[Cja] stuff on 12/10

Tue Sep 14 08:56:25 UTC 2010

Hi Tadzio,

I think Funpeace is Dunk, an Irish activist living in Barcelona. He was in
Copenhagen (he tried to do a live podcast of the people's assembly to some
radio in Latin America during the Reclaim Power action I think)

I don't know much more than that I'm afraid...you could ask Oscar Reyes, he
is living in BCN now - oscar at carbontradewatch.org

Ciao

F

On 14 September 2010 10:20, Tadzio Mueller <tadziom at yahoo.com> wrote:

> so i asked tom kucharz in spain what's going on for the 12th, he hasn't
> responded. this person, however, says there's something happening in
> barcelona for the day of action. does anyone know her/him? i have sent an
> email to check
>
> t
>
> --- On *Mon, 9/13/10, Fun Peace <fuspey at yahoo.co.uk>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Fun Peace <fuspey at yahoo.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [climate09-int] short vid for 'Crude Awakening' - day of
> action against oil - October 16 London
> To: "kevin smith" <kevinjgsmith at googlemail.com>, cjn at lists.riseup.net,
> climate09-int at lists.riseup.net
> Date: Monday, September 13, 2010, 4:04 PM
>
> can you give us more details about that week of action, links to whats on,
> both in your local area, and to wider afield. In Barcelona there are things
> been planned for the 12th, and bit of stuff for the 350 global work party, 2
> days before on sunday 10th.
>
> have people got anything organised for 1000 cancuns, if so what, where
> etc...
>
> solidarity...
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* kevin smith <kevinjgsmith at googlemail.com>
> *To:* cjn at lists.riseup.net; climate09-int at lists.riseup.net
> *Sent:* Mon, 13 September, 2010 17:48:13
> *Subject:* [climate09-int] short vid for 'Crude Awakening' - day of action
> against oil - October 16 London
>
> hi all
>
> apologies for a UK-centric posting, but done in the spirit of it being part
> of the international week of action
>
> a short mobilisation vid (people expecting riot-porn may be somewhat
> disappointed) about 'Crude Awakening' - day of action against the oil
> industry taking place in London on 16 October as part of the Global Minga
> week of action
>
> 2 minute video here
>
> http://www.youandifilms.com/2010/09/crude-awakening-get-over-it/
>
> and website here where you can sign up for more info
>
> http://www.crudeawakening.org.uk/
>
> and for those who crave ALL the info - the first newsletter with more info
> about it all
>
> *THE CRUDE AWAKENING MASS OUTREACH EMAIL*
>
> *A mass action to switch off oil*
>
> *Saturday, 16 October 2010, Central London*
>
> www.crudeawakening.org.uk
>
> Have you been thinking it's about time a whole load of people got together
> to take mass action against oil in central London? We thought so. And so it
> followed that the Crude Awakening was launched. The mobilization is now in
> full swing and everyone is invited to help publicize and prepare. There is
> loads to do….please have a read through this email and get involved!
>
>
>
> *The email is in three parts: *
>
> 1. *The call out - please copy and paste and help this get all over the
> Internet!*
>
> 2. *Upcoming events and how to get involved *
>
> 3. *Frequently asked questions*
>
>
>
>
>
> *1.     **The call out – please copy and paste and help get this all over
> the Internet!*
>
>
>
> THE CRUDE AWAKENING
>
> A mass action to switch off oil
>
> Saturday, 16 October 2010, Central London
>
> Floods in Pakistan, drought in Russia, huge glaciers breaking up in
> Greenland...
>
> Our climate system is rapidly sliding into crisis, as oil companies destroy
> people's lives and the environment to keep sucking up their profits.
>
> Oil saturates every aspect of our lives. Oil profits lubricate the
> financial markets and its sponsorship clings like a bad smell to our
> cultural institutions. It flows through pipelines to the pumps, airports and
> factories of our cities.
>
> The failure of the UN COP15 process showed us – if there was ever any doubt
> – that government and industry can’t tackle climate change. It’s up to us
> and it’s time to up the ante.
>
> As a movement, our actions against coal and aviation have made a real
> difference. Now oil’s time is up.
>
> Together, on October 16, let's give the oil industry a Crude Awakening.
>
> Meet in central London. Be ready to move. Be ready to stay and stand your
> ground.
>
> Be creative. Be prepared. Be there.
>
> Find out more, get involved and sign up for text alerts at
> www.crudeawakening.org.uk
> Facebook: http://bit.ly/c6S0kg
> Twitter: @crudeawake
>
>
>
> Part of the CJA global week of action for climate justice
> Supported by: Space Hijackers, Climate Camp, Plane Stupid, Rising Tide,
> Liberate Tate, Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination, UK Tar Sands
> Network
>
> Hope to see you on the streets,
> Crude Awakening
> crudeawakening.org.uk <http://www.crudeawakening.org.uk/>
>
>
>
> *2. How to get involved and build up events you are all invited to. *
>
> Events already planned are listed bellow:
>
> In London……
>
> ·    17th September, networking meeting at 6pm just inside the entrance to
> the Brunei Gallery at SOAS, a meeting for people interested in helping to do
> outreach in the London area the Climate Camp outreach group are meeting.
>
>
>
> ·    There is going to be a London coordinating and planning meeting for
> the Crude Awakening very soon, and the details will be announced shortly.
>
>
>
> ·    Thursday 23rd September at 7.30pm, Climate Action Film Night, London
> Action Resource Centre, Whitechapel (for address see *www.londonarc.org*<http://www.londonarc.org/>
> )
>
> An evening of films and discussion about climate activism and the oil
> industry, hosted by London Rising Tide.
>
>
>
> A screening of two short films of recent actions against BP and Shell by
> Rising Tide and friends, plus Petropolis, a visually stunning and disturbing
> documentary about the Canadian Tar Sands. Followed by a brainstorming
> session on taking direct action against the oil industry in London -
> including all the latest info on the Crude Awakening, an oily mass action
> happening on Saturday 16th October. For anyone who believes in climate
> justice and wants to help make it happen; anyone hacked off with the greed
> and irresponsibility of oil giants like BP; anyone back from the Climate
> Camp and looking to get involved locally... everyone welcome....and there'll
> be cake!
>
>
>
> ·    The Crude Awakening London Rabble Rouser – a mass outdoor team game,
> warming us up for the big day– date, place and time to be announced.
>
> ·    Saturday 2nd October. MOLASAPULTPARTY FUNDRAISER .... Venue TBC, more
> details to follow shortly
>
> ·    Saturday the 2nd and Sunday the 3rd October Stilt making workshop for
> the stilt block on the mass action!....
> This time we're thinking big, we're thinking high, we're thinking tall....
> and we're going as a Stilt Bloc.
>
> Yep, thats right! On stilts!
>
> So in order for this to happen we're having a skill share weekend in London
> to build stilts and learn how to walk on them. The weekend is Sat 2nd and
> Sun 3rd October, 10am to 6pm.
>
> And even if you don't want to be up high, each stilt walker will need a
> buddy staying on the ground so there's a place for everyone, young and old,
> big or small, high or low...... we need you at this weekend too!!!
>
> Its all free and lunch is included....
>
> We need RSVPs so we know numbers. Email: stilt.bloc at gmail.com<http://mc/compose?to=stilt.bloc@gmail.com>
>
> Oh and its MEXICAN DAY OF THE DEAD theme.....
>
> In Manchester….
>
> ·    Sat 9th Oct - Mass Action training
>
> ·    Tue 12th Oct - Publicly announced rouser for CJA international day of
> action
>
> ·    Crude Awakening mobilisation
>
> We hope that there will be loads more to follow but this is what is lined
> up so far. If you are planning a build up event let us know so we can
> advertise it please.
>
> There is a huge amount to do to mobilize quickly for an event this big.
> Maybe you could organise a film showing or talk (we can probably send a
> speaker if you email us). You could put on an affinity group or action
> training workshop, or host a fundraiser. You could book a coach and fill it.
> You could run a workshop so people can build practical stuff , for example a
> load of disposable bikes to bring along (email us to let us know if you do
> make lots of useful stuff). You could have a stall and hand out flyers at
> your freshers fair (again email for materials). You could make a stencil and
> graffiti advertise for it all across your city/ region. Unless everyone gets
> involved there is a real danger we won’t get the numbers we need.
>
> The Crude Awakening is now on crabgrass! Join it, join a working group and
> lets get planning! https://we.riseup.net/thecrudeawakening (crabgrass is a
> little bit like facebook for activists and is a way of organising on line).
> And sign up for more information by email and text alerts on the website.
> www.crudeawakening.org.uk. Our facebook page is a little slow to get off
> the ground but it will soon be buzzing.
>
> Please also raise The Crude Awakening as an agenda point at the next
> organising meeting at your Social Centre/ Friends of the Earth Group/ Union/
> Climate Camp neighbourhood/ Housing Coop etc. Get people talking and excited
> and committed to the idea that they are going! If you are not already in a
> group or affinity group you are of course still totally welcome. You will
> probably want to make contact with some like minded folk to talk things
> through and make some plans before the big day. For example you could go to
> climatecamp.org.uk <http://www.climatecamp.org.uk/> or risingtide.org.ukand find your local active group, or email us and we can try to signpost you
> on. At the least try to get a couple of mates to come with you, so that you
> have some support as a group of friends (known by activists as an affinity
> group).
>
>
>
> *3. Frequently asked questions*
>
> Q. Neither the website nor the flyer gives much info. What is going on?
>
> A. As you have probably twigged there is also a deliberate sense of mystery
> around the action. So often with recent mass actions we have said exactly
> where we are going to go, and the police have had as much time to prepare as
> us, making things much more difficult for people who want to be involved in
> mass and effective direct action . With this project we are experimenting a
> little bit. The 10 targets are left unspecified, giving the action more
> chance of being successful. But at the same time we can openly advertise
> that we all need to be in Central London so we can get loads of people
> together at the same place at the same time for the mass action. And those
> people need to be ready to take action and to have fun. This is not a march
> and it’s not a camp. This is an action that needs preparation and we can all
> be involved in most of that preparation….although the targets will be a
> surprise until much later.
>
> We can’t be sure that this mix of secret and public planning will work, but
> we can give it a go, have some fun and maybe make some progress…..but maybe,
> just maybe we have got it totally nailed and this will be the best mass
> action in London ever! If you don’t show up there it will be difficult for
> you to know. Our advice is don’t miss it ;)
>
> Q. So what do I need to do to prepare?
>
> A. People need to be ready to move, and to stand their ground. Don’t bring
> with you anything that you can’t easily walk with or get on a tube with. But
> do bring with you stuff that will help you and your affinity group *hold a
> space* in what ever way you feel you want to. Whether you want to bring
> armtubes, disposable bikes or a huge slow moving metal and wooden tower with
> a papier-mâché rhino head (that can fit  on and off a tube!?); diversity of
> tactics and affinity group planning are key to this working. People can also
> prepare stuff to make this action look beautiful; puppets, masks, banners, a
> portable molasses fondue……you get the idea.
>
> Q. Why Oil?
>
> A. For a whole host of reasons. Here are just a few…..
> Because oil companies search for new oil reserves to make themselves richer
> while our climate spins into crisis.
> Because the UK government starts wars for oil.
> Because of human rights abuses and murder in West Africa.
> Because of the Deepwater Horizon spill.
> Because of the destruction of wilderness in the Arctic and the coast of
> Rosport in Ireland.
> Because of UK public money being used by bailed out banks to fund new oil
> projects.
> Because London is brimming with oil money, oil sponsorship and oil
> companies.
> Because global energy resources are the peoples commons.
> Because oil companies and the filthy rich people who profit from them have
> no place in a sustainable future.
> Because Copenhagen failed and now it’s down to us.
> Because oil has had it’s day and it’s time we pulled the plug.
>
> Hope that that made things a little clearer. And more specific information
> will be sent out soon. If you are still struggling with the idea, it is a
> bit like the Great Climate Swoop of 2009, except where we are going is kept
> secret. Remember, you are being asked to come and move around London, so
> stay mobile, be creative, be prepated and be ready to stand your ground. So
> talk in your affinity group about the ways in which you are going to be able
> to hold a space and equipment and materials that you might want to bring
> along to help you. The action is open, and will be shaped by the people who
> are there. Only the targets and how we are getting to them are secret.
>
>
> Apologies for cross posting.
>
>
>
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