This month: Greenpeace action, workshop and some great resources Piki mai, kake mai to the Aotearoa Climate Justice Network newsletter. It comes on the 3rd Sunday of the month. We are building a network of radical climate justice organisers across Aotearoa. We all work within different existing groups and the network will help us support each other to share ideas and action. We are united by our desire to replace capitalism with social and economic justice. – Our kaupapa – Our tikangaUpcoming Make sure to send in an update for your group so we know what gwarn (some Manchester slang) |
| Our Network Join us on Sunday 6th September for our monthly check-in. Last time we had Green candidate Steve Abel. This month we hope to have someone from Hamilton, or maybe a member of the working group who drove the climate justice kaupapa informing the election demands of much of the climate movement. Sunday 6th September, 20:00 – 21:30. Zoom link, Open Agenda here, feel free to add. Greenpeace Our allies at Greenpeace have been busy putting a stop to synthetic fertiliser. They are running a nationwide day of action against synthetic fertiliser. They’ll update for definite once we know what’s happening with COVID, but currently there’s actions planned across the country. Saturday 29th August. More info. Alternative Aotearoa The hui took place on Saturday 25th July. The presentation videos and transcripts can be found here. And the summary from the day is in this PDF. It’s quite a long read, but contains, cumulatively, the kind of society we’re all working toward. 350 NZ Big congrats to the team at 350, they successfully forced Kiwibank to divest from fossil fuels. Erica’s write up Talks about the significance of it and how it happened. A successful campaign well won. Amnesty International They’re hosting a workshop on indigenous and disability rights intersecting with climate justice. Led by a young disabled and indigenous activist, Kera O’Regan. I had the privilege to be involved in a similar workshop with her in February and I learned a hell of a lot in 2 hours. Tuesday 25th August, 17:30 – 19:00. On Zoom and free! More info Extinction Rebellion The roadshow is still on, as of now. Though a meeting is taking place tomorrow to figure out the contingency plans, given it was supposed to kick-off at Cape Reinga on the 23rd. Local groups have been busy supporting the Fridays for Future vigils at lunchtimes. XR Waitakere borough out 100 parents and children to the Canal Road tree defence. Actors read the Lorax and by all accounts was an excellent bit of child-friendly NVDA Resources A new episode of US socialist podcast the Dig talks to two organisers working with young POC in Philadelphia. It’s one of the most interesting and holistic discussions about organising as a craft I’ve heard. They talk about organisations needing discipline so that they can build leadership, and thus increase the power of working class folks in the city. Whilst offering some spicy takes on what progressive activists often get wrong in their praxis. Skip to about 30 mins in for the good stuff. A really insightful Q+A article with Malcolm Ferdinand, a professor from Martinique, discussing what a decolonial ecology is. One for the pakeha in the network. An amazing article discussing the swift rise and the fall of the Portland ‘Wall of Moms’ in the US. Basically they were a group of white Mums who went out to block the police from getting to protestors (great!). But then the story turns when they didn’t listen or respond to the protestors, many of whom were POC. It demonstrates so clearly how not to go about being an ally to BIPOC. Really, really interesting. And a bit sad. |
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