United Nations Official Says State Repression of Environmental Defenders Threatens Democracy and Human Rights - Inside Climate News
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Citing rising criminalization of environmental activism in Europe, a new paper calls on states to reinstate protections for protest enshrined in binding international law.
  • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    9 months ago

    It is time to realize that most governments are bought and paid for. The show will continue until the stage is aflame and the actors have all transformed into fuel. The only way we’re getting out of this with a portion of us alive is if we forcefully remove the oligarchs and their opulent 1400 masters.

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
      231·
      9 months ago

      Funny how I never see this message about right-wing blockades or football games

          • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldEnglish
            118·
            9 months ago

            It’s hard to say that when you let people mindlessly pass.

            Letters to the editor, pamphlets, peaceful protests with permits, blogs, social media, paid public service announcements…

            Plenty of ways to get your views out there that don’t involve murder.

              • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldEnglish
                110·
                9 months ago

                Well, none of those work as we can see from their failures.

                Clearly. Legal peaceful protest has never accomplished anything in democracy. Nope. Not once. The only way any law has ever been passed in the nearly hundred democracies across the planet earth is when people block ambulances. That’s it. If you think your government passed some law last week you are mistaken. True on the local level as well. Your town of 1,000 people would love to install a new water fountain in the park but can’t do it until some people block an ambulance. I am and all of democracy is defeated. Rip up all the rules about free speech and protest since not one of them has ever worked in the history of the entire human race!

                Do you have an opinion about anything? Block an ambulance and cause someone to die. Since all other possible means of convincing people won’t work since “Well, none of those work as we can see from their failures.”.

                Does anything else not work? Maybe food doesn’t work and we all should have starved long ago.