People’s Climate March

Enviro Groups Stage Massive People’s Climate March On Washington

April 30, 2017 John Zangas, www.dcmediagroup.us Resist! Civil Rights, climate crisis, People's Climate March, Trump

By John Zangas of DC Media Group. Washington, DC - Hundreds of grassroots environmental groups from around the country rallied Saturday at the U.S. Capitol in a mass march against administration plans to deregulate environmental protections. Among their demands: respect the environment, stop denying climate change exists, continue policies to protect the water and air, and don’t strip EPA regulations. The broad-based coalition linked climate change to fossil energy extraction as not only the cause of the present period of massive ice melt and species extinction, but also as a nexus to the oppression of minorities and indigenous people. There were over 350 sister marches held in many major cities across the U.S. Tens of thousands walked down Pennsylvania Avenue, with indigenous people leading the way, past a barricaded Trump International Hotel.

‘Red Line’ For Mother Earth Drawn At US Capitol

April 29, 2017 Lauren McCauley, www.commondreams.org Resist! #NoDAPL, Environmental racism, Indigenous Rights, People's Climate March

By Lauren McCauley for Common Dreams. Representing the communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis, activists are forming a "red line" in front of the U.S. Capitol building on Friday, vowing to stand firm "against the corporations and politicians driving the extractive economy" and their increasing assaults on people and planet. "We draw a red line through the militarization of the federal budget, and the rising wars at home and abroad, and the 'dig, burn, dump' economy," declares protest organizer It Takes Root in its call-to-action. "We hold a red line to defend our environment, our homes, our families and our future generations."

Sweet Potatoes, Not Pipelines

April 23, 2017 Lee Stewart, www.beyondextremeenergy.org Resist! FERC, Oil and Gas, People's Climate March, Pipelines

By Lee Stewart for Beyond Extreme Energy. On the day before the March for Climate, Jobs and Justice, Beyond Extreme Energy is taking close to half a ton of sweet potatoes to the headquarters of FERC, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 1st St NW in DC. We will be speaking out about our passionate opposition to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) and all new proposed fossil fuel infrastructure. FERC is a rubber-stamp agency for the gas industry! We will be distributing these sweet potatoes in small bags free to FERC employees and passers-by, with a leaflet explaining why we are taking action at FERC. Sweet potatoes are grown in eastern North Carolina, site of Duke Energy and Dominion Resources’ proposed ACP, which would run 550 miles through West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina.

People’s Climate Movement Demands Bold Action

October 14, 2015 Kevin Zeese, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! Climate Change, Climate Justice, People's Climate March, TPP

By Kevin Zeese for Popular Resistance - On October 14th the People's Climate Movement showed the breadth and diversity of the movement for climate justice, sending a message to the US government as it prepares to go to Paris for the UN Climate negotiations in November. In announcing the nationwide protests held this Wednesday, the People's Climate March wrote: The People’s Climate March on Sept. 21, 2014 signaled to both U.S. and global leaders that large numbers of people in the United States cared about the climate crisis. Not only was the march the largest action on climate in history, but we successfully changed the notion that climate change was just an environmental issue. The march made it clear that this is also a social and economic justice struggle. Building off of the energy and success of the march, the People’s Climate Movement was formed to continue to build on that energy and excitement and expand across the country. This fall, front-line communities impacted by the environmental crisis and climate change, are joining with workers, people of faith, students, immigrants, racial, climate and economic justice activists and other community members, to call for bold action on climate at the local, national and global levels. As you can see from the tweets below, they achieved their goals.

Judge May Consider Necessity Defense In Flood Wall Street Case

March 4, 2015 Alex Elefson, www.indypendent.org Resist! Capitalism, Flood Wall St., Law, People's Climate March

The group of protestors called the Flood Wall Street 11 may soon be able to argue in court that their acts of civil disobedience were legally justified due to the imminent threat that global warming poses to the safety of the planet. During the first day of the trial in Manhattan criminal court on Monday, the judge signaled that he might consider hearing their argument. The group plans to use the necessity defense, which provides justification for breaking the law in order to avoid imminent harm. The defendants pled not guilty to charges of disorderly conduct for participating in the Flood Wall Street demonstrations that occurred in Lower Manhattan on September 22, the day after the historic People’s Climate March. Thousands of people occupied the intersection of Broadway and Wall Street to protest the financial institutions bankrolling projects that contribute to global warming.

When NOT To March (Or Rally)

October 3, 2014 Andrew Willis Garces, www.wagingnonviolence.org Strategize! Climate Change, Direct Action, People's Climate March

But too often we use marches and rallies in place of any other public action to put pressure on decision-makers and build support for our campaign. They’re good for partying or as a mass mobilization after grassroots support is built — but there are many more effective ways to create low-risk opportunities for gathering people together. On the heels of the People’s Climate March last weekend, where more than 300,000 people gathered to demand international action on climate change, it’s important to take the time to reflect on what marches can accomplish — and what other tactics can be used instead.

Bold New Chapter In Climate Justice Movement

October 3, 2014 Dennis Trainor, Jr., www.acronymtv.wordpress.com Resistance Report Climate Change, People's Climate March

Part 1: (00:59) A dispatch from The People's Climate March featuring interviews with  Immortal Technique (Hip Hop legend)  Kshama Sawant (Socialist City Council member Jill Stein (for Green Party Presidential candidate), Pat Scanlon (Vets for Peace)  Art Shegonee (Federation of United Tribes), Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese (Popular Resistance) and other artists, activist, children, and street revelers! Part 2: (10:18) A dispatch from the Flood Wall Street day of action, featuring exclusive footage, analysis and interviews with Clayton Thomas Muller (Idle No More), Tim DeChristopher (Peaceful Uprising), Andy Bichlbaum (The Yes Men), Arun Gupta (Counterpunch), and Flood Wall Street organizer Goldi Guerra. Part 3: (20:04) Jill Stein Interview.

With Climate March Behind Us, Now What Do We Do?

September 30, 2014 Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, www.mintpressnews.com Strategize! Climate Change, Energy, Environment, People's Climate March, TPP

Brave resistance actions of all types are necessary to stop the march toward greater extraction and burning of fossil fuels. If they build it, it will be used and we must keep carbon in the ground to mitigate the climate crisis. Resistance actions are having an impact, making extreme extraction of energy less profitable and stopping projects. But resistance alone will fail. If extreme energy extraction halts and there is nothing to fill the need for energy and other basic necessities, many people will suffer. We must build alternatives to fill the gaps. The success of alternative systems will draw people to them and make the current dysfunctional systems less relevant. As market demand decreases, dirty power plants will close.

The U.N.: Apologist For False Climate Solutions

September 29, 2014 Dennis Trainor Jr, www.PopularResistance.org Resistance Report Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Finance and the Economy, Freedom of Speech and Assembly, Government, People's Climate March, Wars and Militarism

A day before the People’s Climate March drove 400,000 people into the streets of New York City, Jill Stein sat down with Dennis Trainor, Jr of Acronym TV and outlined what she sees as the coming green revolution. “The U.N. has sold us out,” says Stein “The UN has become the apologists for false solutions (like) nuclear power, fracking, and so-called clean coal,” says Stein. “The U.N. has sold us out, and it is really important that we take a new direction, with a very clear goal (…) one which puts people, planet and peace over profit.”

#FloodWallStreet Dispatch Save the Climate or Save Capitalism?

September 24, 2014 Dennis Trainor Jr, www.PopularResistance.org Resistance Report Canada, Climate Change, Corporatism, Energy, Environment, Finance and the Economy, People's Climate March, Protest

An exclusive Acronym TV dispatch from the Flood Wall Street day of action, featuring exclusive footage, analysis, and interviews with Clayton Thomas Muller (Idle No More), Tim DeChristopher (Peaceful Uprising), Andy Bichlbaum (The Yes Men), Arun Gupta (Counterpunch), and Flood Wall Street organizer Goldi Guerra. *** The positive momentum generated by the People’s Climate Parade spilled over into a massive direct action on Monday. Flood Wall Street exceeded organizers expectations, with over 3000 people shutting down Broadway between Exchange place and the iconic Wall Street Bull for eight hours just one day ahead of the 2014 UN Climate meeting.

Calling for a Solution as Big as the Crisis We Face

September 8, 2014 Dennis Trainor Jr, www.PopularResistance.org Resistance Report Climate Change, Climate Justice, Democracy, Energy, Environment, Finance and the Economy, People's Climate March

Timeka Drew of the Global Climate Convergence in conversation with Dennis Trainor, Jr. The Global Climate Convergence is calling for AN EMERGENCY GLOBAL GREEN NEW DEAL

Beyond The People’s Climate March

September 4, 2014 Dennis Trainor Jr, www.PopularResistance.org Resistance Report 350.org, Climate Change, Corporatism, Democracy, Environment, Green party, People's Climate March

In two weeks the Peoples Climate March in New York, organized by 350.org, is expected to draw as many as 200,000 people. The march is to take place only days before a special UN meeting called by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to discuss the November 2015 U.N. Climate Conference in Paris. Christopher Hedges has called this march a “last gasp of climate change liberals;” and “a climate themed street fair.” Our only hope, according to Hedges, “comes from radical groups descending on New York to carry out direct action, including Global Climate Convergence and Popular Resistance.”

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