Seven Supporters of Declare emergency, including our editor-in-chief for the Daily Rebellion, were taken into custody and jailed for 3 days last Saturday.

The action gained over a million views, and then some tv time as well - which was a good cap to a week of action that included 15 arrests altogether.

   Will Regan, editor-in-chief for the Daily Rebellion and one of the Declare Emergency supporters at the action said, “We’re sitting in the road disrupting traffic trying to raise the alarm about what’s happening with climate change. Climate change is the biggest issue the world has ever seen. Joe Biden has acknowledged it. He says he’s “basically” declared a climate emergency. But he hasn’t actually done that yet. What he’s really done is pushed it aside.” Will continued, “Peter Kalmus wrote a really good article recently about all the things he could be doing that he’s just not doing. So we’ve got to raise the alarm. We’ve got to disrupt business as usual so people can start making real decisions about how we’re going to save this planet – how we’re not going to commit genocide against the Global South. How we’re going to hold these corporate people accountable – these fossil fuel companies, these politicians, these greedy billionaires. How are we going to hold them accountable? We’ve got to do that at this moment - So that’s what this moment is really about.”
   Avery (Ace) Fae, Declare Emergency Supporter from Oregon, “...If we keep going the way we’re going, then within ten years there will be no going back. Our planet will never be the same. It will never be habitable again for people and for so many species. We’re all in this together. We all have to take care of each other. We all have to protect each other and our home and our planet, our children and our future. Now is the time to act. This is why I’m out here because there’s nothing else to do at this point.”

   Bob Atchinson, Declare Emergency Supporter from Vermont “I’m out here for my grandchildren. I’m out here for my children. I’m out here to get our president, who promised to be a climate president to declare a climate emergency, and get on with the business of saving the world’s civilization. We’re the worst polluters in the world. Our US military is the worst polluter of all of us. And it’s time to stop it. No more fossil fuel permits. No more natural gas permits. Just do the right thing and shut it down.”
   Three roadblocks, and a disruptive action at the natural history museum, which included dinosaur costumes. Other actions for the week included slow marches, and dinosaur canvassing, singing and training.
   Declare Emergency is a member of the A22 Network for Civil Resistance, a ten-country coalition formed in April of 2022. DE’s main demands are to get Biden to Declare a Climate Emergency, Reduce Military Carbon Footprint, Stop Fossil Fuel Extraction on Federal and Indigenous Lands, Remove the US from the Int’l Oil Economy, Establish a National Citizens Assembly, Stop Fossil Fuels and pardon people fighting for our future.

 

 

SMALL NUMBERS, BIG IMPACT

hosted by XR NYC

September 28th, 6:30-7:30, EST

Four civil disobedience activists (including one rebel) blocked the road to the Burning Man festival. It generated hundreds of media stories.

Another rebel glued his feet to the floor of Arthur Ashe stadium and stopped a US Open semi-final game for 49 minutes. It generated thousands of media hits worldwide, inserted the topic of climate emergency where it is least seen - the sports pages.

Would you like to be a part of this new wave of climate actions, where a small number of brave people can make a big impact?

Come learn from these two rebels. It's not hard. It just needs a bit of pluck, a bit of creativity, and a straightforward message.

 

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Join up with Declare Emergency and make Headlines in DC

Join DE This Sunday for a talk about how you can join this exciting group - and start making headlines of your own! Or at least help others do the same.
“What are our responsibilities at this time? Because of the fossil fuel industry, we are facing horrors of a magnitude never before experienced in our existence. Our government continues to lead us to the edge of no return. We must stand up and defend ourselves. No one else is going to do it. It must be us, if we want to live.
Our methods must be disruptive, and they must be nonviolent. Our actions are evidence-based, credible, and we have a plan. The only thing missing at this point in time is YOU!”
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