Sorry to interject but the financial empire is loving these "protests"https://twitter.com/DerorCurrency/status/1129897724793503744?s=19 …
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Replying to @robinmonotti @expressiveegg and
It may well do if it can make money from them, and we don't manage to turn popular consciousness to our side. But that's the point of protest - to awaken and mobilise others, and to test and refine our own understanding of the obstacles we face. This really should be self-evident
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Replying to @Jonathan_K_Cook @expressiveegg and
Robin Monotti Graziadei Retweeted Robin Monotti Graziadei
Yes, my whole effort in this area is to refine understanding: there is no factual basis to the shortcut taken between extinctions & climate skipping all in between:https://twitter.com/robinmonotti/status/1125987713340051456?s=19 …
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Robin Monotti Graziadei @robinmonottiClimate change is NOT the biggest reason for extinctions, it only ranks 7th in magnitude on list of threats to biodiversity: number 1 threat is#overexploitation: capitalist consumerism.#ExtinctionRebellion or#ExtinctionObedience? https://www.nature.com/news/biodiversity-the-ravages-of-guns-nets-and-bulldozers-1.20381 … pic.twitter.com/xt4xPZjritShow this thread1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @robinmonotti @expressiveegg and
There's a difference between being right and being smart. Climate might rank 7th, but it's both the most all-encompassing and lethal of the threats we face and the one that most clearly illustrates the systemic nature of the problem with capitalism and our model of consumption
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Replying to @Jonathan_K_Cook @expressiveegg and
Or maybe it's simply the one one corporate backed protests are being directed to in order to propose false solutions to profit financially from (carbon capture & storage, carbon offsetting & accounting, directing public money to privately owned renewable energy, mineral mining)
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Replying to @robinmonotti @expressiveegg and
Ok. So what alternative are you proposing? Shutting down the school strikes, telling Extinction Rebellion activists to stay home?
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Replying to @Jonathan_K_Cook @expressiveegg and
Robin Monotti Graziadei Retweeted Robin Monotti Graziadei
I am not proposing that. I am critical on the official XR's blind faith in the words "net zero". I am in favour of the conservation of primary/intact forests & land rights of indigenous people living in/near them as the main key to reducing climate change.https://twitter.com/robinmonotti/status/1123987172636418049 …
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Robin Monotti Graziadei @robinmonottiWhy carbon offsetting (one of the main principles behind "net" zero terminology) is not a serious approach to climate change - Dr Keith Baker, co-founder of the Energy Policy Research initiative: https://braveneweurope.com/keith-baker-paying-for-your-sins-why-carbon-offsetting-is-not-a-serious-approach-to-climate-change … pic.twitter.com/uG1dUa5FQwShow this thread3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @robinmonotti @expressiveegg and
Hang on. I didn't start this thread. I was criticised for an article that stated protest is our only tool and that we need to nurture it, be aware of cooption dangers, learn from our mistakes, refine our goals. If you'd all like to focus on that argument, we can stop wasting time
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Replying to @Jonathan_K_Cook @robinmonotti and
all of which we agree on-but your tweet that introduced the thread went further: "what we need now is real populism - of Extinction Rebellion, of Greta Thunberg and the school strikes, of a Green New Deal" the question is, do these corporate labels represent real populism?
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Replying to @Cukullen @robinmonotti and
And I wrote a whole other article to clarify what I meant. This thread started criticising me for my clarification. So again, please focus on what you see as wrong with *that* argument. Otherwise, this just looks like trolling
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Replying to @Jonathan_K_Cook @robinmonotti and
had not seen the second article, which is excellent, thank you. i don't believe R. Monotti or C. Morningstar can be accused of cynicism--on the contrary, their criticism is eminently constructivehttps://www.jonathan-cook.net/blog/2019-05-16/science-wont-save-the-planet-new-values-will/ …
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