World Climate Chaos Newswire Archive

Three climate activists are this morning due in Westminster Magistrate’s
Court charged with criminal damage against the Canadian High Commission in
London following an action to stop the Tar Sands..

The following article is a critical response to a communiqué from the black bloc ‘Greenpeace-Greenpolice’ which contests the role of ecology in recent political conflicts taking place around the recent COP 15 Summit with the intention of drawing support away from the Reclaim Power action at the Bella Centre on the 16th December.

On December 31st 09, the Brugge court gave a verdict concerning the 3 previous occupiers who signed a contract with the owner, GDF Suez, and also concerning the eviction notice for the present occupiers of the Lappersfort.

Energy, Environment and Social Inclusion: An Incendiary Critique of Ontario

Further below is an edited version of the statement collectively released by the 11 remaining Cop15 Prisoners. Meanwhile, a website has just appeared solely concerned with repression in Copenhagen:

A decisive step towards a global climate justice movement.

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Two well made and free to download films on climate chaos.

"Today, through the carbon markets, those who cause climate change, continue contaminating, while the weight of emissions reductions transfers to the developing countries. They thought that in Copenhagen they could convince us to buy their right to contaminate, in exchange offering promises of paltry amounts of money.

1. We strongly denounce and we request that the documents generated by the chair of the summit without the mandate of the participants, be contested, and that we can state our position against the groups of friends of the chair openly. The chair has not guaranteed equality of participation at all levels, including the presidential level.

2. We reiterate our commitment to the struggle against climate change and to the principles of the Kyoto Protocol, now more valid than ever, whose content we consider capable of improvement with the decisions of the participants, and subsequent accords, but something that we shouldn’t allow to die. The complexity of the recent negotiations has shown us that the economic interests in conflict wont allow an accord if the developing countries won’t accept respect for the principles.

3. In this sense, we express our political desire to continue working in the framework of the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol. The relaunch of these negotiations should be based on respect, inclusion, transparency, and legitimacy.

4. We recall that while the conference failed in an irreversible way, the voices of the youth who know that the future is theirs, grows stronger. They strongly denounce the manoeuvres of the developed countries and they know that the struggle will continue. We join with them and their protests, and we salute and support them. The people must stay on their guard.

Today more than ever, before the lamentable manoeuvring that has been practiced in Copenhagen for petty economic interests, we reiterate that, “Don’t change the climate, change the system!."

The huge importance of veganism to social change is well acknowledged, it is part of the revolutionary process we need to initiate right now... our task is not to market vegan products but to initiate revolutionary change and unite various movements in alliances against market and capitalism.

This communique was given out by a portion of the Black Bloc during the march to the Bella Centre on Saturday at the protests against the U.N. COP-15: There seems to be a common logic between the government delegates, the NGOs who control the march, and even the radical ecological activists: we are all saving humanity together. Who would not want to fight for this? And even if you did not, do you even have a choice?

“The World is Vegan If You Want It.” This the most delusional campaign in recent history; it is symptomatic of a vegan history which has, in fact, degenerated into a satire of itself and reinforces the worst stereotypes of vegans as elitist, privileged puppy-hugging whites indifferent to the nightmare of oppressed races and classes amidst the collapse of the industrial-capitalist world order. This last campaign shows, more clearly than ever, that Francione is throwing in the towel, admitting defeat, acknowledging his utter impotence and complete irrelevance in a time of planetary crisis. Nothing could be more disabling that this campaign at this time.

The Rotten Borough of Rushmoor has refused to support the 10:10 campaign for a reduction in CO2 emissions of 10% by 2010.

Today we dropped a massive banner in central Copenhagen. We dropped it over the corporate "Hopenhagen" greenwash campaign in the town hall square because Hopenhagen is damaging the planet!

Demonstrators gathered outside the Danish Embassy in London to object to Denmark police's harsh treatment of demonstrators at the COP Summit in Copenhagen.

On Monday December 14, demonstrators gathered outside Canada House to protest against Canada's energy wasteful and polluting tar sands oil extraction program.

Activists meet at the metro station before breaking police lines and rushing towards the Bella Centre.

The plight of a community's struggle, to ensure their own safety against an experimental raw gas pipeline project, in Ireland, took another dark turn this week with the jailing of 4 people for their opposition to the Shell led project.

Thousands of protesters made a concerted attempt to enter the Bella Centre to hold a people's climate summit, in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators who assembled in Copenhagen on Saturday to peacefully demand serious measures by the United Nations Climate Conference (COP15) to address the global warming crisis were confronted by masses of riot police, who cordoned off a section of the march and arbitrarily arrested nearly 1,000 people.

Yesterday three activists dressed as robbers have blocked the entrance to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). The protesters, who attached themselves using superglue and bikelocks, say that the ICC are undermining a fair and effective climate deal at the current UN climate change talks in Copenhagen.