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What are some of the things we have learned in the past weeks? 2016 was the deadliest year on record for murders of Earth Defenders worldwide. The UK "government's chief scientific advisor" says we need to "prepare for global temperature rise of 4C." Oakland climate justice activists warn that many ENGOs outside California are being bamboozled into believing that Jerry Brown is a climate leader, rather than a very clever politician who represents the leading edge strategies of the capitalist class to coopt the environmental movement.A New York Times reporter has instigated a viral discussion about an "Unihabitable Earth." Patrick Bond declares the "climate justice movement needs to hit Trump where it hurts most" and John Bellamy Foster argues we need a "resistance movement for the planet." James Cromwell declares "capitalism is a cancer" before his jail sentence. And don't forget the positive:Naomi Klein tells Jeremy Corbyn "when you put the bold vision of the world we actually want....that's when people get excited."
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We need to crash Jerry Brown's climate party!
Governor Jerry Brown is getting a reputation as an international climate leader. But California activists have learned that, as eloquently he talks the talk, he does not walk the walk. He is proposing that the world's climate leaders come to California for a conference he plans to host next year. Let's organize a people's alternative to Jerry's Conference. What do you think?
Should climate activists instill existential angst?
Eric Holthaus says that the article "The Unihabitable Earth" is now "the most read article in New York Magazine's history". He argues that journalists have been stifled too long, that they should "not hold back," that "the weird shit that climate change could cause...is compelling," and that climate journalists should "report the hell out of them." For too long groups like Yale Communications Centre and ENGOs pushed the message to "not immobilize people" with negative messaging. But Holthaus argues the job of climate activists is to instill existential anxiety and provoke people and movements to question at deep levels of meaning. Margaret Klein Salamon agrees, saying "our job is not to protect people from the truth or feelings that accompany it; it's to protect them from climate crisis." What do you think?
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