I'm loosely involved in a project getting exhibited there showing more sustainable construction methods.
Ah yet another one -
Aiding and abetting the great unwashed / unemployed rabble / rent a mob / uninformed guardianistas / brainwashed cult of Greta.
Might have a look at all that , for when we finally get round to building a house..
Only if you are sleeping in a skip.
Unlikely this time.
COP is such an important event that all of us should be look forward to it. In 2015, it delivered a landmark agreement in Paris and appropriately called the "Paris Agreement".
Very appreciatively of various NGOs that effectively represent the Global South and the poorer nations who do not have means to do the necessary research or to fund their voice
What it does not need is unruly mobs who to disrupt the event and cause mayhem and take up taking valuable resources.
Even worse, taking away COP oxygen from the media who then report on Police horses impeded, barriers breeched, property vandalised.
Then 10 years down the road, the Govt gets sued because one of the pony tailed Police informant could not keep his zip up and formed a relationship with a protestor.
Why not turn up in droves to support the event.
Except it's not that simple is it.?
Many of those high up.suits, government, and corporate representatives attending the event are the same brokers of power , and of the same exploit, extract, and capitalise mindset which caused so much of this problem in the first place .
Never mind a bit of damage to property - which I'm not condoning mark you - what about our common property of clean soil, air, water biodiverse ecosystems, and a stable climate.?
Who's been wrecking that??
Big oil , in collusion with various governments, and other industries , kept us on this track for so long in the first place.
Why should they be trusted to do the right thing now.??
At the very least they need holding to proper account
In my view these exploitative companies and their colludes should be up in court ,on charges if eco-cide
You belittle the very real and lasting harm caused to a woman who was hoodwinked into forming an intimate relationship with an undercover
cop ( not an informant)
It could have been me, I was a more involved in direct actions then.
In truth there will be very few unruly mobs - they will be engaged in NVDA - the right to peaceful protest still exists in our democracy - j
(Unless Brandane, is doing some of his noisyiing up - of course.
Those 'other' groups are there precisely to speak up for the voiceless, those in the global south, the already disadvantaged, the indigenous tribespeople, and ecosystems and species which currently have no voice, which are already suffering the effects of climate change .
(I've spoken at such events on behalf of a Ghanaian farmer , already suffering under climate extremes, she couldnt be there to speak for herself)
I myself have had cropping difficulties due to more extreme weather events.
Demonstrators are there to speak for those who currently have little value in our current system.
If the media want to make up stories, or sensationalise things, rather than report on actually what is actually going on, then that's on them.
Or else it's on their gullible readership, who buy their 'news'.
