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The judge, the Activist and Grand-Mother Nature - Leningreen

Leningreen — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:42:23 -0800

[My good friend Leningreen has asked me to post this message on his behalf.]

Courtrooms can be great theaters for drawing attention to a political cause.
And even an imprisonment can be a rallying cry for supporters to keep people
inspired.
And the imprisonment itself can be valuable in raising awareness of fellow
prisoners, and for the political prisoner to learn about other issues as
well.

To me civil disobedience is a tactical question of evaluating the usefulness
of the arrest versus some other use that that person could make of their
freedom - eg giving speeches, taking part in other discussions, etc.

People get locked up for advocating a variety of political value systems,
some I support and some I do not. However, in the scenario of a reactionary
state that doesn't democratically represent the will of the majority of
humanity, freedom of speech is to be supported without reservation.

Injunctions are very powerful tools wielded by owners of private property.

I think that the question of private property and capitalism comes
immediately to the fore in any of these environmental protest situations.

One of the most important follow-up discussions and consciousness raising
foci should then center on how societies resources - human, land, water,
technology, etc. - should be managed and allocated.

This is the ultimate value of such protests in highlighting the need to
evolve to the next possible level of social-economic-political organization
given existing embryonic trajectories that could be either seized control of
or redirected/repurposed even if initiated or currently controlled by
interests antithetical to the longterm strategic objective.

Eg. How one might repurpose the fast food restaurant industry's
infrastructure, real estate locations, and standardized operating procedures
to efficiently and creatively serve human health, nutrition and
environmental enhancement.

The judge, the Activist and Grand-Mother Nature - Ivan Doumenc

Ivan Doumenc — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:38:20 -0800

Thanks Laurent for this posting.

A bit of context:

The Eagleridge Bluffs protest took place in April and May of 2006 in West Vancouver, BC, Canada. At stake was the protection of a unique wetland just north of Horseshoe Bay. The government of BC has decided to build a highway through that ecosystem, as part of the infrastructure improvements for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Hundreds of people stood up to stop the project. 25 people got arrested, yours truly included. Betty K served as our moral and spiritual leader.

What I think is truly important about this battle is the type of people who stood up to protect those wetlands. It was not a bunch of eco-radicals or professional activists, but middle-classs, average Joe Doe taxpayers who were concerned about their environment and the future of their children.

More than half of the arrestees were from outside of West Vancouver. So it wasn't a "NIMBY" protest either.

That's, in my opinion, the watershed event that defines this battle: people from the middle class became radical.

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Xiao Zhao — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 15:31:14 -0700

Hi Rachel & Laurent,

Lucas seems to be very active. Congratulations!! He is a big boy now. Next time, he will be walking toward your camara but not crawling against it. Ha...ha...

Enjoy your parenthood. Keep in touch!!

Joy

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