Comments on: Jury says: Direct Action Justified To Stop The Climate Crisis! http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/09/10/jury-says-direct-action-justified-to-stop-the-climate-crisis/ Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:12:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: The Understory » Wise Up Dominion! http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/09/10/jury-says-direct-action-justified-to-stop-the-climate-crisis/#comment-67796 The Understory » Wise Up Dominion! Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:20:38 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=5739#comment-67796 [...] So many of us chose to engage in this action because it made good movement-sense. Beyond the campaign itself, actions like this help move the coal conversation forward - locally, regionally, and nationally, shifting the spectrum of the political debate. Local groups declared that actions like this offer them bargaining chips - upping the ante in negotiations on a wide range of coal fights, compelling other residents to action, and most importantly raising the profile and visibility of people who are often unseen in the rest of the United States. Locals sent a clear message: we will not be silent. All of this within an international context in which a recent landmark court case determined that Climate Change was so urgent that it justified breaking the law. [...] [...] So many of us chose to engage in this action because it made good movement-sense. Beyond the campaign itself, actions like this help move the coal conversation forward - locally, regionally, and nationally, shifting the spectrum of the political debate. Local groups declared that actions like this offer them bargaining chips - upping the ante in negotiations on a wide range of coal fights, compelling other residents to action, and most importantly raising the profile and visibility of people who are often unseen in the rest of the United States. Locals sent a clear message: we will not be silent. All of this within an international context in which a recent landmark court case determined that Climate Change was so urgent that it justified breaking the law. [...]

]]> By: Wise Up Dominion! « praxis makes perfect. http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/09/10/jury-says-direct-action-justified-to-stop-the-climate-crisis/#comment-67795 Wise Up Dominion! « praxis makes perfect. Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:57:10 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=5739#comment-67795 [...] So many of us chose to engage in this action because it made good movement-sense. Beyond the campaign itself, actions like this help move the coal conversation forward - locally, regionally, and nationally, shifting the spectrum of the political debate. Local groups declared that actions like this offer them bargaining chips - upping the ante in negotiations on a wide range of coal fights, compelling other residents to action, and most importantly raising the profile and visibility of people who are often unseen in the rest of the United States. Locals sent a clear message: we will not be silent. All of this within an international context in which a recent landmark court case determined that Climate Change was so urgent that it justified breaking the law. [...] [...] So many of us chose to engage in this action because it made good movement-sense. Beyond the campaign itself, actions like this help move the coal conversation forward - locally, regionally, and nationally, shifting the spectrum of the political debate. Local groups declared that actions like this offer them bargaining chips - upping the ante in negotiations on a wide range of coal fights, compelling other residents to action, and most importantly raising the profile and visibility of people who are often unseen in the rest of the United States. Locals sent a clear message: we will not be silent. All of this within an international context in which a recent landmark court case determined that Climate Change was so urgent that it justified breaking the law. [...]

]]> By: Ethan Nuss http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/09/10/jury-says-direct-action-justified-to-stop-the-climate-crisis/#comment-67783 Ethan Nuss Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:36:19 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=5739#comment-67783 Wonderful! Does anyone know if this defense would work in the US? Wonderful! Does anyone know if this defense would work in the US?

]]> By: Wise Up Dominion! « It’s Getting Hot In Here http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/09/10/jury-says-direct-action-justified-to-stop-the-climate-crisis/#comment-67770 Wise Up Dominion! « It’s Getting Hot In Here Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:44:35 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=5739#comment-67770 [...] So many of us chose to engage in this action because it made good movement-sense. Beyond the campaign itself, actions like this help move the coal conversation forward - locally, regionally, and nationally, shifting the spectrum of the political debate. Local groups declared that actions like this offer them bargaining chips - upping the ante in negotiations on a wide range of coal fights, compelling other residents to action, and most importantly raising the profile and visibility of people who are often unseen in the rest of the United States. Locals sent a clear message: we will not be silent. All of this within an international context in which a recent landmark court case determined that Climate Change was so urgent that it justified breaking the law. [...] [...] So many of us chose to engage in this action because it made good movement-sense. Beyond the campaign itself, actions like this help move the coal conversation forward - locally, regionally, and nationally, shifting the spectrum of the political debate. Local groups declared that actions like this offer them bargaining chips - upping the ante in negotiations on a wide range of coal fights, compelling other residents to action, and most importantly raising the profile and visibility of people who are often unseen in the rest of the United States. Locals sent a clear message: we will not be silent. All of this within an international context in which a recent landmark court case determined that Climate Change was so urgent that it justified breaking the law. [...]

]]> By: Jury says: Direct Action Justified To Stop The Climate Crisis! « Dandelion Salad http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/09/10/jury-says-direct-action-justified-to-stop-the-climate-crisis/#comment-67706 Jury says: Direct Action Justified To Stop The Climate Crisis! « Dandelion Salad Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:40:29 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=5739#comment-67706 [...] Matt Leonard from It’s Getting Hot In Here Today is a historic day for the climate change movement. A UK Crown Court jury effectively ruled [...] [...] Matt Leonard from It’s Getting Hot In Here Today is a historic day for the climate change movement. A UK Crown Court jury effectively ruled [...]

]]> By: Carl http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/09/10/jury-says-direct-action-justified-to-stop-the-climate-crisis/#comment-67701 Carl Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:24:35 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=5739#comment-67701 I shared the above with a friend here in New Zealand and he remarked: Oh Yes. This is Civil Society waking up from its trance of subservience to "elected" authority. "[The people] are in truth the only legitimate proprietors of the soil and government." --Thomas Jefferson to Pierre Samuel Dupont de Nemours, 1813. ME 19:197 "[It is] the people, to whom all authority belongs." --Thomas Jefferson to Spencer Roane, 1821. ME 15:328 "The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. Government exists for the interests of the governed, not for the governors. As Benjamin Franklin wrote, "In free governments the rulers are the servants and the people their superiors and sovereigns." The ultimate powers in a society, therefore, rest in the people themselves, and they should exercise those powers, either directly or through representatives, in every way they are competent and that is practicable." Thomas Jefferson I shared the above with a friend here in New Zealand and he remarked:

Oh Yes.

This is Civil Society waking up from its trance of subservience to “elected” authority.

“[The people] are in truth the only legitimate proprietors of the soil and government.” –Thomas Jefferson to Pierre Samuel Dupont de Nemours, 1813. ME 19:197

“[It is] the people, to whom all authority belongs.” –Thomas Jefferson to Spencer Roane, 1821. ME 15:328

“The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. Government exists for the interests of the governed, not for the governors. As Benjamin Franklin wrote, “In free governments the rulers are the servants and the people their superiors and sovereigns.” The ultimate powers in a society, therefore, rest in the people themselves, and they should exercise those powers, either directly or through representatives, in every way they are competent and that is practicable.” Thomas Jefferson

]]> By: Jon Warnow http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/09/10/jury-says-direct-action-justified-to-stop-the-climate-crisis/#comment-67695 Jon Warnow Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:47:54 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=5739#comment-67695 This is huge. It's starting to feel like it's time for the US to escalate a couple orders of magnitude. I wonder if the UK legal argument would hold water stateside? Patriot Act experts, anyone? -jw- Supreme Court Justices say it best:"If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable." --Louis D. Brandeis This is huge. It’s starting to feel like it’s time for the US to escalate a couple orders of magnitude. I wonder if the UK legal argument would hold water stateside? Patriot Act experts, anyone?

-jw-

Supreme Court Justices say it best:”If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.” –Louis D. Brandeis

]]> By: Morgan http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2008/09/10/jury-says-direct-action-justified-to-stop-the-climate-crisis/#comment-67694 Morgan Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:58:41 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/?p=5739#comment-67694 Bravo. Thanks Greenpeace, and thanks to Kevin, Emily, Tim, Will, Ben and Huw. Now for the US? Bravo. Thanks Greenpeace, and thanks to Kevin, Emily, Tim, Will, Ben and Huw. Now for the US?

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