GeriatricGardener on Nostr: Sadly, it would seem that the “powers that be” haven’t been listening to too ...
Sadly, it would seem that the “powers that be” haven’t been listening to too many of the “other options” that countless activists have using to try sad get them to change their ways so, in light of the urgent need to change course on issues like the climate crisis, voices are being raised which suggest we may have arrived at the point where violence, not against people but against machines and/or property (ie sabotage) is the only way they *will* listen!
This ⤵️ article by Ethan van Diemen in The Daily Maverick
cites Andreas Malm, a climate activist and senior lecturer at Lund University in Sweden, who argues that the climate movement should rethink its roots in nonviolence.
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-12-15-the-ethics-of-eco-sabotage-is-it-ever-worth-blowing-up-power-stations-in-an-act-of-environmental-activism/
#Malm #ClimateCrisis #Sabotage
This ⤵️ article by Ethan van Diemen in The Daily Maverick
cites Andreas Malm, a climate activist and senior lecturer at Lund University in Sweden, who argues that the climate movement should rethink its roots in nonviolence.
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-12-15-the-ethics-of-eco-sabotage-is-it-ever-worth-blowing-up-power-stations-in-an-act-of-environmental-activism/
#Malm #ClimateCrisis #Sabotage