by Michelle Mascarenhas-Swan,
December 18, 2009 (updated 12/21)
The Copenhagen round of the UNFCCC 15th Conference of Parties has ended in failure It is essential for the future of life on this planet that we achieve a global pact based on sound science and equity soon. But given that the U.S. and its key allies were not [...]
EMERGENCY PROTEST & VIGIL
SOLIDARITY WITH ACTIVISTS IN COPENHAGEN
* CLIMATE TALKS UNDEMOCRATIC & ON VERGE OF FAILURE
* US/RICH COUNTRIES REFUSE SERIOUS REDUCTIONS & CLIMATE DEBT
* MASSIVE POLICE REPRESSION AGAINST NONVIOLENT CIVIL SOCIETY
WHEN: Friday December 18th 4:30-6:00PM
WHERE: Danish Consulate,1 California St, at Market St. (Embarcadero BART), San Francisco [view map]
Bring candles and friends.
“First they shut the public out of the climate [...]
As heads of states and social movements call on the US to take responsibility for its devastating impacts on the earth’s climate, MG is preparing to take a delegation of U.S.-based grassroots social movement leaders to Copenhagen, December 12-19.
MG’s Gopal Dayaneni is leading the delegation, a vehicle to build strategic alignment with global south movements, [...]
[interview with Gopal Dayaneni begins at minute 24:13]
Making Contact – December 2, 2009
Trade Shifts: Reflections on the Seattle WTO Protests
Ten years ago this week, thousands of people shook the streets of Seattle in protest of the World Trade Organization. We revisit the voices from that week and find out how global economic forces have [...]
Mass Mobilization at the Chevron Oil Refinery in Richmond
Saturday, August 15
at the Richmond BART station
Rally & Festival at 11:30,
March on Chevron Refinery at 1 pm
followed by non-violent civil disobedience
[download flyer for more details]