 16 coal-fired power plants.
"Climate activists cannot claim to fight for a just future and stay silent about genocide. 'If we, as climate activists, aren’t able to see and speak up against the current #marginalization and oppression and killing of people today, then I don’t think we should be able to call ourselves #climatejustice [activists],' climate champion #GretaThunberg told Al Jazeera in early December 2024.
"As Trump prepares to enter the White House, we will undoubtedly see more people oppressed and killed. Among the many groups who are vulnerable under his administration are undocumented immigrants, whom Trump has vowed to round up and deport.
"Migrant justice has long been intertwined with climate justice. As climate change makes many areas around the world uninhabitable, climate refugees have no choice but to leave their home.
In response to Trump’s election, climate organizers Jeff Ordower and Ahmed Gaya called on their fellow activists to bring their experiences of shutting down pipelines and coal plants to fight the incarceration and deportation we can expect under Trump. Climate activists should answer this call: The struggles for migrant justice and climate justice are intertwined, and we must meet the needs of the current moment.
"'[Climate is] not more urgent than kids being ripped away from their families and dying in the desert—anyone who tries to win that argument is monstrous themselves. We either merge, join forces, or we lose,' writer and activist Naomi Klein said in 2019.
"With Trump as president, things will undoubtedly get worse before they get better. We need to build a strong left to fight fascism during Trump’s presidency and to build a just green future in its aftermath. To do so, climate activists must put their words into action when they say they fight for every living being."
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/climate-movement-fight-fascism?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
#WaterIsLife #NoGenocide #NoBombs #HumanRightsAreNeverWrong -
So, fracturing amongst the various environmental and social justice groups has been going on as long as I've been in the movement. But there have always been those (like myself and some of my colleagues in #EarthFirst and the #ThomasMortonAlliance and #AIM) that saw #HumanRights abuses and #EnvironmentalPollution as being connected -- and that #CorporateGreed was the main driver of most of the issues facing our planet!
Hear Me Out: In 2025, Climate Activists Should Spend Less Time on Climate
If you’re a climate activist who doesn’t know what to do for the next four years, the answer is remarkably simple: Join other movements.
“[Climate is] not more urgent than kids being ripped away from their families and dying in the desert—anyone who tries to win that argument is monstrous themselves. We either merge, join forces, or we lose,” #NaomiKlein, 2019.
Sophie Shepherd
Jan 09, 2025, Common Dreams"Yet my optimism arises out of a different trend in the climate movement: Climate activists are (finally) showing up for other movements.
"Historically, the climate movement has attempted to isolate itself from other political and social issues, arguing that climate policy is 'just science.' This majority-white movement has failed to see that fossil fuel emissions are part of a larger history of the Global North #colonizing and exploiting both people and the planet for decades. The climate crisis is a symptom of a broader exploitative system. To change that system, we need a united left that will fight for all people—not just those who identify as environmentalists.
"In 2020, climate activists were rightfully berated for not showing up enough for the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Thankfully, I think many climate activists heard that message because today, they have come out in droves for #Palestine.
"Many of the college students who organized campus encampments last spring to urge their school administrators to divest from Israel and the U.S. imperial war machine were students who had previously organized for climate justice. I witnessed this firsthand at the Claremont Colleges when I was a senior: The student organizations demanding fossil fuel divestment fell to the wayside as the crisis in Gaza intensified. Globally, many climate organizations chose to speak out and take direct action to call for a cease-fire in Gaza.
"But none of these climate activists had stopped caring about the climate. In fact, they often pointed out that Israel’s actions were not just #genocide, but #ecocide as well. The onslaught of #bombs dropped on Gaza will contaminate the soil and groundwater in the region for decades. And the destruction has produced at least 54.5 million tons of carbon dioxide, equal to the annual emissions of 16 coal-fired power plants.
"Climate activists cannot claim to fight for a just future and stay silent about genocide. 'If we, as climate activists, aren’t able to see and speak up against the current #marginalization and oppression and killing of people today, then I don’t think we should be able to call ourselves #climatejustice [activists],' climate champion #GretaThunberg told Al Jazeera in early December 2024.
"As Trump prepares to enter the White House, we will undoubtedly see more people oppressed and killed. Among the many groups who are vulnerable under his administration are undocumented immigrants, whom Trump has vowed to round up and deport.
"Migrant justice has long been intertwined with climate justice. As climate change makes many areas around the world uninhabitable, climate refugees have no choice but to leave their home.
In response to Trump’s election, climate organizers Jeff Ordower and Ahmed Gaya called on their fellow activists to bring their experiences of shutting down pipelines and coal plants to fight the incarceration and deportation we can expect under Trump. Climate activists should answer this call: The struggles for migrant justice and climate justice are intertwined, and we must meet the needs of the current moment.
"'[Climate is] not more urgent than kids being ripped away from their families and dying in the desert—anyone who tries to win that argument is monstrous themselves. We either merge, join forces, or we lose,' writer and activist Naomi Klein said in 2019.
"With Trump as president, things will undoubtedly get worse before they get better. We need to build a strong left to fight fascism during Trump’s presidency and to build a just green future in its aftermath. To do so, climate activists must put their words into action when they say they fight for every living being."
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/climate-movement-fight-fascism?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
#WaterIsLife #NoGenocide #NoBombs #HumanRightsAreNeverWrong -
So, fracturing amongst the various environmental and social justice groups has been going on as long as I've been in the movement. But there have always been those (like myself and some of my colleagues in #EarthFirst and the #ThomasMortonAlliance and #AIM) that saw #HumanRights abuses and #EnvironmentalPollution as being connected -- and that #CorporateGreed was the main driver of most of the issues facing our planet!
Hear Me Out: In 2025, Climate Activists Should Spend Less Time on Climate
If you’re a climate activist who doesn’t know what to do for the next four years, the answer is remarkably simple: Join other movements.
“[Climate is] not more urgent than kids being ripped away from their families and dying in the desert—anyone who tries to win that argument is monstrous themselves. We either merge, join forces, or we lose,” #NaomiKlein, 2019.
Sophie Shepherd
Jan 09, 2025, Common Dreams"Yet my optimism arises out of a different trend in the climate movement: Climate activists are (finally) showing up for other movements.
"Historically, the climate movement has attempted to isolate itself from other political and social issues, arguing that climate policy is 'just science.' This majority-white movement has failed to see that fossil fuel emissions are part of a larger history of the Global North #colonizing and exploiting both people and the planet for decades. The climate crisis is a symptom of a broader exploitative system. To change that system, we need a united left that will fight for all people—not just those who identify as environmentalists.
"In 2020, climate activists were rightfully berated for not showing up enough for the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Thankfully, I think many climate activists heard that message because today, they have come out in droves for #Palestine.
"Many of the college students who organized campus encampments last spring to urge their school administrators to divest from Israel and the U.S. imperial war machine were students who had previously organized for climate justice. I witnessed this firsthand at the Claremont Colleges when I was a senior: The student organizations demanding fossil fuel divestment fell to the wayside as the crisis in Gaza intensified. Globally, many climate organizations chose to speak out and take direct action to call for a cease-fire in Gaza.
"But none of these climate activists had stopped caring about the climate. In fact, they often pointed out that Israel’s actions were not just #genocide, but #ecocide as well. The onslaught of #bombs dropped on Gaza will contaminate the soil and groundwater in the region for decades. And the destruction has produced at least 54.5 million tons of carbon dioxide, equal to the annual emissions of 16 coal-fired power plants.
"Climate activists cannot claim to fight for a just future and stay silent about genocide. 'If we, as climate activists, aren’t able to see and speak up against the current #marginalization and oppression and killing of people today, then I don’t think we should be able to call ourselves #climatejustice [activists],' climate champion #GretaThunberg told Al Jazeera in early December 2024.
"As Trump prepares to enter the White House, we will undoubtedly see more people oppressed and killed. Among the many groups who are vulnerable under his administration are undocumented immigrants, whom Trump has vowed to round up and deport.
"Migrant justice has long been intertwined with climate justice. As climate change makes many areas around the world uninhabitable, climate refugees have no choice but to leave their home.
In response to Trump’s election, climate organizers Jeff Ordower and Ahmed Gaya called on their fellow activists to bring their experiences of shutting down pipelines and coal plants to fight the incarceration and deportation we can expect under Trump. Climate activists should answer this call: The struggles for migrant justice and climate justice are intertwined, and we must meet the needs of the current moment.
"'[Climate is] not more urgent than kids being ripped away from their families and dying in the desert—anyone who tries to win that argument is monstrous themselves. We either merge, join forces, or we lose,' writer and activist Naomi Klein said in 2019.
"With Trump as president, things will undoubtedly get worse before they get better. We need to build a strong left to fight fascism during Trump’s presidency and to build a just green future in its aftermath. To do so, climate activists must put their words into action when they say they fight for every living being."
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/climate-movement-fight-fascism?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
#WaterIsLife #NoGenocide #NoBombs #HumanRightsAreNeverWrong -
So, fracturing amongst the various environmental and social justice groups has been going on as long as I've been in the movement. But there have always been those (like myself and some of my colleagues in #EarthFirst and the #ThomasMortonAlliance and #AIM) that saw #HumanRights abuses and #EnvironmentalPollution as being connected -- and that #CorporateGreed was the main driver of most of the issues facing our planet!
Hear Me Out: In 2025, Climate Activists Should Spend Less Time on Climate
If you’re a climate activist who doesn’t know what to do for the next four years, the answer is remarkably simple: Join other movements.
“[Climate is] not more urgent than kids being ripped away from their families and dying in the desert—anyone who tries to win that argument is monstrous themselves. We either merge, join forces, or we lose,” #NaomiKlein, 2019.
Sophie Shepherd
Jan 09, 2025, Common Dreams"Yet my optimism arises out of a different trend in the climate movement: Climate activists are (finally) showing up for other movements.
"Historically, the climate movement has attempted to isolate itself from other political and social issues, arguing that climate policy is 'just science.' This majority-white movement has failed to see that fossil fuel emissions are part of a larger history of the Global North #colonizing and exploiting both people and the planet for decades. The climate crisis is a symptom of a broader exploitative system. To change that system, we need a united left that will fight for all people—not just those who identify as environmentalists.
"In 2020, climate activists were rightfully berated for not showing up enough for the #BlackLivesMatter movement. Thankfully, I think many climate activists heard that message because today, they have come out in droves for #Palestine.
"Many of the college students who organized campus encampments last spring to urge their school administrators to divest from Israel and the U.S. imperial war machine were students who had previously organized for climate justice. I witnessed this firsthand at the Claremont Colleges when I was a senior: The student organizations demanding fossil fuel divestment fell to the wayside as the crisis in Gaza intensified. Globally, many climate organizations chose to speak out and take direct action to call for a cease-fire in Gaza.
"But none of these climate activists had stopped caring about the climate. In fact, they often pointed out that Israel’s actions were not just #genocide, but #ecocide as well. The onslaught of #bombs dropped on Gaza will contaminate the soil and groundwater in the region for decades. And the destruction has produced at least 54.5 million tons of carbon dioxide, equal to the annual emissions of 16 coal-fired power plants.
"Climate activists cannot claim to fight for a just future and stay silent about genocide. 'If we, as climate activists, aren’t able to see and speak up against the current #marginalization and oppression and killing of people today, then I don’t think we should be able to call ourselves #climatejustice [activists],' climate champion #GretaThunberg told Al Jazeera in early December 2024.
"As Trump prepares to enter the White House, we will undoubtedly see more people oppressed and killed. Among the many groups who are vulnerable under his administration are undocumented immigrants, whom Trump has vowed to round up and deport.
"Migrant justice has long been intertwined with climate justice. As climate change makes many areas around the world uninhabitable, climate refugees have no choice but to leave their home.
In response to Trump’s election, climate organizers Jeff Ordower and Ahmed Gaya called on their fellow activists to bring their experiences of shutting down pipelines and coal plants to fight the incarceration and deportation we can expect under Trump. Climate activists should answer this call: The struggles for migrant justice and climate justice are intertwined, and we must meet the needs of the current moment.
"'[Climate is] not more urgent than kids being ripped away from their families and dying in the desert—anyone who tries to win that argument is monstrous themselves. We either merge, join forces, or we lose,' writer and activist Naomi Klein said in 2019.
"With Trump as president, things will undoubtedly get worse before they get better. We need to build a strong left to fight fascism during Trump’s presidency and to build a just green future in its aftermath. To do so, climate activists must put their words into action when they say they fight for every living being."
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/climate-movement-fight-fascism?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
#WaterIsLife #NoGenocide #NoBombs #HumanRightsAreNeverWrong -
If there is some sort of reckoning after we die, I will face the Creator and tell them honestly that I did everything I could to protect those weaker/less fortunate than myself and to protect Creation (with the exception of a few weak moments). We should all strive to live that way. If we're only accountable to the #Bumblebees, I'm fine with that. To me, #NatureIsGod. To go against Nature is to go against The Creator. Life on Earth is so precious. We should put #NatureFirst, #EarthFirst!
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A long time ago, I decided that to sacrifice myself in defense of #MotherEarth would be a good way to die. I still feel the same way.
"I wanna be a witness
Or a victim to your spell
Crackling in lightening
Dressed in shadows
Red like a carousel"
- Savage Earth Heart by #TheWaterboys (#MikeScott, #KarlWallinger), 1983.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BwX8uaOCww
#EarthFirst #SpiderWoman #PurificationDay #HopiProphecy #InDefenseOfMotherEarth #FridayNightMusicVideos #SavageEarthHeart -
CW: Spycops/deceit, new person's testimony
Eleanor Fairbraida, Earth First activist in the 2000s in Nottingham, has come out as one of the deceived partners of spy-cop Mark Kennedy.
"Her decision to speak out ... coincides with the revelation that Kennedy, a former officer in the secretive National Public Order Intelligence Unit (NPOIU), is being investigated over allegations of criminal misconduct."
#SpyCops #police #Nottingham #EarthFirst #MarkKennedy #MarkStone
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Windows smashed at ecocide office building
from This is Not a DrillThis morning [17th of March], a group of activists in Cambridge broke the windows and spray painted the office building at 50 – 60 Station Road near the rail station. They sent us this explanation.
Why did we choose this anonymous-
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2023/03/18/windows-smashed-at-ecocide-office-building/
#amazon #Centrica #CHARLESRIVERASSOCIATES #EarthFirst! #EVERSHEDSSUTHERLAND #SIMMONS #STANTEC #StopEACOP