Keep up on civil resistance here in the US and around the world.
Bach for the Future
August 8th, 2024, John Mark Rozendaal was arrested with over a dozen others, demonstrating in front of Citibank headquarters. In July, John Mark was targeted as a coordinator for Extinction Rebellion, as part of the Summer of Heat on Wall Street, in New York City.
GANTRY CLIMBERS RECEIVE TWO YEARS IN PRISON
Just a week after 5 Just Stop Oil Supporters received 4-5 yrs each for planning the 4 day Gangtry climbing action, which shut down a London freeway for 4 days, another devastating sentence was handed down to 6 more supporters.
Oil Kills - 14 Country International Airport Actions
Oil Kills, a new international coalition of climate activists have been taking action over the past weeks to disrupt one of the most polluting, and excessive industries, aviation.
A Cello Resistance
For the past six weeks, a vibrant resistance has railed against the Citibank’s death machine. A campaign called, “Summer of Heat on Wall Street” has amounted 450 arrests, in a non-violent civil disobedience campaign at the Citibank headquarters, in NYC.
What the Fuck Moment
An international scandal took place last Thursday, when Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil co-founder, Roger Hallam, was jailed for 5 years, along with 4 other Just Stop Oil supporters. The other activists received four years sentences, amounting to one of the most lopsided, and cruel sentencing ever seen in modern civil resistance history.
Joanna Smith - Actual Person - Sent to prison
You didn't think about the impact of your actions on the Little Dancer or on any actual person at all.” - Judge Amy Berman Jackson, to Joanna Smith-April 26, 2024
Stonehenge Doused in Orange
“Stonehenge at solstice is all about celebrating the natural world – but look at the state it’s in! We all have a right to live a life free from suffering, but continued burning of oil, coal and gas is leading to death and suffering on an unparalleled scale.” they continued,
Donald Zepeda of Constitution Two Serving Twenty Days
I recently had a chance to interview Donald Zepeda, an organizer for Declare Emergency, just before he started his sentence for twenty days - which he's currently serving. Here's what he said.
Just Stop Oil Disrupts Duke and Duchess of Westminster's Wedding
Sheila, 69, from Bristol, who worked as an NHS nurse for 50 years, was one of those who took action on Friday June 7th and who was booed by the crowds.
Released after 95 days
So you were just released after spending nearly three months in a federal jail on pre-trial detention for a non-violent peaceful protest at the capital is that correct? Kroegeor: At the National Archives,
Last Renovation Paint Paris- Touching Hell: Resistance in the Age of the Inferno
Yesterday morning, five French citizens from the Les Insurgés and Dernier Rénovation collectives sprayed yellow paint on a portion of Place Charles-de-Gaulle, in Paris, disrupting traffic in the roundabout for several minutes. In the face of total annihilation, there have been many acts of resistance to the fossil-fueled regimes around the world.