Change the system, not the climate!
Call for a global day of direct action for climate justice
The disaster that was the climate summit in Copenhagen highlighted one
thing above all: that we cannot expect UN-negotiations to solve the
climate crisis for us. Governments and corporations are unable (even
if they were willing) to deliver real climate justice. Only powerful,
global climate justice movements can achieve the structural changes
that are necessary, whether it is ending our addiction to fossil
fuels, replacing industrial agriculture with local systems of food
sovereignty, halting systems based on endless growth and consumption,
or addressing the historical responsibility of the global elites'
massive ecological debt to the global exploited.
The Latin American network 'Global Minga' called for an annual day of
action in defence of mother earth on October 12, reclaiming the day
that used to be imposed as 'Columbus Day'. Responding to this call,
and the demand for a day of action for 'system change, not climate
change' made in Copenhagen by global movements, Climate Justice Action
is proposing a day of direct action for climate justice on October 12,
2010.
We invite all those who fight for social and ecological justice to
organise direct actions targeting climate criminals and false
solutions, or creating real alternatives. This is an open callout, we
are not picking targets. But it is not a day for marches or petitions:
it is time for us to reclaim our power, and take control of our lives
and futures.
An open international meeting to begin to organise and coordinate this
day of action will be held in Bonn on 29-30th May 2010.
-- Call for a global day of direct action for climate justice
The disaster that was the climate summit in Copenhagen highlighted one
thing above all: that we cannot expect UN-negotiations to solve the
climate crisis for us. Governments and corporations are unable (even
if they were willing) to deliver real climate justice. Only powerful,
global climate justice movements can achieve the structural changes
that are necessary, whether it is ending our addiction to fossil
fuels, replacing industrial agriculture with local systems of food
sovereignty, halting systems based on endless growth and consumption,
or addressing the historical responsibility of the global elites'
massive ecological debt to the global exploited.
The Latin American network 'Global Minga' called for an annual day of
action in defence of mother earth on October 12, reclaiming the day
that used to be imposed as 'Columbus Day'. Responding to this call,
and the demand for a day of action for 'system change, not climate
change' made in Copenhagen by global movements, Climate Justice Action
is proposing a day of direct action for climate justice on October 12,
2010.
We invite all those who fight for social and ecological justice to
organise direct actions targeting climate criminals and false
solutions, or creating real alternatives. This is an open callout, we
are not picking targets. But it is not a day for marches or petitions:
it is time for us to reclaim our power, and take control of our lives
and futures.
An open international meeting to begin to organise and coordinate this
day of action will be held in Bonn on 29-30th May 2010.
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