[OBupdates] Direct Action at the People's Climate March, 9/21

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Chris Hedges writes, "Our only hope comes from radical groups
<http://www.beyondthemarch.org/> descending on New York to carry out direct
action, including Global Climate Convergence
<http://globalclimateconvergence.org/> and Popular Resistance
<http://www.popularresistance.org/tag/climate-change/>. March if you want.
But it should be the warmup. The real fight will come once people disperse
on 11th Avenue.

“The march is symbolic,” said Kevin Zeese of Popular Resistance when I
reached him by phone, “but we are past the time of symbolism. What we need
is direct action against the United Nations during the meeting. This should
include blockades and disruption of the meeting itself. We need to
highlight the fact that the United Nations has sold out to corporate
interests. At U.N. meetings on climate change you see corporate logos on
display. During the last meeting on climate change in Poland, the U.N. held
a simultaneous conference to promote coal as a clean energy source. These
U.N. meetings have become corporate trade shows where discussions on
climate are hijacked to promote corporate interests. Barack Obama has
announced he will continue the U.S. stance of only calling for voluntary
climate goals in advance of the upcoming climate summit in Paris next year.”
http://www.alternet.org/activism/climate-march-will-it-be-call-arms-earth-or-are-more-radical-actions-needed?page=0%2C3&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter


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"Our goal is a society that prioritizes the needs of all before the profits
of the few." passed by Occupy Boston General Assembly 11/29/11
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