There is no doubt that we are a dangerous point in human affairs. The Doomsday Clock now considers both Nuclear War and Global Heating as existential and imminent threats to humanity.
Massive changes are required now, and in everything, to reduce future harm from Global Heating. Despite talking about these issues, only tiny changes have been made across the globe, but more in some places than others, to reduce and adjust to this incoming disaster.
Clearly, and just as Bernie Sanders has always said, we need a Political Revolution. We need to take over the system and redirect it towards meeting human needs instead of profits, and toward building an alternative Green Socialist Society.
A political revolution is not merely a current crop of corrupt leaders becoming frightened and replaced by another crop of corrupt leaders.
Always, the most important thing, is to make other people feel our messages as well as we do.
That means, winning hearts and minds. Politics.
Sometimes, when the media refuses to cover issues, and to get the message out, "non-violent" actions of the type long performed by Greenpeace are a good idea. I am a long time supporter of both Greenpeace and the more academic Union of Concerned Scientists.
Color Revolution, small violence intended to discredit the State by striking back harder, is not a path to true freedom, democracy, or justice. Color Revolution is a path to becoming an Imperial Pawn--to be successful it MUST have outside backers. Color Revolution tactics in a closed political system produce Fascism.
While I think it's too early to rule the Climate Extinction group as illegitimate as some have, the protest attacking subway commuters (from the Financial District--a fact unmentioned by @OffGuardian) was clearly ill conceived. Even if it is TO the Financial District, where many great crimes are performed, it does no good in "winning hearts and minds" to Green Socialism with an attack on subway commuting workers.
In general, violence is problematic and should be avoided. Inconvenience should be highly targeted to the oligarchs and the oligarchy. They are the ones who should tremble, not the 99.9%.
Massive changes are required now, and in everything, to reduce future harm from Global Heating. Despite talking about these issues, only tiny changes have been made across the globe, but more in some places than others, to reduce and adjust to this incoming disaster.
Clearly, and just as Bernie Sanders has always said, we need a Political Revolution. We need to take over the system and redirect it towards meeting human needs instead of profits, and toward building an alternative Green Socialist Society.
A political revolution is not merely a current crop of corrupt leaders becoming frightened and replaced by another crop of corrupt leaders.
Always, the most important thing, is to make other people feel our messages as well as we do.
That means, winning hearts and minds. Politics.
Sometimes, when the media refuses to cover issues, and to get the message out, "non-violent" actions of the type long performed by Greenpeace are a good idea. I am a long time supporter of both Greenpeace and the more academic Union of Concerned Scientists.
Color Revolution, small violence intended to discredit the State by striking back harder, is not a path to true freedom, democracy, or justice. Color Revolution is a path to becoming an Imperial Pawn--to be successful it MUST have outside backers. Color Revolution tactics in a closed political system produce Fascism.
While I think it's too early to rule the Climate Extinction group as illegitimate as some have, the protest attacking subway commuters (from the Financial District--a fact unmentioned by @OffGuardian) was clearly ill conceived. Even if it is TO the Financial District, where many great crimes are performed, it does no good in "winning hearts and minds" to Green Socialism with an attack on subway commuting workers.
In general, violence is problematic and should be avoided. Inconvenience should be highly targeted to the oligarchs and the oligarchy. They are the ones who should tremble, not the 99.9%.
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