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On December 3rd, 2011 in Worcester, MA, USA over 100 people...

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:04:20 -0500

On December 3rd, 2011 in Worcester, MA, USA over 100 people joined in celebration of global resistance to climate chaos and for local resilience and real solutions. While projecting images from the streets of Durban, activists from Providence, RI and Worcester, MA presented their actions from throughout the past year since our joint 1000 Cancuns event on Dec. 7th, 2010. The actions included: holding a full day “Eco school” with Movement Generation, a 5-week “We’ve Got the Power” Community Organizing Training Series, a two month Community Environmental College, a Green Solidarity Economy Conference, a Protest at Stop & Shop with the Coalition of Immokalee farmworkers, the creation of a new community garden in the housing development Plumley Village, retrofitting a diesel bus to run on waste veggie oil and become the “Green D(RI)VE)”, a tree planting with Friends of Buckland Park and an Urban Adaptation Forum. Groups involved in the event were English for Action, EJ League of RI / ECO Youth, DARE, Worcester Roots Project / Toxic Soil Busters Co-op / Youth In Charge, Stone Soup, Future Focus Media Co-op, Worcester Energy Barnraisers, Worcester Green Jobs Coalition, Ciclovida. We concluded by taking a large group photo with the 1000 Durbans Poster projected on the wall behind us. We also Celebrated Ciclovida tours in Brazil, US, and Guatemala. La lucha sigue!

On Friday December 2, 2011 the People’s Global Action took to...

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:04:18 -0500

On Friday December 2, 2011 the People’s Global Action took to the Geneva streets. Over 100 activists from around the world gathered at Place des Nations, better known as the “Broken Chair” in front of the UN entrance and called for the rights of all migrants (regardless of status) to be recognized and respected in the Global Forum on Migration and Development deliberations. Chanting and cheering loudly, it was a sight to behold. All PGA participants were united in calling for the recognition of migrants rights in the GFMD, and this was vocalized throughout the rally with loud chants of “Migrants Rights are Human Rights!”.

Dec 3, 2011 Minneapolis, Minnesota — Amidst a snowstorm,...

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:04:14 -0500

Dec 3, 2011 Minneapolis, Minnesota — Amidst a snowstorm, grassroots activists came together for creative expression, food, a teach-in and music to be in solidarity with 1000 Durbans; and celebrate the release of the draft Twin Cities Peoples Agreement on Climate Change. The Twin Cities Peoples Agreement was inspired by Cochabamba, and developed through a series of community dialogs that were held in Minneapolis and St. Paul through the summer and fall of 2011. The evening was a connection of mind, body and spirit with a closing ceremony and round dance.

For more photos: www.flickr.com/photos/71925441@N05/sets/72157628388255557/

As part of 1000 Durbans, the Vermont Workers’ Center...

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:04:11 -0500

As part of 1000 Durbans, the Vermont Workers’ Center organized a major Human Rights Day Conference & People’s Movement Assembly in Burlington, VT with over 500 participants under the banner of “One Movement for People & The Planet”.

See a full report at www.workerscenter.org/december10 and watch the trailer for Strength of the Storm, the new film which premiered about the impact of Tropical Storm Irene, the effects of climate and economic crisis on Vermont and a growing grassroots movement to put people and the planet first at www.strengthofthestorm.org.

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Monday, December 5, 2011 Washington DC-A delegation of US Tribal...

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:04:07 -0500

Monday, December 5, 2011

Washington DC-A delegation of US Tribal leaders facilitated by the Indigenous Environmental Network gathered together in Washington DC, during the third annual White House Tribal Leaders Summit to call on President Obama to reject a presidential permit for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. The leaders presented President Obama with the “Mother Earth Accord” that outlines unique US Tribal and First Nations concerns over Keystone XL, Alberta Tar Sands, the heavy haul in Idaho and Montana, and presented a copy of the Academy Award Nominated Documentary film called “Pipe Dreams.”

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On December 3rd In Chicago, 30 people rallied and spoke out...

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:04:05 -0500

On December 3rd In Chicago, 30 people rallied and spoke out against carbon trading outside the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Board of Trade. Presented as a solution to climate change, carbon trading is a scheme to profit the 1% rather than creating actual reductions in carbon emissions. Family Farm Defenders and Little Village Environmental Justice Organization organized the action where several hundred people received informational flyers about carbon trading.

We are organizing together! #organizetogether On Dec 3, in...

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:20:52 -0500

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On Dec 3, in solidarity with the 1000 Durban, we built up community resilience as we doubled the raised beds at a community farm in East Oakland. From the toddlers to the elders, we made art, shared a meal, worked, and played together. More than 75 folks threw down on this beautiful day.

Groups included: Acta non Verba, Communities for a Better Environment, Castlemont High School Green Pioneers, APEN, Bay Localize, Planting Justice, FACES, APEN, Movement Generation, Green for All, California Food & Justice Coalition, and many more!

San Francisco, CA- Through teatro, members of PODER in San...

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:40:33 -0500

San Francisco, CA- Through teatro, members of PODER in San Francisco
discuss the UN Climate negotiations in Durban, South Africa and the
connection to their immigrant rights and land reclamation work in the
Mission District of San Francisco. “What are we fighting for in Durban?
LAND and FREEDOM!”

GGJ Delegation in Durban in front of the U.S. Consulate. As...

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 09:53:42 -0500

GGJ Delegation in Durban in front of the U.S. Consulate. As part of the 1000 Durbans Global Day of Action we staged a speakout in front of the U.S. Consulate to hold the U.S. delegation accountable for holding up the climate talks and refusing to commit to a binding agreement to reduce emissions targets. We then joined the more than 10,000 people marching down the same street as part of the Global Day of Action mass march.

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Over 200 people marched from Union Station to the steps of city...

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 01:53:07 -0500

Over 200 people marched from Union Station to the steps of city hall in solidarity with social movements in Durban, throughout the U.S. and all over the world to demand climate justice.

The 1000 Durbans action was hosted by the Grassroots Global Justice Alliance in Los Angeles, CA and includes the Bus Riders Union, Communities for a Better Environment, East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, and Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles.

Students In San Antonio, Texas came together this weekend to...

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 22:59:00 -0500

Students In San Antonio, Texas came together this weekend to call to attention how city wide solutions can reduce our carbon footprint. Students who participated were educated on climate change, climate justice, and community-based alternatives trough hands on training. Along side other participating organizations we joined together to call to attention the world wide relationship between the negotiations being made in Durban, South Africa that weekend and their significance to local struggles in San Antonio. Thanks to the participants, the People’s Power Plan was edited to a new version that will be sent to the Mayor in order to catch his attention, and embrace these reals steps to reduce San Antonio’s carbon footprint in the world.

In Los Angeles, a 200 person-strong crowd took the message of...

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 21:59:00 -0500

In Los Angeles, a 200 person-strong crowd took the message of 1000 Durbans to the steps of City Hall. Marching from Union Station to City Hall, they called upon the Mayor and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to stop the 710 Freeway expansion, and instead expand public transportation. The Busriders Union’s Judi Redman broke down how bus service cuts stink for bus riders and stink for the planet, with a degraded transit system forcing a lot of folks to put polluting cars back on the road. Bill Gallegos of Communities for a Better Environment drove home the need for our society to leave behind an economic and political system that prioritizes corporate profits over human health and the environment. The Labor Community Strategy Center/Busriders Union (BRU), Communities for a Better Environment (CBE), Eastyard Communities for Environmental Justice (EYCEJ) and Physicians for Social Responsibility Los Angeles (PSR-LA) joined forces to organize the action.

This is a photo of East Michigan Environmental Action...

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:59:00 -0500

This is a photo of East Michigan Environmental Action Council’s youth leadership team..supporting 1000 Durbans. EMEAC held a conversation with 15 members and supporters of the Young Educator’s Alliance, its youth leadership group. Youth leader Siwatu-Salama Ra began the conversation by asking participants what they thought of when they hear the words “climate change.” One youth shared that the seasons seem out of whack… like the summers are more hot and the winters are much colder than they used to be. Siwatu then moved into a presentation on examples of climate change around the U.S. and throughout the world. The north pole, for example is now showing grass and glaciers are melting. Although a lot of work is needed to slow the warming of the planet, one thing that we as individuals can do is to recycle. This was a solution offered by one of the teens and agreed to by the rest.

Mother Earth Achieves a Victory Today with Obama Administration...

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:32:00 -0500

Mother Earth Achieves a Victory Today with Obama Administration Decision to Delay the Keystone XL Pipeline Decision

November 10, 2011

Tom B.K. Goldtooth, Indigenous Environmental Network says:

“The position taken by the Obama administration today to delay the permit for the Trans Canada Keystone XL pipeline in order to do a new environmental review is the right decision – an ethical decision. We applaud President Obama and the State Department for listening to the voices of youth, elders, faith-based groups, labor, students, environmental organizations, Native Nations, and those living along the proposed pipeline, who are standing united against dirty oil from the tar sands. This is the beginning of a new era in which people are demanding that their rights be recognized. The need to protect our sources of clean water, to fight for stabilizing climate change, and to say “No” to corporate polluters setting the agenda in Washington is now. We must not let up. The struggle for environmental and economic justice - for energy and climate justice - and the fight for Native Treaty Rights must continue. Mother Earth has achieved victory today.”

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In a solidarity economy, our needs are met by exchanging goods, ...

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:37:49 -0500

In a solidarity economy, our needs are met by exchanging goods, services, resources, and knowledge in ways that advance core values of justice, democracy, cooperation, and ecological sustainability. Portraits of the Solidarity Economy is a film series exploring the stories and motivations of New York City’s solidarity economy leaders. You can view a map of solidarity organizations and enterprises in NYC and access additional resources at solidaritynyc.org.

Community Voices Heard is a member organization of low-income people, predominantly women with experience on welfare, building power in New York City and state to Improve the lives of our families and communities

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SolidarityNYC.org

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CVH Participatory Budgeting Workshop at #OWS Part 5 On Sunday,...

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:59:00 -0400

CVH Participatory Budgeting Workshop at #OWS Part 5

On Sunday, October 23rd, over 40 people attended a street teach-in at #Occupy Wall Street on participatory budgeting (PB) co-facilitated by Vincent Villano of Community Voices Heard (CVH) and Josh Lerner of Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP). The police tried to clear teach-in participants from that area at 5:45pm. While the police argued with the #OWS organizer who was helping set up the teach-in by holding a big cardboard sign that read “Participatory Budgeting Teach-In” Vincent had everyone circle up so the teach-in could begin.

So, the teach-in participants claimed control of the public space in order to hold a teach-in about public control over public money. Four NYC Council Members have agreed to allow the community members of their District to decide how $1million of their capital discretionary funds will be spent in this coming fiscal cycle. CVH is the lead engagement organization for this pilot project.

Lots of questions were answered about PB and participants said they enjoyed the level of details they learned about the pilot project. In the end, we generated a lot more interest and discussion about the PB pilot project in NYC (PBNYC) and it is also to our understanding that more #OWS organizers and participants are considering the use of PB as a way to decide how to spend the occupation’s funds. The teach-in was sponsored by the #OWS Alternative Economics Work Group and received support from the #OWS Education and Empowerment Work Group. The connections that are being made between PB processes and the inner-workings of #OWS can contribute to the development of an economy built upon solidarity and meeting human needs. Build the Peoples’ Economy!

For more information on PB in NYC to go to http://pbnyc.org/

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Occupy Strategy Lab from Organizing Upgrade!

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 18:10:17 -0400

Occupy Strategy Lab from Organizing Upgrade!: Organizing Upgrade is providing a space where radical...

A flash mob hit Union Station in Washington DC on October 20,...

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:28:51 -0400

A flash mob hit Union Station in Washington DC on October 20, targeting a fundraiser for Conservation International in which Wal-Mart Chairman Rob Walton and actor Harrison Ford, among others, were expected to appear. Activists from Respect DC teamed up with a group from Occupy DC in the surprise action.

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DC Jobs with Justice is helping to lead the Living Wages,...

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:33:00 -0400

DC Jobs with Justice is helping to lead the Living Wages, Healthy Communities campaign to force Wal-Mart to respect DC workers and communities. The campaign is working to educate the community about Wal-Mart’s record of worker exploitation and negative impact on communities and to demand that no Wal-Mart store open in DC without an enforceable Community Benefits Agreement that ensures workers and communities benefit.

On Thursday October 21, DC Jobs with Justice along with Respect DC and members of the Occupy K Street DC encampment led an action to swarm union station and shame the chairman of Wal-Mart Rob Walton as he gave a speech at a $1,000 a plate dinner. Protestors did a banner drop stating “Stop putting Profits over People” and released a pack of balloons that floated to the ceiling of the union station atrium displaying a sign reading “We are the 99%”.

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CAAAV’s street theater in NYC Chinatown on Occupy Wall...

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:51:00 -0400

CAAAV’s street theater in NYC Chinatown on Occupy Wall Street!

CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities

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