You know it had to happen.
What better place could there be for the great unwashed to protest? Gotta love the dead green tree growing out of the Earth. Here’s their message:
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#OccupyCop17: Climate Justice General Assembly
Governments of the world are, for the 17th time, assembling to discuss how we react on an international scale to a changing climate. During these last 16 years a sane response to an unsustainable global culture has not been found.
Inside their assembly and inside their declarations the needs of the 99% are not being heard. Private corporations are occupying our seats in the UN climate talks and governments corrupted by corporate influence are claiming to represent our needs.They are abusing and pillaging the consensus process, once put in place to ensure even the smallest and most vulnerable had a say.
We, as a planet, have been shown we can no longer rely on the same structures that have allowed for famines, floods, hurricanes and massacres to escalate relentlessly. There is a historic responsibility, and a global necessity for action.
Here in Durban, where Nelson Mandela cast his first vote and Gandhi held his first public meeting, we’re putting out an invitation to anyone who wishes to have their voice heard: to join a dialogue of how we must react to ensure the present culture of 1% of the worlds population does no injustice to the future of the 99%.
On Monday, November 28th at 11am, as representative from 192 nation-states begin their talks, we will also meet.
This a humble invitation for all, to come and engage in an open and peaceful General Assembly around the theme of climate justice.
In the spirit of general assembly’s from around the world we will talk, we will listen, we will learn, and we will respect each other through our process.
This is what democracy looks like.
It is time our voices were heard.
It’s time to #OccupyCop17
General Assembly
11am Monday 28th November
Speakers Corner
Walnut Rd/Bram Fischer Rd
Durban, South Africa
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I like this idea, in fact I think all “occupy” folks should immediately go to Durban, occupy the place, and stay there as long as it takes.
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16 failures to achieve anything but setting the date for the next party.
First rule of the political junket.
“We, as a planet……….” ??????????? Anyway who elected these, no doubt well meaning, folk to represent the 99%?
Such ignorance.
They use the royal “we” as if they speak for the “planet.” They speak for themselves only.
I love how they drop names: Mandela & Ghandi. Ghandi?? Oh never mind. The usual rhetorical method, attach great significance to one’s actions by recalling the great heroes of some other movement. Let’s come from far and wide to occupy. I wonder what the RSA has to say about them as they flood into border checkpoints? Methinks a visa is required. There will be a Starbucks available if they get in.
I don’t know about this guy, but I’m not a planet. Not even a moon.
/Dave Johnson says “Who elected these …..folk to represent the 99%?” The an swer is no one elected them, just as no one elected our own foreparents who protested injustice in France and Britain and in the US (think Tea Party). There just comes a time where folks realize that decisions are getting made which do NOT reflect the interests of the majority of people. Masses of people are now becoming aware that if we stay on a “business-as-usual” path, we will collectively fail.
Dave Johnson and others may disagree with this position, but it is the right of majorities (or minorities for that matter) to assert their views in a peaceful manner.
Gee, Hugh, you broke your silence on the oddest of memes. Aren’t you the paragon of loftiness.
Perhaps someone should suggest to the occupiers that occupying equatorial rain forests to prevent deforestation might do more to advance the green agenda than talking and listening in Durban.
problem is how long will it remain peaceful HUGH…. we have watched the continuing scenarios on the TV showing bashings pepper spraying etc to these so called peaceful protestors. DURBAN needs to hear the dissenting voices of scientists who understand climate change, sadly not the murmurings of uneducated protestors. I forsee real trouble here as the police and UN? do battle with these peacefull 99%
You can tell the ‘Occupiers’ don’t represent 99% of the population because they claim so loudly that they do; if they really did then no-one would have to tell us.
In reality they seem to be the usual ‘1%’ of unrepentant Marxists and a few ‘useful idiots’ who they can send out to get pepper-sprayed and arrested. Their incoherent demands mostly seem to come down to ‘increase the power of government so they can steal more money from those people and give it to me’, which is precisely the kind of behaviour that pushed the world into this mess.
As such I truly hope they do all go to Durban… and never come back.
Assuming that they are walking, jogging, swimming or bicycling, I don’t think they’re going to get there in time.
They obviously didn’t read the email from Dupont about them.
From a report in the Vancouver Sun-
‘On Friday, South Africa’s police minister said his country would deploy 2,500 officers to the UN climate talks starting this week.
“Police will not tolerate criminal acts that are disguised as demonstrations, which in some cases include destruction of property and intimidations,” said Nathi Mthethwa.
The government has given the nod to a civil society march next Saturday, but the minister made no mention of the Occupy event.’
I wouldn’t advise annoying the S African police….
And it is our right to peacefully ridicule their pompous naivete.
Hughpepper spray? Oh…I misread that.
It’s a bit ironic, but the Occupy Durban people are at least half right: the hall will be filled with representatives from interlocking elites working for their own agendas. The Occipiers have been co-opted by one faction of the elites. Once they’ve served their purpose, they’ll meet the same fate as the Old Bolshiveks.
“They are abusing and pillaging the consensus process, once put in place to ensure even the smallest and most vulnerable had a say.”
I didn’t realize that consensus was part of the scientific process. Durban is a discussion on science isn’t it? No? Then it is a discussion on how to impose the will of governments on the people without having to bother getting the consent of the governed.
This is so stupid I don’t know what to say, except boohwwwhhhhhahhhhahhhhahahaha! Maybe they will be visited by the [SNIP: sorry, Robb, but that just might be taken the wrong way… out of context, as it were… -REP], just saying.
You might see a few Hollywood and leftie types, and an assortment of the usual rock and hip hop stars showing up to get some face time. But that’s about it.
Not to mention their enablers at Greenpeace:
http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/11/25/global-warming-sham
“The annual convention of global warm-mongers gets underway at the resort city of Durban, South Africa.”
The belief in global warming does not represent the 99% of us. That part is true.
Yep. You go for it guys. I think you’ll soon find the South African police will handle it rather differently than the US and UK.
NO JUSTICE – NO CLIMATE!!!
I wonder what the jails in Durban are like; 1-1/2 Stars? 1/2 Star? No Stars at all?
What the heck is Climate Justice?