So, when I was doing climate campaigning in Manchester there was a subset of people who either wanted to meet or were happy to meet for reasons I didn't really understand at first. Eventually I realised that what was going on was that these people wanted to see real action on climate in Manchester, they... Continue Reading →
Activist pamphlet warning about climate change, November 2000
So, as per yesterday's blog post about how those pretending to be the adults in the room are unable to admit that the dirty hippies were right, here's an A5 leaflet from Rising Tide, the activist group that was trying to get a movement going about climate change... They were at Den Hague, site of... Continue Reading →
You hear anyone saying “oh, I was wrong”? No, me neither. #climate #BorisJohnson #Israel
In the last couple of weeks we've seen big big protests in Israel about the direction of travel of the state. We've had another IPCC summary report (number 6 in the franchise - the body count ever higher, the deaths more elaborate) and just yesterday Boris Johnson in front of the Privileges Committee. What all... Continue Reading →
Interview with Alastair McIntosh about social movements, cycles, #GroundhogDayOrEndOfDays
Alastair McIntosh, the Scottish writer and activist, kindly did an interview last month, the first for my "Groundhog Day or End of Days" project (see here). You can (and in my opinion should!) read the transcript here, but here's a few clips to whet your appetite. And then I started to notice, you know, when... Continue Reading →
Groundhog Day or End of Days?” On the cyclical nature of #climate activism in the UK
There have been several distinct waves of action calling for #climate action in the UK over the last 30 years, each bigger than the last. But these waves only last 2-3 years, and seem to leave little behind. [image courtesy of the wonderful Marc Roberts] This is a problem because momentum is lost, credibility is... Continue Reading →
The Big What? Why? Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and Extinction Rebellion kiss and make it up as they go along
Extinction Rebellion today announced that it was teaming up with Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace to try to make what has looked like it would be the Humiliatingly Small One into the Tolerably Medium-Sized One. This is the same Extinction Rebellion which denounced FoE and Greenpeace (aka "the FoGgers") as complicit, sclerotic and useless.... Continue Reading →
Abeyance – a crucial concept (video)
https://twitter.com/marcsrhudson/status/1637791469476954112 If you don't understand protest waves and movement cycles and ABEYANCE, you are a risk not just to yourself, but to those around you.
“Living with the climate crisis” launch event – Monday 17 April
Upcoming event - Living with the climate crisis which provides group support and routes to action for those struggling with the climate crisis. Do take a look at the materials on the new Living with the climate crisis website, join us for the launch, and circulate to your networks. Join us for the online launch of Living with... Continue Reading →
“Activist Credibility Tokens”
I made a video about what I call "Activist Credibility Tokens" - how people try to get them, how there's an "easy" way and how that sets up perverse incentives, unhelpful patterns. Tell me what you think... https://twitter.com/marcsrhudson/status/1637048946613706754
Looting the Ivory Tower – “Biographical Availability”
https://twitter.com/marcsrhudson/status/1636318881311588353 From here - McAdam, D. (1986) “Recruitment to High-Risk Activism: The Case of Freedom Summer.” American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 92, No. 1, pp. 64-90
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