Non-Violent Direct Action
The scene:
Several of us from CPA met together on Saturday, 6th September, to join the Defend Our Juries ‘Lift the Ban’ action opposing UK complicity in genocide and the proscription of Palestine Action. We all held signs ‘I OPPOSE GENOCIDE. I SUPPORT PALESTINE ACTION’ in defiance of the ban and under threat of arrest on terrorism charges. Read More
“Don’t bother”.
I was part of a panel – the climate psychologist invited via CPA – to discuss three climate change films that were touring England. During the Q&A an audience member asked a question that went something like this: “I have a family member who’s avoiding climate change and won’t engage with me about it. What shall I do to convince them?” Read More
In the July Digest, Jane McCarthy explored death in the light of the Climate and Ecological Emergency (CEE) and how the CEE is a systemic issue, inherent in coloniality/modernity. In this response, I want to unpack more about these inherently exploitative and violent systems and their links, especially their relation to White supremacy. Read More
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| On course for self-destruction?The CEE is an existential threat. Humankind has never before gone so far in exhibiting the capacity to destroy all life on earth. But it’s misleading to call this era the Anthropocene, Read More |
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