Colorado’s Scripted Environmentalism is an Impostor for the Real Thing
"The political class better get used to losing the narrative and make way for the people. The global environmental apocalypse is only going to make this battle far sharper."
"The political class better get used to losing the narrative and make way for the people. The global environmental apocalypse is only going to make this battle far sharper."
Nov 10
20160
Neo-Liberalism and the Defanging of Feminism, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Capitalism carbon capture plans Dakota Pipeline dam projects Ecotourism EZLN femicide Forests Fracking INDIGENOUS LAND RIGHTS Mining National Indigenous Congress nvironmental services costs privatization Proyecto Integral Morelos solar farms Toluca-Naucalpan Highway wind farms
" In order to defend what we are, our path and learning process have been consolidated by strengthening our collective decision-making spaces, employing national and international juridical law as well as peaceful and civil resistance, and casting aside the political parties that have only brought death, corruption, and the buying off of dignity. "
Sep 13
20168
350.org / 1Sky, Foundations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, NoVo Foundation, Pacifism as Pathology, Rainforest Action Network (RAN), Social Engineering, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
350.org BNSF Bold Nebraska Clinton Foundation CREDO Dakota Access Pipeline Fort Berthold Indian Reservation Fracking Genocide human trafficking Jane Kleeb MHA Nation RAN Richard Holland RTNA Ruckus Society Standing Rock Sioux Tribe The Bakken Pipeline Warren Buffett
For media sensation and photographs that will travel the globe, those at the helm of the non-profit industrial complex ensure that publicly, Indigenous Peoples most always appear in the forefront – all while strategizing behind closed doors to take leadership. When they cannot do so, they vacate the movement, work to marginalize and if possible bury, the legitimate work they were unable to take over. The 2010 People's Agreement (Cochabamba, Bolivia), led by Indigenous peoples, is an excellent example of just this. The white man has proven incapable of involvement if he is not soon in charge. He has proven himself incapable of following, learning, listening… standing behind. Keeping his mouth closed. The ugly reality is that these are racist, fascist organizations, only there to protect current power structures and count bodies. Social media metrics are far more important than disposable people.
May 02
20150
350.org / 1Sky, Non-Profit Industrial Complex
350.org Divestment Fracking hedge funds Jeremy Grantham private equity Tom Steyer
"Grantham, meanwhile, donated millions to buy the support of Sierra Club, Nature Conservancy, Environmental Defense Fund and Greenpeace. As usual, the 350 Climateers are clueless about how they are being used by fossil fuel investors to undermine democracy and the environmental movement."
Dec 03
20131
Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Canada First Nations Fracking Mi’kmaq Mi’kmaq Warrior Society Pacifism as Pathology Resistance
"To base our resistance on only those methods approved by the state, on those which are “peaceful” and “lawful,” is little more than political theatre that ultimately serves to reaffirm the “legitimacy” of the colonial regime. It is a strategy for defeat.
Nov 02
20130
350.org / 1Sky, Foundations, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Bill McKibben Climate Justice Colonialism Fracking Genocide Gulf Coast Indigenous KXL Mountaintop Removal Powershift Racism Tarsands
"This piece originally appeared as part of a series called, “Millenials Take On Climate Change” on the website, Policy Mic. The title I had wanted to go with for this piece was, “How Big Green NGOs Are Harming the Environmental Movement”. Only 800 words were allowed. Policy Mic asked me to become a regular contributor after this piece but I declined once they repeatedly told me that a piece featuring an interview with a frontline indigenous organizer fighting tar sands pipelines wasn’t relevant for their readers."
Oct 24
20133
David Suzuki Foundation, Forest Ethics, Whiteness & Aversive Racism
Canada Christy Clark Coastal First Nations David Suzuki Foundation Dogwood Initiative Elsipogtog Forest Ethics Fracking Living Oceans Mi’kmaq North American Tar Sands Coalition Pacific Trails Pipeline Resistance Sun News Tar Sands Solutions Network Tinka Dene Alliance Tzeporah Berman West Coast Environmental Law
"Mi’kmaq struggles against fracking have taken place completely outside of the framework of large environmental NGO’s; many have stated their belief this is a huge reason for the cohesive, community outlook of the struggles. Most of the larger ENGO’s have an internal policy against opposition to fracking. The reason? Big Capital control through foundations has determined that such a campaign is not a likely “win,” and Big Capital is also involved in labelling Natural Gas– including that from “fracking”– as a “transition fuel.”
Oct 24
20130
350.org / 1Sky, Foundations, Greenpeace, National Wildlife Federation, Nature Conservancy, Non-Profit Industrial Complex
350.org BASF CAN CJN! Climate Action Network Climate Justice Now! Cochabamba COP19 Fracking Green Climate Fund Greenpeace Narcissism National Wildlife Federation Nihilism The Nature Conservancy The People's Agreement
"Despite “actions” attempting to display the contrary, large environmental organizations have co-opted Climate Justice Now! to the point where it is indistinguishable from Climate Action Network, the condescending, well-funded, corporatized shill for Green Capitalism and mass affiliate for Rockefeller-produced 350.org and, yes, nearly every politicized branch of Friends of the Earth. And while steadfast, small-time excellence consistently pushes for acceptance of the People’s Agreement, those in control at CJN! maintain a measurable silence on the matter and an inherent lust for a Green Climate Fund – capitalism and progress and growth, oh my! – to save us all."
"We must call for what we really need – the end to all new fossil fuel infrastructure and extraction. The pipeline placed yesterday in British Columbia, the most recent drag lines added in Wyoming, and the fracking wells built in Pennsylvania need to be the last ones ever built. And we should say that."
Sep 12
20131
Environmental Defence Fund, Foundations, National Wildlife Federation, Natural Resources Defense Council, Non-Profit Industrial Complex, Sierra Club
Co-optation EDF Fracking National Wildlife Federation NRDC Sierra Club
"We know that some of these groups have taken money directly from the gas industry or from the foundations of pro-fracking politicians. Others have worked against grassroots campaigns for a ban in other states and have misinformed the grassroots about key issues relevant to pursuing statewide ban strategies. At the same time, these organizations posture not only as environmental and grassroots organizations, but also pretend to be grassroots and “radically anti-fracking.”