March

Breaking Climate Silence: One Step At A Time

June 9, 2014 Rivera Sun, www.truth-out.org Educate! Climate Change, March, Protest

Two thousand miles lay ahead for the nearly 40 marchers who departed from Los Angeles in February and will arrive in Washington, DC, in November. Their feet tell the story of walking a thousand miles for climate justice. Their eyes look across the United States. The Great March for Climate Action threads through small towns, big cities and wide-open wilderness. In each area, local residents join the marchers, who also visit schools, churches and community organizations, raising awareness about the causes, effects and impacts of climate change on our society. If left unaddressed, climate change could reach catastrophic levels, heralding the collapse of modern civilization and ultimately, the extinction of the human species. Critics of the march say it is mainly symbolic, yet in one small Northern New Mexico town, the climate marchers had a tangible effect: The local newspaper reported on their arrival. While this may seem insignificant, the newspaper in question, like many others across the country, does not report on the subject of climate change. The arrival of a cross-continental delegation of climate marchers who have been traveling through major cities, small towns and the state capitol of New Mexico received one of the first mentions of climate change by the newspaper. This is one of the main goals of the climate march: to raise awareness of the issue in a nation that is ill-informed and often ignorant of the science and reality of climate change.

March To “Stand Up For Democracy”

June 8, 2014 Ashley Curtin, www.nationofchange.org Resist! California, Democracy, March, Money As Speech, Protest

In an attempt to end plutocracy, millions of Americans, who believe in true political equality, have created a movement to reclaim democracy for the 99 percent. From March Against Corruption protests to the New Hampshire Rebellion, more people are joining the struggle to fight for democracy and spread the word. And on May 17, California March for Democracy started their non-violent march in Los Angeles. The 480-mile march will continue “over mountains and across the valleys of California” to reach the state capitol in Sacramento. As a way to protest plutocracy, California March for Democracy is demanding the politicians leading the largest state to “publicly acknowledge the crisis of corruption and take immediate action to end it.” “Big money’s corruption of American politics is so complete that we can no longer deny the truth: democracy is dead in America.” California March for Democracy’s call to action is urging the California legislature to give California’s voters the chance to formally instruct the U.S. Congress to propose an amendment to outlaw big money corruption through the Assembly Joint Resolution and to start reigning in anonymous big money in elections through the DISCLOSE Act, therefore requiring top donors be revealed.

99Rise Leads California March To End Corruption Of Money In Politics

June 2, 2014 Eleanor Swede, www.occupy.com Resist! Corruption, March, Money As Speech, Occupy, Protest

The last time I had been to Los Angeles City Hall was at night. Chalk dust rose off of asphalt and cops in military combat gear stood opposite tents surrounded by handmade signs. Occupy LA fizzled but the conversation it changed gave rise to countless grassroots initiatives and shifted the focus of many political non-profits and organizations. The new aim: End corruption. Get money out of politics. One such organization is 99rise, co-founded by Kai Newkirk in 2012, which touts an impressive and continuing campaign of civil disobedience. The group's goal is to “build the nationwide movement waging nonviolent struggle to get big money out of American politics.” From arrests at Bank of America protests in downtown LA to rallies in New York, 99rise activists put themselves in visible, controversial places knowing full well they may attract attention not just from media and onlookers – but from the police as well. And that's the point.

The Great March For Climate Action – Taos

May 30, 2014 Faith Meckely, www.climatemarch.org Resist! Climate Change, March, Taos

Recently joined marcher and blogger at The Ithacan. She is blogging there regularly while on the Climate March. I can’t ever say enough about how incredible my first day was. It was raining all day, and the poor weather really tested me, but I’m proud to say I walked every step and I slept in my tent at the end of the day. Some marchers hitched rides and stayed elsewhere for the night — some in a dance studio with hot showers, others in a hotel if they could afford it — and I certainly didn’t blame them. It was a rough day and I was tempted to follow suit. But, I figured I signed up for all sorts of weather and I’m determined to stick it through, thick and thin. One of my goals while being on the march is to become closer to nature and embrace simple living, and despite getting a little cold in the middle of the night I don’t regret my decision to stay outside. Despite the beautiful sunny morning on the 24th — my first official day — when Carol, my Taos host, and I left for the Taos visitor’s center it started to rain, and as I unloaded my things into one of our support vehicles at the center it started to hail! The marchers were just arriving when Carol and I got there, and we took shelter in the center for a while and let the hail pass. Before we set out for the local park, a Buddhist monk, Reverend Yusin Yamato, who has walked across the country three times carrying a prayer of peace, blessed all of us. He proceeded to walk with us the whole way beating a drum.

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