Comments on: Energy Justice Campers Speak to Power on Dirty Energy Front http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/07/15/energy-justice-campers-speak-to-power-on-dirty-energy-front/ Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:31:22 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Mattie Reitman http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/07/15/energy-justice-campers-speak-to-power-on-dirty-energy-front/#comment-66654 Mattie Reitman Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:10:09 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=5015#comment-66654 It's good to see this. We have somewhat similar things going on in Ohio. How can we really get to these corporations? I'm very interested in using non-violent resistance in a way that is mutually transformative. I want to engage with powerful folks making bad decisions in a way that enlightens everyone involved. But how do we do that under such great power dynamics, where the people in power don't even have to acknowledge that we exist (and maybe wish we didn't)? We've taken action three times in Ohio to engage in dialogue with American Municipal Power about their proposed coal plant, but they simply aren't interested in talking... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyagraha It’s good to see this. We have somewhat similar things going on in Ohio.

How can we really get to these corporations? I’m very interested in using non-violent resistance in a way that is mutually transformative. I want to engage with powerful folks making bad decisions in a way that enlightens everyone involved.

But how do we do that under such great power dynamics, where the people in power don’t even have to acknowledge that we exist (and maybe wish we didn’t)? We’ve taken action three times in Ohio to engage in dialogue with American Municipal Power about their proposed coal plant, but they simply aren’t interested in talking…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyagraha

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