tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705462730914460094.post4985125485679452451..comments2024-03-29T07:45:08.928+00:00Comments on All Dishevelled Wandering Stars: Every voice matters - the climate march in KnaresboroughThe Old Man is backhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06299949591915788184noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705462730914460094.post-58018265221163574792014-09-24T23:54:12.671+01:002014-09-24T23:54:12.671+01:00Hi Shan,
Some credit must go to Avaaz for the mome...Hi Shan,<br />Some credit must go to Avaaz for the momentum to do our bit.<br />I thought you spoke very well, and made your presence felt in a very positive way.<br />I'm now thinking seriously about whether I can contribute locally to the Party's activities, since the principles and ethical base are almost identical to my own. So I'll be at the meeting this weekend, to see whether there is the local taste for social justice.The Old Man is backhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06299949591915788184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705462730914460094.post-63120612358360211062014-09-24T23:44:52.533+01:002014-09-24T23:44:52.533+01:00Thanks for coming Fergus - and many thanks for thi...Thanks for coming Fergus - and many thanks for this thoughtful writeup. So glad people turned up and wanted to march. I had fixed it up at such short notice that only the most basic arrangements had been made - so it was great that we had an impromptu march as well as the planned photo-shoot which is the most I had imagined local people would be up for - (Im new to the area and feeling my way) People power - we need more of it!Shan Oakesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705462730914460094.post-73623856795784519492014-09-22T14:05:58.470+01:002014-09-22T14:05:58.470+01:00There were more than 2,000 marches. Most of them w...There were more than 2,000 marches. Most of them will have been small, local affairs like the one in the small Yorkshire town. Not enough to be newsworthy, but a sign - a sign that we ordinary citizens really do know and care about this as an issue and we expect our politicians to listen to us.<br /><br />This citizen action needs to carry forward now though to Paris next year, an onward, until our 'leaders' are left in no doubt that we will no longer tolerate their empty words.The Old Man is backhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06299949591915788184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705462730914460094.post-80319676725293096252014-09-22T14:02:45.625+01:002014-09-22T14:02:45.625+01:00It's a popular trick amongst the opponents of ...It's a popular trick amongst the opponents of climate action to paint the popular demand for action as something to do with Communism. Setting aside any discussion of the issues related to this particular political ideology and its consequences in the real world, which I acknowledge, you should understand that call for action to mitigate global warming have NOTHING to do with Communism. The planet cares nothing about ideology, physics knows nothing of politics. Making such claims is playing games with people's existing imagined fears and prejudices and trying to manipulate their understanding in the worst traditions of propaganda and agitprop. For a person so concerned with truth as you claim to be, engaging in such egregious manipulation should be shameful.<br /><br />Are you so afraid of the collective power of we, the People, the free citizens of the World, that you feel you must make us into some kind of monster?<br /><br />This kind of association is trivial and sensible people will ignore it.The Old Man is backhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06299949591915788184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705462730914460094.post-31189965565729631042014-09-22T04:10:10.258+01:002014-09-22T04:10:10.258+01:00Tamino got a job in San Diego, and perhaps has bee...Tamino got a job in San Diego, and perhaps has been busy. He does sometimes take breaks. It's understandable given the sometimes quite rude and heedless behavior of those who show up but won't take salt at their host's table.Susan Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16935228911713362040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705462730914460094.post-47088931292505203012014-09-22T04:08:35.740+01:002014-09-22T04:08:35.740+01:00While people showed up in Paris, Melbourne, Adelai...While people showed up in Paris, Melbourne, Adelaide, and who knows where else in great numbers, I went and got myself almost crushed in New York City with 311,000 official attendees and countless other uncounted but enthusiastic bystanders who couldn't quite get in the march. I can sympathize with them, as it was people as far as the eye could see in all directions. A human celebration!<br /><br />Very exciting, and colorful.Susan Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16935228911713362040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705462730914460094.post-89639698895678521882014-09-21T22:52:00.649+01:002014-09-21T22:52:00.649+01:00By the way, what happened to the dude at Open Mind...By the way, what happened to the dude at Open Mind? Closed for the summer? Fernando Leanmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16085680730729620836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4705462730914460094.post-80243232944032318232014-09-21T22:49:46.207+01:002014-09-21T22:49:46.207+01:00I made a post for the People's Climate March. ...I made a post for the People's Climate March. However, as you know I'm a refugee from a communist dictatorship so I couldn't help myself...<br /><br />http://21stcenturysocialcritic.blogspot.com.es/2014/09/join-peoples-climate-march.html<br /><br />Fernando Leanmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16085680730729620836noreply@blogger.com