Protest - Revolt

A Lonely Planet Guide To The Men’s Slammer

12/09/19

Author:

Will Offley

If nothing else, nine days in the North Fraser Pretrial Centre taught me quite a few valuable (and in some cases, unexpected) lessons about the realities of short term incarceration in Canada’s prison system. These included the realization that while extremely unpleasant, a short-term internment is not necessarily an awful experience, depending on how you approach it, and that you may encounter significantly more kindness and humanity from fellow inmates than you might otherwise expect.

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October Vote Marks the Start of the Deciding Climate Battle, Not the End

12/09/19

Author:

Gene McGuckin

Link:

New Socialist

Climate Change Action Canada - Photo credit: Justin Tang/Canadian Press

September 12, 2019

While many Canadians are looking to the October 21st federal election for solutions to global climate disruption, the climate plans from the four major parties offer none.

Any genuine solution will require reining in an economic system that demands eternal growth in a finite ecosystem, mitigating or adapting to multiplying environmental and social disasters, and drastically reducing consumption. Deadline: yesterday!

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History will be kind to Heathrow climate protesters who stop us flying

11/09/19

Author:

George Monbiot

Link:

The Guardian

‘Once unthinkable, then a bizarre novelty, then an extraordinary luxury, then a hope, then an expectation, flying – and flying frequently – is now treated as a right.’ Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images

4 Sep 2019

Activists plan to release drones near the airport. Their possible arrest is a small price to pay for fighting the climate crisis

Obedience is dangerous. It has facilitated every form of institutional oppression and violence. Every advance in justice, peace and democracy has been made possible by disobedience. Ethical progress is unlikely when we do only what we are told.

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Climate Change

Protest - Revolt

Trans Mountain pipeline demanded teens cover legal costs — then changed its mind

11/09/19

Author:

Stephanie Wood

Link:

National Observer

[Top photo: Youth Stop TMX, comprised of Rebecca Wolf Gage (top left), Nina Tran (top right), Olivier Adkin-Kaya (bottom left), and Lena Andres (bottom right) argue Trans Mountain infringes on their constitutional rights. Photos provided by Youth Against TMX]

September 9th 2019

[See tweets at link]

The corporation linked to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project demanded a group of teenagers cover their legal bills — before promptly changing its mind without explanation.

Youth Stop TMX, a group made up of Olivier Adkin-Kaya, 18; Lena Andres, 17; Nina Tran, 18; and Rebecca Wolf Gage, 13, had applied for judicial review of the pipeline project, arguing that it violates their inherent rights to life, liberty, security of person and equality.

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There’s Only One Antidote for Climate Despair—Climate Revolt

09/09/19

Author:

Ben Ehrenreich

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THE NATION

September 9, 2019

What Extinction Rebellion, the grassroots civil disobedience movement, teaches us about transforming hopelessness into action.

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Climate Change

Protest - Revolt

What If We Stopped Pretending?

09/09/19

Author:

Jonathan Franzen

Link:

New Yorker

Serious article by Jonathan Franzen.

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Last chance to stop Trans Mountain in court

08/09/19

Author:

Kai Nagata - Dogwood BC

If this was a game of hockey, we’d be down to an overtime shootout.

A federal judge has Zambonied a narrow strip of ice for the players to skate on, and six Indigenous legal teams will get to take a shot.

It’s time for the home crowd to stand up and root for them. Please join me in making a donation to the First Nations challenging this toxic, dangerous oil tanker expansion on behalf of all of us.

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Trans Mountain Expansion - Construction Update Sept - 2019

08/09/19

Author:

Peter McCartney.

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facebook.com

Wilderness Committee

TMX Construction Update Sept - 2019

Updates on the Trans Mountain pipeline as of Sept. 2019 from Climate Campaigner Peter McCartney.

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Washington Supreme Court Establishes 'Very Important Precedent' for Climate Necessity Defense in Case of Valve-Turner Ken Ward

07/09/19

Author:

Jessica Corbett

Link:

Common Dreams

As part of a multi-state action in 2016, valve-turner Ken Ward temporarily shut down the Kinder Morgan TransMountain pipeline. (Photo: shutitdown.today)

[ Editor: Common Dreams reported yesterday that the Washington State Supreme Court has ruled that environmental defenders have the right to employ a defence of necessity when being tried for climate-related offences. This decision follows a similar one from the Minnesota State Supreme Court.

To date this defence has not been allowed in Canada. Will Offley]

The court's decision, explained one attorney, "creates a strong legal basis for climate protesters to justify their actions in a court of law."

September 06, 2019

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