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Greenpeace Warlord Declares an End to Global Warming Deniers
April 5 2010
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An article carried by the official Greenpeace website written by a Greenpeace India’s communications director, Gene Hashmi, (perhaps infuriated at the denial of the imminient melting of the Himalayas) urges climate activists to resort to criminal activity in an effort to reinvigorate momentum for their stalling global warming agenda, while ominously threatening climate skeptics, “we know where you live”.The article calls for “mass civil disobedience to cut off the financial oxygen from denial and skepticism”. |
“Gene”, as he signs the piece, then has a special message for roughly half of Americans who, in the wake of the climategate scandal, are now skeptical of man-made global warming – “We know who you are. We know where you live. We know where you work. And we be many, but you be few.”
Gene quotes another climate activist who calls for an army of greenies to break the law and take retribution against anyone who stands in their way.
“We need to hit them where it hurts most, by any means necessary: through the
power of our votes, our taxes, our wallets, and more.
We must break the law to make the laws we need: laws that are supposed to
protect society, and protect our future. Until our laws do that, screw being
climate lobbyists. Screw being climate activists. It's not working. We need
an army of climate outlaws.
The proper channels have failed. It's time for mass civil disobedience to
cut off the financial oxygen from denial and skepticism.
If you're one of those who believe that this is not just necessary but also
possible, speak to us. Let's talk about what that mass civil disobedience is
going to look like.
If you're one of those who have spent their lives undermining progressive
climate legislation, bankrolling junk science, fueling spurious debates
around false solutions, and cattle-prodding democratically-elected
governments into submission, then hear this: We know who you are. We know where you live. We know where you work. And we be many, but you be few."
A day or so later, though, Global Warming Denying is still going on, (not all of them Skeptic hunted down evidently yet) and Gene's post has gone! What would Ghandi have said? Well, we don't know. But here is a note from Ananth Guruswamy, Greenpeace International’s programme director (to use their Over-the-Top style), posted in place of the call to arms:
You’ve probably come here to read a blog post written by our colleague Gene, in which he included the line addressing climate sceptics: “We know who you are. We know where you live. We know where you work. And we be many, but you be few.”
Well, we’ve taken down that post from our website. It’s very easy to misconstrue that line, take it out of context, 1 and suggest it means something wholly different from the practice of peaceful civil disobedience, which is what the post was about. Anyone who knows Gene knows he’s an entirely peaceful guy.
Notes
- 1Here is the full text: What do you do when patient petitioning, protest marches and court orders fail? What do you do when all the protocols and cheat codes of democracy fail? This is what you do: you reclaim the language of democracy from the twisted bunch that have hijacked, cannibalized and subverted it. Pressuring politicians on climate change is not working. We saw that in Copenhagen. Three months later, we also know why. Which is why the global climate movement now must do course-correction. We need to shift targets and go after the real termites that hollowed out and imploded Copenhagen. Not Barosso, Obama or Wen Jiabao, but the real obstacles to the climate deal this planet deserves and demands. The oil and gas mafia running loose in New Delhi. The coal magnates that have Canberra by the short and curlies. The petrochemical giants that have placed a firm jackboot on the EU’s throat. The fossil fools and nuclear lobbyists that have Washington DC on speed-dial. We need to hit them where it hurts most, by any means necessary: through the power of our votes, our taxes, our wallets, and more. We need to be inclusive. We need to join forces with those within the climate movement that are taking direct action to disrupt the CO2 supply chain. We need to embrace the conservatives too, the ones that choose scientific rigour and court injunctions as their weapons. And we need to inspire, engage and empower everyone in between… from the AirPlotters stopping the expansion of Heathrow by purchasing bits of the proposed runway to the volunteer activists that have been making life hell for fossil fuel lobbyists in the US. Finally, we need to prove repeatedly, consistently, doggedly, that our alternative vision of a world that runs on clean energy isn’t just a prototype, it’s already in production. Emerging battle-bruised from the disaster zone of Copenhagen, but ever-hopeful, a rider on horseback brought news of darkness and light: “The politicians have failed. Now it’s up to us. We must break the law to make the laws we need: laws that are supposed to protect society, and protect our future. Until our laws do that, screw being climate lobbyists. Screw being climate activists. It’s not working. We need an army of climate outlaws.” The proper channels have failed. It’s time for mass civil disobedience to cut off the financial oxygen from denial and skepticism. you’re one of those who believe that this is not just necessary but also possible, speak to us. Let’s talk about what that mass civil disobedience is going to look like. If you’re one of those who have spent their lives undermining progressive climate legislation, bankrolling junk science, fueling spurious debates around false solutions, and cattle-prodding democratically-elected governments into submission, then hear this: We know who you are. We know where you live. We know where you work. And we be many, but you be few.
