{"id":28533,"date":"2023-09-16T12:43:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T19:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=28533"},"modified":"2023-09-16T12:43:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T19:43:32","slug":"it-isnt-nice-but-climate-activists-will-block-the-doorways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/09\/16\/it-isnt-nice-but-climate-activists-will-block-the-doorways\/","title":{"rendered":"It Isn’t Nice, But Climate Activists Will Block the Doorways"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Activists gather to protest outside of Citigroup\u2019s headquarters on September 14, 2023 in New York City. The activists, some whom are members of New York Communities for Change and Stop the Money Pipeline, participated in the protest over the bank’s financial backing of the fossil fuel industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0(Photo by Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“There are nicer ways to do it. But the nice ways always fail.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

CHUCK COLLINS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sep 15, 2023 Common Dreams<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 1960s folk singer Malvina Reynolds wrote a song: \u201cIt Isn\u2019t Nice,\u201d<\/a> singing, \u201cIt isn\u2019t nice to block the doorway. It isn\u2019t nice to go to jail. There are nicer ways to do it. But the nice ways always fail.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep Malvina in mind as you read about the climate protests next week and in the days to come, including Climate Defiance blocking the doors<\/a> to Citigroup<\/a> because of their financing of new oil and gas projects. Prepare to witness a militant escalation of tactics aimed at the fossil fuel industry and their role in delaying society\u2019s response to climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a summer of floods, fires, droughts, record heat, and weather disruption, we are clearly moving into the \u201cnew abnormal,\u201d fueled by increased greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet even President Biden can\u2019t seem to mouth the words \u201cclimate emergency.\u201d As part of the June budget deficit deal, Biden approved an expedited Mountain Valley gas pipeline<\/a> project along with an unprecedented legal shield against delaying lawsuits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are still avenues and pressure points for humanity to avert the worst outcome of climate disruption, which is an extinction event. But this will require bold action in what scientists call the critical decade ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new United Nations global climate report card<\/a> finds countries need to catch up in meeting their Paris Agreement goals in reducing emissions. We would be making more progress if an unrepentant fossil fuel industry wasn\u2019t using its considerable clout to block the transition to a clean energy future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As global leaders gather in New York City for Climate Week and other United Nations meetings, hundreds of thousands will join the March to End Fossil Fuels<\/a>. Some of them will be \u201cblocking the doorways.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2lWkV2QpgQo?rel=0It Isn’t Nice<\/small>www.youtube.com<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actions in Europe presage US coming attractions. Extinction Rebellion UK<\/a> has blocked roads and building entrances, Just Stop Oil activists<\/a> threw soup at paintings and disrupted cultural events, while other European activists blocked private jet<\/a> runways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their focus on fossil fuel corporations makes sense. Investigative reporting has revealed that the largest fossil fuel companies, including Shell and ExxonMobil<\/a>, have known<\/a> about the dangerous repercussions of burning coal, gas and oil for decades<\/a>. And this week The Wall Street Journal<\/em> offered its own expose about Exxon\u2019s internal strategy to downplay climate risk<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If governments and the public had known what these corporate leaders knew four decades ago, we could have moved more quickly to a safe energy transition. Instead, the industry has \u201crun out the clock\u201d\u2014making low-hanging fruit adjustments impossible and putting our planet on a trajectory towards ecosystem collapse right up until the present moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awkward confrontations between Citi employees and climate protesters.

This lady tried to force her way inside.

Other @Citi<\/a> employees stuck outside are lost\/confused

They are trying to uphold the status quo. We need to make them stop. #ClimateShutdown<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/LGX69Q4ygY<\/a><\/p>— Stop the Money Pipeline (@StopMoneyPipe) September 14, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>