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  1. Nov 2024
    1. it must be harnessed n ot only todenounce the world as it is, and build fleeting pockets of li berated space. It m ustbe t he catalyst to actually bui ld t he world t hat will keep us all safe.

      we must take hold of the opportunities that find us to radicalize and rebuild the world-- put our all into it

    2. We are also significantly less isolated t han many of us were even a decade ago:

      large-scale connections via social media = an opportunity to globalize

    3. Free mar ket ideology has been discredited by decades of deepeninginequality and corr uption, stripping it of m uch of its persuasive power

      free-market, capitalist ideology losing its power

    4. And the real surprise, fo r all involved, is t hat we are so m uch more than wehave been t old we are--that we long for more and in t hat longing have morecom pany t han we ever imagined.

      !!!-- suddenly, everyone.

    5. We will win byassert ing that such calculacions are morally mons trou s

      denounce the morality of our policies

    6. They won by asserting that th ose rights andfreedoms were too valuable to be measured and were inherent to each of us.

      appeal to human nature

    7. "What, to t he Amer ican slave, is your 4th ofJuly?"

      questions that challenge patriotism and what even holidays/celebrations stand for (worldviews)

    8. interdependence rather than hyper- individualism,reciprocity rather than do min ance, and cooperation rather t han hierarchy.

      interdependence, reciprocity, cooperation to replace hyper-individualism, dominance, hierarchy

    9. "Denial can-and I believe shou ld -beunderst ood as t estament to o ur hu m an capacity fo r empathy, compassion, and anunderlying sen se of moral imperati ve to respo nd , even as we fail to do so."

      denial as a tool to understand our moral imperative

    10. Paradoxicall y, this may also give us a better understandin g of o ur personalclimate inaction, allowing many of us t o view past (and present) failures withcompassion, rather than angry judgment.

      !!!

    11. the very process of arguin g fo r auniversal social safety net opens up a space fo r a full-throated debate about values

      early battles should also challenge our values and get us to ask questions about how we should operate as a collective and what we must prioritize

    12. what is overwhelming about the climate challenge is that it requiresbreaking so many rules at o nce

      climate challenge requires full deconstruction and reinvention of our current worldviews and societal rules

    13. severing so many of us fr om the brnader co mm unities whosepooled skills are capable of solving problems big and small

      disconnect from the power of organized community with pooled skills

    14. we si mply cannot imagine being part ofany mobilizat ion of that depth and sca le

      disconnect between past social/political movements and revolutions, and our own lives and capabilities

    15. we are afraid-with good reason-t hat ou r polit ical class is wholly incapable of seizi n g th ose tools and implem enti n gt hose plans

      it's easier to just say we're fucked out of fear that our elites will never be able to meet the Earth's demands

    16. Activists were, quite simply, everyone.

      activism as an ordinary aspect of everyday life

    17. extraordinary levels of social mobilizat ion

      unprecedented level of social mobilization required to create the major shifts needed for this unified movement

    18. t he need fo r a redistri bution of wealth

      !!!

    19. sea

      I like this analogy.

    20. climate change can be the fo rce-the grand push-that willbr ing together all of these still living m ovements.

      climate change may be able to unify these active movements fighting for equality and security

    21. is precisely why ou r world is asfundamentally unequal and unfair as it remains.

      author recognizes the economic losses of rights movements as the reason our world is still extremely unbalanced

    22. s a chance to change all that; and co get it right thi s time.

      !!!

    23. represent no thin g less than the unfinished business of the mostpowerful liberation movemen ts of the past two centuries

      economic demands of the climate crisis also tie into all our unfinished business-- requires a serious relocation of funds/resources/power

    24. a real end to the fossil fuel age offers n o equivalentconsolation pr izes to the major players in the oil, gas, and coal indu stries.

      no reward for big companies to combat the climate crisis --> even less motivation to act

    25. Washington broke its prom is

      Washington state + other colonial nations like Britain & France reversed reparations (ex: "40 acres and a mule" being flipped on its head to keep people enslaved)h

    26. n o nviolent tactics like boycottsand protests played major roles, but slavery in t he Cari bbean was only outlawedafter numerou s slave rebellions were brutally suppressed, and, of course, abolitionin t he United States came only after t he carnage of t he Civil War.

      successful movements were not made possible by just nonviolent approaches, but also a combination of violent tactics

    27. com parable to the m odern globalecono my's reliance on fossil fuels

      author compares dependency of the US economy on slave labor to the modern global economy's dependency on fossil fuels-- both unethical practices causing serious damage (in different ways)

    28. Both of th ese transfo nn ative m ovem ents fo rced ruling elites torelinquish practices t hat were still extraordinar ily profitable

      abolition movement and independence fights succeeded in stopping profitable practices

    29. consistently11nrl P.nn inP.rl

      postcolonial independence movements have been cut short through interference, not uncommonly violent methods (influenced by corruption and debt)

    30. o n a scale comparable to what the climate cr isis calls fo rtoday.

      compares demands of the New Deal following the Great Depression to the demands of the current climate crisis

    31. the victo ri es that remained elusive were th ose that, in King'swords, could n ot be pu rchased "at bargai n rates."

      govt more stubborn in relocating funds/resources

    32. the legal and culturalbattles were always more successful than the econo m ic on es.

      economic battles are less successful than legal/cultural battles (the govt is less easily swayed to change where money goes)

    33. but also at least o ne ''yes."

      this kind of economic shift HAS happened before, as a result of the efforts of ordinary citizens

    34. truly daunting speed and scale

      the change required must be extreme (rapid/ASAP and on a global scale)

    35. So if there is any hope of reversi n g these trend s,glimpses won't cut it; we will need t he climate revolution playing on repeat, allday every day, everywhere.

      author expresses need for activism to become a constant, everyday aspect of life in such urgent times (the climate change crisis is still not slowing down)

    36. we n ow have a clearglimpses of the kind of dedicat ion and imaginat ion dem anded of everyone who isalive and breat hing du ring climate change's "decade zero."

      author also acknowledges the expansion of the movement for climate change, a lot of progress made and movements have become much more large-scale and slowly connecting globally

    37. the largest green group in t he world was itself drilling fo r oil.

      What is the name of this green group?

    38. Admittedly, m uch of it ispainful.

      author recounts moments that may incite a feeling of hopelessness or overwhelm

    39. early manifestations of this resistance

      early beginnings; we are starting to plant the seeds for the movement

    40. To arrive at t hat dystopia, all we need to do is keep barreling downthe road we are on.

      the only way to prevent this from being our path is through direct counter-action, hopefully in the masses

    41. only m ass social m ovem ents can save us n ow

      main idea

    42. likeliest source of "friction "

      uprisings are most likely to slow down the effects of capitalism; similar to abolition and civil rights movements

    43. adopt a certain set of dynam ics t hat does n ot fit within the capitalistculture.

      like rebellion

    44. Direct Acti on Activism

      Brad Werner session advocating for Direct Action Activism

      -- UCSD professor at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union in SF

    45. There isno reason we should be forced to accept a solution informed by that same system.

      we must think outside the box and look beyond our first-world perspective to find ways to counter the crises caused by our country

    46. We as a nation must undergo aradical revolution of values.

      introduces the author's purpose-- to push readers towards revolution and to reorient our thinking on a radical scale; society must turn back to compassion in order for it to be possible for us to reverse the effects of racism, materialism, militarism, and other forms of oppression