Comments on: Are Mainstream Environmentalists Supporting “Eco-terrorism” Against Climate Change This Weekend?

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:42:29 +0000

My community is Tennessee, where we recently protested the TVA for their role in the destruction of our mountains and their failure to clean up the disaster site of the coal ash spill in Harriman, TN. Not only have they failed to clean up the mess, they have done nothing for the affected communities and they’ve harassed and sought to intimidate individuals and groups for trying to do such dangerous things as air and water monitoring. So several people, including myself, took part in a ‘die-in’ in front of TVA headquarters this past weekend. Here’s some video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0jqUpdxtYE

Here’s the next step:
http://www.stopcliffside.org/news.php

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:23:26 +0000

I want to speak to some of the concerns being brought up about the Capitol Climate Action (CCA) and Powershift, the corporate-sponsored student climate conference (the two of these are not connected, and are being organized by different folks).

It’s really important that we be critical of Powershift: it’s sponsored by big corporate money, mis-represents itself as being “THE climate movement”, and has given at least a silent endorsement of the plethora of corporate-friendly, state-sponsored ‘false solutions’ to climate change. They’ve also made a point to not talk about the climate crisis as another product of the same systems of oppression that have perpetuated inequality throughout civilization. That’s a key point to understanding that this isn’t just an issue about carbon in the atmosphere, and any hope we have of achieving climate justice is going to be through building strategic alliances across movements that support the work of us all.

As far as the Capitol Climate Action goes, there were three goals set out for the action:

1) Create a moment, image, and a situation that will help accelerate a major shift in the political and cultural consciousness regarding the urgency and scope of required action to address the climate crisis. (media and public narrative goal)

2) Press the new administration to take decisive action on climate and energy issues, within the first 100 days of office by using this coal plant as an iconic symbol of the problems of US Energy and climate policy. (government as an audience for policy goal)

3)Create a transformative, positive experience for the participants that further commit them to activism and the movement, and demystifies the role of non-violent direct action in social change. (movement building goal, catalyst)

Getting arrested was never a goal of this action. Civil disobedience and people risking arrest was our vehicle, and the action was a tremendous success. We surpassed our expectation of 3,000 participants by hundreds, if not thousands, in the freezing cold and snow. We shut down the plant for the afternoon, trained over 2,000 people in non-violent direct action, gotten tremendous positive media coverage (over 500 stories, with more in the works), provided political leverage to our allies.

I think we’ll be seeing the impacts of this carrying on for a long time: for many participants this was their first direct action, and it’s been a catalyst for people who are arriving back home this week to continue doing this work across the country. This is the beginning of a tremendous year of organizing to bring down the fossil fuel empire and to achieve climate justice!

By: Joanna

Joanna — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:29:13 +0000

I went to the conference in DC this weekend and was frankly disappointed. Some of the main sponsors included Wal-Mart, Ford, and Roche Pharmaceuticals.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:24:24 +0000

Joe–As usual, you refuse to see the point. You want everyone to feel sorry for people like you who kill/mistreat animals. Well, I think anyone who mistreats animals deserves a taste of their own medicine. Lucky for you, the AR activists never give you the same treatment you give the animals.

As for the true terrorists–those are the people who terrorize innocent animals every day for no good reason. The people who do what they can to help those animals are heroes.

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By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:40:08 +0000

Kathy, so you admit that AR activist are terrorist then?

By: Bethany

Bethany — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:54:05 +0000

I’m not doing anything too crazy. I’m a member of two different local groups that focus on educating themselves and the rest of the community. One of the groups is focused on environmentalism in general, one is one animal rights in general. With this approach, people can CHOOSE FOR THEMSELVES how they do or don’t help the environment and/or animals.
No way you can call this shit terrorism.
If it is, then Mormons and Jehova’s Witnesses are terrorists too.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:47:58 +0000

Joe: Since the fur store owners, researchers, and fur farmers terrorize innocent animals every day, maybe the activists are just letting THEM know what it feels like to be terrorized.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:26:24 +0000

“There’s a reason why the FBI is trying to infiltrate them. Potlucks are an effective tool for building a strong movement.”

I thought they were just after our superior vegan cuisine.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:22:42 +0000

“Maybe they should start, then they (activist) will know what it is like to be terrorized.”

Incitement to terrorist acts? Who’s the terrorist now?
&
“So Sig Heil to all trying to force others into their lifestyle.”

Godwin’s Law. You lose.