Comments on: Flash Mob for Climate Justice

By: tuttle tuttle

tuttle tuttle — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:49:49 +0000

I would have to agree completely with Cascadia Brian. I can’t believe that people are putting time into things like this instead of actually trying to solve the climate crisis. We need to be working on real solutions instead of compromising every time a politician mentions “climate change solutions”. I would urge everyone to stop wasting time on “actions” like this and putting effort into creating community solutions and stop waiting for politicians to come up with a “solution” that will do us more harm than good in the long run.

But in the end I don’t even know how to respond to this post. I think what this is saying is, we should do the exact opposite of anything that would create any actual change.

By: toe zobey

toe zobey — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:33:37 +0000

uuuuhhhmm
:-! (that was an awkward face)

By: Cascadia Brian

Cascadia Brian — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:02:32 +0000

Even if one’s goal is to strength it, it troubles me to see the term “Climate Justice” in the same sentence as the words “pass” and “ACES”

The ACES has nothing – and is not going to have anything – do to with climate justice. Period.

The bill’s entire focus is on carbon trading and the term climate justice was created in large part to to oppose false solutions to climate change, with carbon trading as a central focus of the critique.

The ACES isn’t just weak on the principles of climate justice (http://www.indiaresource.org/issues/energycc/2003/baliprinciples.html) it is diametrically opposed to them.

It is only be accurate to say “nix the bill for climate justice” or perhaps “make the bill stronger so it will be somewhat less dramatically opposed to the principles of climate justice.”

I’d suggest anything else is a bit of a misappropriation or greenwash of the ideas and principles of climate justice.

By: Blaine

Blaine — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:02:31 +0000

Hey Guys!
Great job in DC, can’t wait to see what you guys do next…
Keep an eye out for us tomorrow in Germany.
-Blaine at the Action Factory in Berlin

By: Alexander M. Tinker

Alexander M. Tinker — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:30:10 +0000

Had never occurred to me to disrupt Congress via the cafeterias – smart, and hopefully effective. what would this look like if instead of 30 it was 300, in the cafeterias on both the Senate and House sides?

By: Melina

Melina — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:49:22 +0000

Hey guys! I just want to say kudos on this action! Sounds like a creative way to leave a lasting message.

By: Experiments with truth: 6/24/09 / Waging Nonviolence

Experiments with truth: 6/24/09 / Waging Nonviolence — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:12:01 +0000

[...] Staffers and Representatives were treated to a flash mob on Tuesday at Longworth Cafeteria on Capitol Hill. Over 30 young activists froze mid-motion for two minutes before raising their voices in unison and yelling “Solve climate change now!” [...]