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Tuesday at climate camp.

Guido | 06.08.2008 11:33 | Repression | London

Some snaps and a short report from tuesday at Climate Camp.

How many tons of carbon?
How many tons of carbon?

Camp at dusk.
Camp at dusk.

Monbiot's marquee meeting.
Monbiot's marquee meeting.

Keir Milburn.
Keir Milburn.

The north gate visited by numerous cops.
The north gate visited by numerous cops.

Those Police medics make us feel soooo much safer.
Those Police medics make us feel soooo much safer.

A you thought the black bloc looked sinister?
A you thought the black bloc looked sinister?

Monbiot
Monbiot


Arriving in time for George Monbiots meeting I was pretty impressed by the turnout. The marquee was packed. Monbiot was arguing for a pragmatic approach to working alongside governments to tackle climate change. next was Almuth Ernsting whose apocalyptic predictions scared the shit out of absolutely everyone. She was followed by Kier Milburn of Turbulence magazine who in my humble opinion was by far the most realistic speaker. He argued that the only way to tackle climate chaos and the rest of our ills was by empowering the majority. He also pointed out that the poor will suffer first from climate change and are already doing so in places like Bangladesh. I also found myself thinking about the trailer parks of the USA being battered by twisters while he was making his point. Climate Change IS a class issue before anything else and he made the point very well.

The next speaker from the Danish group organising for Copenhagen 2009. He had barely started when everyone started running towards the north gate where the Police were looking like they were considering one of their site invasions. There was a stand off. The cops were in riot gear but not making any serious effort to come into the camp. This continued throughout the night. The Police seem to be employing a tactic of ensuring that noone sleeps between now and Saturday.

I wonder in the BNPs Red White and Blue festival will suffer the same level of harrassment?

Guido
- e-mail: guidoreports@riseup.net

Comments

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  1. I hope that people get the message — Peter K
  2. Grim reality doesn't spin well. — iosaf
  3. police should be helping us stop kingsnorth, they are giving themselves terrible — James

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