Frightened activists screamed as the truck drove straight through the blockade, damaging the setup and the truck itself.The protesters were blocking access t...
Just curious; how often do cops ram shit in Europe, Canada and Australia?
Climate activists have been trying to fix things through peaceful, unobtrusive protests for decades now. It’s achieved sweet fuck all and we’re almost out of time.
There are three forms of protest. Some are meant to evangelize. Some are meant to enact direct consequences. And some are meant to demonstrate the commitment of supporters.
The history books love to spotlight evangelism, but an effective protest movement needs all three. One is the carrot (MLK), one is the stick (Malcolm X), and one is an ultimatum – an implicit show of force displaying how many people will wield that stick if the audience doesn’t pay attention to the carrot (March on Washington).
While I question the effectiveness of making a traffic jam for people heading to Burning Man, the next time you see a climate protest, I want to encourage you to ask yourself what kind of protest it is, and who is its intended audience.
the goal is long past convincing anyone to agree that climate change is happening, it is, you have to exert pressure to get political change and that won’t happen without being a “nuisance”.
like, ethically. they should have quit and joined the blockade.
The effectiveness of being a public nuisance is arguable, if your goal is to actually get more people to share your opinion.
Climate activists have been trying to fix things through peaceful, unobtrusive protests for decades now. It’s achieved sweet fuck all and we’re almost out of time.
There are three forms of protest. Some are meant to evangelize. Some are meant to enact direct consequences. And some are meant to demonstrate the commitment of supporters.
The history books love to spotlight evangelism, but an effective protest movement needs all three. One is the carrot (MLK), one is the stick (Malcolm X), and one is an ultimatum – an implicit show of force displaying how many people will wield that stick if the audience doesn’t pay attention to the carrot (March on Washington).
While I question the effectiveness of making a traffic jam for people heading to Burning Man, the next time you see a climate protest, I want to encourage you to ask yourself what kind of protest it is, and who is its intended audience.
the goal is long past convincing anyone to agree that climate change is happening, it is, you have to exert pressure to get political change and that won’t happen without being a “nuisance”.
Well, that is an argument for it.