[Cja] Fw: [climate justice now!] Call for solidarity actions with the accused spokespersons for the Climate Justice movement / Solidaritet med de anklagede talspersoner fra klimaretfærdighedsbevægelsen

Mon Sep 20 12:29:03 UTC 2010

folks, we really need to do actions on that date. in berlin, we're - rather uncreatively - probably doing a demo outside the danish embassy

--- On Mon, 9/20/10, nicolas haeringer <nicolas.haeringer at gmail.com> wrote:

From: nicolas haeringer <nicolas.haeringer at gmail.com>
Subject: [climate justice now!] Call for solidarity actions with the accused spokespersons for the Climate Justice movement / Solidaritet med de anklagede talspersoner fra klimaretfærdighedsbevægelsen
To: "CJN!" <cjn at lists.riseup.net>
Date: Monday, September 20, 2010, 8:19 AM

Call for solidarity actions with the accused
spokespersons for the Climate Justice movementSept. 16,
2010During
the climate summit in Copenhagen, more than 2000 people were arrested
preventively and held in custody while they were trying to have their
voices heard. These people along with thousands of other people from
around the world were trying to set a different and more just
political agenda in the climate debate. Climate Justice Action, a
global network of social movements and groups, was mobilizing and
calling for a protest and people’s assembly to challenge the
farcical political negotiations at the COP15. They demanded just
solutions to the climate crisis, solutions that do not only favor the
rich western world. On the 16th of December the CJA network organized
the Reclaim Power – Push for Climate Justice action, to give a
voice to those people marginalized by the negotiations and most
affected by climate change.This
emerging climate justice movement was met with severe repression and
an abuse of power from the Danish government. This was reflected in
the form of massive detainment of protesters and targeting of alleged
organizers of legal demonstrations. During 2009 the Danish government
and the Danish police carried out an intense scare campaign in the
media to demonize protesters and activists. Police were given extra
legal powers and economic resources for the COP 15. This led to
thousands of preventive arrests, month-long surveillance of
telephones, raids of private homes and accommodations and grotesque
and unnecessary detentions. Stine Gry and Tannie acted as
spokespersons for CJA in the media during the whole COP period,
arguing for the right to protest and against the massive police
repression. They are now both being held personally responsible for
the Reclaim Power – Push for Climate Justice action, and are facing
charges including planning violence against police, gross vandalism,
serious disturbance of public peace and order, and trespassing. Some
of these charges are drawn from the Danish terror package and the
penalties are strengthened by the new Danish anti-protester laws
introduced just prior to the COP 15. 
The
main evidence against Stine Gry and Tannie is that they allegedly
shouted “push” from the sound truck during the demonstration on
the 16th, along with thousands of other protestors. The truth is, we
all shouted “push!” on the 16th, and we all pushed together for
climate justice on that day. 

Solidarity
Demonstration in CopenhagenOn
the 29th of September there will be a solidarity demonstration in
Copenhagen starting at 17:00 at Gammeltorv, in support of Stine Gry
Jonassen and Tannie Nyboe, two spokespersons for the Climate Justice
Action network (CJA) who will go on trial the 6th of October. They
are accused of 'organizing' the Reclaim Power – Push for Climate
Justice demonstration on the 16th of December in Copenhagen. We call
out for everyone to act in solidarity on the 29th of September
through demonstrations and statements of support and solidarity,
including demonstrations and manifestations outside Danish embassies,
demanding that the charges be dropped against Stine and Tannie. You
can contribute with a picture on online solidarity at:
www.climatecollective.org/push
Call
for actionsThrough
this trial the Danish state is trying to make two individuals
responsible for a whole movement's collective decision-making and
collective protests. This is clearly an attempt to scare people from
protesting and organizing politically, killing off all critical
voices. It is a violation of the freedom of speech and our right to
assembly. The right to protest and everyone's right to be heard is an
essential element in a democracy, even if you are speaking against
the existing capitalist system. We therefore call on everyone to show
solidarity with the accused on the 29th of September and make
criticism of this ongoing repression visible. 
To
highlight the absurdity in the charges, we encourage people to take
actions using the slogan “we also shouted push!”. Post your
photos www.climatecollective.org/push
and send your videos of solidarity actions to the climate collective
(cop15repression at climatecollective.org), and let us know any
information of actions that happen. 
In
Solidarity – The Climate Collective

www.cop15repression.info

	www.climatecollective.org

	We
	also shouted push: www.climatecollective.org/push

	email:
	cop15repression at climatecollective.org
The
trial dates of Stine Gry Jonassen and Tannie Nyboe are the 6th, 27th
and 28th of October, but additional court days might be necessary.

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