Bill, thank you for linking Third Act pledge. I will sign, but... I'd like to suggest a third option. I do not have either a Chase or Citibank card *although I did in the past.* Perhaps a pledge by former members would have an impact with these companies? It would reflect current loss of patrons, not just potential loss.
I know it's not popular to say this here, but the Canadian trucker protests were effective at grabbing world attention because they were unexpected, and something similar is needed for US politics and the climate movement. A well-coordinated effort at disrupting business-as-usual for a very specific cause.
Though it is difficult to organize, difficult to sustain, and once the state decides you are an actual threat to business-as-usual, you will see similar things happen as in the Canadian trucker protests: cancellation of bank accounts, cancellation of funding sources, heavy police crackdowns, mass arrests, and cancellation of government issued ID's. People have to be ready for the state to throw absolutely everything at them, and if you cheered for this happening to trucker protestors, you can bet this same thing would happen to any successfully disruptive left-wing movement as well.
Having been in the fight way too long, I have to ask if you can get there from here. The system is built to frustrate not promote democracy. Since the 70s, the democratic doors have systematically been closed, as the Powell memo lined out. I think civil disobedience on a scale we have not seen yet is all that is going to work. I am a veteran of two urban shutdowns, Mayday 1971 against the Vietnam War, at 12,000 arrests the largest is US history. And the 1999 Battle in Seattle where we sunk the Seattle Round of WTO. We need more like that, around a broad progressive agenda. We’re not going to win on climate alone. I write about all this, including the effects we had with those shutdowns, here. https://theraven.substack.com/p/if-we-dont-get-climate-justice-shut?s=w
Bill, thank you for linking Third Act pledge. I will sign, but... I'd like to suggest a third option. I do not have either a Chase or Citibank card *although I did in the past.* Perhaps a pledge by former members would have an impact with these companies? It would reflect current loss of patrons, not just potential loss.
I know it's not popular to say this here, but the Canadian trucker protests were effective at grabbing world attention because they were unexpected, and something similar is needed for US politics and the climate movement. A well-coordinated effort at disrupting business-as-usual for a very specific cause.
Though it is difficult to organize, difficult to sustain, and once the state decides you are an actual threat to business-as-usual, you will see similar things happen as in the Canadian trucker protests: cancellation of bank accounts, cancellation of funding sources, heavy police crackdowns, mass arrests, and cancellation of government issued ID's. People have to be ready for the state to throw absolutely everything at them, and if you cheered for this happening to trucker protestors, you can bet this same thing would happen to any successfully disruptive left-wing movement as well.
Color me skeptical. Yes.
Stasis ideas to get us out of the Climate rut!
1 A $25 bil fund to elect our climate friendly candidates to congrezz.
2 A $25 bil fund to elect our climate friendly board members to corporate boards.
3 A $50 bil fund to develop and deploy safe small scale nuclear energy.
It’s doable … who will apply to head it up?
Bloomberg
Gates
Musk
Bezoar
Terry McAullife
Having been in the fight way too long, I have to ask if you can get there from here. The system is built to frustrate not promote democracy. Since the 70s, the democratic doors have systematically been closed, as the Powell memo lined out. I think civil disobedience on a scale we have not seen yet is all that is going to work. I am a veteran of two urban shutdowns, Mayday 1971 against the Vietnam War, at 12,000 arrests the largest is US history. And the 1999 Battle in Seattle where we sunk the Seattle Round of WTO. We need more like that, around a broad progressive agenda. We’re not going to win on climate alone. I write about all this, including the effects we had with those shutdowns, here. https://theraven.substack.com/p/if-we-dont-get-climate-justice-shut?s=w
"I know we better try, and in new ways."
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