Comments on: Make Climate Justice History – Mass civil disobedience March 2nd, 2009 in DC

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By: Don Surber » Blog Archive » Climate justice

Don Surber » Blog Archive » Climate justice — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:19:55 +0000

[...] to the It’s Getting Hot In Here site, the protesters “are planning a mass non-violent civil disobedience, with a goal of organizing [...]

By: Trouble

Trouble — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:40:38 +0000

Better schedule the next one of these in the summer, dude.

By: Robert

Robert — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:40:09 +0000

If only you could predict the weather.

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Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:28:30 +0000

[...] Pundit: “The global warming religionists have been planning this protest in Washington DC for months. They’ve billed it as the largest public protest of global [...]

By: Shawn

Shawn — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:06:14 +0000

Brrr…..It’s a little too cold! Can we have this protest in July or August when its warmer?

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By: fuspey

fuspey — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:07:01 +0000

Great stuff dudes and dudettes from a climate camper in Europe

Just found out about the plans for action, may your passion release the change that exists in your hearts… You´ll get there!

I posted article on IMC-IE about your actions and did a blog post, also made proposals to featurise them…
The largest act of civil disobedience to happen in the US this Monday!!!
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/91326 + http://itsafunnyoldworld.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/us_direct_action/

The climate camp “movement” is growing: engage, teach, learn, demonstrate alternatives, skill share, be moved, prepare, take direct action

Al Gore: “I believe we have reached the stage where it is time for civil disobedience to prevent the construction of new coal plants.”

Cleared: Jury decides that threat of global warming justifies breaking the law
So read a leading article in the UK´s Independant after 6 Greenpeace activists historic court win using “lawful excuse” in support of their direct action of scaling Kingsnorth coal power station in Kent, the site of last summers Climate Camp actions. On Sunday December 12, 2008 the New York Times included the Kingsnorth defence in its annual list of the most influential ideas that will change our lives. Under the heading ‘Climate-Change Defense, The’ the newspaper said the verdict ‘shook up the world of green politics’.

So who knows, the precedent is there (the same legal strategy was used when the Ploughshares finally won their courtcase), there is sure to be arrests next monday, but perhaps they will use the Greenpeace case to back up their calls for supporting Gores calls to action…?

Eitherway, what ever happens, fair play to the US activists. I have been in some direct contact with a few of them from Barcelona and there is definately very exciting things happening there, yes Obama has played a bit in the collective bold dreaming, and from that organising to action, but its more than that. We will see how Monday goes, it would be nice if we could let them know we support their actions and wish them well in their direct actions, confrontation with police, court time, and possibly jail time.