On Tuesday, March 30, the City of Oakland will unveil a Draft Energy & Climate Action Plan. Movement Generation joins dozens of other organizations in the Oakland Climate Action Coalition in calling for the infrastructure we need to foster resilient local communities that can lead the way out of the current fossil fuel driven global [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
[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 [...]