The Wave will be lumped as a protest with a mixture of liberals and SWPers. Avoid being lumped with these lot (Unless you do fit those categories, of course!) and join the anti-capitalist block on Saturday 5th December.
On 7th December, world "leaders" will meet in Copenhagen to discus climate
change. The weekend before, and during the summit, protests will happen
worldwide, in solidarity with those in Copenhagen.
But what will this achieve? For too long liberals have held sway in the
ecological movement. They push for "Sustainable, Green Capitalism", but it
has become obvious that capitalism can NEVER be green. The Capitalist system
is inexorably tied up with environmental destruction, war, and oppression.
We need to show that an anti-capitalist presence exists. We need to distance ourselves from the authoritarian Greens and the liberals, neither group wants to do anything more than plead with the authorities to be a little bit nicer. When has this ever worked?! We need to take the anti-capitalist analysis -- that is so integral to any discussion of climate change -- to the streets.
It has been suggested that some anti-capitalists will make themselves visible and known to the main protest by joining them and handing out more radical literature, thought-provoking banners, etc. Bring your own!
Anti-authoritarian anti-capitalists of all sorts from all over the countryare encouraged to come out to the anti-capitalist block. (
https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/11/442477.html?c=on#comments)
Details:
TIME: 12:45pm
PLACE: London, Berkeley Square (come out of Green Park Tube Station, turn
left, and then left again up Berkeley St. Meet next to the statue in the
middle of the green)
See you on the streets!
[I am aware that this event has already been posted, but I feel should be especially visible on the indymedia page, it's well off the bottom now.]
change. The weekend before, and during the summit, protests will happen
worldwide, in solidarity with those in Copenhagen.
But what will this achieve? For too long liberals have held sway in the
ecological movement. They push for "Sustainable, Green Capitalism", but it
has become obvious that capitalism can NEVER be green. The Capitalist system
is inexorably tied up with environmental destruction, war, and oppression.
We need to show that an anti-capitalist presence exists. We need to distance ourselves from the authoritarian Greens and the liberals, neither group wants to do anything more than plead with the authorities to be a little bit nicer. When has this ever worked?! We need to take the anti-capitalist analysis -- that is so integral to any discussion of climate change -- to the streets.
It has been suggested that some anti-capitalists will make themselves visible and known to the main protest by joining them and handing out more radical literature, thought-provoking banners, etc. Bring your own!
Anti-authoritarian anti-capitalists of all sorts from all over the countryare encouraged to come out to the anti-capitalist block. (
https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/11/442477.html?c=on#comments) Details:
TIME: 12:45pm
PLACE: London, Berkeley Square (come out of Green Park Tube Station, turn
left, and then left again up Berkeley St. Meet next to the statue in the
middle of the green)
See you on the streets!
[I am aware that this event has already been posted, but I feel should be especially visible on the indymedia page, it's well off the bottom now.]
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Offensive and divisive!
03.12.2009 13:49
SWP are a centralised, authoritarian organisation but the same definitely isn't true of the Greens.
Changing the world takes action at all levels and Greens realised 35 years ago that ignoring politics would just allow the politicians to continue to get away with being self-serving. If the Greens were authoritarian as you claim, then they wouldn't be run bottom up by local, volunteers (no money from corporations to pay salaries) and they would have achieved national electoral power years ago.
Perhaps you'd prefer to stick to your 'principles' and not engage in trying to change the institutions that will carry on without you - but that just condemns us all to a market-let world run by politicians who are funded by multinationals. The more we hit them at the ballot box, the more scared they get!
We are running out of time to do something about climate change and don't have to time to divide into any more groups (look how it's stopped the left from getting anywhere).
In peace!
Jen
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I disagree I'm afaid
03.12.2009 18:17
Also, I find it a little bit ironic that you say 'offensive and divisive', then go and slag off both the SWP and anarchist greens.
But yeah, we do need to unite from all over the libertarian-left spectrum (I'm an anarchist), this issue is of too much importance to be divisive, and engage in sectarianism over. I think most anarchists like me would be perfectly willing to work with some Green party members over issues of common interest.
I personally don't agree with you that parliamentary politics are necessary to cause the change we need, but that is far too long a debate to have on here I think... As an anarchist I think the ballot box is part of the problem, so to hit them there just doesn't make sense.
I'm interested in your portrait of the Green Party as a load of people who used to be engaged in radical politics outside of parliament (anarchist politics, in other words).
I worry that it would be all too easy to sleepwalk into a Green Police State, and that is seriously undesirable, but respect to you for keeping it Green and decentralised.
anon
the big wank
04.12.2009 11:10
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