[Cc-webedit] [Fwd: Fwd: Chicago Climate Exchange blockade reaches out to London Climate Camp]
Jon Leighton
j at jonathanleighton.com
Wed Dec 9 10:27:01 GMT 2009
Hey Kevin,
This seems like a good idea so I'm forwarding the proposal to the web
list - however, it looks like it could do with some editing and stuff to
make it more like a blog post, and to link it to our action on Monday as
you suggest. Can anyone take this on?
Cheers
-------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: kevin smith <kevin.smith at gmx.net>
> To: website at climatecamp.org.uk, j at jonathanleighton.com
> Cc: mountainmist4 at yahoo.com
> Subject: Fwd: Chicago Climate Exchange blockade reaches out to London
> Climate Camp
> Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:55:46 +0100
>
> hi web folks...
>
> someone from the US asking if they can do a blog linking their action on N30 at the Chicago Cimate Exchange, with our action on monday blocking the London Climate Exchange - yaaay!
>
> Gary - my webmail is really crap - i think the photos might have gotten lost in the forwarding.. could you resend it again to the addresses above.
>
> also, it might be good if you wrote an intro paragraph explaining why we shoudl be linking up and why its really exctiing that activists in Chicago and London were targetting the same type of outfits in the space of just over a week.
>
> cheers now
> kev
>
>
>
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 19:04:09 -0800 (PST)
> Von: Gary Houser <mountainmist4 at yahoo.com>
> An: kevin.smith at gmx.net
> Betreff: Chicago Climate Exchange blockade reaches out to London Climate Camp
>
> To Kevin,
> Greetings! My name is Gary "Spruce" Houser, and I was part of a nonviolent blockade at the Chicago Climate Exchange on Nov.30. Perhaps you have heard about this action? I have learned that London Climate Camp is shifting toward a stronger focus on opposition to carbon trading. If true, I am wondering if it could be useful to open lines of communication across the ocean in order to join
> hands in our common effort to protect the earth against
> climate catastrophe.
>
> I am part of a network of activists called Climate
> SOS ( www.climatesos.org ), and we are joining forces with renowned climate scientist Dr.
> James Hansen to expose the dangerous distraction of carbon trading as a
> false solution that will waste precious time as the planet approaches
> tipping points of no return. I have compiled a report
> about the Chicago action (with 5 photos and a video link) that may be of interest to participants in Climate Camp.
>
> I have tried to post it on the blog for the Climate Camp site, but it is not working. Please feel free to post it on my behalf if you think there might be such interest. Did the photos come through OK? Does one need to include the source addresses in order to run the photos on the blog? I can supply if needed. Hope I might receive an "I got your note" so will know have a correct address for you. Please keep up your important efforts !!!
> In solidarity, Gary "Spruce" Houser
>
> [report on Chicago N30 follows]
>
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> CARBON TRADE OPPONENTS HALT "BUSINESS AS USUAL" WITH
> STREET BLOCKADE AT
> CHICAGO CLIMATE EXCHANGE AND FINANCIAL
>
> DISTRICT FOR WELL OVER TWO HOURS [12 ARRESTED] :
>
> Video and Photo Report on Chicago N30 Action
>
> [submitted by participant Gary "Spruce" Houser of Climate
> SOS]
>
>
> As we were setting up the blockade, just before officers pulled away
> the banner
>
> Four more photos with captions are included at the end. The initial
> raw video footage has now been edited into a finished five minute account and posted on youtube. Here is the
> link:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHJOOiyZR_s
>
> Some of the sound quality is not very clear, so I wrote down some of what is
> being said through the bullhorn. I also
> added a clarification of an exchange with a police officer.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Lisa at bullhorn:
> "The people in that building are trading away our
> future because they can make profit on carbon while we die. We say to
> the Climate Exchange and the people of Chicago that we can keep the cap
> but ditch the trade, because market-based solutions will not save this
> planet.... It's time for the people to say that enough is enough."
>
> Police
> officer questions those blocking the intersection: "What is the point?
> Why are you here?" I respond: "Business
> as usual is what's killing the planet." Officer: "What good
> does it do to lay in the street?" My reply: "We are creating a movement
> to say no to business as usual. Martin Luther King did it. Gandhi did
> it."
>
> Context on location: Shortly after that clip, the camera pans to give perspective of
> where we are. The large building at end of the block with all windows
> facing directly toward our blockade is the Chicago Board of Trade.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> The action was quite intense. The sirens
> never stopped the entire time we were there. We were surrounded by
> supporters on all four corners and it really helped us to stay grounded
> when they kept chanting for the entire duration. Bless their hearts. It was amazing to look up while on our backs and see
> the blue sky above the skyscrapers. It also helped in grounding us, but
> I was realizing that the only part of our view that was natural and not
> human-made is exactly what the market system is now claiming as a
> commodity that can be bought and sold.
>
> It was intense but
> also empowering. It seemed to be the right time and right place to be
> doing what we did. The commodification of our future on this earth in
> the form of a two trillion dollar carbon market is trying to get
> established in the building next to us. My hope and prayer is that our
> action - and the others around the country (and internationally) - on
> this day will spark a deepening of the climate movement in this country.
> In order to protect our future, we must now challenge the vested
> interests themselves that are
> blocking the necessary emission controls through the dangerous
> distraction of carbon trading, and also the Congress that is tragically
> and shamefully capitulating to these interests.
>
> Here are a few more photos (with captions) :
>
>
> At the beginning, officers did not realize we were
> physically linked
>
> inside the tubes and tried to yank us apart. One of us is letting them
> know that this yanking is painful.
>
>
>
> It appeared the police were moving in so they could try to lift us
> all and
> remove us as one single unit from the intersection. At that point we felt
> it best for everyone to lay down. The pavement however was quite cold.
>
>
>
> The SWAT team is using a power saw to cut through the tubes
>
>
>
> After the tubes were cut, each of us was handcuffed and brought to
> paddywagons
>
>
> While in the blockade, I knew that Climate SOS and many folks in the
> Mobilization for Climate Justice coalition were being active in different ways around the country. For reports on other actions, please see: http://www.actforclimatejustice.org/n30-day-of-action/reportbacks-day-of-action/ I feel very grateful for all that everyone is doing !
> I pray that it will have a positive impact, and that we are helping to
> lift off a new stage of the climate movement here in the U.S.
>
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