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How to Change the World Overnight
How to Change the World Overnight Making a Difference Mark Twain said: If voting made any difference they wouldn’t let us do it. In other words, if the government is not trying to stop something, it must not be very important. On the flip side of the coin, the great historian Howard Zinn noted: Protest always looks futile at […]
Want to Change the Future? Pay Attention to the Past.
WANT TO CHANGE THE FUTURE? PAY ATTENTION TO THE PAST. From Mandela to MLK to McKibben, history offers lessons aplenty for climate activists We all know the plotline: Single-minded, passionate activists attempt to take on immense money and power, hidebound ideology and bureaucratic paralysis to turn the tide on the most important issue ever. We […]
Thousands Crowd Brazil’s Streets: Demand Military Intervention & Rousseff Resignation, Impeachment
Thousands Crowd Brazil’s Streets: Demand Military Intervention & Rousseff Resignation, Impeachment It appears the ‘people’ are growing more and more dissatisfied with their corrupt and greedy leaders across the world. As we noted recently, Brazil’s economy is imploding, consumer sentiment is at record lows, and with the Petrobras scandal providing a glimpse at just how deep the corruption […]
Fossil fuel divestment campaign grows as protesters target UK banks
Fossil fuel divestment campaign grows as protesters target UK banks With Britain’s big five banks investing £66bn in fossil fuel extraction, campaigners believe pressure is building on banks to sell off toxic assets At least 1,400 UK customers are set to move their accounts in protest at their banks’ multibillion-pound funding of the fossil fuel industry. The […]
Kinder Morgan leaves Burnaby Mountain in win for pipeline protesters – Waging Nonviolence
Kinder Morgan leaves Burnaby Mountain in win for pipeline protesters – Waging Nonviolence. On the morning of November 28, after weeks of sustained protest, energy infrastructure company Kinder Morgan packed up the equipment it had planned to use in the construction of a new pipeline on Burnaby Mountain in British Columbia, and left without finishing the […]
Police arrest protesters as Ferguson awaits grand jury decision | Reuters
Police arrest protesters as Ferguson awaits grand jury decision | Reuters. (Reuters) – Police arrested five people in Ferguson, Missouri, overnight after they tried to block a street in a protest calling for a grand jury to charge a white police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen in August. A few […]
Locals protest Santos Pillaga CSG expansion | Climate Citizen
Locals protest Santos Pillaga CSG expansion | Climate Citizen. Something is happening in the Pillaga in western NSW. Coal Seam Gas exploration and drilling by Santos is under concerted attack. While the protests are not new, the profiles of those locking on or taking a stand are no longer the regular sterotype. Yesterday a Coonabarabran […]
The protests, occupations and uprisings changing our world | ROAR Magazine
The protests, occupations and uprisings changing our world | ROAR Magazine. From the Battle of Seattle to Occupy Wall St, a new book revisits the major challenges that grassroots movements face in the pursuit of social change. Flesher Fominaya, Cristina, Social Movements and Globalization. How Protests, Occupations and Uprisings are Changing the World. UK: Palgrave […]
How you make big companies listen | Queen of Green | David Suzuki Foundation
How you make big companies listen | Queen of Green | David Suzuki Foundation. Companies aren`t required to itemize specific fragrance ingredients, not even known allergens. But with your help we brought this message to the government and companies. (Credit: Lindsay Coulter) I’m no doctor. But people often ask me, “What cream should I use […]
Roar II | The carbon pilgrim
Roar II | The carbon pilgrim. In a nice bit of irony, the route of People’s Climate March cut through the gaudy heart of Times Square, placing protestors under the smoky gaze of two-story tall fashion models. The contrast was delicious – and intimidating. We had marched into one of the cultural epicenters of indifference […]
